I was curious if anyone out there had recommendations on some good TPBs to pick up that deal with Star Wars during the OT timeline.  I've heard good things about Infinities, and also have the movie TPBs, but are there any good ones that take place between the movies, that help to fill in the gaps, etc.?  I'm always interested in OT stories, and much of the current stuff has been prequel based (although I did pick up the recent Rogues 3 parter), and I was curious if anyone had recommendations of some good TPBs to pick up?

With the announcement of the upcoming Momaw Nadon/Hammerhead figure, it got me to thinking about the vintage line again.  Although I'm familiar with all the newer names for these figures, I still look at this character/figure and think "Hammerhead".  Maybe it is nostalgia, but I kind of like those simpler names for some reason.  Nothing against the new ones either, which are also fine.  Which names do you prefer?  Are you more of a Hammerhead, Walrusman, Squidhead, Yakface, and Pruneface person, or do you prefer Momaw Nadon, Ponda Baba, Tessek, Saelt Marae and Orrimaarko?

This is inspired by an episode from this season's "The Office" in which they played a game called "Desert Island", and talked about picking things like "if you were on a desert island and could only watch one movie the rest of your life....", etc.  Expanding that a little bit, if you could only choose five movies to watch, which five would you pick?  Up to you whether you want to use the "Star Wars Saga" or movies individually, same for other franchises.  I suppose the right way would be to use the movies individually, but that makes it tougher.  For the sake of argument, we'll say you can use any movie, regardless of if it is available on DVD/VHS, etc.  I'll have to give this some thought myself, but I just wanted to get the ball rolling and see what some people's choices would be.

While happening across a few "retro" and nostalgic sites today (such as this one), it got me to thinking about all the great cartoons (or other) shows we had when we were kids.  I grew up through the 80s, and I look back fondly on a lot of the shows we had then.  Maybe they haven't aged the best now, but some still seem to hold a special place for me.  What were some of your favorite Saturday morning, or weekday morning/afternoon shows?  I can still remember catching a Transformers episode before I went to school during the week, and then coming home to GI Joe and He-Man.  Good times.

A Few Favorites
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - one of my favorites growing up, and one that I had a lot of the toys from too.  Halfway tempted to pick up the DVD Season set, but have only broke down for the "10 best" one so far.  That really brought back some memories.

G.I. Joe - G.I. Joe was a staple of my childhood, right up there with Star Wars, comics, and He-Man.  I watched this quite regularly as a kid, and did my best not to miss an episode.  Between our group of friends, I think we had most/all of the toys covered and could have quite the battles set up with the toys.  Another one that has tempted me on DVD, but has been put off so far.

Transformers - "Generation 1" as it is often called, and what I feel was the best time for Transformers.  I didn't really have a whole lot of the toys, at least the bigger ones, although I always wished I had more.  The cartoon was really good I thought, and I can still remember what some of the voices, etc. sounded like.  I've been tempted to get the DVDs of these as well, but they've just been put on the backburner like Joe.

Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends - Maybe not as "mainstream" at the time as the first three, but this was one of my favorite shows.  I've always been a Spidey kid, and still am, and this show was so great at the time.  I've noticed that Toon Disney has started showing these every so often, and I've caught a few.  I kind of wish they'd release these on DVD eventually.  I can remember when this show became the "Spidey/Hulk" show, with some Incredible Hulk toons as well.

Superfriends - As cheezy as the show seems now, I really liked this when I was a kid.  This, combined with the Super Powers line, brought a lot of fun.

Batman: TAS - Not really a "kid" anymore, but I remember watching this with my younger brother when I was in HS.  I still watch the reruns of this and Superman: TAS on Boomerang, and have a couple of the DVD sets.  Great stuff, and lead into the current Justice League shows too.

Thundercats - Kind of ripped off from He-Man, but I liked this show too.

Silverhawks - Short lived, came about shortly after Thundercats, but I liked it.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - "Vintage" version, another favorite.

DROIDS/Ewoks - Star Wars, so I definitely watched it.

Inhumanoids - Some might not remember this, and I don't think it was on long, but I really liked it.  had a few of the toys too, kind of neat stuff.

M.A.S.K. - Great toyline, and I liked the show a lot too...another one that didn't seem to last long.

Ghostbusters - "The Real" Ghostbusters I believe it was called, although they looked different than the movie.  I remember Egon having blonde hair, and some other minor differences.

Classics
Scooby Doo
Flinstones/Jetsons
Bugs Bunny/Looney Toons

Others I Remember
Alvin and the Chipmunks - Maybe a little embarassing to admit, but I liked this show as a kid.
Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show - Always a fan of the Peanuts gang.
Animaniacs/Tiny Toons - A little older with this too, but Animaniacs in particular was quite funny.
Garfield and Friends - Pretty funny show.
Disney - Rescue Rangers, Talespin, Darkwing Duck, DuckTales, etc. - A little older here too, but entertaining.  Watched w/brother.
Muppet Show/Muppet Babies - I remember the Muppet Show quite fondly, and still enjoy watching the old episodes when I can.  I remember the Muppet Babies cartoon as well, although it is a little embarassing to admit it.  I remember a fair amount of Star Wars references on that show though.
Inspector Gadget - A good show, should be reruns on somewhere.
Mighty Mouse
Underdog
Hanna Barbera Shows
Video Game Shows - Pole Position, PacMan, Captain N?
Fat Albert

Those are just a few that I can remember, or that I took off the list from that site above.  I'm sure there are others I'm forgetting, and some of these I didn't watch as much as others, but I do remember them.  Anyone else have fond memories of certain toons or shows from when you were a kid, whenever that may have been?

According to this article at Action-Figure.com, it sounds as if there will be a mass retail line for the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean movie(s).  The line will be made by a company called Zizzle.  Although I am a fan of the original movie, and will likely enjoy the others to come, I don't know if I will collect any of these.  What I found interesting about this article was this portion:

"Kids will be able to take to land or sea with different play sets, including an Ultimate Black Pearl ship measuring nearly three feet long!"

Now that's a vehicle/playset .  I still wish we could see more of this in the Star Wars line, I think that it makes a line overall more exciting.  Anyways, might be a neat line, more details at the linky.

According to a couple of sources it sounds as if Spike TV has acquired the rights to air all six of the Star Wars movies.  It reportedly cost them about $65 to $70 million for a six year deal, besting the bids of USA, TNT, TBS, and Sci Fi.  They will have the network premiere of ROTS as well, I believe in 2008.

Although its been awhile, and I'm sure most of you have your fill of the POTF2 figures...I was recently going through the list of what was released and seeing if there was any I was wanting to pick up.  I ended up finding 30+ figures I was missing.  Granted, I really didn't start collecting until the "tail end" of POTF2, and was picking up loose figures after the fact in many cases.  Since then, I've been waiting for many of them to be "updated" in the newer lines, or maybe even recarded/re-released since that seems to be Hasbro's newest trend .  Its mainly secondary characters, but they are ones I'd like to pick up eventually...particularly the ones who had counterparts in the vintage line.  Anyways, anyone else still missing a few pieces from the POTF2 days?  I could probably list a few vehicles/beasts/etc. as well .