Good points Pete_Fett.  The card thing is true.  I think what I'll basically do is just get the ones I really like, since I have this Master Replica addiction.   

I try to stay away from all of the variants on the same saber as well.  I guess I did get he CIII Kenobi and Sidious Best buy exclusive, but those don't count.     The CIII was just cool, and the Sidious was the first .45 I purchased.  I didn't know anything about MR, but saw the saber at Best Buy, and thought, "Why not?  I'm sure this will be the only one I buy."  Famous last words!   

I don't think the .45 Sidious or Yoda have shipped yet, but I know the initial wave of Obi-Wan and Anakin sabers have already been sent out.  I received mine a few weeks ago (the Anakin saber is particularly impressive!).

As far as Grievous, the word is that as of right now, since he wields generic sabers, they may not do anything at MR for him.  However, money talks, and there is certainly a market for him, so I'm guessing something will come out eventually.   

It seems appropriate that for my 100th post (Woo-Hoo!  Finally a blue saber!!) that I add a comment to the Master Replica thread.  Here is some infomration on the Luke Skywalker EE lightsaber from MR representative Amy:

I have some info on the Luke Elite! You will be getting an email about it by the end of the month, more than likely within the next week or two. There will only be 750 of these made and we expect that they will sell out within a matter of hours. There will be a couple of days in between the time you get the email and the time you get to order. This product will probably be shipping almost immediately upon order, at least for the first 300 low numbers. The other 450 will be shipping very shortly after.  The price is $525.00 with free shipping.

Very expensive, but what a piece this would be!  A bit rich for me, with the Yoda and Anakin ROTS sabers coming my way, but I can dream.   

Lucas supposedly had a little heavier interest in the CW from a personal perspective, and did a little more direction with it than other EU materials...  He's known to have liked the cartoons a lot and that's why he "allowed" them to introduce Grievous basically.

It's all EU though...  LFL's pretty strict that anything besides the film is EU and the rest is open to debate/discussion.  The beauty of that is imagination...  I feel other genres or licenses can sorta be too stifling to the minds of their fans.  The "this is how it is" mentality prevails.  Lucas though disagrees with EU stuff but basically says to just debate away on it as to whether it's the truth or not. 

Thanks for the explanation Jesse James!  I figured as much, but wanted to make sure.   

I would have to agree with Herbert on this (how about that      ).  Maul had enough screen time to fit his role.  He was not a dynamic character, just an exciting screen presence.  While I am not a fanatic about all of the side villains in the Star Wars films, I don't dislike them either.  They all serve their purpose to tell the story, and while Maul was exciting in his own one-dimensional way, he did not have the charisma or panache of Count Dooku.  I think Maul's screen time was appropriate for what it was.

According to Amy from MR, an Obi-Wan Episode III lightsaber will be offered by the end of the year!  Should be a nice edition, but still, I think a lot of us are waiting on a green saber.

The girl that won the dance contest seemed pretty down to earth too, but that waitress (while nice) was clueless!  I still can't believe I watched it, but hey, hot chicks typically hold my attention.