Well, the drink tray is removable from Artoo, as I hoped, but it looks like the little top-of-the-dome thing may be permanently stuck in the upright position, as I feared.  Hopefully not, but that's what it looks like from the cardback.

Other than that, it looks great--that little thing may keep it from being the perfect Artoo figure ever made.  Oh well--probably an easy enough custom job.

Luke looks great, too, and so does the R1 droid, if not a little boring.

Confession time...I've never seen a single Aliens movie  

With that said, what should I do, I've fairly certain I'd enjoy them, so should I look at picking up the full set in December or wait until January and only get whichever one is "best"?

Well, I would probably say that the first two are essential to having a good movie collection.  However, a lot of folks hate the last two just as much as they love the first two.  If I were you, I would wait until January, and buy the first two seperately for the forty bucks or so, as opposed to dropping seventy on the box.  Or, you could rent them (the 1999 discs) all now, watch them, and if you like the last two, you could spring for the box next month.

Me, I've seen the first three (still haven't seen Resurrection yet), but because I'm a total sucker for stuff like it, I'll be picking up the box next month.  I have no doubts that the first two are going to be amazing, and I'm interested to see what they are going to do with Alien3.  

Another option would be to pick up the 1999 discs on Ebay or something on the cheap, because surely people will be dumping their old ones in favor of the new ones.  However, all of the reviews I've read so far are saying that the new discs kick the crap out of the old ones, in terms of, well, everything.

And on another note, I miss you Virex, but not in a gay way.


Well maybe a little bit  

Well, thanks.  I miss you too, but only in a gay way.  Odd, that, since I'm not homosexual.  

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Where do you guys see a DVD player?  

Yeah, you guys are right.  Lord only knows that I'm nothin' to look at (probably why I walk around in my bear suit all the time), and I sure wouldn't like it if someone was making fun of the way I looked.

It was just an opportunity for a cheap-shot, low-blow and I took it (what else is new?).  I don't believe in editing-out or deleting comments after the fact, so I won't, but I apologize for saying what I did.  

And Gregg, since if you're reading, sorry, buddy.

I love you.

Is he a girl with a fake beard? Kind of reminds me of Charlie's Angels when they dressed up as guys.

Mystery solved, only to raise more questions...

is GNT really a woman...hmmm...

Man, I'm glad you said this, because I was thinking earlier he looks a little "tranny".

Now, I don't have to say it.  Thanks.  

Now Playing: Smashing Pumpkins, Adore

Good album.  Underrated.

And for some strange reason, for a brief period of time yesterday, I had "Heaven" by the awful and terrible Warrant running through my head.  Probably haven't heard that song at all in over ten years or so.  Weird.

Hey, who's the bad Diana Ross lookalike?

Oh, and for comparison, here is VH-1's list from a couple years ago:

1. The Beatles, Revolver (1966)
2. Nirvana, Nevermind (1991)
3. The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds (1966)
4. Marvin Gaye, What's Going On (1971)
5. Jimi Hendrix Experience, Are You Experienced? (1967)
6. The Beatles, Rubber Soul (1965)
7. Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life (1974)
8. The Beatles, Abbey Road (1969)
9. Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde (1966)
10. The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
11. The Beatles (1968)
12. The Rolling Stones, Exile on Main Street (1972)
13. The Who, Who's Next (1971)
14. Joni Mitchell, Blue (1971)
15. U2, The Joshua Tree (1987)
16. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (1977)
17. Sex Pistols, Never Mind the Bollocks (1977)
18. Prince & the Revolution, Purple Rain (1984)
19. The Velvet Underground, Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
20. Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
21. Elvis Presley, Sun Sessions (1976)
22. Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
23. Michael Jackson, Thriller (1982)
24. The Rolling Stones, Let it Bleed (1969)
25. The Clash, London Calling (1980)
26. Bob Marley & the Wailers, Exodus (1977)
27. Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run (1975)
28. Patti Smith, Horses (1975)
29. Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks (1975)
30. Aretha Franklin, I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) (1967)
31. Stevie Wonder, Innervisions (1973)
32. Van Morrison, Moondance (1970)
33. Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
34. James Brown, Sex Machine (1970)
35. Prince, Sign o' the Times (1987)
36. Michael Jackson, Off the Wall (1979)
37. Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
38. Eagles, Hotel California (1976)
39. Carole King, Tapestry (1971)
40. Van Morrison, Astral Weeks (1968)
41. Aretha Franklin, Lady Soul (1968)
42. Guns N' Roses, Appetite For Destruction (1987)
43. Led Zeppelin (1969)
44. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II (1969)
45. Sly & the Family Stone, Stand! (1969)
46. The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers (1971)
47. David Bowie, Hunky Dory (1972)
48. David Bowie, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
49. Prince, 1999 (1983)
50. Police, Synchronicity (1983)
51. Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
52. Pretenders (1980)
53. Bob Dylan, Bringing it All Back Home (1965)
54. Ramones (1976)
55. Parliament, Mothership Connection (1976)
56. Kraftwerk, Trans-Europe Express (1977)
57. Bee Gees, Saturday Night Fever (1976)
58. Dusty Springfield, Dusty in Memphis (1969)
59. Allman Brothers Band, Live at the Fillmore East (1971)
60. The Doors (1967)
61. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Deja Vu (1970)
62. NWA, Straight Outta Compton (1988)
63. Curtis Mayfield, Superfly (1972)
64. Miles Davis, Bitches Brew (1969)
65. U2, Achtung Baby (1991)
66. Miles Davis, Kind of Blue (1959)
67. The Rolling Stones, Beggar's Banquet (1968)
68. Bruce Springsteen, Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
69. The Stooges, Raw Power (1973)
70. Al Green, Call Me (1973)
71. Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti (1975)
72. Jimi Hendrix Experience, Electric Ladyland (1968)
73. Jeff Buckley, Grace (1994)
74. Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique (1989)
75. The Replacements, Let It Be (1984)
76. Aretha Franklin, Young, Gifted & Black (1971)
77. James Taylor, Sweet Baby James (1970)
78. Jimi Hendrix Experience, Axis: Bold as Love (1967)
79. Pearl Jam, Ten (1991)
80. Elvis Costello, My Aim is True (1977)
81. Otis Redding, Otis Blue (1966)
82. AC/DC, Back in Black (1980)
83. Television, Marquee Moon (1977)
84. Paul Simon, Graceland (1986)
85. Santana, Abraxas (1970)
86. The Who, Quadrophenia (1973)
87. Cream, Disraeli Gears (1967)
88. Talking Heads, Remain in Light (1980)
89. Derek & the Dominos, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
90. The Who, Tommy (1969)
91. Peter Gabriel, So (1986)
92. R.E.M., Murmur (1983)
93. Simon & Garfunkel, Bookends (1968)
94. Radiohead, OK Computer (1997)
95. Tina Turner, Private Dancer (1984)
96. Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville (1993)
97. Ray Charles, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1961)
98. Jackson Five, ABC (1970)
99. The B-52s (1979)
100. Madonna, Like a Prayer (1989)