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With the confusion in the Rebelscumians thread, I thought I'd solidify the community here a bit more, and give us a chance to introduce/reintroduce ourselves. No need to follow my formula, post whatever you want.
I guess I'll go first.
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LandotheScoundrel
Name: Ed
Age: 26
Occupation: Art Director
Location: New York City, NY
Status: Taken, Girlfriend.
Pet: Australian Cattle Dog
I've been collecting Star Wars since I could hold the figures in my hand. I first saw A New Hope when it was rereleased right before The Empire Strikes Back. I was about 3 years old, and I had a Darth Vader candy dispenser. My feet didn't even touch the floor. I was a fan from then on.
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Hi Ed!
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OCB
Name: Scott
Age: 28
Occupation: Engineer (Chemical to be exact)
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Status: Married (5 years!)
Children: One Son, JediMAX
Pet: Cat
Toy Lines I collect: SW, Simpsons, Marvel, MOTU, LOTR, Kubricks (especially Sesame Street)
Sports Teams: Vikings, Twins, Wild, T-Wolves
Band: Pearl Jam
Saw Empire before I saw SW which I then saw on "cable TV". First figure was a Vintage Han Solo which I got after I got a shot at the doctors office. I sorta quit collecting in 1983 until 1995 when POTF2 came out. Disposable income and a house has tranformed me into a toy collecting machine. I like to camp, fish, hunt, play basketball, video games, drink beer and Whiskey! I also love to cook and spend time with my family. I am also a Fantasy Football commisioner which provides me with hours of entertainment from fall til mid winter.
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Cory H. aka Jango Fettish
Name: Cory Hyman
Age: 24
Occupation: Self Employed
Location: Lake Norman, NC, soon to be ______, MN
Status: Engaged, GF of 5 years
Children: Myself
Pet: Tabby cat named Harley
Toy Lines: Various McFarlane, mostly MM
Sports Teams: Bucs
Bands: Hatebreed, Slayer, Evanescence, Coldplay, Linkin Park, etc
Hmm, been a SW fan for as long as I can remember. First SW toy was an ESB Milly Falcon I got for X-Mas in 1983. Sports kind of forced everything else to the back seat, so I became a "Born Again" true blue Star Wars fan when Episode 1 came out. Big fan of the OT. I think everyone knows what I am famous, or infamous, for. If not, go to jangosapt.com and see for yourself.
My collecting habits have tapered off almost completely, replaced by a new found DVD passion.
I'm a hardcore football fan, I'll watch games even if the Buc's aren't playing. I love music, too bad there hasn't been much of anything worth listening to since the mid 90's.
Did You Know: Before working for JediDefender.com, I wrote for CreatureCantina.com, Star Wars parody site for 2 years? :-*
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Mikey D
Name: Mike
Age: 27
Occupation: Construction Estimator
Location: Medford, MA (just North of Beantown)
Status: Married, 1 year in October
Children: None yet
Pet: None, I live in an apartment
Toy Lines I collect: SW and Marvel Legends
Sports Teams: Red Sox, Pats, Eagles, Flyers
Hated Sports Teams: Yankees, all NY / NJ teams, Lakers
Bands: Led Zeppelin, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden
I remember seeing ROTJ at a drive in and was blown away. I don't recall seeing ANH or ESB in the movie theaters, but must of saw them on TV before that fateful day when I saw ROTJ. Collected all the toys until the line died. After that, GIJoe and puberty took over and more important things came to fruitation (namely girls ;)) Got back into SW when Zahn's trilogy came out and soon after POTF2 was released. And as they say, its all been down hill since then ;)
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Name: Tom Nelson
Age:24
Occupation: Courtesy Clerk (Vons a Division of Safeway)
Status: Single
CHildren: None
Pet: Mouse running loose in my house ;D (I used to have a dog)
Toy Lines: Simpsons the only thing I collect.
Sports Teams: NHL DUcks MLB Angles
Other Hobbies: Making hunted house for halloween, Model Railroading, watching movies
I started collecting Star Wars after Ep1 figures came out. I asked my mom to take me to TRU just to pick up a few things just to have and that would be it (thousand of dollars latter it I still collecting). I always liked the OT when I was a kid even through I wasn't old enough to see them in theaters.
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Name: Jimmy
Age: 30
Occupation: Stay at home daddy & also work pt. time for an online retailer
Location: Fall River, MA (just South of Beantown)
Status: Married
Children: 3- Neal, Jimmy Jr., and Jenna
Pet: bird- Sprite
Toy Lines I collect: SW isn't that enough ;)
Sports Teams: Sox, Pats & Vikings, Lakers (no since the ol' school Celts vs Lakers days... imagine the slack I got in high school)
Bands: Radiohead, Jack Johnson, De La Soul, Zep, Sinatra and on, and on, and on....
Fell in love in a drive-in w/ Star Wars and that was it...
Had everything you could imagine as a kid (being an only child and sick one helped the spoilage). Left the SW thing once the teens hit and started djing did that on and off for 9-10 years. Did parties, club in Boston... fun stuff.
Then met my now wife at work and stopped the club life... so I needed something to obsess over yet again... went back to the first love ;)
I've done stints on the ol' Yakface, Jawa, and Trade Federation.
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Name: Matt Birchall
Age: 27
Occupation: Slacker
Location: Oklahoma City
Status: [edited by Brad]
Children: Heh.
Pets: Two Dalmatians (Kramer and Laynie)
Toy Lines: On hiatus
Bands: Wilco, The Flaming Lips, Radiohead
The Empire Strikes Back was the first "real" movie I remember seeing in the theatre, and I can't remember if I saw Star Wars before Empire or not. My first figures were C-3PO and R2-D2, bought for me during a long car ride to Six Flags in Dallas, IIRC. Had figures as a kid, lost interest around 1984, got back into it in 1990-91 (when the "Star Wars Trilogy" VHS box set came out). Got really into it in 1995, with vintage, before POTF2 debuted. I've gradually been losing interest in it over the past couple of years, with DVD/home theatre stuff (and music) taking Star Wars' spot as my favorite hobby.
Oh, and my online history: I've more-or-less been the scourge of the on-line Star Wars community since 1997: First at Tomart, along with OCB (among others), most notably as "The Unknown/Super Unknown", and then, a couple of hazy years went by, where the different Star Wars-related newsgroups took up most of my time, and then I guess I joined CSW in January 2001, and CSW/Rebelscum has pretty much been my main hang-out since then. But that may soon change. . . :-X
[Note from Brad - I think it's safe to say that wasn't quite appropriate]
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Nice topic Ed! 8)
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JediMAC
Name: Matt Colman
Age: 33 :-\
Occupation: Auditor (of music royalties to be exact)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Status: Married 2.5 years (Patty)
Children: Never :P
Pets: Dogs hopefully soon!
Toy Lines I collect: Only Star Wars (avid carded and loose completist)
Teams: Lakers, Raiders, Rams, Dodgers, Angels, L.A. Kings, Ducks and Clippers ( :-[)
Music: All of it - big time collector and fan!
I've been a Star Wars kid all my life - 6 years old when ANH first hit theaters which I just went nuts over, and I've never looked back! Vintage toy freak as a kid (obviously), kept collecting on through the "dark ages" of 1986-1993, and straight on through the entire modern era - figures, Legos, Action Fleet & MM, Books, Games, and way too many other sublines to even list here. Just a LOT of SW stuff (which I'll be attempting to find a happy place for when we move into our first real new home next week :)).
Been around the online SW community since the get-go, way back when ToysRGus/Collectors Archive first hit, on into RS's very first days, briefly around Tomarts, over to CSW and GH later on (never SSG :-X), then on to JediDefender here where I finally hung my hat for good last December. I didn't actually get involved in the forums (aside from a lot of lurking) until just after the RS/GH merger. It's been a great ride all the way - lots of fun, great collectibles, loads of nostalgia, and a lot of good collecting friends made along the way. Looking forward to much more of the same in the years to come... 8)
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OCB
Name: Scott
Children: One Son, JediMAX...
Just so there's no confusion here - I'm JediMAC, and from all indications, Scott is not my father... :-*
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Spuffy
Name: Darby
Age: 28
Occupation: Writer of stuff
Where oh where: Waterloo, IA
Status: Girlfriend type person.
Children: Are smaller than adults.
Pets: A cat, Squirt, and a German Shepherd, Pepper.
Toy Lines That Bleed Me Dry: SW, LOTR, mostly.
Sports Teams: Cubbies
Favorite Authors: Neil Gaiman, John Irving, Michael Cunningham, Kelly Link, Michael Chabon, Lorrie Moore...
I've been in love with SW since I saw it at the Skyview drive in in Waterloo when I was three. It's had a profound impact on my life, inspiring me to create from the get go.
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rebeltrader
Name: Jim
Age: 33
Occupation: Engineer (Industrial) for a New England based Juice Co.
Location: Gardner, MA
Status: Married 7
Children: One Son, Tyler
Pet: No thanks
Toy Lines I collect: SW (vintage thru present), misc Marvel, Alien, Predator, GI Joe and Music Figs
Sports Teams: Sox, Bruins, Celtics
Band: Led Zep, Pink Floyd
Was fortuneate enough to see all SW movies on the big screen during there first release. They hooked me instantly. Collected up til High School and then began again with the release of the Zahn Trilogy. Other hobbies include fishing, silver age comics, DVD's, playing music and being a kid again with my son ;D
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FAMINE
Name:Kevin
Age:17
Location:Upstate NY (near Albany)
Status:Pending
Kids:WHO TOLD YOU?!;)
Pets:None.
Teams: New York Giants
Musicians: John Williams, Eminem, Linkin Park, Hatebreed, Ozzy, Rob Zombie, Justin Timberlake (Yeah, I do like him)
Other Toys I collect: Star Wars (duh), Jurassic Park ( My first True Passion for collecting started here ) MM5/6 Various Spawn, and Old School TMNT
Saw the origional Trilogy when I took my first trip (I was 7) to North Carolina to visit my aunt. I was hooked instantly, and began using various kitchen utitlites (forks, knives, meat tenderizers, hand grenades etc.) as a light saber. I TRUELY Began collectingt SW Last year, but I got a Shizzle load of SW Stuff after I saw TPM.
My other Hobbies include art, model railroading ( HO Scale please :) ) Scaring Kids (Halloween Haunted Houses (Heck, Im gonna work on one this weekend :) ) and learning about military conquests, tactics, and weaponry.
Yub Yub. Thats me.
Kevin
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-BigDumbWookiee-
Name: Adam Lowe
Age: 24
Occupation: Substitute Teacher
Location: West Central Indiana
Status: Single and not planning on changing that
Kids: Never!
Pets: Rufus the Dog
Toy Lines: Star Wars (Figures, Mini busts, props, Koto kits, books, LEGO, Unleashed, games, food containers and premiums, film cels, magazines, autographs, some 12", Action Fleet, Micro Machines), Jim Henson's Muppets, LOTR: Armies of Middle Earth
Teams: Meh, I hate sports
Music: Absolutely anything, so long as it isn't country or rap/hiphop/r&b/urban/etc
Hobbies: Watching and collecting movies, some model railroading (N scale)
I've been assured many times that I was taken as a 2 year old to see ESB. I do remember seeing ROTJ, and have always loved it. I grew up on Star Wars toys, but most were lost during the dark era, known as the great garage sales of the late 80's. Got back into it when POTF2 first started and have been hardcore into Star Wars since then, except during a brief hiatus in college.
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Great thread.
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Angry Ewok
Name: Brad
Age: 18 (more like 13)
Occupation: Student (Major is Commercial Art but I might to journalism, too)
Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Status: Single, not really looking.
Pet: Parakeet named Dash Rendar, cat named Tiger
I saw Star Wars when I was about 2 years old, so I've been a fan pretty much all my life. My collection was nothing but vintage until the POTF2 line came along, so I've got a ton of old and new stuff. For some reason people don't think of me as a vintage collector, but, I am, so, there. Yea, so that's all I have to add to this so far.
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Great thread, indeed! :)
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BobaShek
Name: Michael Goolishian
Age: 16
Occupation: High School Student
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
Status: Single
Pets: A 4 year old mixed-breed dog named Max
Hobbies: Art
Toy Lines I Collect: Star Wars and Lord of the Rings
My fascination with Star Wars began in 1995. The POTF2 line just began, and I recieved most of the main characters that Christmas. My parents bought me the Original Trilogy when it was re-released in the same year, and I've watched them ever since.
At some point, I started to lose interest in Star Wars (Trust me, I'm as shocked as the rest of you ;)), but my faith was rekindled when Episode I was released. I stayed out of the collecting game until the tail-end of the POTJ line, when I bought some of the last figures in the line. It was that summer that I found my way to a little old site known as Rebelscum. I don't know how many of you knew of me back in August '01, but I was there. It was at 'Scum that I met JediPadawan, whom I befriended. He invited me to his new forum for the aptly-named "Colemaniacs"...yadda, yadda, yadda...JediDefender was started and, well, here I am. :)
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Ok here goes it.
Reconsgt
Name: Wayne Roberts
Age 30
Local: Green Bay WI
Job: Product Development, Vitamin and supplements
Spouce: Sue
Kids: nope all the toys are mine
Sports: Packers, Yankees, Red Wings, Bucks, Nascar, Dale Jr & Harvick
Hobbies: SW mainly vintage, racing and muscle car restoration,
Odds and ends,
Now that I work 2 jobs I am looking for some of the items I can now afford. I am seeking vintage prototypes and advertising. I we are redoing some rooms in our home so I now have my own collection room. I got back into collecting about 5 years ago. I stopped collecting SW about 83 and began buying GI Joes. I think the Joes helped lead me into the military where I served 6 1/2 years in varoius units before getting out. That was a life changing experiance that helped make me a better more compasionate person today.
I got back into collecting just to help my little brother find figs now I am an addict. My favorite fig is still my first Luke fig as a kid from 78. In a nut shell thats me.
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Chuckles
Name: Jim
Age: 31
Occupation: Payroll Mgr.
Location: Minnetonka, MN
Status: Married for almost 2 years
Children: kids - no, stepkids - yes
Pets: 2, a pug named Gramps and a pug/boston terrier mix named Emy
Toy Lines I collect: SW(figures, 12", AF, Unleashed, books, LEGO), Simpsons and McFarlane Baseball Sportspicks
Sports Teams: Dallas Cowboys and Atlanta Braves.
Bands: Pantera, Sepultura, Hatebreed, Earth Crisis, Coal Chamber, Deftones
Been a fan of Star Wars ever since seeing the movies back when I was 5 and had all the toys as a kid. However, I have only been collecting since the beginning of 2002 near the end of the POTJ line except for the SW LEGO which I have collected since that line began. I can thank Target and their nice clearance prices for getting me into the figs. While searching for clearance priced Lego, I just happened to stumble upon a POTJ Luke, Vader and Han for about $1.74 each. Between the childhood memories of playing with the figures and of course, the price, I picked them up and have been hooked ever since. ;D
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Name: Chris Rhoads
Age: 30
Occupation: Web Designer, Network/Security Administrator
Location: Aurora, IL
Status: Happily married for 3 years
Children: My four cats
Pet: see previous question
Toy Lines: Star Wars
Sports Teams: Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks
Bands: AC/DC, Van Halen, Metallica, and many more!
Star Wars is my life..................... what more can I say?
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Boba Binks
Name: David Jonathan Syczylo
Age: 25
Occupation: Visual Communications Specialist - Multimedia Design. Currently Self Employed and work Part Time for a small multimedia firm.
Location: Indy
Status: Single and Looking...
Pet: My dog Maxi (Beagle / Grey Hound Mix)
Music: Just about everything except for Country and Rap!
I first saw Star Wars - A New Hope in the 1st Grade. That night my parents took me to Sears with them and I bought my first Star Wars figure, R2-D2 which I still have till this day. I collected Star Wars with my brother for a few years. Then we got into other toys.
When the Mail-Away Han Solo as Stormtrooper came out in 1995 I was hooked all over again. :)
I also collect Teenage Mutant Ninja Turltes (Vintage to Modern), Simpsons, Lord of the Rings, and other toys that catch my eye. I am a big kid who loves toys.
You can check out my toy museum at www.djsyczylo.net
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Name: Carrie Malloy
Age: 28
Occupation: Veterinary assistant/receptionist/whatever
Location: Chicago, soon to be Providence, RI
Status: Happily, blissfully taken
Pet: Maggie, my cat
Music: Soooo many interests. Just a few; Misfits/Samhain/Danzig, Neurosis, Sepultura, Tom Waits, Dead Can Dance, Massive Attack
Star Wars fascinated me as a kid, and I still get my jollies from the films. I have a Tusken Raider/Sandpeople collecting focus, and my enthusiasm for collecting has recently been stepped up a bit due to my introduction into the world of bootlegs, and foreign licensed vintage product. The main toy line I collect is Mezco's Living Dead Dolls.
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Whoa! Thanks for replying guys (and Carrie). Keep it coming! :D
And Matt...
Just so there's no confusion here - I'm JediMAC, and from all indications, Scott is not my father...
Search your feelings, you know it to be true! :P
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And Matt...
Just so there's no confusion here - I'm JediMAC, and from all indications, Scott is not my father...
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Search your feelings, you know it to be true! :P
Dammit! Seriously?! Wow, that really sucks then... Scott's my Dad. Who'da thunk it?! At least I didn't inherit pops looks! ;D
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HMI (Hasbro's Missing Integrity)
Name: Ben
Where he be: Waterloo, IA
Occupation: writer, well-educated slacker, bum, whatever
Age: 22
Status: Single, then not, then single, then not. Single now.
Children: None they can pin on me.
Pet: cat named Peregrin, dog named Jarrett.
Musick: Kiss, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix in any form, and scored film music.
I was introduced to Star Wars by way of Return of the Jedi, that being in theaters in a rerelease in 1984. Loved it, and saw Empire and A New Hope on VHS shortly thereafter. Of course, like any child who saw these movies, I had to have the toys. And, here we are. I collect Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel Legends, G1 Transformers, and occasional McFarlane, Star Trek, GI Joe, MOTU, and Buffy figures. Also collect comics and DVDs. I play the guitar. Sort of.
I keep the moniker around because I like it. Hasbro really doesn't bother me that much any more.
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And Matt...
Just so there's no confusion here - I'm JediMAC, and from all indications, Scott is not my father...
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Search your feelings, you know it to be true! :P
Dammit! Seriously?! Wow, that really sucks then... Scott's my Dad. Who'da thunk it?! At least I didn't inherit pops looks! ;D
Matt, would you please get your butt in gear and mow my lawn, thanks
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DARTH BROEM
Name: Brian
Location: Bloomington, Il
Job: Financial Services
Age: 29
Status: Engaged - the big day is 11/22/03
Pet: Deceased Sheltie named Tucker
Music: Anything that strikes my mood - mainly rock
I saw Star Wars at age 3. I was hooked at a very young age. I was famous for my imitation of R2-D2 in the local stores and with family members. The people got a good kick out of it.
I was lucky enough to have parents and family members that would buy me the vintage toys growing up. Most of the toys survived my heavy play and are in good condition.
I really started collecting about 2 years before the Timothy Zahn books started coming out in the early 90's. It's really kind of ridiculous all the Star Wars stuff I have. But it's been a bunch of fun owning it.
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great thread, but i'm running out of time, i'll have too stop back tomorrow.
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roguestormtrooper is...
name: Chris Claverie
location: New Orleans, Louisiana
age: 34
status: single
children: none yet...
pets: cats (5)
music: all types... r&b, rap, rock etc...
job: work in Private Security... presently seeking new employment
toylines: Star Wars (mainly), Modern G.I. Joe and MOTU...
I remember way back in 1977 seeing ANH and becoming instantly hooked. I had some of the vintage line of figures, I wish I woulda kept them... I got back into collecting hardcore back in 1995 when POTFII debuted and have been collecting ever since. Even though it can be a little expensive sometimes, it is a hobby that I thoroughly enjoy and brings alot of joy to my life...
I'll stop boring you guys now... ::)
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P.S. This is a great thread!!! :o
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Drunk Jedi
Name: James
Age: 24
Occupation: Computer Instructor
Location: Kingston, Ontario
Status: Taken
Pet: girlfriend's cat
I liked the OT but back then, I was more into playing with GI Joe, He-Man, Lego and TransFormers. As a teenager I stuck with my Legos and my Joe and TFs were put on a shelf. When I moved out on my own, I started back into GI Joe and TFs. After I met my girlfriend, I started collecting WWF/WWE, the new MOTU, Batman, various Toy Biz lines, various McFarlane lines (mainly the Spawn line). One day we went to stop at Burger King for lunch and I picked up an E1 Qui-Gon that someone had left in the parking lot. After that we went to TRU because I wanted to check and see if they had any new GI Joe figs and the Darth Vader Bespin Duel Saga fig caught my eye. Since then I've concentrated on the POTF2-Saga figs (with a couple vintage Stormtroopers because you can never have enough of them ;D )
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MetalJedi
Name: Robb T.
Age: 29
Occupation: Retail Slave. Part-Time Graphic Designer(mostly just for me to keep the college stuff in my head when I get a real job.)
Location: Idaho Falls,ID soon to be _____
Status: Single...
Pet: My grey long haired Persian cat named Storm Shadow
Toy Lines: SW(Figures, Unleashed, Deluxe, Clone Wars,Vehicles(Im a mark), MOTU(new), Transformer PVCs(Takara and Hasbro),
Music: DEFTONES, Hatebreed, Iron Maiden, Frank Black, Imperial Teen, ICP(yeah I know), Halford, Dead Kennedys, Good movie soundtracks and alot more but these are current favs.
Fav Team: Pittsburgh Steelers
I saw ANH when it first came out. Then saw it again during the rerelease. I was totally taken by it charm and have been a fan every since. My mom got me started on the toys. She bought me R2, C-3P0 and a Landspeeder. I still have my original Boba Fett, R2 and 3P0. ;D
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BOBA FITT
Name: Dennis Fitt
Age: 31
Occupation: Microsoft Windows XP Technical Support
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Status: Shelby 9, Megan 3 & Andy 1
Pet: none
Toy Lines I collect: Star Wars and that's almost dead
Sports Teams: Boston Bruins, Avalanche & Dallas
Bands: Def Leppard, Queensryche, Savatage & almost anything 80s
Website: www.swphotoshop.xp8.com
SW was the first movie I ever saw. Was 5 years old and my brother and father took me. A movie like that at such an age can leave quite a lasting impression.
All the people here that say they don't want kids... well I used to think the same way. When you hear them laugh and play it's amazing. And you also get to introduce SW to them. "Son, this is a Han Solo figure.... Let me tell you about the movie he was in called Star Wars..."
Then you open up a box of SW toys and let them go at it. When my boy is old enough I swear that is what I am going to do.
I would give up all mw SW stuff in a heartbeat if given the choice between my kids and SW. No contest.
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VALTAR
Name: Johnny
Age: 31
Occupation: Former A/C Tech. now Self Employed
Location: Baton Rouge, LA.
Status: Married (Never!) --- :P Single
Children: None
Pet: Outside Cat
Toy Lines I collect: SW, Marvel, MOTU
Sports Teams: The Aints ooooPPs the Saints, LSU Baseball, and Womens Softball ;D
Band: Linkin Park
I remember it like it was yesterday... My mom kept me out of School one day and took me to see Star Wars, seems she did that for every new SW movie after that as well. As for my First SW toys was a 3 3/4 Darth Vader He lost his head a long time ago... I Have been a Imperial Follower ever sence. ;D
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name: Brent Elliott
location: Siberia for toy collecting aka Minnesota North (Winnipeg)
age: physically - 64; mentally - 15; chronologically - 39
status: married (10 years, 6 months, 10 days but who's counting
children: 1 - Sydney 3 1/4 and an absolute gem
pets: 1 - cat Kmir ;D
music: mostly older metal, but apparently most of what I now buy is alternative ??? AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Boston, Metallica, Stones, Blink 182, Green Day, etc.
job: extension entomologist (read state entomologist north) - I play with bugs and get paid for it
toylines: Too damn many. SW (playskool, 3 3/4, vehicles, unleashed, Epic Force, Kubricks; no dolls :P; Marvel Legends, Batman Zipline, Simpsons (mostly Homers), McFarlane SportsPicks - mostly NHL though some football; Movie Maniacs but only Predators and probably some other crap, which if I don't currently collect it, I'll soon start (except LOTR - I know my limitations)
Being a tad more "matoor" than some here, I vividly remember seeing Star Wars (that's what it was called when if first came out y'know ;)) when I was 13. I attended a pretty tough school, so playing with 'toys' at that time wasn't cool, so I never actually owned a vintage Star Wars toy. The last "toy" I received was a 12" GI Joe with the Kung Fu grip, probably around 1976 or so (yes, before you were born). I've always loved all the movies but being 'cool', girls, playing sports and drinking took precedence for those years.
In 1995 I was in grad school and thought I would taunt my grad school advisor by getting him an OB-1 figure that I'd seen at a local store (Woolco for the Canuckleheads). I was sharing an office with a girl, so I got her Leia (she was always the favorite) and myself a Vader (yup, long saber) to complete the trifecta and make a quasi-political statement about life as a grad student. Accursed advisor always giving me a hard time so I often envisioned having Vader-like choking powers. Makes committee meetings much, much more enjoyable ;)
Given that I loved SW so much and there were only a few figures available, I decided to get them all, maybe a dozen at the time. Then more came out :o I managed to keep up while on a pretty tight budget, but began getting frustrated when Canada started to suck evermore with respect to SW toys. We missed the tail end of pretty much every "line" and eventually I just stopped. I had followed Rebelscum from the outset and CollectStarWars as well though I never got into the forums.
Episode I got me back into it with the plethora of available toys, but when we got screwed over again, I quit again.
While walking through TRU looking for baby stuff (my kid) about 3 1/2 years ago I saw some POTJ stuff and really liked what they'd done and started collecting then. I also started on some boards around then and began trading. Rebelscum was my first good home followed by snowtroopers.ca eh? Now I call this place home ;D I still like snowtroopers, but Canada really sucks for toys, so discussion is minimal these days.
I am missing nothing I want from the current (1995- present) lines that has been out for a considerable time. I order mostly online or rely on my good friends here (chuckles, OCB, JediMac, Jango Fettish and others) for their gracious assistance in obtaining my schtuff. :D
Oh yeah, I'm pretty long winded too. ;)
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Gypsyforce
Name: Becky C.
Location: Michigan
Age: 33
Occupation: Working in retail right now but I am really looking for something different. I also do photography in my spare time.
Status: Single
Children: None
Pets: A very spoiled cat
Toy lines that I collect: Star Wars and some of the Lord of the Rings. (I also collect old cameras.)
Music: I like a variety depending on my mood.
I remember seeing Star Wars for the first time at the drive-in. I thought, it was just awesome. I have been hooked since.
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Helllo again everyone...the last month had me very busy with work and school (and GenCon) so I hadn't posted too much. This thread sounded like a good way to get re-started!
KARMA
Name: Karen
Age: 29
Occupation: Aircraft mechanic
Location: Daytona Beach, FL
Status: Married
Pet: None, allergic to everything
I'd seen Star Wars a zillion times but didn't get into collecting until after the anniversary re-releases. I collect mostly all modern Star Wars figures and am contantly filling in the holes in my POTF stuff. It never ends!!!!
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Name: Carrie
Age: 29
Occupation: VP Operations for a bank
Location: Aurora, IL
Status: Married
Pets: 4 Cats, Yes 4 - Corona, Shadow, Chloey and Anakin ;D
What I collect: Cows on Parade and Star Wars too (because Dustrho!)
Sports: I LOVE FOOTBALL! Hockey is cool too.
Music: Anything that helps me drive fast is fine with me.
I remember my brother won tickets to see Star Wars when we were kids. I got back into it after Chris did.
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Anyone else want to chime in? This was a great thread! 8)
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name: dave castle
location: bayonne, new jersey (or as i like to call it, the fourth level of hell)
age: 33 (for another month)
status: divorced >:(
children: none that i know of
pets: 1 fish - betta named "chuckles"
occupation: assisstant manager at mom & pop version of best buy, part time self employed new media designer
music: anything that sounds good to me... including (but not limited to): pearl jam, slayer, dying fetus, dmx, hatebreed, static x, life of agony, 50 cent, and many many more
collector of: many things.... dvd's, compact discs, books, comic books, nightmare before christmas anything, and of course star wars anything
sports: seattle seahawks, new york yankees, new york rangers, colorado avalanche
hobbies: watching movies, reading books, listening to music, i'm also a musician of sorts (playing guitar for 16 years, bass, drums, keyboard/piano)
identifying marks: 2 tattoos - a pearl jam stick man on my right arm, and a tribal piece on my back - going for my mandalorian skull soon
question most often asked: what the hell does jokabofe mean and how do you say it?
well, being one of the "old timers" here, i can say that i do remember seeing star wars on the big screen, sans "a new hope". i was 7 at the time, but i remember it like it was yesterday. i was instantly hooked. this continued till about '84 - '85, when i discovered that girls don't like guys that play with toys, they like guys that play with guitars better. so i ditched all my sw stuff for a sweet les paul, which i still own today, along with several other guitars. around '93, i started getting back into star wars, when i noticed that the comic shop i went to weekly had a box set of the trilogy on vhs available for sale. i bought it, went home, and the rest is history. luckily for me, i hit ebay around that time, just before the "big bang" of star wars collecting, and was able to pick up plenty of vintage star wars toys cheap. and i do mean cheap. then with the potf reintroduced in '95, it was all down hill from there. and here's where i am today :)
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By the way, what the hell does jokabofe mean and how do you say it? ;) :P
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By the way, what the hell does jokabofe mean and how do you say it? ;) :P
lol... as far as how to say it... you got me. as far as what it means, it goes like this (and i know i'm gonna hear about it, just like i heard about it when i told the story of how i came to be a seahawks fan... )
anyway, back in the day when i first got online i was using the abomination known as aol. so, you were forced to pick a screen name. of course, i went for the name of my favorite sw character, boba fett. but, alas, it was taken by some other fanboy already. and i didn't want to be bobafett213251, so i tried the "other" boba fett, jodo kast. but that, too, was taken. so, being the amazingly creative person that i am, i took the first two letters the first and last name of jodo kast and the first two letters of the first and last name of boba fett, and came up with jo ka bo fe. hey, it might be corny, but at least i know that wherever i go, i can sign up with that username and nobody ever has it ;D - and i don't want anybody going around signing up for stuff using my name now either >:(
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(and i know i'm gonna hear about it, just like i heard about it when i told the story of how i came to be a seahawks fan... )
Now who would do something mean like that... ::) ;D
jokabofe... Glad I finally know the meaning of that particular perplexity (is that a word?), as I was about to ask you the same thing! Now I just have to dart around online and see where I can swipe that uber-creative name from ya' still! :-*
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well, if we ever do another scavenger hunt, you can make one of the questions about how i came up with it ;)
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I would have never guessed that that was how your username was formed. Quite creative. :)
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I think I'll just call you Dave ;)
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So I guess it would be pronounced "Joh-Kah-Boh-Feh"?
Dave is easier. ;D
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So I guess it would be pronounced "Joh-Kah-Boh-Feh"?
Dave is easier. ;D
yeah, i guess ::)
;D
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Name: Salvatora Vassallo
Age:17
Occupation: Student at Edward.R. Murrow HS, part-timer at a sporting's good store in an apparel department
Location: Staten Island NYC, NY.
Status: none. Single and I don't want to get marry. ;D However, I do want a Girfriend, but now not the time to have one. :P
Children: none! Never! ;)
Pet: 2 Pomeranian dogs. Tippiee & Fluffy
Toy Lines I collect: Star wars, LOTR(Toybiz & AOME), Mcfarlane's toys(Mostly Spawn, MM and any other MISC that are cool), Marvel Legend and the up-coming Kill Bill toyline (Due late 04 ;D )
Sports Teams: Bah! Sport sucks! But I do like to play soccor and tennis
Band:n/a. I just like to listen to some ransom music that sounds cool. (None of those rap crap)
How I became interested in SW:
It started back in 1994. One of my older brother showed me a photo, dated back to 1984. In the photo was him and my other brother in front of an x-mas tree. There was several SW toys there in the photo. Vader's fighter, Tie fighter, hoth playset and several other figuers. I was in awe what they had, but unfortunately the toys were thrown away and were not preserved to pass it onto me. Alast, about in early 1995. My father was removing an old dishwasher and replaced it with a new one. An unexpecting discovery was made. Behind the dishwasher was the very original 1976 ANH figuer, which was lost during my brothers's childhood. That luke was my very first SW figuer and that where I fell in love with SW. Sooner on in the early 1995, the very first SW toys, the bend-em Star wars popped up in retailers for the first time since 1985. My parents brought them like crazy. Meanwhile, Star wars Micromachine also started popping everywhere. Then, November of 1995, where one day I made an unexpected discovery as I was searching for Sw micromachine. The unexpected find....rows and rows of offical star wars toys. My very offical kenner toys were Luke and Han solo. That was the best moment of my life. It was so cool seeing the x-wing, Chewie, the landspeeder, r2, 3p0. From there on, that how I because a devoted SW fan. Soon after I made the discovery in Nov, my father & brother used to take me to a store that used to sell old toys. The vintage store had crapload of SW toys. It was incredibly awesome looking at the SW toys that were dated back to 1976. I remember getting a whole bunch of vintage figuers a snow-speeder and the slave-one. Now that time has passed by, SW has gotten lame , but that still doesn't mean I hate SW. It just I find it to be very lame. :P ;) :)
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This is an oldy but definite goody, anyone else care to introduce yourself
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Name: Matt Birchall
Age: 27
Occupation: Slacker
Location: Oklahoma City
Status: [edited by Brad]
Children: Heh.
Pets: Two Dalmatians (Kramer and Laynie)
Toy Lines: On hiatus
Bands: Wilco, The Flaming Lips, Radiohead
The Empire Strikes Back was the first "real" movie I remember seeing in the theatre, and I can't remember if I saw Star Wars before Empire or not. My first figures were C-3PO and R2-D2, bought for me during a long car ride to Six Flags in Dallas, IIRC. Had figures as a kid, lost interest around 1984, got back into it in 1990-91 (when the "Star Wars Trilogy" VHS box set came out). Got really into it in 1995, with vintage, before POTF2 debuted. I've gradually been losing interest in it over the past couple of years, with DVD/home theatre stuff (and music) taking Star Wars' spot as my favorite hobby.
Oh, and my online history: I've more-or-less been the scourge of the on-line Star Wars community since 1997: First at Tomart, along with OCB (among others), most notably as "The Unknown/Super Unknown", and then, a couple of hazy years went by, where the different Star Wars-related newsgroups took up most of my time, and then I guess I joined CSW in January 2001, and CSW/Rebelscum has pretty much been my main hang-out since then. But that may soon change. . . :-X
[Note from Brad - I think it's safe to say that wasn't quite appropriate]
Now that the standards have loosened a bit around here, I'd like to ask that my status be reinstated to it's original value of "chronic masturbator".
Thanks.
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Status Granted but not without some reservations :'( (BTW, doctor said no sex with my wife for 6 weeks after she had the baby :o)
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doctor said no sex with my wife for 6 weeks after she had the baby :o)
Maybe you should temporarily change your status, too.
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Its not to the "chronic" stage yet though...how about "temporary"
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Its not to the "chronic" stage yet though...how about "temporary"
"Temporary chronic masturbator". . .
Hmmm. . . Doesn't quite roll off the tongue. . .
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What about
"Chronic Temporary Masturbator"
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What about
"Chronic Temporary Masturbator"
Sorry. That ain't gonna cut it, fella.
No matter how you wanna put it--temporary or not--a chronic masturbator you are, and a chronic masturbator you will remain.
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You could go with "fair weather wanker".
Nothin wrong with it... ;D
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How about "Doctor Ordered Masturbator"
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"Physician Appointed Auto-Eroticist"
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"Physician Appointed Auto-Eroticist"
Now that is eloquent. We have a wiener!
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Bumping this oldie, but goodie, from Ed. 8)
Anyone else wanna play?!
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Ook
Was Ook (aka Sgt_Ook, originally vadersfist) at RS till I was banned. :D May or may not currently be....someone else there. (http://tk421.homestead.com/files/icons/ninja.gif)
Name: Derek
Age: 30
From: San Bernardino
I open my toys.
Still have some Kenners from my childhood, but don't collect vintage.
Attended Celebration I & II; not attending III.
Finest moment:
(http://www.davese.cx/images/albums/others/ook.jpg)
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Ook
Name: Derek
Well I'll be damned. Derek, eh? You're one of the few people on JD who we didn't know what the hell your real name was... Glad to finally sorta "officially" meet you, Derek! Even if you didn't acknowledge me at Comic Con last year when I was screaming your name across the GG booth... ;)
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MetalJedi
Name: Robb T.
Age: 31
Occupation: Retail Slave. Part-Time Graphic Designer(mostly just for me to keep the college stuff in my head when I get a real job.)
Location: Rancho Cucamonga,CA
Status: Taken
Pet: Storm Shadow R.I.P.
Toy Lines: SW(Figures, Unleashed, Deluxe, Clone Wars,Vehicles(Im a mark), Mutants from Marvel Legends
Music: DEFTONES, Hatebreed, Iron Maiden, Frank Black, Imperial Teen, ICP(yeah I know), Halford, Dead Kennedys, Good movie soundtracks and alot more but these are current favs.
Fav Team: Pittsburgh Steelers
I saw ANH when it first came out. Then saw it again during the rerelease. I was totally taken by it charm and have been a fan every since. My mom got me started on the toys. She bought me R2, C-3P0 and a Landspeeder. I still have my original Boba Fett, R2 and 3P0. ;D
Had to update. Its been awhile.
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Ook
Name: Derek
Well I'll be damned. Derek, eh? You're one of the few people on JD who we didn't know what the hell your real name was... Glad to finally sorta "officially" meet you, Derek! Even if you didn't acknowledge me at Comic Con last year when I was screaming your name across the GG booth... ;)
Whaaaaat? I missed you yelling at me at Comic Con?! Wait... What were you calling me? Ook? Well, we'll have to meet this year. Have you mentioned this to me, online, before? I don't remember this at all...
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Nom: Andrew
Age: 15
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina. Former Industrial hub, now backwater going through revival.
Status: Ha!
Pets: Riley, Boston, Chalupa, Sei Kun, Bubba
Collections: SW, 21st Century 1:18, BBi 1:18, Militaria: American, Soviet, & and anything else that catches my interest.
Music: Depends...Rammstein, Classical, and from there it's pretty much random.
Favorite Team: The South Carolina Gamecocks
I became a Star Wars collector in 1995...then again in 1997...then again in 2001
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Whaaaaat? I missed you yelling at me at Comic Con?! Wait... What were you calling me? Ook? Well, we'll have to meet this year. Have you mentioned this to me, online, before? I don't remember this at all...
Indeed I have, Derek. We discussed it right after Comic Con last year, either in the Comic Con thread, the Forum Members You've Met thread, or via PM. Don't recall now. But yeah, I remembered your pic from here, and I saw you across the GG tables as they were announcing the winning lottery numbers. I was on the opposite/far side from you, and it was pretty loud, but I kept shouting OOK!!! at you. You actually heard it, 'cause each time I yelled it, you'd look up, and around. But you never quite caught site of me. Oh well. We'll take another stab at it in a few months...
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LMAO! I just immagined Matt yelling "Ook! Ook!" over and over again like a fool in front of a crowd of people.
Wow...
Kevin
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Name: Tyler
Age: 15 soon to be 16 ;D
Location: Saukville, Wisconsin
Status: The love of my life is with another man :'(
Pets: I have a very overweight dog named Buddy
Collections: Star Wars mostly stick to 3 3/4
Bands: Too many to list but some of my favs are AC/DC, Motley Crue, Nirvana, The Offspring
Favorite Team: Packers I guess
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Status: The love of my life is with another man :'(
::)
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Hey watch it Vator, I can't control my heart. YOU'LL SEE YOU'LL ALL SEE
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I hadn't seen this one...
Name: Shannon R. (Formerly O, M and A)
Age: 33
Location: Sherman, Texas (yee-haw)
Original Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana
Children: 1 4 yr old boy, Aidan, who I've corrupted on SW
Pets: 1 14 yr old mixed Calico named Chloe
Status: Single again
Collections: SW, kitschy state plates from the 50's and 60's.
Currently reading: "I, Jedi"
Currently watching: Stephen King's "Rose Red" on Sci-Fi
Drinking: Crystal Light Pink Lemonade
Favourite team: yeah, haven't really watched sports for years- my teams are the Cowboys or the Saints- so that explains it...
Music: Beatles, Crowded House, Fleetwood Mac.
Favourite color: Cobalt Blue
Favourite animal: River otter
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Whaaaaat? I missed you yelling at me at Comic Con?! Wait... What were you calling me? Ook? Well, we'll have to meet this year. Have you mentioned this to me, online, before? I don't remember this at all...
Indeed I have, Derek. We discussed it right after Comic Con last year, either in the Comic Con thread, the Forum Members You've Met thread, or via PM. Don't recall now. But yeah, I remembered your pic from here, and I saw you across the GG tables as they were announcing the winning lottery numbers. I was on the opposite/far side from you, and it was pretty loud, but I kept shouting OOK!!! at you. You actually heard it, 'cause each time I yelled it, you'd look up, and around. But you never quite caught site of me. Oh well. We'll take another stab at it in a few months...
Not surprising, actually. My memory is worthless.
LMAO! I just immagined Matt yelling "Ook! Ook!" over and over again like a fool in front of a crowd of people.
Wow...
Kevin
Haw haw. :D
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Name: Jay
Age: 31
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Original Hometown: Toronto, Ontario Canada
Children: 3 yr old son Campbell
Status: Married 5 years this July (sorry lady'zzz)
Job: Government Employee / Bouncer
Favorite food: Sushi
Drinks: Double rye and h2o
Collections: Star Wars
Currently reading: this post
Currently watching:nothing
Currently drinking: Water without rye :P
Favourite team: I hate team sports, unless its fighting like boxing, wrestling, ultimate fighting, judo ect
Music: Metallica, Tool, Danzig, Slayer, old school hip hop
Favourite color: Silver
Favourite animal: Polar Bear
What else can I say........
I like to draw
I have a famous temper
I work to live, not live to work
I hate gungans and battle droids ( I really hope that one day they are both CG'd out of star wars)
We are expecting a second child in November :)
My wife is the best cook on the planet earth
My son doesn't listen to a word we say ;D
I want to own a harley, but have never driven a motorcycle
I like chicken ceaser salad a Lot
I like coffee
I smoke occassionally (not that.....anymore)
I make people nervous
I miss living on the coast
I have thought about selling everything/ buying a camper van/ and moving the family away and just starting over again
I want to learn more about buddism
I am going to add to this list again at a later date.
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I hadn't seen this one...
Name: Rob
Age: 24
Location: Dallas, Texas
Original Hometown: Tampa, Florida
Children: No thanks
Pets: 2 Boston Terriers
Status: Taken for over 5 years, but not married.
Collections: Star Wars, DVDs, and a coins when I travel
Currently reading: Lullaby
Favourite team: Bucs and Lightning
Job: Visual Effects Artist/2D animator/Graphic Artist/Editor - with a lot to learn still.
Music: Hardcore, Punk Rock, Metal...
Favorite animal:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/nextseason/Dogs/new_03.jpg)
(sorry, can't resist the opportunity to post those pictures...)
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/nextseason/Dogs/new_03.jpg)
Hahahaha!! Those guys are beautiful! ;D
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Name: Andy Raymond
Age: 26
Location: Washington State
Occupation: Information Technology
Married: Never!
Children: None that I know of ;)
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Currently reading: TV Guide March 27- April 2
Currently watching: NCIS a bit ago
That was actually funny!!! TV Guide you say!!! Must read???? LOL!!!
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Currently reading: TV Guide March 27- April 2
Currently watching: NCIS a bit ago
That was actually funny!!! TV Guide you say!!! Must read???? LOL!!!
Is that a first for me? ;)
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Name: Justin
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Status: Single--Wanna go?
Umm... No thanks. Appreciate the offer though.
Hahahaha!! Those guys are beautiful! ;D
They certainly know how to smile well for the camera, don't they?!
What else can I say........
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I have a famous temper
Having seen some pix of you Jay, I'd have to say that's one temper that I'd prefer never to rile up. Ever.
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Cory H. aka Cine (FKA Jango_Fettish)
Name: Cory Hyman
Age: 26
Occupation: eBay Merchant - junkyard_junkies
Location: Coon Rapids, MN
Status: Same gal, 8 years this Nov.
Children: My Cat (see below)
Pet: Harley, a 20 lb tabby
Toy Lines: No longer collecting :'(
Sports Teams: Bucs, Vikings, T'Pups
Hobby: Building a self satisfying DVD library
Bands: Anything hardcore, especially Hatebreed
I've had a sordid Star Wars collecting history. Been a SW fan since I can remember, getting the ESB Millenium Falcon for Christmas. I started being an actual COLLECTOR at the time of TPM's release. Collection has gone from maximum to minimal, usually because of financial hardships and just getting bored, coupled with a love hate relationship w/ Lucas and the P.T. Now, I've moved on to building my DVD library, which has been a work in progress for a couple of years now, but has grown from 85 to 326 in about 5-6 months.
I've gone by the aliases Boba Rocks, Dark Hybrid, Darth Hybrid, and more recently, Jango_Fettish. I was a member at CSW.com from September of 2001 until recently after I decided to hang it up. To round it out, I've served as a writer for Bill Cable's CreatureCantina.com, as well as JediDefender in the past, and now currently moderate at KillerMovies.com forums.
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Having seen some pix of you Jay, I'd have to say that's one temper that I'd prefer never to rile up. Ever.
I heard he took on a bear once. ;)
P.S. You sure Matt? I can be a nice guy. :P
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I have a bunch of time to goof off today so I went through some old threads -- felt like I really got to know everyone a little better ;). In that spirit -- I'd like to bump a couple of thread's up to help introduce some of use newer JDer's.
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Name: Tracy Hladik
Age: 40
Occupation: Stay at Home Mother (formerly a legal secretary)
Location: Harrisburg, NC (just north of Charlotte)
Status: Married 7.5 years (Chris)
Children: 2 -- Justin/4 and Madeline Grace/1
Pets: Just sent our pug Hannah to a retirement home :(
Teams/Sports: NASCAR (hubby works for Penske so I gotta :-\), Panthers & Redskins
Music: Most of it - have been a U2 fan since "Boy"
I have been a Star Wars geek since I first saw ANH in the theater when I was 12. The anticipation of wating for ESB and even more so for ROTJ was almost too much. I can't imagine what it would've been like if we had the Internet and these Forums then. Growing up I loved, loved, loved Leia, Han and Luke. I couldn't get enough of the movies. I think I was the only girl around who was into SW. :)
I grew up in Maryland and lived and worked in the DC Metro area for years. I have travelled to Central America to do Missionary work, Canada for High School Band stuff, Ireland to drink and the Netherlands for pretty much the same :). My fav trip was to Ireland. Went by myself with an open ended ticket and a backpack and no plans other than to be in Dublin on St. Patrick's Day (it was their Millenium so it was quite the bash). Stayed for nearly 8 weeks.
Sowed all of my wild oats before I met my hubby at work and settled into domestic bliss rather nicely. He was definately my saving grace. Waited until later in life to have my babies and am so glad I did. Now I feel like I've done what I wanted to do and I'm not missing out on anything by being with them -- they are my joy and my life.
Still love to travel, love the beach, movies, smell of fresh lumber, mexican and Italian food and would eat pizza and drink Dr. Pepper everyday if I could :P Hate selfish, inconsiderate, mean people. Have had a crappy year when it comes to health issues -- still waiting to see a specialist -- they're trying to diagnose me with MS. But its also been a good year -- was sick during my pregnancy and the baby came early but she is healthy and great so I can't complain.
Anybody else want to introduce themselves?
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Undercover Name: JesseVader08
Realworld Name: Jesse Wall
Age: 30, dammit. >:(
Location: Kindersley, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Job: Drug Dealer Pharmacist
Status: Married, 5 years. Cool.
Children: Emily, 4 years. Attitude of a 14 year old (ie. knows it all)
Pets: Otis, 1 year, a shih-tzu/lhasa-apso cross. (say that 3 times quick)
Sports: Boston Bruins, Saskatchewan Roughriders
That's about it folks.
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JohnH aka Daddysnaggle aka Shavenwookiee
Name: John Hamm
Age: 32
Occupation: Project/Admin Support for an insurance company
Location: Near Kansas City
Status: Married 7 1/2 years
Children: 2 girls
Pets: Dos gatos - Stimpy & Smokey
Teams/Sports: MLB (Royals & White Sox), College Hoops (Kansas Jayhawks) and some NBA
Music: Yes, thank you. :) I listen to a ton of stuff, particularly stuff that has odd times and experimentation.
I started getting Star Wars toys when they came out and have been a fan of the movies since. I'm pretty much just a vintage collector, but I think some of the newer pieces look pretty good. I'm also a big fan of the Alien movies, and while I don't collect much of it anymore I used to have a huge Alien collection (time to pimp out my site, www.8thpassenger.com). ;) I actually got out of collecting in April of 2003 because I felt it was the "responsible" thing to do and that I had better things to spend money on. Later that year I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, and in the course of seriously evaluating my life I realized that collecting was one of the true enjoyments I have (along with music and of course my family). So later that year I got back into it, but financial constraints (a wife in grad school) have hindered that. I'm hoping to pick back up full-force some time real soon.
I haven't done much musically lately, but I can play a bit of drums, bass, and guitar. I used to write a bunch of music, but unfortunately a computer crash caused me to lose everything I'd written back in 2002 (23 songs, if I remember right), and I have had a bad case of writer's block since then. Right now I'm instrument-less, but hope to get a guitar some time early in 2006.
That's about it for me.
John