Anyone else think they've gone off the deep end with making them next to impossible to open? <or to put back together in close to the original condition>I finally cracked open Bariss Offee tonight...not only were the tabs a royal pain to pick apart without wrecking anything <hey, i'm a careful opener LOL> but once i got the tray with the figure out, her cape was SEWN to the cardboard in two spots! That's fine, then i notice they used regular electrical wire instead of twist ties. Does hasbro just want people to throw the boxes away once the figures have been opened?  Or am i just a crazy packrat? LOL Thanks for letting me vent everyone...Bariss would make a kickass Assaj Ventress too...she's bald under the balaclava thing under her cloak hood...just a little paint and a pair of custom sabers, different top and voila!

up til last july, the only episode I memorabilia i had, aside from the Pizza hut game pieces, was a Queen Amidala <hidden identity> figure from KFC <coincidentally, the Padme figurine is the same size scale as the regular 3 inch figures>...Then in july i came across a MINT Darth Maul <Tatooine> at a flea market for 9 bucks...then i picked up a loose Qui-Gon <it's the same as the one in the Jedi Council set, so i'm guessing it's the Jedi master one>. I went back around labor day and picked up a 12 inch Qui-Gon <again, mint, or as close to it as i could get> for 25...lastly around Canadian Thanksgiving <Oct 10th> I scored a 12 inch Darth Maul off a guy from Snowtroopers who lives in winnipeg for 15. Don't hate me cause i'm lucky LOL :D:D:D

I know, i'd just finished it when i posted...hadn't had time to take pix LOL...but here you go: http://photobucket.com/albums/b174/Richardthebloody

Right now i'm just using the Robe from an episode I Maul, but i have the cloth, i just have to get around to sewing up a jedi robe out of the brown cloth i have...and i didn't use the lightsaber i made for it because my camera doesn't do very well with closeup detail. Love it? hate it? Lemme know

probly cause not everyone can afford $200 or thereabouts for a Japanese figure...not to mention the cost of shipping...I could be wrong about it tho, but I think the Sideshow one will be just as good <what? i can hope can't i? I just hope they're available up here in Hoth Central>

i Dunno if this is what you're looking for, but this is the best picture i could find http://www.kbtoys.com/genProduct.html/PID/4584519/ctid/17/INstock/Y/D/

That IS the jedi luke you're talking about right? It looks like he does indeed have the same type of neck as the AOTC Obiwan.  Incidentally, Isn't the Jedi outfit luke wears the same as Dooku's? It would seem kind of ironic in ROTJ that luke was wearing a similar outfit to the man Anakin killed 23 years prior.

<edit:>I had a question about which type of dragon body you used for Count Dooku? I was trying to get the head off my own tonight and the neck peg stretched, then snapped ...i don't imagine something like that is easily repairable, tho as long as i leave him in one pose <say like the Unleashed Tyrannus> he's ok...So much for trying to make a jedi luke outta that:(

What are these 12 inch figures? Are they customs?

They're Customs all right...The Commander Gree is especially impressive, as is Cody Whoever did them did a spectacular job. They must have glued the hands around the gun because the fingers on my clone are way too loose...unless they're all like that. Same plastic they used to make the 3.75 inch Aayla?

My most recent acquisitions were : Last friday, a Clone pilot from TRU, Saturday, a Blue Royal Guard from a flea market place in winnipeg, and just this morning, a Red Royal Guard from TRU...now if only the sale had still been on today:'(