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Kubricks / Re: Attack of the Kubricks!
« on: January 29, 2006, 08:18 AM »
Nice looking collection!  ;D

I started the registration process with Robby on Friday, but haven't heard back yet. I really want to get myself into a mastercase this time around-

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Kubricks / Re: Attack of the Kubricks!
« on: January 27, 2006, 07:58 AM »
Just grabbed another box of series 4 from Toynk in Chicago. I had won a couple of other things from him, so shipping was basically free. They don't always have what you are looking for, but if they do, the price is usually right. That means I can get my last stormtroopers in line where they belong.

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Other Collectibles / Re: Most Valuable SW Item???
« on: January 27, 2006, 07:38 AM »
From the modern line, I won one of those Toy Fair vac-metalized Vaders, and a cinema cast vader coming down the stairs, from the Jedi point auctions. As much as I love kubricks right now, I think those two vaders would be the last thing I would let go.
From the vintage line, I still have my AT-AT with its' empire box, and a dewback I got as a christmas present when I was about 8. Those I consider priceless.

I'll post for my daugters- With the release of ROTS, there were a ton of mail away items for food companies. My 8 and 5 year old went nuts when we came home one day and there were 3 packages for them with the cookie jars from Kellogs. They still talk about it like it was yesterday, and they still use their lightsaber spoons.

I'm a big fan of companies doing mail-away and other reward type programs. My biggest pet peeve right now is chase figures and the impending Hasbro experiment with that same idea. A mail away will reward people who buy and open figures (I know these offers are tough on MOC collectors). A chase figures says "Hey, speculators and scalpers! Over Here! Come make 5 extra dollars and still not have to take a bath!" Creating a false sense of worth to infuse the hobby with excitement, well, I'm against it. The mail away offer for George Storm sounds like a Scalpers wet dream. They can hold specific figures hostage that collectors need to get their mail away. Ugg. Here's hoping my visions don't come to pass...

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Other Collectibles / Re: Playskool Galactic Heroes Thread
« on: January 26, 2006, 01:58 PM »
Well, they were gone when I checked back. But I wasn't seeing things because they had a silver logo han and leia set from the same wave left.

I like this line too, and have them all loose up through the current wave. I know collectors (myself included) can often be guilty of impatience, but seeing as how they have been re-releasing so many of the characters, I am surprised to see the aftermarket prices so high. It isn't like the large unleashed or Galactic Heroes ships where Hasbro has stated they are gone (even if it is only temporary). Wal marts and Targets here in Minnesota each have 304 pegs dedicated to just galactic heroes figures. That is as much as the regular 3 3/4 figures get.

So, I would reccommend patience. They will be back- the pegs are literally waiting there for them.

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Kubricks / Re: 400% Kubricks
« on: January 26, 2006, 12:50 PM »
LOL that is some nice work guys!  :D

Ewok assassins loose in the forums- next it will be poor Jar Jar! :-[

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Kubricks / Re: 400% Kubricks
« on: January 25, 2006, 04:25 PM »
I think there was a steaming ewok :P, it was supposed to be a heart-tugging moment.  ::)

Thanks Jeff for hooking me up to the super-sized-krack stormie set.  They are even bigger than I expected, and twice as cool! ;D

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Kubricks / Re: Attack of the Kubricks!
« on: January 25, 2006, 03:11 PM »
I just found my chase Han and Ponda in the mail today  ;D - Combine that with my 400% Stormie set (Thanks to Jeff  8) ) and it has been a very pleasant Kubrick week.

Madcow, which cantina band member are you looking for?

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Other Collectibles / Re: Playskool Galactic Heroes Thread
« on: January 25, 2006, 03:06 PM »
Everything around them was the biker scout/hoth sets, so I assumed they had just been re-released. I suppose it could have been old stock, I'll check back their tomorrow over my lunch and see what they have left-

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Other Collectibles / Re: Playskool Galactic Heroes Thread
« on: January 25, 2006, 02:30 PM »
I saw the Padme two pack and Anakin two pack just yesterday at Wal-mart in Mpls Mn. Keep your eyes peeled- you'll find them shortly.

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Kubricks / Re: Attack of the Kubricks!
« on: January 23, 2006, 04:04 PM »
I would love to see a hammerhead and Garindan. I was just ranting on the bust-up page earlier about chase figures, and was trying to put myself in a zen sort of mode- only collecting what I find and not going crazy to find/buy/bid chase figs. Well, put those two out as kubricks, and say goodbye to plan zen.

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Kubricks / Re: Attack of the Kubricks!
« on: January 23, 2006, 02:59 PM »
So from the original 12 vintage figures, we now have
Chewbacca (EB)
R2D2 (EB)
Leia (EB)
Luke (EB)
Han Solo (series 2)
Jawa (Series 2)
Tusken Raider (Series 2)
Obi Wan (series 2)
C-3PO (series 3)
Stormtrooper (series 4)
Darth Vader (series 4)
and now....
 ;DDeath Star Trooper (AKA death squad commander) (series 6) ;D

I may have to get a mastercase this time around...


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Gentle Giant / Re: Gentle Giant Bust Ups!
« on: January 23, 2006, 08:36 AM »
I know what you mean about "dumping" the variations. Chase figures seem to have become more of a marketing ploy than an incentive to collect. They are almost becoming an incentive to not collect the line at all.
That being said, I think gentle giant is doing great work, and it has gotten better with each series. I'm going to try to go "zen" with all of this, and accept the chases I do find, but not make getting each one imperative. I received two Ice versions in the case of 18 I bought. I am not thrilled with Luke, but the Wampa is cool. They will be enough for me.
I like the GITD set, because it seems "retro" in its' own way, even if the figures lose a lot in the translation. They remind me of something we would have looked for in our frosted flakes around 1978.
I would rather see these chases "Gree, blackhole, etc" be offered as mail-aways for proof of purchases. Then you as a company are rewarding the people who support the line. The current system seems to reward speculators and frustrate their real customer base. I'm beginning to feel the same way about Kubricks, and may cut and paste a portion of this rant over in that forum.

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Kubricks / Series 5
« on: January 23, 2006, 08:19 AM »
Is there any difference between the carded and early bird R2-D2's?

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Kubricks / Series 5
« on: January 20, 2006, 10:37 PM »
I have an extra vader for you knashdx- I'll plan on bringing it to the next MN gathering if 8.00 sounds ok to you-

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Gentle Giant / Re: Bust Ups!
« on: January 18, 2006, 02:50 PM »
If you are a gentle giant newsletter subscriber, check your emails. They are offering the holiday salicious crumb and sets of the ice deco bust ups on their web site to subscribers. I don't want crumb myself, but thought some of you may be interested-

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