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The Wookiee Arcade / Dark Forces Mod for Jedi Academy!

« on: April 30, 2005, 06:13 PM »

I stumbled across this while downloading a patch for Battlefront. It's the first few levels of Dark Forces but created for the updated grapics of Jedi Academy! It's not without a few bugs, as read about on the page, but it still looks pretty interesting.

You can view/download it here.

Anyone try it yet???

Watto's Junk Yard / Thank You God for my Jeep!

« on: April 28, 2005, 10:10 AM »

We're having another batch of lovely weather here in the Colorado/Wyoming part of the country....April 28th and it's snowing! Well, I get up this morning at 4 am to go PT this morning and I had enough "OH ****" moments that I didn't need to do any cardio today!

I bought a Jeep Liberty when I got here (my Lt Mobile) and it's the first 4-wheel drive vehicle I've ever owned. It's awesome in this kind of weather, increases your traction by 1000%. Just remember zero multiplied by 1000 is STILL ZERO! Every overpass on I-25 was nothing but ice under slush....and I swear I saw about 30 cars off in the median or off to the side of the road. Luckily, CDOT and WYDOT are great at helping stranded/unsuspecting motorists, otherwise I'd never have gotten to base because I would've been helping everybody!

Anyhow, just a little safety tip from you're Uncle Matt...be careful out there!

The Wookiee Arcade / Battlefront II!!!!

« on: April 23, 2005, 01:46 PM »

Due out this fall, it looks like there are some good improvements to an already great game!

Check out the Official Site for some screenshots and news. They have some shots already of a Tantive IV level, Death Star Level and even some space battles!

Already this game is better than Force Commander!

Toy Reviews / AT-RT Review

« on: April 21, 2005, 11:15 PM »

I managed to finally find one of these today and figured I'd share a few thoughts on the figure/vehicle.

Driver: This has to be one of the most craptacular figures I have ever seen. The figure has 5 points of articulation, Head, Shoulders waist and right elbow....that's it. So, basically, the figure can only sit on the AT-RT. I've heard rumors that the paint on this figure is hit or miss from some earlier reports from people who found it on 2 April, but the ones I saw at Target today were just fine IMO.

Vehicle: For a small vehicle, it's pretty cool. Not a whole lot of detail in the sculpt of the parts, and not much paint, but it has it where it counts. There's a small painted display between the "handle bars" which looks pretty neat. There's also a pivoting Chin Gun and a walking feature which requires two AA batteries. The walking feature is what makes this vehicle worht having IMO. It works great on tile/wood floors or couter/desk tops, and I evenhad it walking on the carpet in my place, albiet not as well as the non-carpeted floor. Really freaked out my cat too!

Overall, I'd give this figure/vehicle a 3 out of 5. There's a lot of playability with the vehicle, but the one-dimensionality of the figure brings it down. If they had made the legs articulated so the figure could be on it's own away from the vehicle, this thing would be great!

Toy Reviews / Revenge of the Sith 1:24 Scale Diecast Car reviews (The circle is now complete!)

« on: April 14, 2005, 06:59 PM »

I'll make one thread for this and post my review of each car as I get them. Today I received the Episode 3 Program car, 1:24 Scale.

Packaging: Very Nice, although there's no window to view the vehicle, the packaging has the Revenge of the Sith look similar to the Carded figures with Vader's head over the boiling Lava. The car is packed in a form fitting styrofoam inlay to the box itself and also inside a soft bag...similar to cheese-cloth to keep it from being scratched.

Paint: The paint scheme on this thing is awesome! The primary color scheme is black, with red along the bottom as well as the sides of the roof. The hood has the Star Wars Logo in color and a greyscale picture of Darth Vader's Helmet with flames behind it. On either side there is a side shot of Vader's head with flames coming out of it right by the car's number 05, although they look metallic and bolted onto the car, just paint but a nice effect nonetheless. There is also a Star Wars Racing logo over the rear tire and a Vader Logo on the back. The hood has the 05 number and the release date of the film. The Trunk has the Star Wars Logo, and the hind end has another Darth Vader head, with the metallic flame design coming out of each side.

Detail: There is plenty of detail on this car. The hood and trunk open to reveal the engine and the contents of the trunk, which looks like a fuel cell. There are also two roof flaps that open. The interior has some incredible detail right down to the dashboard guages. Also, the safety net on the driver's window is much softer and realistic to the previous cars. Even the undercarriage shows the exhaust and suspension system in greater detail than previous years. There are even tiny goodyear decals on the bottom of the tires like you'd see on new tires!

Overall: I give this car a 5 out of 5. If the program car is any indication of the rest of the series, these will be the best of my car collection!

The Prequel Trilogy / Parallels between the PT and the OT

« on: April 8, 2005, 03:01 PM »

I'm sure most of you have picked up on this, but I thought it would be kinda cool to point some of them out.

First Movie:
- An older Jedi Master dies at the hand of a sith lord.
- There is a celebration ceremony at the closing credits showing our heroes on a dais.
- Skywalker destroys the Enemy's major weaopn by some nonconventional tactic.
- Skywalker leaves Tatooine and feels some sort of loss

Second Movie:
- There's a space battle in an asteroid field.
- Skywalker, the heroine, R2 and Threepio stare out at an uncertain future before the closing credits.
- Skywalker loses part of an arm.
- R2-D2 has to Put C-3PO back together.
- The lower ranking Sith Lord tries to get a Jedi Hero to join him.

I'm sure there are others, but I can't think of them right now. I'm also not going to touch the ROTJ/ROTS similarities just because I'm trying to stay away from Spoilers, although I can readliy point to a lightsaber battle that looks errily familiar from the previews.

Can you think of any I missed?

Other Collectibles / Star Wars Convention Passes & Badges

« on: April 8, 2005, 02:53 PM »

I have a few of these, an entire set of the Celebration passes from the FC (The Jar Jar one was autographed by Ahmed Best) and I have three of the SW Insider passes, #1 Mara Jade, #4 Wuher and #5 Darth Vader. I always theought these were cool and fairly unique items to have, and that categorey tends to be my favorite part of my collection.

Does anyone else have these and, more importantly, anyone know where I caould go to try and complete the sets?

Site Feedback, Suggestions, and Help / Photo Novel section.

« on: April 6, 2005, 10:57 PM »

How about setting up a section just for the photo novels people put in the customs thread?

I wouldn't want to pull traffic away from the forum that highlights incredible customs that everyone in there does, quite the contrary. I think a separate section would highlight the custom work more and for those of us that also read the photo novels, their own section would make it easier to read previous ones, since many are parts of a series.

Just my two cents.

Newbies / Thought I'd stop lurking

« on: April 2, 2005, 10:40 PM »

Since a lot of people I enjoy talking with have been migrating over to these forums from Rebelscum (ar for whatever reason can't talk over there anymore!) I thought I'd finally come out of the shadows and talk over here to.

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