Am I a Star Wars packrat?  Unequivocally, the answer is "yes I am".

I cannot recall a recent time where I have ever knowingly thrown away an item with the Star Wars logo on it somewhere.

I'll put it this way:  I still have the doubles and triples left over from that stupid Tri-Con Pog contest/game back in 1999.

Now, any rational person would have thrown away all of those retarded things, as soon as the contest ended, but not me.  I kept the little game board, and not only all of the single Pogs I got, but all of the doubles, too.

So, if anyone needs #3/R2-D2, #19/Darth Sidious, #6/Sebulba, or #7/Anakin Skywalker (of which I've got two), let me know.  

The only things I've ever felt safe enough about to throw away were the plain cardboard inserts from some of the vehicle boxes, in order to flatten the boxes and "save space".

I suck.

Rock--that guy read my mind.  Well, I'm glad I'm wrong, about the "NOT FINAL SCULPT" business, then.

Orange Oscar!  Crazy!

"Clear" Snuffy made no sense to me until I realized. . .  "oh yeah, invisible Snuffy!"

Cool stuff.

Any idea on when we'll see the revised sculpts?  Toy Fair, maybe?

Thanks, Chris.

And Scott, 327?  

You are nearly three-times cooler than me.

With the exception of Super Grover, I don't like 'em.

I want them to look exactly like the puppets on the show, just like the way the Muppets figures look, and. . . they don't.

Ernie's head is too big, Bert's head is too small, Cookie's not the right shade of blue, and Oscar rarely, if ever, wears the trash can lid on his head.  Plus, his trash can doesn't have a big ass "Scram" sign on it, at least the last I saw, anyway.

Yeah, they still have "NOT FINAL SCULPT" plastered all over them, but I'll bet dollars to donuts that this is exactly what the final figures will look like.

As for now, if they remain like they're pictured, the only one I'll be buying is Super Grover.  If they fix 'em (unlikely), I'll buy the whole line.

And "The Count" will be cool.

And a Deluxe Snuffleupagus would rock.

So would a Barkley.

I've always been interested in this show, but unfortunately, I've only caught part of one episode, since I don't keep up with TV/HBO enough to know when exactly it's going to be on every week.

However, I really liked the part of the episode I saw, and as far as Larry David and Seinfeld goes, well, I'm one of "those" who believes the show went to sh!t, relatively-speaking, when he left during the sixth or seventh season, whenever it was.

So, this will be a perfect time to mention that Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete First Season is coming to DVD next Tuesday, January 13th, as a matter of fact.  How convenient!  



Amazon: $27.99 with free shipping

Believe it's $29.99 at DDD, and I think Best Buy and Circuit are going to have it for that price as well.

I'd much rather have this, and watch it on my schedule, than whenever HBO wants me to watch it (I'm TIVO-less, too).

And some little-known Larry David/Seinfeld trivia for you:  

He was the voice of George Steinbrenner.  

 

I've seen this wave a total of one time, at an Oklahoma City Wal-Mart about a month ago.  Bought my two Clone Troopers, left the Kits and Saesees, and haven't seen 'em again since.

Funny, the Wal-Mart near me (not the same store) just stocked a ton of the (I guess) Wave 2 figures--Mace, Obi-Wan, Durge, and Asajj.

For some reason, I have a feeling that this new Clone Trooper isn't just a one-and-done figure.  I think we'll be seeing a lot of them, in all kinds of different configurations, over the next two or three years.

OK, how about this

Golden Globe Nominated Pearl Jam is on the Soundtrack

 




(Actually, to contribute something worthwhile, I am planning to go see the movie this weekend with my dad, for some much-needed father/son bonding, which is apparently "the point" of the film.  

Afterward, we're probably going to cry, and then I'm going to ask him for a bunch of money.)