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TV-9D9 / Re: Star Wars: Detours
« on: March 11, 2013, 09:43 PM »
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The Clone Wars / Re: The Future of the Clone Wars Toy Line?
« on: March 11, 2013, 09:41 PM »
Ok, after re-reading Jeff's original post, I am convinced I saw the Wave 4 Revision 2 case at three separate Targets today. Rex and Obi were the giveaways. All the figures from that case were at all 3 stores, and these were stores that had been pretty well picked over for the past few weeks.
Figures they would skimp on the Foxes!
Figures they would skimp on the Foxes!
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The Clone Wars / Re: Recent Clone Wars Finds/Purchases
« on: March 11, 2013, 09:37 PM »
Stopped by TRU today for no apparent reason, and was shocked to find a Commander Fox on the pegs. This is only the third time I have seen him in a store, and the only time outside of Walmart. For $5 this was a no-brainer. This store generally restocks on Saturdays, so I tend not to expect much as I do most of my toy hunting Mon-Fri. Glad I made the time to stop.
Noticed new Clone Wars figures on the pegs at 3 separate Targets today too, and they all appeared to be the same assortment. But not one of the waves from last year. (EX: Rex and Obi, but no Boss, Aayla, etc) Wondering if these are those retread cases we heard about recently starting to hit....
Noticed new Clone Wars figures on the pegs at 3 separate Targets today too, and they all appeared to be the same assortment. But not one of the waves from last year. (EX: Rex and Obi, but no Boss, Aayla, etc) Wondering if these are those retread cases we heard about recently starting to hit....
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Walking Dead
« on: March 11, 2013, 10:07 AM »
Damn, Jesse, you stay up late!
I thought it was a really good episode too, if for no other reason than the supporting character interactions. Totally agree this was an eye-opening experience for Milton, and especially Angela. SO GLAD Rick finally tipped her off to the Governor/Maggie incident. Yeah, that's the scumbag you're sleeping with. He makes your ex-boyfriend Shane look like a freaking choirboy. And speaking of Shane, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? She told the Governor about him and Lori?!?! What are you thinking girl? That is some inappropriate pillow-talk.
Martinez/Daryl Walker-Gauntlet and subsequent smoke break was pure awesomeness...definitely humanizing, and I totally agree this is a strength of the writing that even the seeming villains have depth and texture.
Except Phillip of course. Was I the only one rolling my eyes over his story about his poor dead wife? Oh no! She died in an accident? Did she slip on banana peel and hit her head? Fall asleep at the wheel and drive off the road? WAAAAH. You poor broken blubbering idiot. RICK'S WIFE WAS DEVOURED WHOLE BY ZOMBIES YOU JACKASS! Nice try.
What was the point of the gun taped to the table? Just in case? And I know it's silly to have expected Rick to just shoot him on the spot, but how is that more of a stretch for him to try and save his family than handing over Michonne? He's willing to buy into that fantasy but can't just murder the dude on the spot and be done with it?
I hope Hershel comes up with some good arguments to keep Rick from doing something stupid. I'm sick and tired of them alienating all the new people.
If Rick was smart he would have said, ok, I'll think about the Michonne thing, but when we meet, it will be at a time and place of my choosing. I'll let you know where to meet us. Why invite them to set up an ambush?
As noted later on Talking Dead, why are they letting Merle near the guns?!?!
Glad to see Glenn and Maggie worked everything out in the sex-garage though.
I thought it was a really good episode too, if for no other reason than the supporting character interactions. Totally agree this was an eye-opening experience for Milton, and especially Angela. SO GLAD Rick finally tipped her off to the Governor/Maggie incident. Yeah, that's the scumbag you're sleeping with. He makes your ex-boyfriend Shane look like a freaking choirboy. And speaking of Shane, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? She told the Governor about him and Lori?!?! What are you thinking girl? That is some inappropriate pillow-talk.
Martinez/Daryl Walker-Gauntlet and subsequent smoke break was pure awesomeness...definitely humanizing, and I totally agree this is a strength of the writing that even the seeming villains have depth and texture.
Except Phillip of course. Was I the only one rolling my eyes over his story about his poor dead wife? Oh no! She died in an accident? Did she slip on banana peel and hit her head? Fall asleep at the wheel and drive off the road? WAAAAH. You poor broken blubbering idiot. RICK'S WIFE WAS DEVOURED WHOLE BY ZOMBIES YOU JACKASS! Nice try.
What was the point of the gun taped to the table? Just in case? And I know it's silly to have expected Rick to just shoot him on the spot, but how is that more of a stretch for him to try and save his family than handing over Michonne? He's willing to buy into that fantasy but can't just murder the dude on the spot and be done with it?
I hope Hershel comes up with some good arguments to keep Rick from doing something stupid. I'm sick and tired of them alienating all the new people.
If Rick was smart he would have said, ok, I'll think about the Michonne thing, but when we meet, it will be at a time and place of my choosing. I'll let you know where to meet us. Why invite them to set up an ambush?
As noted later on Talking Dead, why are they letting Merle near the guns?!?!
Glad to see Glenn and Maggie worked everything out in the sex-garage though.
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Movie Heroes / Saga Legends '12-? / Re: 2013 Saga Legends Basic Figures - Vader Cardback
« on: March 11, 2013, 09:38 AM »
So would CW Rex be the realistic TVC version show previously? I thought that had more than 5 POA?
Clone Wars Maul had better be spider-legs or the vested, Mando-legs version, because we certainly don't need another carbon copy of the single carded animated version.
Clone Wars Maul had better be spider-legs or the vested, Mando-legs version, because we certainly don't need another carbon copy of the single carded animated version.
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TV-9D9 / Re: The Clone Wars - Season Six?
« on: March 10, 2013, 08:57 PM »
http://www.jedinews.co.uk/news/news.aspx?newsID=10825
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I probably shouldn't be surprised at this point, but the 1-2 punch in the past few weeks since Toyfair with the toy line and show is pretty crushing.
They absolutely deserved a final season to tie up all the loose ends and set things in motion for ROTS. What about all the preproduction work they've already done for Season Six? How far did they even get, will we ever know?
And what about those damn "lost" Clovis episodes? If those aren't on the upcoming Blu-Ray/DVD set that would suck big time.
I'm pretty much to the point that I wish LFL had never been sold, no new movies were ever announced, etc. Because I absolutely think that played a huge part in the untimely demise of the show. Frigging suits. They could have at least held off for another year.
This was my favorite thing about SW since Jedi. Damn it.
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I probably shouldn't be surprised at this point, but the 1-2 punch in the past few weeks since Toyfair with the toy line and show is pretty crushing.
They absolutely deserved a final season to tie up all the loose ends and set things in motion for ROTS. What about all the preproduction work they've already done for Season Six? How far did they even get, will we ever know?
And what about those damn "lost" Clovis episodes? If those aren't on the upcoming Blu-Ray/DVD set that would suck big time.
I'm pretty much to the point that I wish LFL had never been sold, no new movies were ever announced, etc. Because I absolutely think that played a huge part in the untimely demise of the show. Frigging suits. They could have at least held off for another year.
This was my favorite thing about SW since Jedi. Damn it.
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Walking Dead
« on: March 7, 2013, 01:03 PM »How did they substitute Maggie for Michonne?
Let's just say what almost happened to Maggie actually happens to michonne in the comic. Pretty brutal.
They do this kind of thing quite a bit actually. In the comic for instance, I believe it is dale who loses his leg, not hersel.
Keeps things fresh I guess...
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Top 5 Hotties
« on: March 7, 2013, 10:06 AM »
Wow, Helen hunt lookin' good!
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Walking Dead
« on: March 7, 2013, 10:04 AM »I didn't like the preview to next week though. Not one bit.
Looked like Rick was standing at the Governor's desk, yelling at Andrea, saying something along the lines of "You told me was willing to talk!"
Why Rick would be at Woodbury at this point and willing to talk to that guy is beyond me. Guess we'll see. I hope this particular scenario doesn't play out like in the books. Rick does end up there, but under very different circumstances, as he's there before the two groups go to war. I hope what happens to Rick in the books while in Woodbury doesn't happen in the TV series.
It won't. Just as they substituted Maggie for michonne, they substituted Merle for Rick. Very happy about that too.
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The Bullpen / Re: Marvel Universe
« on: March 6, 2013, 11:24 AM »
I've already seen the Hercules wave on the pegs here at Walmart, so I
I would tend to agree.
I would tend to agree.
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TV-9D9 / Re: The Clone Wars - Season Five Discussion Thread
« on: March 6, 2013, 08:45 AM »
My friend brought up an interesting point...he swears Barriss is shown on the beach at Kashyyyk in ROTS alongside Luminara. I haven't had a chance to go back and check in HD slo-mo, but I tend to believe him.
If so, yeah, kind of a glaring continuity error there...
If so, yeah, kind of a glaring continuity error there...
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The Vintage Collection '10-'13 / Re: Recent Vintage Collection Purchases
« on: March 6, 2013, 08:32 AM »
Saw all of the Deleted Scenes Wave last night at Walmart, sans Sandstorm Leia.
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TV-9D9 / Re: The Clone Wars - Season Five Discussion Thread
« on: March 4, 2013, 12:18 PM »
I guess a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, they have never heard of the old chestnut "Innocent Until Proven Guilty". Or any rudimentary aspects of basic jurisprudence for that matter.
Because apparently if you are arrested somewhere, like a warehouse, and there is illegal stuff in there, like NanoDroids, then it's so obviously YOURS. Don't bother checking ownership of the warehouse in question, or shipping manifests, electronic communications, etc.
All those dead clones? Well, don't bother checking the security tapes. Why even have video cameras in a prison right? Unless they're in the cell of the prisoners? Of course those cameras cannot have functioning audio.
I mean, is this the worst, sloppiest, most half-assed frame job EVER? You bet. But apparently it was enough to completely confound the jedi council and the top-echelon miltary officer assigned to prosecute the case.
The whole arc was just nonsensical. Lots of enjoyable chases, battles, etc full of sound and fury that ultimately signified nothing. Even Ahsoka's departure from the order was muted and empty because of her remark about "how can I trust myself?" or whatever. Should have been more like "how can I serve an order that does not trust or respect me"?
If the goal was to move Anakin closer to the events of ROTS, they accomplished that at least. The distrust of the council is now established. He had a nice little dark side moment in the duel with Barriss too. Again though, plausability - a padawan going toe-to-toe in lightsaber duel with the Chosen One? How and where did she acquire all these fantastic skills, like being able to force choke people from miles away and whatnot?
Agree 100% that Luminara was a glaring omission from this arc. Even a cameo would have added a lot, IMO.
And yeah the comment about Ventress' sabers suiting her was completely out of character with what she says later. Just bad writing. (What happened to those things anyway?)
I still want those Jedi Temple Guards, worthless as they turned out to be.
Because apparently if you are arrested somewhere, like a warehouse, and there is illegal stuff in there, like NanoDroids, then it's so obviously YOURS. Don't bother checking ownership of the warehouse in question, or shipping manifests, electronic communications, etc.
All those dead clones? Well, don't bother checking the security tapes. Why even have video cameras in a prison right? Unless they're in the cell of the prisoners? Of course those cameras cannot have functioning audio.
I mean, is this the worst, sloppiest, most half-assed frame job EVER? You bet. But apparently it was enough to completely confound the jedi council and the top-echelon miltary officer assigned to prosecute the case.
The whole arc was just nonsensical. Lots of enjoyable chases, battles, etc full of sound and fury that ultimately signified nothing. Even Ahsoka's departure from the order was muted and empty because of her remark about "how can I trust myself?" or whatever. Should have been more like "how can I serve an order that does not trust or respect me"?
If the goal was to move Anakin closer to the events of ROTS, they accomplished that at least. The distrust of the council is now established. He had a nice little dark side moment in the duel with Barriss too. Again though, plausability - a padawan going toe-to-toe in lightsaber duel with the Chosen One? How and where did she acquire all these fantastic skills, like being able to force choke people from miles away and whatnot?
Agree 100% that Luminara was a glaring omission from this arc. Even a cameo would have added a lot, IMO.
And yeah the comment about Ventress' sabers suiting her was completely out of character with what she says later. Just bad writing. (What happened to those things anyway?)
I still want those Jedi Temple Guards, worthless as they turned out to be.
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Walking Dead
« on: March 4, 2013, 09:24 AM »
Forgot to mention what a terrific relief it was to have a whole episode and no momentum-sapping scenes from Woodbury. God, that storyline just sucks all the air out of this series. It is looking more and more unlikely they will wrap that all up this season too...ugh.
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Walking Dead
« on: March 3, 2013, 10:54 PM »
Road trip!
I can't get over the fact that after all this this they're still just a short jaunt from Rickville, or wherever. So great to see Morgan again. For a dude with nothing to live for anymore, he took a lot of pains to insure his survival. All that Home Alone stuff was nuts.
Seemed like Rick got a glimpse into his future there. I felt like he was talking to himself as much as Morgan for awhile there. I had a brief hope Morgan would come back with them and we would finally get somebody into the Tyreese type supporting role, but again not to be. I do sort of feel like we haven't seen the last of him. At least he knows Rick's at the prison if he has a change of heart.
A little more Michonne still goes a long way, love how they are developing her character slowly but surely. That was one ugly ass cat though, lol.
Ultimately though, how productive was that trip? They got a few more guns, but wasted a lot of gas and ammo in the process, and still no food I would imagine. Oh, but they did pick up that sweet ass crib and the photo though, whew.
The whole thing with the hitchhiker was brutal and completely awesome.
I can't get over the fact that after all this this they're still just a short jaunt from Rickville, or wherever. So great to see Morgan again. For a dude with nothing to live for anymore, he took a lot of pains to insure his survival. All that Home Alone stuff was nuts.
Seemed like Rick got a glimpse into his future there. I felt like he was talking to himself as much as Morgan for awhile there. I had a brief hope Morgan would come back with them and we would finally get somebody into the Tyreese type supporting role, but again not to be. I do sort of feel like we haven't seen the last of him. At least he knows Rick's at the prison if he has a change of heart.
A little more Michonne still goes a long way, love how they are developing her character slowly but surely. That was one ugly ass cat though, lol.
Ultimately though, how productive was that trip? They got a few more guns, but wasted a lot of gas and ammo in the process, and still no food I would imagine. Oh, but they did pick up that sweet ass crib and the photo though, whew.
The whole thing with the hitchhiker was brutal and completely awesome.