i saw it from a seller in the mall (they are an aftermarket collector store that specializes in different lines) so it would be really hard to take a picture. it looked like it was still sealed in it's bubble packaging. the only problems i saw was that there was no cardboard boxing around around it and the bubble itself looked yellowed. the price they were asking was $69.99 for the complete vintage set (have no idea if it was a good price at all).

the reason for me asking is that I was thinking about picking up some vintage stuff I might have missed over the years. i haven't collected any vintage stuff since ROTJ when I was kid. I still have a majority of my vintage figures stored away at my folks in a vintage darth vader case. the store is reasonable for some of the loose vintage stuff but somewhat expensive for other stuff they sell. the rebo band set was one of the vintage sets I wanted...

I'm disappointed that they are doing only a Yankees and Astros version  . While I can understand completely that an Astros fig should be made, they should've made 3 versions (Red Sox, Yankees, & Blue Jays) of the collectors club exclusive instead of picking solely the Yankees version...

Love the pics of Series 6!! 

I honestly can't wait until my box of 12 arrives. This will be my first case I've ever purchased (which I probably should've done awhile ago). I'm keeping my fingers crossed to get a chance to pull at least one of those chase figs...

My Walmart put up a fresh case yesterday. You should've seen the people digging through those things. It's like beanie baby mania all over again  . I never realized how popular they were until I saw the poor stock clerk get bombarded by customers. He didn't look too happy when he saw the mess they were creating...

Meh, I don't think I'm going to get into the Spawn Kubricks. I collect too many kinds of Kubricks to concentrate on another series.

Today, I received my Charlie & The Chocolate Factory 2 pack in the mail courtesy of Gentle Giant. Love the two pack (although I'm really not into Bearbrick) and Willy Wonka's goggles actually stay on without any problems.

2006. I promised this year would be different for me and it has. I stopped collecting on a bunch of lines including Muppets, Sportspicks (though I make an exception for certain teams--Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins, Celtics), and WWE figs (with the exception of certain Classic Superstars).

My focus is back to Star Wars. The line that opened a Pandora's Box for other toy lines. I collected SW stuff back from 1996 until 1999. I started collecting Kubricks since the start of the year thanks in part to a pair of my friends who were heavily into collecting them. They drew me into the Kubricks line and back into the foray of collecting (much to my wife's dismay). I almost have complete sets (sans the chase figures) of Series 3-5 of the Star Wars line and I ordered my first Box of 12 a few weeks back for upcoming Series 6.

I'm gonna stick to this plan for awhile. I don't think I'll ever get back into collecting basic SW 3.75" figures. Plus the Sideshow 12" line isn't really appealing to me. I'd rather collect their Premium Format line which is very expensive, but the product is fantastic. What it all comes down to is space issues. I've got POTF2 figures sitting in my closet from my KB Toys days (I actually kept the cases that they were originally shipped in and use those boxes as storage for my MOC figures). They take up quite a bit of space considering I have about 7 boxes chuck full of SW figs.

The nice thing with the Kubricks is that I could care less about opening them up. It's my first and only time that I've ever opened up figures since I was a kid. You know what...it feels great. There's a certain feeling that's hard to understand opening up those figures for the first time. But regardless, I'm sticking with what I'm collecting this year. Here's hoping that it doesn't change for 2007.

Wow. This is great news. I can't wait for the 400% Vader. The Series 4 version of Vader is my personal favorite Kubrick (that I own). It'll probably be my first 400% Kubrick.  The other 400%'s are out of my budget but I'll make an exception to get that Vader into my Kubrick set-up....

I went into Newbury Comics today and I saw their "Upcoming Release" Bulletin board behind the registers. The board listed Star Wars Kubricks Series 6 for a July 19th release date (priced @ $17.99 each). It's one of the reason why I prefer ordering via the internet. A set of six (besides the 5-7% sales tax) comes out to $107.94. That's  a helluva markup and the reason why I prefer ordering the a case of twelve instead. It was nice seeing an exact shipment date for those though...