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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: A thread about concerts.
« Last post by Nicklab on March 12, 2014, 12:51 PM »
Caught Elvis Costello & The Impostors over the weekend.  Great show, but surprising, too.  I've always been struck by how thoughtful and eloquent Elvis Costello is offstage, and I thought he would talk a little bit between songs.  But Saturday night in Atlantic City?  Not at all!  He was all business, charging through his set with nary a break between songs except to change guitars a couple of times.  And his guitar playing was far more adventurous and aggressive than I've ever heard on a recording. 

He's actually playing locally tonight too, just outside of NYC, at the newly renovated Capital Theater.  But this time he's going to be backed up by The Roots!

Me?  Not going to be there.  Because I'll be checking out The Allman Brothers Band!  WOOHOO!!!
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: A thread about concerts.
« Last post by DSJ™ on March 12, 2014, 12:43 PM »
Going to Queen with Adam Lambert in June. Been a very long time since I have seen them back in 1977. Sure miss Freddie.  :'(
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The Black Series 6" Figures / Re: 6" Black Series - 2014 Wave 2
« Last post by Nicklab on March 12, 2014, 10:00 AM »
The Anakin portrait that's on the body in the package looks great.  As for the other, Sith portrait?  Ugh.  It just doesn't look that good.  And some of the skirt in the packaged image looks like it's actually white.  I'm going to chalk that up to it being a promo shot and not an actual production sample.

Chewie looks awesome, albeit a bit strange in that pose.  It definitely looks like he's just too tall for the packaging.

As for the Clone?  It looks fine to me.  But figures like this Clone Trooper, the Stormtrooper and Sandtrooper all make me wonder how many repaints we're going to be in store for in this line.  This phase I Clone Trooper can potentially be repurposed for another 4 versions if you .  And when a phase II Clone comes along?  There are going to be loads of potential  repaints with those, too.  I get the feeling that this Clone is going to be like Pandora's box opening up.
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Walking Dead
« Last post by BrentS on March 12, 2014, 09:57 AM »
Quote from: JediJman on March 12, 2014, 12:15 AM
Quote from: McMetal on March 10, 2014, 09:06 PM
I'm wondering now if any of the people from Daryl's new group were in the house with Rick a few episodes back??

I just assumed it was those same guys, but now that you mention it they could be a totally different group. 

According to IMDB the actors for that group are the same for those two episodes "Claimed" and "Alone".  Characters names are "Joe" and "Tony" and possibly "Len" and "Harley".
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The Black Series 3.75" Figures / Re: The Black Series 3.75" - Wave 5
« Last post by Scott on March 12, 2014, 09:50 AM »
I get that the final Yoda won't be anywhere near the ones shown at Toy Fair but it sucks they are going to the old Prequel head with little pupils and less defined features.  I've said it before and I'll say it again, for some reason the eyes on Yoda make and break the figure




Jesse said this in the Collect all 92 Yoda thread...so much is lost from Proto to production and unfortunately the painting on a mass produced level is typically what suffers the most.  Am I pissed and outraged?  No, am I dissapointed, a little. :(
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Walking Dead
« Last post by name on March 12, 2014, 08:47 AM »
Quote from: Jesse James on March 10, 2014, 08:06 PM
I thought Lauren Cohen said something on TD about why she was lying there but now I forget...  I think I zoned out just watching Maggie and Sasha's legs throughout that episode.  Oofah.


http://www.amctv.com/talking-dead/videos/bonus-scene-talking-dead-episode-413

She talks about it around 2:35...viewer call.  Basically, Maggie was exhausted from fighting off more walkers than she had expected and that's where she flopped.  No real strategy...just where she landed.  I can live with that.

Also, this:

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Walking Dead
« Last post by JediJman on March 12, 2014, 08:09 AM »
I don't think he was luring anyone in either.  The similarity I was referring to was in the way newcomers are sometimes brought into the fold, but mostly wiped out for their stuff.  Supplies are becoming more scarce, so unless you make sustainable food supplies and other kinds of production, people are going to get the mindset that they have to take from others to survive.
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Walking Dead
« Last post by Jesse James on March 12, 2014, 02:19 AM »
I don't really feel the same about how the Governor was running Woodbury...  I don't think he was luring people in to take what they wanted, so much as I felt the Governor was open to bolstering his forces at any turn so long as they weren't a threat.

He killed those military guys because they wouldn't show loyalty to him, they'd show it to their CO...  Likewise Rick & Co. are a threat because whoever leads Rick's group would've been a threat...  Likewise with his new group that had the tank, two brothers, Martinez...  They're people who were a threat to him being in charge at that point, and so he disposed of Martinez and the stronger personality brother.

His thing was all about control though, I think...  He took people in happily if they posed no threat and were docile or willing to go into the hierarchy of Woodbury without causing waves (Tyrese's group, Andrea/Michonne).  He always had to have that "lackey" follower who would enforce his will, but wouldn't question it.  It was Merle, then Martinez, then Tank dude...  At least that was my impression of him anyway.  He always was willing to keep/protect the weak to some degree, he just wanted to be the one in charge and nobody else.
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Other Collectibles / Re: Star Wars Mini-Skateboards (Tech Deck)
« Last post by Jesse James on March 12, 2014, 02:12 AM »
I'm glad this actually helped...  I honestly had no clue about them, so if it helped one person, more power!  :)

Now if they'd done skate park sets of Coruscant or Tatooine or hoth or something?  Oh a Hoth snow trench halfpipe!  Yes!

 :D

I bought so many of the old Tech Deck sets because the steps looked good with figuers on them, or some looked like just good industrial Star Wars backdrops.  Some of the steps were a little too earthy for my tastes but made good old looking steps for World War II figures to be on...  On clearance I cleaned out some Wal-Marts of those sets.  There are some little ones I'm hell bent on getting at a little Toy Zam store in our mall but they're dragging their feat on further discounts.  >:(
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Collections / Re: JediJman's Month o' Vintage
« Last post by JediJman on March 12, 2014, 12:25 AM »
Been a long time since I've had an update here, but wanted to share my new wall o' vintage.  I've been working on this for a long, long time, so feels great to have it just about wrapped up.  I still have a few gaps to fill on card variations, but am absolutely loving this.





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