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Discover the Force / Movie Heroes / Re: 2013 Movie Heroes Class I Vehicles
« on: February 22, 2013, 07:08 PM »
Bought the Class I 501st AT-RT tonight.  That whole wave seems to have gotten a little scarce, so I wasn't going to try doing any bargain hunting for the final remaining Class I vehicle that I had yet to score.

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Other Toy Lines / Re: NECA Predators
« on: February 22, 2013, 07:06 PM »
That is so ******* cool.

I LOVE the folks at NECA.  They just get it.

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The Bullpen / Re: Iron Man 3 Toys
« on: February 21, 2013, 07:04 PM »
Finally saw some of the Iron Man 3 Assemblers at retail.  Meh.  They're pretty underwhelming.  But they're also the result of a directive from Hasbro corporate to cut costs and offer figures that will give Hasbro and retailers the biggest bang for the buck.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Vintage Collection Pricing - Sales, Discounts, Price Hikes!
« on: February 21, 2013, 07:00 PM »
TVC figures marked down to $4 at WalMart stores in my neck of the woods.  And $4.99 at TRU stores.  Amazingly enough I managed to score a red bandana Kithaba at the TRU clearance price!

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Middle Earth / Re: Lord of the Rings Figures
« on: February 15, 2013, 10:07 PM »
I found a fairly decent archive of Toy Biz Lord of the Rings figures.  I think some of the better FOTR figures were the ones that were offered on the later smaller cards.

The Fellowship 9-pack has always been one of my favorite pieces in the line since it had all of the characters AND the likenesses were pretty good.  But I also really liked the Frodo & Sam 2-pack with the Elven boat.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: X-Men/Wolverine Movies
« on: February 15, 2013, 01:03 PM »
Hmmm.  Primary antagonist?  Given the storyline of DOFP, I would think that Dinklage might be voice acting.  The Sentinels are the primary antagonists in the future part of that story.  Is it possible that they might introduce a character like Master Mold as the guiding force of the Sentinels in the future?

***EDIT - According to THIS ARTICLE, Dinklage is likely to be playing Bolivar Trask, the scientist who invented the Sentinels.


The story definitely becomes more complicated with how the movie storyline has dealt with Cyclops, Jean Grey, et al.

BTW, Qui-Gon Jim...love the Puck idea!

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The Bullpen / Re: Iron Man 3 Toys
« on: February 14, 2013, 06:57 PM »
Saw the 6" Iron Patriot today.  It looked alright.  But this back and forth with Hasbro and Iron Man on which scale they actually give a crap about is troubling.  The first Iron Man movie line was about 6" figures.  And then the Iron Man 2 line focused largely on 3.75" figures but added on some 6" figures as exclusives.  Now with Iron Man 3, it seems that the better offerings are in the 6" scale.  From a collector standpoint, this is really becoming annoying.

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JD Sports Forum! / Re: NHL 2013
« on: February 14, 2013, 11:54 AM »
Read a little bit about the possible realignment that might be in the works for the NHL.  There's a proposal on the table for the league to be split into 4 divisions, similar to the NFL.  And it may just benefit Winnipeg, too, since they have a pretty grueling travel schedule with the current conference/division structure.

There's also a good deal of talk about what's going to happen with the Coyotes.  The cities that seem to be in contention for the relocation of the failing Phoenix team are Quebec City, Seattle, or possibly Toronto.  The Toronto market seems to be the one city in Canada that could truly support a second team.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Amazon Vintage TIE Interceptor
« on: February 13, 2013, 08:23 AM »
Quote from: Jesse James on February 12, 2013, 09:48 PM
I wonder if it's not the price point?  It'd be a fair size toy and big ticket stuff seems really shakey now.

It's probably that combined with the size of the box for the full sized TIE.  Even that Target exclusive version from the TLC RED line was really big, and Hasbro had managed to scale the box down somewhat.  Even then, that box takes up a good deal of shelf space, and that costs money.

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Hey Hasbro! / Re: Han Solo
« on: February 12, 2013, 12:50 PM »
Quote from: Jeff on February 12, 2013, 11:14 AM

The carbonite block is getting some love in 2013 (6" SDCC exclusive, 3.75" pack-in with the Amazon Slave I), but you can't somehow squeeze a new "I'm about to get frozen" Carbonite Han Solo figure into the Black Series 3.75" line to go along with the Amazon set?

+1

Quote from: P-Siddy on February 12, 2013, 12:40 PM
How about a real Yavin Ceremony Han Solo, too.

+1 to this as well



And might I add....

How about offering up a VC50 - Han Solo (Bespin Outfit) kitbash as a Mynock Hunt version?  We all know that this particular figure spent far too little time gracing the pegs.  So how about one with the oxygen mask and a pack-in Mynock?  How about it Hasbro?!?!

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The Black Series 6" Figures / Re: 6 Inch Figures?
« on: February 12, 2013, 08:34 AM »
$10 would definitely be an attractive price point.  But look at the pricing on other Hasbro 6" figure lines.  Since Hasbro picked up Marvel Legends the price point on those figures has been creeping upward.  $20 seems to be about as high as collectors in this scale seem prepared to go.  Unless, of course, they get something special.

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Saga Legends / Re: Saga Legends "Mission Series" Figure 2-Packs
« on: February 11, 2013, 08:29 AM »
The Vader set with the Seeker Droid looks okay.  As for the others?  The Jango sculpt actually looks pretty decent.  And I'd like to see more of the droids.  Otherwise, I'll just wait until I see these in stores.

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Saga Legends / Re: 2013 Saga Legends Basic Figures - Vader Cardback
« on: February 11, 2013, 08:26 AM »
Almost this entire line is a pass for me.  The only thing that looked semi-promising is the Yoda.  But I think that version is also included with the upcoming Republic Gunship exclusive.

The thing is.... I've been passing on Saga Legends or Movie Heroes or whatever else you want to call it for YEARS.  And I don't feel bad at all for continuing to do so.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Toy R Us Vintage Republic Gunship
« on: February 11, 2013, 08:16 AM »
It's supposed to be Yoda's Gunship from Attack Of The Clones.

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Kubricks / Re: Where is everyone?
« on: February 11, 2013, 08:16 AM »
Stopped by Toy Tokyo in NYC last night, and was drawn in to buy another couple of Kubes.  Nothing crazy, though!  So I scored a Tarfful and Darth Sidious.  But I fully recognize just how dangerous that shop can be for a hardcore Kubrick collector!

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