Hmm, a new Boba Fett mini-bust.  Has anyone else noticed that with some of the recent character choices, that Gentle Giant has been revisiting some of the hottest characters/pieces in the history of their Star Wars license?

-Boba Fett mini-bust
-Snowbunny Padme statue (this time it's movie-realistic and not animated)
-Blue Clone Trooper (statue instead of mini-bust)

That photo of Vin Diesel made the rounds today.  Just him standing in front of that issue of Avengers with Giant Man on the cover got me thinking "Hmmm, Vin Diesel as Giant Man"?  But then that might fly in the face of the 2015 Ant-Man project.

I saw the movie.  Generally, I liked it.  And that's due in large part to the fact that it was a complete departure from the Donner films, which I really think needed to happen in order for the Superman character to be able to grow.  Where Superman Returns failed (for me) is that it was a love-letter to the Donner films.  I'm glad for the re-boot.

Were there plot holes?  Absolutely.  I think they tried to write around them somewhat, especially with the atmosphere issues for the Kryptonians.  But that doesn't totally explain away Faora and the other Kryptonian's fighting abilities and powers in the battle in Kansas.

What I'm most shocked about?  All of the hate for the movie from a lot of the comic community.  From my own standpoint, I don't have a vested interest in maintaining this image of Superman like a complete boy scout.  Apparently that's a huge bone of contention for a lot of hardcore Superman fans.  I think what Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan were attempting to achieve was a look at how Superman might really have to conduct his life in this modern world.  And a big part of that includes how the real world would react to having a super-powered alien with almost God-like abilities living among them.  I think having Zod and the Kryptonians as the antagonists was a good way to proceed if the ultimate goal is to build this franchise and a universe where Superman isn't all-powerful.

The Mission Series 2-packs had been one of the few things I was *a little* interested to see after Toy Fair.  The recent images have been somewhat lackluster.  The only single figure that I am interested in is the Seeker Droid, but the Vader in that set is frankly pretty weak.  As a result I'm not going to be rushing out to the stores to find these 2-packs.  I'll wait until they show up in some respectable numbers and THEN make a decision about whether or not I'll buy into these new minimally articulated figures.

When is this set supposed to hit?

Good question.  These were among the items that we didn't see photos of from Toy Fair.  I'm thinking post Comic Con / Q3.  When did the AT-ST crew and Hijackers hit K-Mart stores?  IIRC, that might have been OCT '12 or so.  Would K-Mart have a similar schedule this year, too?

"Here we go again"


-Hoth Spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi



-Wedge Antilles - Snowspeeder Pilot gear



-Toryn Farr



-Han Solo - pre-carbonite w/ block




-Treva Horme



-Wiorkettle



-Lt. Sheckil



-Asteroid Victim Imperial Officer



-Princess Leia Organa - Cloud City Escape (resculpt)



-Yoda - Dagobah (SA resculpt)

I downloaded KOTOR for my iPad the other night.  The game is the single biggest file on my iPad, and that's a little bit of a pain.  But so far, it plays pretty much like the PC version with only a couple of minor differences.

Yeah, the Reed children were definitely in the back of my mind along those lines.  But Beric did show up in a single scene of Season 1, albeit played by a different actor.  I can't say that I recall him showing up anywhere else prior to the events of season 3.

As for Strong Belwas?  I can understand why he wasn't introduced in season 3, since the premise for his introduction was the inclusion of his squire, Arstan Whitebeard.  The show didn't go with that, though, and straight-away we knew that the old, bearded mystery man in Astapor was Barristan Selmy.  Simply because the television medium makes the concept of a disguise tougher to pull off.