I got my free mini Lego Tie Fighter in the mail yesterday as well.  Simple, yet fun little set this is.  I even assembled this bad boy without even peeking at the instructions once (really, I swear!) - first time that's ever happened for me with a Lego set, for sure!  I know what you're all thinking:  God, this guy's amazing to put this whole set together all on his own - he must be some kind of genius!  Well, you'd all be correct there.  In fact, I really wonder if anyone else will be able to do the same, or if I was the only one clever enough...    Let me know if you were able to put it together without cheating too - but I'm going to need some serious visual proof, 'cause I likely won't believe you!

Anyways, it'll be fun to collect this mini line, and display all the tiny little different ships together.  I just hope that now that Lego has delved into this new line, that they go all the way and do every last ship - at least for the Original Trilogy, 'cause I hate to own anything less than a "complete" set...of anything!

Looking forward to getting some more of these little suckers!  Drop a line in here if/when anyone finds them!  They should be hitting retail pretty soon, I'd imagine...

Yep!  I've got all of the Action Fleet and MicroMachines to date, but only for the Original Trilogy and EU - I laid off of them for the prequels though.

Actually, there are still a few items that I'm missing:  The second wave of those 3 EU novel book sets, one more of the MINI-head 3-packs (the walnut sized ones with one figure in them), and the Holy Grail of A.F. - the Tie Defender.  Unfortunately, these items are extremely HTF and go for some pretty big bucks when they do occasionally surface.

I love miniature stuff in general, so these two lines really fill that need for me when it comes to the SW universe.

The Kenner DieCast Collection from the early 80's will always be the King of the smaller scale though.  Those sets were the best - with the most incredibly detailed play environments ever in Star Wars toys.  I really wish Hasbro would bring something back along those lines.  The Action Fleet ships of today do quite nicely, but the playsets still have room for improvement.  I'd also like to see Hasbro start doing the Action Fleet ships more in scale to eachother, or at least moreso (within reason) for some of the larger ships (AT-AT, Falcon).

Just thought that I'd mention to everyone here that I pass right by Disneyland every few weeks (to see my family), and I can pick anybody up some of the Star Tours figures at cost ($10) plus shipping.  I can even look for the nicest MOMC one's if you're into that kinda thing.  Give me a hollar if you're still looking for any of these (the first 6), and hopefully I can help you out!

I'm really starting to wonder about that third wave though, with absolutely NO overseas or eBay sitings to date.  Hopefully they're still on the way.  If not, Hasbro better stick a beautifully resculpted R5-D4 on one of those new Saga cards, or else...!

On a side note, my wife and I went to Disneyland a couple weeks ago, and it was fun to go through the Star Tours line and see all the droids there that I now have as figures.  I hadn't even noticed a few of them before!

As far as Vintage goes, I have a near complete set of loose figures - mostly from my childhood with a majority of the POTF holes filled in later on.  The missing Stormie Luke and Yak Face have has kept my collection from being complete for about 11 years now.  I lost some of my zest to go after them when I found out the modern line was coming (back in '95) and they'd probably be included therein.  I hope to pick them up soon just to finish off the loose figure collection.  I've got about 75% of the Vintage ships and playsets as well.

I'm hoping to start working on a carded Vintage collection this year.  My goal is to go after every figure, on it's premiere card, with no offers, in C-8.5+ condition.  That shouldn't be too tough, right?  

When it comes to the modern line, I'm an absolutely obsessive compulsive Carded and Loose completist freak.  Figures, ships, playsets - everything!  Currently, I'm only missing an "opener" of the MOTDS and the Ep. 1  Battle Amidala, along with an Ep. 1 Eopie.  Those are some pretty easy to acquire and affordable pieces from what I understand...  

I'm looking for the McQuarrie Stormtrooper variant, where the trooper is holding his lightsaber in the UPWARDS position, as opposed to the more common downwards position.  LMK if you can help out!  Here's the rest of my trading list:

HAVES:

Holiday Yoda
Silver Clonetrooper and Silver R2-D2 - MOMC
Star Tours droids - I can get all 9 of these at Disneyland
Clone Wars Deluxe: White Clones, Jedi Knight & Separatist Droid 3-packs, Durge & Clone on Speederbikes
2003/2004 Saga figures - most everything up to the Yavin wave
All 6 Screen Scenes MIMSB
Saga Deluxe Clonetrooper w/ speederbike
All three 25th Anniversary 2-packs (Ben/Vader, Han/Chewie, Luke/Leia)
Indianapolis C2 Saga figure posters
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WANTS: (U.S./English versions only)

McQuarrie Stormtrooper variant, with lightsaber in the UPWARDS position
Saga Boba Fett (Pit of Carkoon), first release w/ BLUE jumpsuit - MOMC
Ep. 1 Yoda with "Episode 1" text printed on card MOMC
Ep. 1 "Bonus" Pit Droids: Anakin w/ WHITE Pit Droid, and any BPDs w/ Sidious or NRG
POTF2 Freeze Frame figures MOMC: Weequay & Sandtrooper
Riddell mini Stormtrooper helmet MIMB
Vintage Yak Face (loose, mint & complete w/ staff)
Kubrick Carded Boba Fett and Sandtrooper, plus LOOSE "Droids" R2-D2
Loose astromechs: Imperial R4 and & Hoth R3 from TRU 4-packs
Action Fleet Tie Defender

Thanks for looking. Drop me a line if you're interested in anything!
JediMC@aol.com

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