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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Top 5 Hotties
« on: September 27, 2012, 04:20 PM »
After seeing Dredd this past weekend, I have a new appreciation for Olivia Thirlby, who looked pretty damn hot in that movie.
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Conventions / Re: New York Comic-Con
« on: September 27, 2012, 04:15 PM »
I put it off because I'm lazy, and the requirements were really a pain in the ass this year, but I got approved for a press pass agian this year and will be at NYCC Saturday and Sunday.
I'll have coverage on Twitter and Facebook and then more info posted after the show. It was already mentioned, but Hasbro will have some type of presence at NYCC, they are doing a Transformer's panel but I didn't see anything for SW or GI Joe, and no booth.
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I'll have coverage on Twitter and Facebook and then more info posted after the show. It was already mentioned, but Hasbro will have some type of presence at NYCC, they are doing a Transformer's panel but I didn't see anything for SW or GI Joe, and no booth.
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The Bullpen / Re: The Avengers: The Toys
« on: September 25, 2012, 07:29 PM »
Saw that same wave at my WM today. I ended up on passing on BW.
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Super Hero/Comic Book Movies
« on: September 24, 2012, 01:34 PM »
I saw Dredd yesterday and yes, the helmet never comes off. You don't see Urban's face in the entire movie. But that's okay, because Olivia Thirlby, who I hadn't seen since Juno, never wears a helmet and she's pretty hot.
I liked the movie. I thought it was pretty good, just enough story to put everything in motion and then it's balls-out action right to the end.
I did not see it in 3D and I don't think you need to in order to enjoy it. There were only a couple of parts during the movie where I thought "that would look cool in 3D," otherwise it seems like a waste. Besides, a lot of it takes place in the dark interior of a city block and I don't think 3D works well in those types of settings. Tron, for example, was mostly dark and I thought the 3D didn't pop like it would have in a brighter setting, which was a disappointment because I was thinking going in that if any film would look good in 3D it would be that one.
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I liked the movie. I thought it was pretty good, just enough story to put everything in motion and then it's balls-out action right to the end.
I did not see it in 3D and I don't think you need to in order to enjoy it. There were only a couple of parts during the movie where I thought "that would look cool in 3D," otherwise it seems like a waste. Besides, a lot of it takes place in the dark interior of a city block and I don't think 3D works well in those types of settings. Tron, for example, was mostly dark and I thought the 3D didn't pop like it would have in a brighter setting, which was a disappointment because I was thinking going in that if any film would look good in 3D it would be that one.
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The Bullpen / Re: Marvel Universe
« on: September 23, 2012, 01:24 AM »
Found, and bought, Nick Fury today at KMart. They had two on the shelf. I was kind of surprised to see him.
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The Bullpen / Re: The Avengers: The Toys
« on: September 19, 2012, 10:42 PM »
I like the color scheme on that Quinjet much better than the wide release, sort of how I liked the SDCC Helicarrier better also. We have a new Costco here but I don't have a membership...ought to see if I have any of those guest passes left that they were handing out when all the college kids came back to town.
In other Avengers news, I broke down last night and ordered the Avengers Mark VII Iron Man by Hot Toys. I had the original HT Iron Man figure on order and cancelled it and have kind of regretted it since then. There have been so many released since then (I think over 10 w/ different versions and a couple double dips) but I liked the Stark head sculpt on this one so I pulled the trigger. Non-refundable deposit so no turning back this time.
Edit: I'm an idiot, we didn't get a Costco, we got BJ's. I'm not collecting enough of the Avengers toys to worry about it, but do think that's a much better deco than the wide release version.
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In other Avengers news, I broke down last night and ordered the Avengers Mark VII Iron Man by Hot Toys. I had the original HT Iron Man figure on order and cancelled it and have kind of regretted it since then. There have been so many released since then (I think over 10 w/ different versions and a couple double dips) but I liked the Stark head sculpt on this one so I pulled the trigger. Non-refundable deposit so no turning back this time.
Edit: I'm an idiot, we didn't get a Costco, we got BJ's. I'm not collecting enough of the Avengers toys to worry about it, but do think that's a much better deco than the wide release version.
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The Bullpen / Re: The Avengers: The Toys
« on: September 12, 2012, 02:58 PM »Here's a general question for those collecting the 3.75" scale Marvel movie lines: are you into having three seperate collections?
Iron Man 2 did this with a Movie Line, a Comic Line, and a Concept Line.
The Avengers line has done this, too. And seeing all of those stupid Reactron Armor Iron Man Concept figures warming the pegs has gotten to be ridiculous.
The Thor line seems to have done away with the comic line, but still clung to the concept / alternate hero look figures.
And the Captain America line still had three distinct classes of offerings.
I for one have stuck almost exclusively with movie figures from all of these lines. There have been some select figures from the concept and comic series lines that I've picked up, but those are minimal at best. Has anyone else been doing the same?
I don't collect a lot of any of these lines and find that all the different versions only confuse me when I'm looking for a specific figure. On the Avengers line, for example, I wanted a movie CA but after loooking at all the versions of him out, I never did buy one because I never found a version that I liked that said it was from the movie line.
The only time I ever specifically went looking for a figure that wasn't from the film was on the IM2 line when I was looking for both the comic and movie versions of War Machine.
Personally, I think they should just do a movie line and forget about the comic/concept crap. Seriously, if I can't figure it out, will kids who just want the characters they saw on screen figure it out? I could see Hasbro coming back for the DVD release, Christmas and early into next year with a wave of Avengers figures based on comic/concept outfits but they should have led the summer and movie release with only movie figures.
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The Bullpen / Re: The Avengers: The Toys
« on: September 7, 2012, 04:44 PM »I understand the potential for spoilers from some figures, and a movie studio's hesitance to reveal characters. But this does seem to be holding the line back a bit.
The movie studios need to realize we live in the future, where the Internet knows all and not much is secret before the actual film release. Let's face it, the fan boys that want to know, know, and it won't ruin the line. The kids that don't know, probably won't care until after they see the film anyway. Either way, I don't see how it hurts the studio but it could help them and the toy manufacturer who can release a more viable line of toys.
I think the last time I had something really spoiled for me ahead of the film was in 1999 when the track "Qui-Gon's Noble End" showed up on the early release of the soundtrack. Releasing Chitauri figs in wave 1 of the Avengers line, for example, wouldn't have been an issue.
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The Bullpen / Re: The Avengers: The Toys
« on: September 7, 2012, 12:16 AM »
Out of nowhere, my WM put 1 lone deluxe Chitauri figure in their new clearance section at the front of the store. Far as I know, they never had any of the deluxe figures before now so I have no idea where that came from. It was very odd.
Saw some more Skrull figures and a couple Hawkeye figs, no Black Widow to be seen anywhere, however.
I'm also starting to see the Helicarrier around and one WM I was in had the Quinjet on sale for $21. Not a lot of basic figures around anywhere, though. Other than the Skrull and Hawk fgs, at TRU, the other stores I was in had a couple Cap, IM or Thor figs and the rest of the pegs were filled in with those Flip & Attack figures.
Did see some Thor and Cap line releases on clearance at TJ Maxx and a ****-ton of IM2 figures for $3 - $5 at, well, pretty much every store I was in. God that movie release was a huge cluster ****.
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Saw some more Skrull figures and a couple Hawkeye figs, no Black Widow to be seen anywhere, however.
I'm also starting to see the Helicarrier around and one WM I was in had the Quinjet on sale for $21. Not a lot of basic figures around anywhere, though. Other than the Skrull and Hawk fgs, at TRU, the other stores I was in had a couple Cap, IM or Thor figs and the rest of the pegs were filled in with those Flip & Attack figures.
Did see some Thor and Cap line releases on clearance at TJ Maxx and a ****-ton of IM2 figures for $3 - $5 at, well, pretty much every store I was in. God that movie release was a huge cluster ****.
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The Bullpen / Re: Iron Man 2 Toys
« on: September 7, 2012, 12:10 AM »
Found one of the Drone figures today at a T.J. Maxx, $3 so I bought it. Everything else was just a mix of IM armors.
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Other Toy Lines / Re: Transformers
« on: September 7, 2012, 12:04 AM »
Spent a ton of cash today on crap I probably didn't need, but I used the $10 TRU coupon and picked up the MP Thundercracker figure. Very cool looking. Haven't opened him yet, though.
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Official Television Thread
« on: September 6, 2012, 03:33 PM »
Casting bullets and reloading is easy without power, the problem comes in making/obtaining the gunpowder, shells and, especially, the primers.
You'd have a similar problem with modern cap and ball muzzleloaders also, you can make bullets and even the powder but you'd still need the cap to set it off. Without that you're back to flintlock.
Bow and arror or crossbow make more sense because they're easier to make new ammo for and you don't have to manufacture primers. Still, the raw material for both shells and primers would be around or could be manufactured again even without power, it would just take longer.
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You'd have a similar problem with modern cap and ball muzzleloaders also, you can make bullets and even the powder but you'd still need the cap to set it off. Without that you're back to flintlock.
Bow and arror or crossbow make more sense because they're easier to make new ammo for and you don't have to manufacture primers. Still, the raw material for both shells and primers would be around or could be manufactured again even without power, it would just take longer.
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Official Television Thread
« on: September 6, 2012, 11:43 AM »
If anyone watched the show Jericho, they did something that I liked better than what some other movies/TV shows have done; after the nuclear blast, which fried unshielded electronics like computers, modern cars, power plants etc, they still were able to get older cars w/o electronic control systems up and running. I think they even eventually were able to get some local power back for things.
We live in a modern society with a lot of tech, but we also have a lot of knowledge. If something happened and the main power grid failed, you can't tell me that there wouldn't be engineers hooking up small wind, water or sun powered houses and buildings. Even steam powered. I can't picture a modern society not coming together and rebuilding. Unless something really catastrophic happened.
I guess I'll have to see how they write this new show, Revolution, to see if I buy into it or not.
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We live in a modern society with a lot of tech, but we also have a lot of knowledge. If something happened and the main power grid failed, you can't tell me that there wouldn't be engineers hooking up small wind, water or sun powered houses and buildings. Even steam powered. I can't picture a modern society not coming together and rebuilding. Unless something really catastrophic happened.
I guess I'll have to see how they write this new show, Revolution, to see if I buy into it or not.
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Official Television Thread
« on: September 5, 2012, 11:43 PM »
Last year I did a big write-up on all of the new shows that were coming, what looked good, what probably was going to tank, etc. This year, I haven't even been interested enough to look to see what new shows are coming let alone if any of them look good.
I have seen commercials for this new show, Revolution, that looks like it might be interesting. I just have a feeling that it's going to be this season's "Terra Nova" or "Jericho," it'll be good and then, even if it makes it a full season, won't come back and leave us all with a cliffhanger or something.
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I have seen commercials for this new show, Revolution, that looks like it might be interesting. I just have a feeling that it's going to be this season's "Terra Nova" or "Jericho," it'll be good and then, even if it makes it a full season, won't come back and leave us all with a cliffhanger or something.
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Joe Defender / Re: 2011/2012 GI Joe Club Figure Subscription Service Figures
« on: September 4, 2012, 09:16 AM »
Well, I subscribed last night. I was kind of back and forth on it the last couple of weeks but ended up deciding to do it because there were a few figures in there that I wanted. We'll see how it goes.
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