I'm always late, dammit!  Sorry Tom.  Hope you had a great birthday though.  You deserve it, buddy. 

I'm going to be on time for this one though, as yet another JD'er hits the big 3-0 this month:

Happy Birthday to the artist formerly known as mosnab, one of the nicest guys you'll ever see 'round the boards.  Hope you have a super 30th Brian, and that you don't go downhill nearly as fast as I did when I hit that age... 

Enjoy.

Oh, you lucky bastard, Daniel!!  Man, that's a beautiful set.  Most envious I am...  I assume we're not allowed to ask how much it set you back, right? 

I was at CIV and tried to get into a couple panels, but folks weren't coming out of them when they let out each time, so even if you were near the front of the line for the next panel, you still weren't even guaranteed to get a spot in the 300 seat room.  I was pretty bummed, so I just threw in the towel on even bothering to try to get any of those medallions.  My only real regret for the convention.

Great addition to your collection though, for sure.  Congrats!

(p.s.  LMK if you ever wanna sell the set for cheap!  )

- M

Thanks for all the news Simon!

As for Medicom finally delving into the Prequels here, I guess it's the dreaded news we've all been hoping never to hear, but fully expected to at some point.  I'm obviously disappointed that this probably means the OT is going to be taking a serious back seat for a while.  In all likelihood, I'm going to pass on the Prequel Kubricks altogether.  I'm already at wit's end with all the crazy carded stuff and high-priced chases these days, and these Prequel figures are probably going to push me over the edge and make me seriously alter my collecting habits with Kubricks.

I may just go with OT movie figures from now on, and forget all this Shadowtrooper and Uzay stuff.  It's really starting to stretch the line too thin, IMO.  It was fun to have the Droids R2 and Fett in there, and the 3PO, but I think that was enough for now.  I'm all about the OT, so if Medicom is moving away from that trilogy now, it's just gonna mean more money in my pocket to spend elsewhere, I guess.

Sure, the Prequel Kubricks will probably look just as cool as the OT ones, but they just don't do much for me.  I'm sure once I see them, I'll be tempted to cave in.  But I think ultimately I'll be able to hold out on this stuff and wait for the OT stuff to show up again at some point down the line (hopefully).  Otherwise, I guess I can finally focus on catching up on some of the chases I'm still missing...

Gotta agree with the guesses in here that it looks like Jar Jar's probably gonna be a chase.  Ugh.

Dale just hooked me up with a couple of very cool and helpful items that I was searching for, and free of charge no less!    Very generous, and as always, one of the best traders on the net.  Thanks, D!!

- Matt

Yikes!  Been a while since I popped in here.  Missed the boss's birthday.  Sorry!  Hope you had a great 20th, Chris.  Just to think, you were like 9 years old when we all first met you.  Wow, how time has flied. 

Happy B-day to Nigel too, wherever that bloke may be... 

thanks natacos.

Who are you?

Go whine about your missed birthday to someone who cares, you shriveled up 30 year-old piece of boon**** Tennessee chicken ****.

Lickety split Paypal payment from Jeff for some C4 stuff I sent out today.  Always a pleasure... 

- M

Tip from the Hasbro reps at C4:

These WILL be available through Disney's toll free # for orders, and if you place an order and want a complete set of all five, you should tell them that you want an UNOPENED case of the Cantina figures.  There's two of each of the 5 different figures in each case (you'll need to find a friend in need too if you just want one set).  They said if you simply order a set of 5 Band Members, odds are you won't get one of each, since the Disney folks packing the stuff up won't know the difference between the (instruments of the) various Band Members, once they're all opened up.

I don't recall the price right now either though.