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6" Figures / Re: 6 Inch Figures?
« on: January 30, 2013, 03:45 PM »
In another thread I commented on how I saw the Marvel Select 6" Avengers figures at my local Disney Store and how I'm sure within this calendar year, there would be a Star Wars section added to most Disney stores.

The 6" Black Series is that similar item to those Marvel Select figures and most likely what you will, at first, be able to find at your local Disney Store.

So based on that theory, yes, I do think that Disney had a hand in this.

I think the one thing that people are over looking most is that they do intend initially to have a 3.75" Black Series as well. This will most likely be the cancelled Droid Factory figures with some more of the core characters inserted to help round out the waves.

So the Black Series will be what replaces Vintage on the pegs, meanwhile the Movie Heroes and Clone Wars will continue. If you were to get worried about a 3.75" line, it should be the Clone Wars one, that sub-line I think is seriously on borrowed time and any new sculpting effort they want to do for Clone Wars characters will be done so the figure can be included in the Black Series - I would NOT be surprised to find out that the Spider Maul that DePriest said they were working on along with the ESB version of Slave I both being some of the first exclusives in the Black Series.

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6" Figures / Re: 6" Black Series - 2013 Wave 2
« on: January 29, 2013, 03:58 PM »
Here's my prediction:

Wave 2:
Figure 1 - Cancelled
Figure 2 - Cancelled
Figure 3 - Cancelled
Figure 4 - Cancelled

 >:D

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6" Figures / Re: 6 Inch Figures?
« on: January 29, 2013, 12:31 PM »
Don't worry McMetal - the more I think about it - even Hasbro KNOWS this line is doomed to failure and are probably making it to appease to their new masters at Disney.

When the first wave of four figures are still sitting on the pegs collecting dust come January 2014, they'll say that "We realize folks really didn't want their iconic characters delivered up in a new way, so we're once again focusing on what has been the backbone of the Star Wars collecting universe - the 3.75" scale."

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So the 3.75" figures are going to continue under a new "Black Series" branding just like the new 6" line.

If that's the case, why don't they just keep the Vintage line going? That packaging is Black & Silver...

stupid stupid stupid....


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6" Figures / Re: 6 Inch Figures?
« on: January 29, 2013, 12:05 PM »
I was wondering the same thing Jeff - I wonder if it's a typo and the author really means "Darth Vader"...

I'm sure we'll see for sure in two weeks.

I think the Luke looks good - but not $20 good. Like I said in my earlier post, I am definitely not interested in collecting these. So I won't be collecting the "Black Series" (what a horrible name).

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6" Figures / Re: 6 Inch Figures?
« on: January 28, 2013, 10:56 PM »
And, I'll just go on record again that if they do a 6" line, I'm just not interested.  I'm too old to start over, especially at the $15/16 price point that these would invariably have.  More power to those that would buy, but not me.  I don't have the room.

I'm with Jeff on this one - if they decide to only do the Sequel trilogy figures in a 6" scale, I will both be EXTREMELY disappointed that I won't get those characters in the 3.75" scale AND kinda happy that I'll be able to pair my collecting of Star Wars down even further...

Also, keep in mind that any plan they have now, will eventually succumb to failure like every other scale they try and maybe after a year of 6", they'll be going back and doing 'em all over again in the 3.75" scale anyway...

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LEGO / Re: Recent Acquisitions
« on: January 25, 2013, 08:35 PM »
Hit my local Toys R Us with those Rewards Bucks to burn...

Picked up Palpatine's Arrest AND Hoth Echo Base sets - the Toys R Us website is having a massive Lego sale and even though the sets were ringing up for regular price at customer service, I got them to look up the price on the website and give me the sale price. So they both were $89.99 ($20 off on the Palpatine set, $5 off on the Echo Base Set).

I put them both together tonight - great sets.

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LEGO / Re: Lego 2012
« on: January 25, 2013, 08:33 PM »
Wasn't $120 the regular price at Target for that one?

Sorry - I don't know - maybe I was just thinking about the fact that Toys R Us has it for like $149 - but their prices are normally always much much higher than everyone else's....

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LEGO / Re: Lego 2012
« on: January 24, 2013, 01:32 PM »
My Target has Jabba's palace priced at $120.00 now - I wonder if this the first "clearance" price. Gonna keep my eye on it, with all the sets I'm buying lately, I'd love to be able to get it at something closer to the WalMart $79 clearance price.

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LEGO / Re: Lego 2013
« on: January 24, 2013, 01:30 PM »
I'm playing catch-up at the moment with the 2011/2012 sets, so I'm holding off on 2013 sets for now - but last night I picked up the AT-RT - what a great set.

I think if I see the Umbaran (sp?) canon set, I'll grab that too - all I see in my local stores is an empty shelf space.

The rest of the sets, so far at least, seem to be plentiful.

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LEGO / Re: Recent Acquisitions
« on: January 24, 2013, 12:15 AM »
Ok - so I knew this was gonna happen - kinda got the Lego bug now, here's what I've picked up over the past few days....

Battle for Geonosis
Mandalorian Battle Pack
Bounty Hunter Assault Gunship
T-6 Jedi Shuttle
Sith Nightspeeder
Sith Infiltrator
Elite Clone Trooper & Commando Droid Battle Pack
Endor Rebel Trooper & Imperial Trooper Battle Pack
Droid Escape
Geonosian Canon
TIE Fighter
Anakin's Jedi Interceptor
Desert Skiff
AT-RT


I've also got my eye on the Z-95 Headhunter and I have some Toys R Us rewards bucks that expire this coming Friday - tomorrow I'll hit up Toys R Us and probably spend them on the Palpatine's Arrest set if it's on-sale in the store like it is online.

I'm not going to go back any further than 2011 sets - and even then, I'm only going to pick up 2011/2012 sets at or below MSRP - I have no interest in going to the secondary market for these where they have the tendency to really climb in value. So for now, I'm mainly focusing on getting "caught up" for those years as best I can and then over this year I'll acquire a good number of the 2013 sets. My local WalMart has four or five of the 2011 Millennium Falcon sets on the shelf - I'll probably pull the trigger on that set at some point soon before they disappear.




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TV-9D9 / Re: Star Wars: Detours
« on: January 17, 2013, 03:24 PM »
You mean that show is still coming? I thought it was already on and cancelled. We don't need two stupid Star Wars cartoon shows.

Was it? Wow - glad I missed it!

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TV-9D9 / Re: Star Wars: Detours
« on: January 15, 2013, 11:56 PM »
Here's hoping the Disney folks take one look at this junk and never EVER let it see the light of day.

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TV-9D9 / Re: The Clone Wars - Season Five Discussion Thread
« on: January 15, 2013, 11:55 PM »
I've been thinking about the D-Squad arc and I have to say, even if I was a kid, this show would be pissing me off right now.

There is a difference between writing for your audience and writing to insult your audience and I'm sorry, but that Gascon douche-bag character really was a horrible, insulting addition to the Star Wars universe, no matter what age you are.

What would have been so bad about having this mission run by Seripas instead? Have him helping out the Republic or working for the Republic outright as a by-product of his friendship with Ahsoka.

The ONLY reason why I can see NOT having it run by Seripas instead is because he would have managed the mission with the same skill and determination that he demonstrated in the "Bounty Hunters" episode, and all of the stupid set-backs that Gascon experienced either due to incompetence or over-confidence would have never happened, and the entire arc could have been compressed into two episodes instead of the long drawn out mess that we got.

And that brings me to another point - why were stories like the one in "Bounty Hunters" compressed to a single episode, but the "Moron Gascon" arc expanded out to four epsiodes? (or was it five?) Clearly there is no "voice of reason" on the writing staff for this show. I'm sure we'll get one more cool episode in the Maul/Savage arc and then two weeks from now it will be the triumphant return of Col. Gascon as he investigates food poisoning in the Senate cafeteria. Great stuff!

Please Disney - end this show NOW.

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LEGO / Re: Recent Acquisitions
« on: January 14, 2013, 11:52 PM »
Picked up Pre Vizla's Starfighter today, awesome set!

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