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Movie Heroes / Saga Legends '12-? / Re: 2013 "Mission Series" Figure 2-Packs
« Last post by Jayson on May 21, 2013, 07:53 PM »
Vader's a strange mix of soft good and not. Looking at him, I think his legs may be one solid piece, as in they will not move individually but as one like the old Clash of the Titan's Charon figure (only example I can think of)...oh, or like a Playmobil figure.

The Vader's "uni-leg" piece would all kinds of crazy... and a total vintage throwback. Love it.  ;D
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Couldn't disagree more. If they are only going to make a character once, go all the way. 

Anyway, back to the packs. How is Jango blue again? Why are only limited articulation Jango's blue and super articulated ones purple?

Vader's a strange mix of soft good and not. Looking at him, I think his legs may be one solid piece, as in they will not move individually but as one like the old Clash of the Titan's Charon figure (only example I can think of)...oh, or like a Playmobil figure.
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LEGO / Re: Recent Acquisitions
« Last post by Pete_Fett on May 21, 2013, 06:43 PM »
I need to nab that if I'm ever at a TRU for some reason again.  I was thinking those may have been hard to get so I didn't bother when they first hit but now I need to get off the pot.

Out of all of the mini-ships I have (both polybag and planet sets) it is the weakest of them all - and I pretty much like the mini-scale stuff. I think what would have made this better was a beefier cockpit/fuselage section, but I'm sure they limit the pieces based on the price point.
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Movie Heroes / Saga Legends '12-? / Re: 2013 "Mission Series" Figure 2-Packs
« Last post by Greg on May 21, 2013, 05:58 PM »
Like Jeff, I appreciate Hasbro trying to get prices down,b ut how about aiming for $8 and still giving us decent figures?  $8 would be a nice price to pay, and I'd do without ball jointed torsoes and ball jointed ankles for that.  Hell I'd do without ball jointed shoulders and go back to just regular joints there.

I agree with this 100%. I would even overlook a drop in accessories and/or parts reuse where applicable if it meant getting down to $7-$8 again. My Bom Vimdim really doesn't have to be able to achieve the exact same poses as my Anakin Skywalker.

As for the 5POA figures, I like them. They don't seem quite as good overall as last year's Battle Packs (maybe it's sloppier paint? or less sculpting?) but they are leagues ahead of the current Marvel offerings. Assuming these look as good in-hand and if the price is indeed $10, I will probably wind up getting all four sets along with multiples of the Utapau clone. These figures look like fun.
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Other Toy Lines / Re: LEGO
« Last post by Greg on May 21, 2013, 05:49 PM »
Fun story...

First, saw the newest Lego Mini figures out at a local Wal-Mart...  Hadn't seen any news of this yet so great right?  I love walking in and finding new ****.

Now the fun begins...  obese dude is feeling up the sacks with his woman and a child.  Alright, so I him haw around the toy aisle figuring he'll grab a few and leave...  times wearing on, he's not going anywhere anytime soon.

So my gf says f it, let's go do our shopping and we'll come back later...

shop shop shop, shop shop shop, shop shop shop....

Come back, literally at least an hour later, and there he STILL is.  OK, this sucks, but I forgot to grab a Frappe at the other end of the store so we'll go back and get that at McD's and come BACK to see if he's finally done...

He's STILL there and she looks thoroughly pissed, and there's the kid holding ONE mini-figure and the fat guy with a stash of a ton of them it seemed...  My gf wanted me to barge in but I figured if this guy's seriously going to spend THAT long there, I can't be bothered.  These'll show up at Target and 5 Below soon enough...  I'll wait.

Irony was I was only going to grab a handful for me and the boys and get what we get...  I like to do that at first before I feel 'em up for the ones I want out of the wave.  Either this guy sucks at figuring out what he wants, or he had to be finding specific ones in bulk because he really had a ton.

I'm guilty of feeling for the gold guy, but I have only done it when I have seen full displays and only last for about 20 packages before getting bored. I couldn't imagine going thru EVERY SINGLE MINIFIGURE at EVERY SINGLE STORE on the off chance of finding the Mr. Gold, especially with those sidecap displays appearing to hold around 100 or so minis. With all that said, I would NEVER hog the display or all of the minis if other people were trying to look. That is just rude and obnoxious.
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TV-9D9 / Re: Star Wars Rebels - Coming Fall 2014
« Last post by Jeff on May 21, 2013, 05:11 PM »
I suppose I should look harder to see if I DO get this channela nd just don't know it because before this announcement I had dignity, no kids, and never watched a Disney channel ever.

I have four kids, so one of the Disney channels (Disney, Disney Junior, Disney XD) is usually on at some point during the day, especially on the weekends.   ::)

As long as Disney doesn't feel the need to work in some of their "disney talent" tween boys/girls in voice roles and/or singing/musical numbers, I'm thinking it will do OK. :P
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Xbox One
« Last post by Master_Phruby on May 21, 2013, 05:09 PM »
I'm not sure that I like the idea of paying a small fee for used games. If I buy a used game from game stop, I have to pay Microsoft to activate it. This makes me worried since games are tied to an individual live account. What happens if your live account is banned for something stupid? Then you loose your entire software library even if you own the physical discs!
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: What's the last thing you looked up on Wikipedia?
« Last post by Jayson on May 21, 2013, 04:49 PM »
Enhanced Fujita Scale (Because my brain is still stuck in pre "EF" terminology)
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: I just shaved my head bald.
« Last post by Scott on May 21, 2013, 04:32 PM »
I've been shaving my own head for the last 2 years.  Last year I had my wife try and shave my neck with the clipper, that didn't go so well.  Since then I switched to a #1 and have been happy ever since.
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