I just had to share with you fellow collectors....my wonderful wife surprised me and gave me Gambit and Beast for my birthday today.  Apparently she found them at TRU, and they were the last ones there.  I didn't get too much of a chance to mess with the figures this morning before work, but they both did look amazing.  I've really been looking forward to my favorite, Beast, and the figure did not disappoint.  Both of these are amazing, and I think Toy Biz is doing a great job with the Marvel Legends line...I hope it continues for a long time.  Good luck to everyone in their searches!

These sets look amazing, I really hope that the Screen Scenes line continues, because the quality from the pictures we have seen looks great.  Always glad to have more Jedi, and to be able to complete the council.  I was going to wait and see if I could find these things in the store, but with the way retail has been this year, I think I might have to preorder the first sets, as well as these when they come up.  Good job Hasbro.

I was just thinking about this line and was curious...for those of you who collect this line, do you also buy/collect comic books, or did you in the past?  Personally, I don't buy any comics now, but I was into them bigger in the late 80's early 90's, and these figures really re-awoke that nostalgia.  I have considered getting back into comics for a title or two, but haven't broken down and started spending money on something else .  I was just curious if you Marvel Legend collectors were also comic collectors, or just former comic fans (and fans of the characters)?

I was actually thinking about starting a thread about your favorite movie trilogies or franchises, but this seems to fit better anyways.  However, I might cheat a little and put the trilogies together, otherwise my top ten would fill up too quickly .

1. Star Wars Original Trilogy (If broken down it would be Empire, Jedi, New Hope)
2. Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (Not a big fan of PM, but really enjoyed AOTC and looking forward to Episode 3 as well)
3. X2: X-Men United (Always a big X-men Fan, like both of these movies a lot)
4. LOTR trilogy (Haven't seen the third one obviously, but if its anything like the first two at all, it ranks up here if not higher)
5. Indiana Jones trilogy (one more to come, but all three are great.  Last Crusade might be my favorite of the three)
6. Christmas Vacation (My wife and I watch this every year, never gets old either)
7. Mallrats (this has always been a favorite of ours as well)
8. Tommy Boy (having it on TV so much has kept my from watching it as often, but one of the all time classics at our house)
9. Dumb and Dumber (another comedy classic)
10. Life as a House (and its not because of the "anakin connection", it is just a movie that my wife and I really enjoy)

There are several other movies that are great, and my top ten probably changes a lot...I'm sure I'm forgetting several.  My wife and I really enjoy movies, so its tough to narrow it down.  Others I can think of off hand are Ferris Bueller, A Time to Kill, Drowning Mona, Shrek, E.T., Goonies, etc.)  Nice topic, by the way .

My wife and I have a 3 year old Beagle.  We are pretty big animal people, particularly dogs, and would probably have a couple more if we had the room right now.  I don't know about you guys, but our pet is basically a member of our family...we basically treat him like our child .

I'd like to congratulate you on that score as well, that is really cool that your dad found that for you as well.  Vintage figures are always fun to collect, and really bring back the nostalgia.  My goal is to someday have a loose complete vintage collection as well, and I've been picking up figures here and there over the past year or so.  Another great thing about (most of) vintage collecting is that the figures are pretty much always there if you want to pick something up.  You don't have to wait for them to hit stores over a period of several months (if ever  ).  Anyways, congrats on that score, and the display looks great!

For the price, I don't think you can really complain about the Clone 3-Pack.  I was always kind of hoping for a really articulated white version, or even repaints of the red basic version in the yellow, blue, and green colors.  But, this is a fairly inexpensive way to build up your army, and are especially good for diorama builders.

I wanted to rely on retail, and in the past I have pretty much been able to, but we still don't have any 2003 figures around here, so I have pre-ordered a number of this year's offerings through Kebco (Hoth Han, Mynock Chewie, Jedi Luke, Jedi Vader, Snowtrooper, Yoda, Younglings, Unleashed, etc.)  I think many of us have little choice but to go online right now, but maybe things will improve in the next month or two.  Plus, many online prices have gotten better....especially if you can do it case wise like Newforce.  I personally don't have anyone around here to really split up cases with, so that's why I went with Kebco for now.  Good luck to everyone in their searches...hopefully everyone will be able to get what they are looking for.