At the moment, I plan on only buying (and opening) 3 VOTC figs: Han, Vader & Fett.  I might pick up an extra Fett to keep carded.    

Quote from: Force Guy on July 14, 2004, 07:19 PM

Oh, and yesterday (July 13), Reuters reported that opening day receipts for F9/11 had broken British box office records for a documentary.  Way to go, Moore.  

Um, not quite sure a documentary is totally accurate.  That much selective editing really sort of detracts from the document portion of the word.  Bias is still bias, even if you like it.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a documentary as the following:

I. DEFINITION
1. An eligible documentary film is defined as a theatrically released non-fiction motion picture dealing creatively with cultural, artistic, historical, social, scientific, economic or other subjects. It may be photographed in actual occurrence, or may employ partial re-enactment, stock footage, stills, animation, stop-motion or other techniques, as long as the emphasis is on fact and not on fiction.

With Fahrenheit 9/11, Moore presented facts.  You can dispute whether or not he 'stretched' the truth or added significant bias in the film, but in the end, he presented facts.  Personally, I thought Moore was too gentle.  He could've presented plenty of other interesting tidbits of info about Bush (but didn't).    

The Saga line was great.  We saw some of the greatest figures ever made in the Star Wars line, including Ephant Mon, Bespin Luke, Coleman Trebor, Poggle the Lesser, Hoth Luke, and Skiff Lando.  We got lots of cool 'upgrade' figs (IE Hoth Han, Snowtrooper, Dengar, Jabba) with the right amount of focus placed on background characters (IE Djas Puhr, Orn Free Taa, J'Quille, Rappertunie).  On a sidenote, damn those action features to hell.        

A big bonus with Saga figures (which is rarely mentioned) is the fact that Hasbro didn't skimp in regards to pack-in accessories.  With the Saga line, we got cool accessories, bases, and stands with our figures.  It was nice to see cinema scenes make a comeback in the form of screen scenes.  Unfortunately, they seemed to warm toy shelves everywhere.  

Saga vehicles seemed to sell very well, especially the Landspeeder, Dagobah X-Wing, and initially, the Republic Gunship.  It was a real shame that Hasbro released Zam Wesell's speeder and Anakin's speeder without making figures that could fit in the cockpit properly.  As always, the 12" line pretty much sucked.  Unleashed statues, however, seem to be a huge success, which was spawned during the Saga years.                

I very much like the work of artists such as Goya, Dali and M.C. Escher.  I enjoy Michael Parkes' art as well.    

New figures for the Movie Maniacs Series 7 line.

Robocop

Nice.  I'm crossing my fingers hoping that Robocop features a removable visor/'helmet'.

Hey FG...what size are they?  6" Right?

Yes, 6".  

I didn't even knew these existed (I sorta remember them from back in the day) checking eBay, most of the stuff can be had for pretty cheap.

Yeah, most Pee-Wee related items dropped in value significantly after Pee-Wee's last arrest.  Damn pervert.  

One more question...Is there a Darkened Adult Theater Pee-Wee?

It's rumored to be next year's Toy Fair exclusive figure.

One question...Has Bush's Approval ratings changed at all since the film has been released?

Yes, his numbers have gone down since, but there's no conclusive proof that it's due to Moore's new film.  

BTW, I'm glad you saw it.  It's a documentary that I feel every American should see.