I just placed an order for 100 DVD-R discs at Best Buy's website, and they are giving away free 8x DVD burners. Just click this link - $99.99 + tax for the discs, and a free burner. Save shipping charges by picking up your items in store. Can't beat that, can you?

Oh man, this thing is so bad ass, I think I need one.

AvP Hybrid Chestburster

Since when did Master Replicas start making statues? I thought they did all replica weapons and props and stuff... 

Have you ever been doing something around the house and needed something, but didn't have exactly what you needed, so you end up substituting something else for that purpose?

Confused yet? 

Let me give you an example:

Today, I was putting up some new shelves in my living room, and I was putting one right above my television. The tv is pretty big and heavy (36") so I really didn't want to move it, but I didn't want it to get covered in debris from the wall I was drilling into for the anchors. So I needed a dropcloth. Only problem is, I don't have a dropcloth. So what's a guy to do?

I went over to the window, took down one of my curtains, and placed it over the television. Drilled my holes, cleaned up the dropcloth curtain, and put it back on the window.

Anybody else ever use household items in other "creative" ways?? 

A friend of mine just informed me that he went to see a charity screening of Episode 2 about a month and a half before it opened nationwide. Since it was a charity screening, the tickets were $150 each. If you had a chance to see Episode 3 six weeks before anyone else, but it would cost you $150, would you?

I've already told him that if he finds out about a charity event for Episode 3 he can count me in.

What's the best way to take photographs of objects that are behind glass? I want to take some photos of my loose figure collection, but it is stored in some small CD cabinets with glass doors, and every picture I took has some major reflections from around the room  

Same thing happened when I tried to take some photos of the few posters and prints that I have framed around my home. Reflections are so bad on most that you can't even see the poster or print inside the frame 

So, has anybody susuccessfully taken any photos of your stuff - or of anything for that matter - that was behind glass? Any tips and tricks you might have, or suggest, would be much appreciated. Or even any links to some good photography websites and/or forums that I can visit to try and get some help would be appreciated as well.

Does anybody know of any good magazines or other periodicals that could be of some use to us customizers? I know of three that I usually try to get on a regular basis (since not all of them are published monthly):

Amazing Figure Modeler: This magazine (like all the others listed here) is basically about model kit building and customizing, but a lot of the techniques that are discussed can easily be applied to our hobby. Mostly concentrates on figure kits in the sci-fi and horror genres, with most articles giving details on specific kits. But there are plenty of helpful little tips that I find usefull.

Modeler's Resource: This magazine kind of looks at both figure kits as well as diorama/vehicle kits, mostly concentrating on horror and sci-fi, with a minimum of military thrown in for good measure. This magazine often has how-to columns, that show all kinds of neat tips and tricks. I.E. this month, they have an article by a guy who is scratch building a figure of The Incredible Hulk. It shows how to build an armature, and apply clay in small layers to get a muscule rich body. Very good article for anyone interested in doing any kind of "real" sculpting.

Fine Scale Modeler: This magazine is almost exclusively military vehicles. Every now and then they will feature a different kind of vehicle, and sometimes something other than vehicles (but not very often). Great source of painting tips and techniques to all of you vehicle modders out there.

These are the only magazines that I currently know of. There used to be another one called "Kit Builders" but I haven't seen a new issue of that one in a while. Anyboy know of any others, or any websites that update on a consistent basis?

how messy is your computer area? me? i'm a slob. i guess that's what living alone does for you. sad things is, i just cleaned this desk up a few days ago.



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okay, i know that the last 3 saga figures were kinda hard to find, but i think this is ridiculous!!

saga madine, lando, solo

and no, it's not my auction. i sent all my extras to jedimac