Scored a second Galactic Marine today.

Right before I read your post I found out how to do it.

Mine's 300742-892274 if anyone cares. The only online games I have are Mario Kart and Tetris DS.

I usually stay out of these debates but this comment left me scratching my head:

In the other sections, the sheer number of people that are around also helps to build my collection.  People are always linking auctions or talking about selling their stuff and I end up buying it.   These are areas that this site (and most of the others out there) simply can't match.  That's not due to quality, it's just due to traffic.

I don't fully understand how this makes RS better, maybe it's the way you worded everything. So what if there are people there linking to eBay auctions? People do that here, on GH, and on various other toy forums I visit. Hell, if it weren't for people here linking to eBay auctions, some of our forum members wouldn't have been able to buy the VTSC Scouts, 30AC Tin Blue Clone, etc. from that dude in China. That's helping people to build their collections, and certainly isn't a RS exclusive.

And about the collection selling... that makes no sense to me at all. Again, maybe it's the way it's worded, but your post makes it sound like RS is the only site that allows people to sell stuff from their own collection. I've browsed many a thread here with people selling items from their collections. I've even bought some stuff, and I know that there are people involved in deals here every day. Same goes for all the other toy forums I frequent, so I beg to differ when you claim that other toy forums can't compete with RS when it comes to "building your collection."

And another thing, Josh, you seem to think that EVERYONE here has a grudge against RS. That isn't true. I don't, and I'm sure there are others here who don't. But the way you come over here and only really post when we begin discussing RS issues makes me think that YOU have a grudge against JD.

The news about the hood is disappointing, but what I'm more scared about is the availability of the new figures. I saw an abundance of ANH figs and ESB Lando and C-3PO, but I never saw any of the other figures at retail and had to order everything online. Hopefully I'll be able to find them in stores this time.

Will this one stand on it's own without the legs bending?

I'll take it back if that's the case.  And I'll buy a few.

Yes. Mine's been standing for over 5 minutes. You have to position the legs in a certain stance due to the sculpt, but it CAN stand.

Those are teh k00l, I like the Mon Cal the best. The Pirate is cool, but the shirt doesn't seem real Star Wars-ish. Good job!

I was just wondering if any of you guys had tried boiling/popping any of the Hasbro Astromechs? The reason I ask is that the third "foot" on my TSC R4-K5 was put on backwards. I'm guessing that I could just boil/pop it to fix it, but I've never boiled/popped anything other than the "human" figures before. Just wondering if you guys had any advice/remedies for this. Thanks!