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The Bullpen / Re: The Avengers: The Toys
« on: September 28, 2012, 07:58 PM »
A Deluxe Hulk & Banner 2-pack would've been great.  Of course, had they done that when the movie first opened, it probably would have sold better.  They also passed on doing Cap in the modern uniform without his mask/helmet.  That version would've worked for both the Helicarrier battle and the street fighting in NYC.  But the maskless variant that came out was in the WWII era uniform.

And I definitely would've liked figures of both Maria Hill and Phil Coulson.  But I have to admit, even if you gave Coulson the Destroyer gun, a white dude in a black suit probably would've been a tough sell.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: K-Mart Vintage Ewok/AT-ST Driver 2-Packs
« on: September 28, 2012, 03:05 PM »
Quote from: LandotheScoundrel on September 28, 2012, 11:18 AM
Is anyone finding these guys still?

I haven't seen them once, and I've been checking every K-Mart I can think of.

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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: CW Deluxe Figure & Vehicle Line
« on: September 28, 2012, 02:57 PM »
Found a Dropship this morning at K-Mart.  These are going to be tough to track down with only one per case.

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The Bullpen / Re: The Avengers: The Toys
« on: September 27, 2012, 05:48 PM »
It looks like another Captain America was planned for the line, but pulled.  I found a couple of Chitauri basic figures with blackout stickers on the back of the card.  I bought one of them and peeled back the sticker to find Avengers figure #19, which is another version of Cap.  I'll take a picture of it soon and post it.

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Discover the Force / Movie Heroes / Re: TRU 2012 Speederbiker with Scout Trooper
« on: September 27, 2012, 10:55 AM »
I found 2 at a single store, and I haven't seen them since.  I'm glad I picked up both!

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JD Sports Forum! / Re: NFL 2012-2013
« on: September 25, 2012, 09:05 PM »
I am in no way, shape or form a Packers fan.  But the officiating situation is beginning to make people question the legitimacy of the game.  That should really get Roger Goodell and the owners concerned in a big way.  The NFL is such big business that they need to nip this in the bud, and quickly.

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The Bullpen / Re: The Avengers: The Toys
« on: September 24, 2012, 05:24 PM »
I saw a lone Nick Fury today, and I passed on him.  The paint apps on his single eye were like something out of Toyfare magazine's Twisted Mego Theater!  There was no way I was buying that one, so I passed on it.  But I really should have taken a photo.  It was just THAT BAD.

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The Bullpen / Re: The Avengers: The Toys
« on: September 21, 2012, 11:32 PM »
I wound up returning 2 of my 3 Deluxe Chitauri.  Especially after seeing the difference in price between TRU and Target.  I really want to like both the Deluxe and Basic Chitauri figures.  You NEED villains for your heroes to beat the hell out of.  But these figures really do suck.  The lack of elbow articulation alone is terrible.  And the knees are almost as bad.

The big missed opportunity in the line?  A bigger version of Hulk for the Deluxe figure line.  If the movie proved anything, it was the love for the Hulk, and he wound up being one of the hottest figures in the line for the first few months of the line.  Hasbro dropped the ball on this one.  But it does beg the question about whether or not the people at Hasbro are seeing early cuts of the film that might help steer the direction of the figure line.

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The Bullpen / Re: The Avengers: The Toys
« on: September 21, 2012, 06:39 PM »
Quote from: McMetal on September 21, 2012, 02:41 PM
I wouldn't have thought it would have been too much to ask for an unhelmeted Chitauri warrior in this line, but I guess so.


I think a no-helmet Chitauri may be as likely as a properly scaled Hulk. And on that front, I'm much more disappointed about the Hulk.

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The Bullpen / Re: The Avengers: The Toys
« on: September 19, 2012, 10:33 PM »
I saw plenty of the Costco Quinjet & figures when I was there over the weekend. 

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: 'The Hobbit' movie
« on: September 19, 2012, 05:19 PM »
Looks like it's going to be a great movie!  And I'm very glad that Peter Jackson stepped back in as director.  I really like Guillermo del Toro's work, but this IS Peter Jackson's world, just as much as Tolkkien's.

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The Bullpen / Re: The Avengers: The Toys
« on: September 19, 2012, 01:02 PM »
So it turns out that there's a Costco exclusive version of the Quinjet.  And it includes "Stealth" repaints of both Captain America and Iron Man.


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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Apple iPhone Thread
« on: September 17, 2012, 09:25 PM »
Silly question:  why would you want to get the iPhone 5 right away?  If history has shown us anything, it's that new hardware may have issues.  So why not wait a few months until the craze dies down, and the hardware bugs are worked out?

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The Vintage Collection / Re: K-Mart Exclusive Vintage ROTJ AT-ST
« on: September 16, 2012, 10:05 PM »
Quote from: Jesse James on September 16, 2012, 08:59 PM
http://www.jedidefender.com/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1347521356,73627,

Worked for me just now.   ???

Or did you mean the link I put in this thread?


This was in the article text from the link above:

Error: Invalid start/end news items.


And that's using IE

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Re: iPad
« on: September 14, 2012, 10:32 AM »
Quote from: Master_Phruby on September 14, 2012, 12:31 AM
Amazon's bitch. Apple's bitch. What's the difference? 

It's cheaper being Amazon's bitch with more tricks.

Really?  It seems like the only way to get media onto your Kindle is through Amazon directly, or having an Amazon Prime subscription.  At least with my iPhone / iPod / iPad I can use varying sources of media, provided of course that I use them in the iTunes or iBooks applications.

Amazon very deliberately kept the price on the Kindle Fire low.  And that's because they knew that they'd rope people in with that low cost of purchasing the hardware, but make some more serious money on the media.  It was a very calculated move on their part.

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