Bib Fortuna doesn't look so bad; well, okay, the character is far from a favorite and he's pretty ugly, but the figure looks to be a pretty good representation of him. About the only thing I really see wrong with him that could've been done better is the "Arrrgh!" headsculpt, but that doesn't really ruin a charachter like this. Actually, if I found one cheap I'd pick it up; I just haven't cared enough to pay $6-$7 to have a buddy for my Jabba.

And it's a heck of a lot better than the days of the screaming headsculpt on main charachters like Mace Windu and Padme Amidala

PM sent about a ROTS C3PO and POTF2 Captain Piett... $3 is an awesome deal for the ROTS figures by the way

I hope no one else is out to get that Anakin evolutions set in the next week and a half, because sadly I can't take advantage of the opportunity and buy it (yet). But if it stays there long enough I'll hopefully buy it too <3

Wow! That head does look quite good for Mara- the expression is great, the facial structure is pretty good (not unlike the person who's closest to being the "official" portrayal of Mara- the one who posed for the trading cards), and the eyes are green! The hair would work good as-is too, but if I ever get good at sculpting and painting I might get adventurous in that department. If I do indeed make a custom Mara, I should definately find one of those!

A question though- I've never owned any of the smaller GI Joes. Do they use POTF2-like neckposts, with the small post and the disc at the bottom, or something different?

I was thinking the same thing about the gloves/arms- I need to find one that has a good grip for holding a lightsaber or blaster, though. Fortunately there's plenty of photo archives to help me find something that will work.

I want to make sure I don't go over $17 though, considering that at that point I could've bought a Hasbro Mara Jade for the same. One of these Scarlett figures can be found as low as $5.75 on eBay, so that's not too bad of a start; droid factory Padme seems to be kind of randomly priced on eBay so I'm not sure what I'd wind up paying- there are two auctions starting at $2, a british one that equates to about $10, $30 buy-it-nows... and I think I could get a Leia Collection figure for about $3 if I'm lucky. that makes $8.75 plus an unknown total for the Padme figure, although I would be getting a bunch of leftover fodder out of the deal, I suppose, as well. Perhaps this would be good stuff to add to my Wants list...

At the moment I'm watching a Mara Jade auction ending tonight at a thus-far good price. I'm fully anticipating a $10 price raise by the end, but on the off-chance I get lucky, I might be able to buy it and then I can move on to making a Jedi outfit Mara.

On a totally different tangent, while it'd be quite a ways off (I should read the books first to see if I even want to make one), it strikes me that the Padme Arena Escape head might make an excellent Admiral Daala, if it didn't look too weird that she constantly had her head leaning a bit...

Also, while I hadn't looked into Luminara before, Aayla Secura does look good for some generic purposes if you're skilled with molding and painting. I'll keep both of these figures in mind in future customizing.

Anyway, thank you very much! I don't know a lot about some lines such as GI Joe, so this kind of suggestion helps quite a bit!

EDIT: Another day, another loose Mara going for $15.08 + $2.80 S&H. I shall indeed pursue this custom...

Ahh, my old POTF2 figures. Also known as "the majority of my present collection."

I say the card type to specify era; these are all loose of course, some with joint and paintwear.

Orange Card:
"Buff" Luke "Shwartzineggar" Skywalker (He's missing his grappling hook gun)
Luke Skywalker in Snowsp- err, X-Wing gear (why are the gloves and boots white and the suit so thickly padded, hmm?)
Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker (still one of my favorites; I got one with the darker vest and black cloak. He has high heels though...)
R2-D2
"Karate-wielding Superman" Han Solo
Han Solo in Carbonite
"Steroid Victim" Darth Vader
"Kevin Sorbo in Wookie Disguise" Chewbacca
C3PO
"Hangin' at the Gym" Lando Calrissian
Boba Fett (poor Fett; I lost his cape/braids and his antenna broke off )
Obi Wan "Ben" Kenobi
"Monkeyface" Leia Organa (actually, she came on a green card because I couldn't find her for the longest time and got a reprint later in the run)
Stormtrooper (one came on a Green Card actually) X2
TIE Fighter Pilot (don't remember the cards) X2

Green Card:
Lando Calrissian in General Gear (for some reason I like him, but... obviously he's a bit flawed, eh?)
Lando Calrissian in Skiff Guard Disguise
Han Solo in Endor Trenchcoat (blue pants version)
Han Solo in Hoth Gear
Luke Skywalker in Hoth Gear (still a favorite)
Luke Skywalker in Dagobah Fatigues
Luke Skywalker in Stormtrooper disguise (what possessed me to make a kitbash from this figure?...)
"Escape the Death Star" game Luke in Stormtrooper Disguise
"Escape the Death Star" game Darth Vader (with removeable helmet part, turning right wrist, and swiveling right elbow)
Grand Moff Tarkin
Jawas x4 (that is to say, 2 cards' worth, since they were 2-packs)
R5-D4 (I loved him for being R5-D4, but I somehow forgot the scene where Luke was starting to take him home, only to have the droid split in two as a giant missile launched from his core...)
Admiral Ackbar
Nien Nunb
EV9D9
Tusken Raider X2 (this is the only POTF2 figure I still have one of MOC actually; though the card's far from mint)
Weequay (Skiff Guard)
Emporer Palpatine (still one of the best sculpts of the evil old geezer, IMO, and great for the parts when he was standing)

Cinema Scenes:
Jedi Spirits (Anakin, Obi Wan, Yoda)

Vehicles:
Electronic X-Wing (the first one, not the FX one)
Luke's Landspeeder
The Millenium Falcon (I saved allowance for a few months <3 The stickers never made it all on and many are peeling off now. Fitting Han and Chewie in the cockpit was... interesting, and didn't happen much. General Lando dreams of ever sort of fitting. Even now, the cockpit is empty...)
Boba Fett's Slave I
Leia's Speeder Bike (includes a Leia Endor Gear figure)
Bogus Scout Trooper on Speeder Bike with this revving mechanism thing

I pretty much have everything I had, except a few broken lightsabers and lost weapons and of course the paintwear on the orange figures. That is, until I decided to decapitate poor Stormtrooper Luke... he will be avenged! Or at least replaced...

I've bought a few POTF and EU figures in recent times, but they shouldn't really be mixed with this list. My newer old figures are:

Han Solo in Bespin Gear (always wanted one, but never could find him in stores)
Luke Skywalker in Ceremonial Gear
Flashback Luke Skywalker (with suave moisture farmin' gear- he goes great with the Landspeeder)
EU Grand Admiral Thrawn (a definate favorite)
EU Dark Empire Leia Organa Solo (she came loose and incomplete, so no cloak unfortunately)


And ripe for the kitbashing:

Commtech Han Solo
"All New Likeness" Leia Organa
EU Dark Jedi Luke Skywalker (actually, I plan to give him another Luke head after stealing the current one, and keeping him in my collection as a Dark Jedi Luke thereafter)
A second Buff Luke

Yep, that's my collection... sans a small group of Prequel figures (actually ROTS Vader is displayed with my original trilogy figures right now), my Evolutions Clones/Sandtroopers (the majority's "oh wow more armybuilders" is my major improvement of course; I had no clones before I bought these!) some TSC figures, and two POTJ figures.

"You'll find I'm full of surprises!" *falls backward to the ground and drops weapon within the next few seconds*
"Impressive... most impressive."
"Really?"
"NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Thank you! I very much appreciate it.

Not to discourage, but you probably don't need to hurry much- I'm going on an out-of-town shopping trip in about a week and I'm not entirely sure how much money I'll have to left to spend, unfortunately. Although on the other hand I might come back with a good $20, who knows

In the worst case scenario that I have no money after next week, I should definately have some on April 18th if no sooner. Hopefully I won't have to wait that long though ><

But I'm definately interested in hearing what you've got for sale at any time, and will try to get back to you on some of it as soon as I can!

In my collecting and fledgling kitbashing I pretty much aim to do a piece at a time, usually filling in the gap that's most noticeable at the time. When reading the Thrawn trilogy I just had to run out and get a Thrawn figure, and paid $11 for a mint loose one with accessories- not a good price certainly, but he beats what a lot of EU figures seem to be going for. But I'm pretty happy with him and he adds something special to my collection I think

But of course, once you've got Thrawn, you need Joruus C'Baoth, right? And so on...

For another example, Lando is a pretty weak spot in my collection- it's a sad state when your best Lando figure is the POTF2 General Gear version! So I aim to buy some better ones and moreover to make a "Dark Force Rising"-type smuggler gear Lando.

And then when I find a piece that's really outstanding, I make exceptions to try to get it, as with getting my Dark Jedi Luke figure (for the head really) and now I'm trying to get my hands on a VTSC Han. I reaaaally hope I don't miss the line altogether as I did with the VOTC...

Hmm, if they last long enough and I have the money I might look into this. Especially if admist the stuff I'd really use for fodder, I could get a Boba Fett or one of those repainted Falcon Mechanic Chewies out of the deal... heck, there's a lot of figures I don't have and wouldn't mind getting loose, accessory-less copies of.

And Imperial Officer fodder with hats- mmm. Snowtroopers...

But I'll have to come up with a un-spoken for $20 first; a few at a time I could do, but I understand the need to not ship off tons of seperate figures, too.

We'll see, I suppose...

This line is good news to me for one reason: it's another chance at the ROTS Chewie! I missed him the first time, and as far as I can tell he looks pretty good with his ball-jointed shoulders, elbows, turning wrist, and ball-joint knees, plus he has a nice bowcaster. Unless the action feature somehow ruins the articulation or something?...

Not that he's any replacement for a VOTC Chewie, but it'd be good to have an ROTS/ANH/ESB-passable version as well.

If I buy him and discover I've accidentally purchased the "Poodoo in Chewbacca Disguise" action figure, at least I got a nice bowcaster out of the deal.

When is this line coming out, though? Someone posted and said "after the Saga waves"?...

For my 2 round pieces of copper that probably don't have wheat on the backside, though, C3PO totally should've been reprinted in this line...

I totally agree on the Qui-Gon scene! They went so far as to include his voiceover in AOTC, then cut or didn't complete the sequence in ROTS... I'm not sure how much sense the storyline would've made, but there was definately a hole there in the movie.

I'd like to see Yoda land on Dagobah, but I can also agree about saving a surprise for the OT. Originally in ESB it's pretty much a surprise when this little green dude creeps up on Luke eating dinner, and only after acting all pious and saying he's looking for a "great warrior" does he- and the audience- realize that he's actually talking to Yoda. So in a roundabout way for new viewers who decided to take the I-VI route, there would at least be some surprise to it if they hadn't already seen Dagobah.

Personally, I was a little surprised Tarkin didn't have any lines given the actor they chose for the part (if you watched Farscape and know who that is, then I think you know what I mean)- he could've been a dead ringer I think. Was it always planned that he only had the one walk-on cameo?

Now that the DVD is out- I've tried to look it up but with no success, and don't yet own it- what deleted scenes are included on it?