I only really want the Astromech just because I'm a sucker for Astrodroids

The Aurra is interresting enough to use as another of her species. I may pick one up if I ever see one (Wallyworld exclusives are rather to ugh to come by when you live in a state with only 3 Walmarts ).

The only ones I see myself buying are the Astromechs.

I wouldn't mind picking up a few more Kit Fistos and maybe a Yareal Poof or 2 for customizing, but the Astromechs are the only ones I really "want".

bTW, where do you announce your swap shop??

In the Modern Trading section of the board.

I have 2 different Swap Shops, one toys and one statues and busts ("Spectre's High End Swap Shop"). I haven't listed the metallic "holos" yet as I'm still deciding which ones I'm going to keep. I'll have any extras up tomorrow night or Sunday afternoon.

Fixed my photobucket upload problem (kept reducing my pics to teeny tiny versions for no reason ) so the pics are now full-sized and you can get a better look at the metal patinas

Wow, I can really see that those things require some major work. Great job!

Thanks

But they don't really require major work, just tedious, repetitive work. You really need to hit them with the base color (the darker colors in the nooks and crannies) 3 or 4 times to get them completely opaque so light no longer passes through them. You also have to prime them well or else the paint will have difficulty sticking to the slightly oily feeling transparent plastic they are molded in (especially the red ones as they are particularly hard to get the paint to stick to). Then let them dry completely so as to not remove any of the base color when drybrushing on the metallic accent colors. That's it, nothing fancy or advanced, just repetitive and tedious

There were two of each at the Totawa NJ Target this afternoon.

Added a ton of new inventory tonight!

Look for more stuff to be added next week as I continue the liquidation of my non-Star Wars collectibles

With the upcoming unveiling of my "Super Secret Customs Project" in 3 weeks (I had alot of stuff come up that keeps pushing this back, some good- getting engaged and making wedding plans , and some bad- exhaustion, accidentially cutting off half of the top part of my right middle finger and having to wait for it to grow back before I could resume customizing 8O ), the finishing up of "Galactic Intelligence: Joint Operations Elite and "The Brotherhood Of the Serpent" by fall (finally :lol: ), and "Deep Sea Danger!" in the winter (Feb/March '07), I am left wondering what my next "themed" line of customs should be for mid 2007.

I have 3 ideas all ready for the design stage but cannot decide which to do first so I'm turning to everyone here for advice as to what you want to see first.

In no particular order:

"No Matter Where You Go, There You Are: The Continuing Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai In A Galaxy Far Far Away"
- After a devestating accident during a test of the all-new and improved Ocillation Overthruster, the daring adventurer/neuroseugeon/rock star Dr. Buckaroo Banzai finds himself thousands of years in the past and billions of miles from home! With the Jet Car and his precious Ocillation Overthruster smashed, Dr. Banzai must build a new way to get home or be forever lost in a galaxy far far away. Luckily his new-found friends, "The Corellian Cavaliers" (name may change to something funnier) are by his side and watching his back.

This line will feature at least 2 versions of Dr. Banzai, the Jet Speeder, a dozen or so "Cavaliers", all-new crime lords to oppose the good Dr., and possibly some Lectroids thrown in for good measure


"Beware! The Red Skull!"[/b]
- On a war-ravaged planet in the Outer Rim, an aggressive disfigured warlord subjugates nearby systems with his dreaded soldiers- "The Red Shadows".

Kind of a companion series to "The Coming Of Doom" but also combining the old Action Force villians. This line will have the Skull himself, several classes of Red Shadows troopers and a few of the old British villians mixed in. Also possibly some vehicles and battle droids as well.


"Angels To Some, Demons To Others: The Order Of The Bleeding Wound"
- On the dark and foreboding Corriban, homeworld of the Sith, a Dark Side cult is gaining power. A cult that worships the blessed order of mutilated flesh and piercing metal. This cult is amassing an army of disfigured followers to send across the galaxy and spread their "holy message".

Think "Hellraiser" in the Star Wars Universe but without any of the overly Christian overtones (more like a freaky S+M club than anything else). This line will focus on the hierarchy of the Order, their soldiers, and weapons of torture (possibly as another multi-level playset!).