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Collecting => Customs => Customs Community and Group Projects => Topic started by: JesseVader08 on November 10, 2005, 11:32 PM
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Since some of you guys have graciously offered to contribute your custom figures for JD giveaways, I thought I should "officially" check who's interested. Feel free to check out the Site Feedback thread (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=7022.msg177242#msg177242) if you'd like to see what's been discussed.
If you'd like to do this, please PM me a picture and description of your custom. And feel free to ask questions too (either by PM or in this thread)!
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Thanks Jesse. I'll contribute something, just not sure exactly what it will be yet. I'll make a decision within a week or so if that's ok.
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Sounds great.
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I'm thinking I will offer up this figure for it maybe.
(http://chewie34.250free.com/Mobile01.jpg)
I might make a slight modification, and take a few better pics of it first though. Then I could mail it to whoever wants to be in charge of the drawings.
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Damn, maybe I should suspend myself from the staff again - so I can win one of those.
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I gotta say, it's really great to see these kinds of things happen. Says a whole lot about our community.
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I would be happy to donate this figure
(http://www.zipworld.com.au/~hemble/movie/obi4.JPG)
Ron
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I have some customs I'd contribute to this idea, some Jedi as well as others and if it is still a functioning giveaway, some other mip starwars stuff i could contibute.
How are the winners of these give aways determined?
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Those are some great looking customs, guys!
How are the winners of these give aways determined?
To be honest, I'm not sure yet. In the past we've always done random draws, but if anyone has a different idea for this, we're all ears... :)
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I think the random drawings is the best way to do it, but other suggestions I think would be good too.
One thing I think for someone to be eligible would be for them to have to be a somewhat active member here, with a minimum of 250 posts or something like that. Maybe just a 100 posts. I don't know... I just don't want to see someone who never posts here to hear about this, and try and take advantage of it.
Really my whole idea for this was to generate more interest in customs. I know there are lurkers in the customizing section that post quite a bit in other sections here. Maybe this might expose them more to the joys of customizing and get them more active in this part of the website.
So, when we get this squared away, do you want us to send you pics of what we have, and then mail them to you or some other staff member?
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So, when we get this squared away, do you want us to send you pics of what we have, and then mail them to you or some other staff member?
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I'll let you know soon. We may have you send them to another staffer since I'm up in Canada and don't want you guys getting stuck with higher shipping costs.
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Sounds good. :)
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I would contribute a couple of my customs but I don't think they are good enough to do so.
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anymore updates or news on this front? or did this idea die out? i hope not, it would be cool to participate in!
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I'm thinking I will offer up this figure for it maybe.
(http://chewie34.250free.com/Mobile01.jpg)
I might make a slight modification, and take a few better pics of it first though. Then I could mail it to whoever wants to be in charge of the drawings.
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I know i'd want this.
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Then sign up for it. ;)
Ok, I'll have pics of what I'll donate to this by the weekend!
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Hey guys, I'd like to get this rolling after the weekend, so if anyone is still interested in contributing, please let me know either here or by PM. Thanks so much!
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No problem - I'm in for sure. Just need to retake some pics, and send the figure to whoever will be sending them out to the winner(s). Will do so by Sunday!
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I'm in the only thing is that I'm in Australia and I think it would be better if I sent the package direct to the winner that way we save on 2 postages.LMK
and I have 3 figures so the winner can choose from either of these
(http://www.zipworld.com.au/~hemble/movie/yoda4.JPG)
or
(http://www.zipworld.com.au/~hemble/movie/obi4.JPG)
or
(http://www.zipworld.com.au/~hemble/movie/hs4.JPG)
Ron
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Hemble, it's cool that you're joining this giveaway thing. If I were to win, I'd probably go with the Han. He looks so real in the face. :)
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Hey Chewie if I win I can get to keep em all ;D but seriously I'm more than happy to be part of it I think things like this should be a 1/4ly event I think it helps the hobby out alot.
Ron
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I'll post pics of the figure I'm donating later tonight... hopefully we can get some more people involved in this!
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Here it is - Clone Wars Mobile Artillery Driver
(http://chewie34.250free.com/11.28.05JDGiveaway_MobileArtilleryDriver.jpg)
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CHEWIE and hemble have graciously committed to this giveaway.
Is there anyone else interested in providing a custom for this? If so, feel free to send me a PM or just post here. :)
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I'll donate a guy. Just have to figure out which one...
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If I had one that was finished. I will try to get one done asap.
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So when is this going to be officially starting? How will the drawing be set up, etc?
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I have a feeling this will never get off the ground... :P :P :P
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It'll get off the ground, it's just that this time of year is insanely busy for most people, whether in school prepping for finals, working like mad to get things finished before Christmas, trying to get Christmas/family stuff done, or all of the above.
Once finals are over, I'll have some time to make a guy for this one. It'll probably be some sort of clone, since I'm kind of a one-trick pony. :D
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Hey guys, I just wanted to let you know that I haven't forgotten about this. I've decided to delay it to January to give guys more time to prepare customs, if interested. Things are kinda rushed right now (like bjardkerr mentioned), and I want to do this right. :)
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Time for a bumpity bump. I'm going to get this rolling in the next few days, but I just want to be sure that hemble and CHEWIE are still interested in providing their customs. If anyone else would like to, just let me know!
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Ok Im game I'll make my contribution the the site as well. I will offer up my Commader Fin custom with a wave 1 Pulse Rifle from Marauder,Inc. http://www.marauderinc.com/ ;)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/TR1ER/headshot.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/TR1ER/front.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/TR1ER/frontbody.jpg)
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I'm in, and T1ER, that's going to be a popular figure. I think it's a lot more interesting that mine.
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:-[ Oh stop that Chewie it's just a clone. ;D
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That's a very generous contribution TR1ER - thanks! And CHEWIE, glad to see you haven't given up on me in my efforts to get this running. hemble has also confirmed that he's still in, so we've got 3 great customs involved.
I'm just working on the technical stuff, so there should be an official start to this very soon. :)
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That's a very generous contribution TR1ER - thanks! And CHEWIE, glad to see you haven't given up on me in my efforts to get this running. hemble has also confirmed that he's still in, so we've got 3 great customs involved.
I'm just working on the technical stuff, so there should be an official start to this very soon. :)
Hey no prob at all my man just my way to say thanks for making me feel right at home here. ;)
ok now send that check to.......
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I'd like to donate a few figures. To begin with I would like to donate my Talon Karrde and an older Kir Kanos.
(http://www.thecustomalliance.com/hruby/ph-karrde.jpg)(http://www.thecustomalliance.com/hruby/ph-KirKanos2.jpg)
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Good deal Master P this looks like it's going to be a great contest. ;D
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Yup. There are some other figures I'm thinking of too. Maybe they will go up for sale in a lot like Chewie did recently.
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The Kir Kanos would really be a popular figure I think Phruby.
Yeah, selling customs is something I might find myself doing more of too, to make room for new ones and to keep "refreshing" my collection. I had a few sell quickly, and a few that didn't. The ones that didn't went to ebay, and I actually made more money there. Of course I wasn't looking to get rich off of them, just to give me a few extra bucks back from a hobby I've invested probably $15,000 on in the last 10 years.
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The Kir Kanos would really be a popular figure I think Phruby.
Yeah, selling customs is something I might find myself doing more of too, to make room for new ones and to keep "refreshing" my collection. I had a few sell quickly, and a few that didn't. The ones that didn't went to ebay, and I actually made more money there. Of course I wasn't looking to get rich off of them, just to give me a few extra bucks back from a hobby I've invested probably $15,000 on in the last 10 years.
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I feel you dawg since I'm unemployed at this time thats how I support my hobby.
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Those are some great looking figures, Phruby! Many thanks for the contribution. You guys sure go out of your way to make the Customs area a "homey" place to be. :)
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The first Custom Give-away has been posted. Check out our new Give-Away page for all the details and be sure to get your entry on time!
(http://www.jedidefender.com/images/custom1.jpg) (http://www.jedidefender.com/giveaway.php)
Many thanks to hemble for his donation!
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Is this a monthly contest?
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Is this a monthly contest?
You will have to ask Jesse for sure (I'm just the web content/publishing guy, JesseVader08 is the one in charge of this give-away series), but I believe his intent is for each custom contest to run for about 2 weeks...
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I'll end up contributing, I just haven't decided what yet.
As for the customs you guys are donating...heck, I want to win them all!
-DD
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Is this a monthly contest?
Jeff pretty much answered that exactly right. The first giveaway is about 3 weeks or so, but I'd like to increase the intensity to about a giveaway every 2 weeks.
We're getting giveaway #2 ready as we speak, but #1 is still open until the 28th.
Many thanks to all that have very generously donated their customs to this!
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Jesse, I'll try and take a better pic or two of the custom I've made and PM you tonight.
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Just a reminder that the current Give Away (http://www.jedidefender.com/giveaway.php) ends on Saturday (1/28)!
(http://www.jedidefender.com/giveaway/customsgiveaways/hemble/hemblecustomfront.jpg)
Get those entries in if you haven't already!
And, just to start the buzz, the second custom give-away will start on Sunday (1/29)! ;)
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This has been hugely popular too guys, and the customs are top-notch items too. If it weren't for my position here I'd be entering for these things. :) I really liked this idea myself, and this is as unique and interesting as it gets in customizing and collecting combined, so hat's off and a round of applause to the guys who donated and participated. Nice work folks.
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Hell yeah man great idea man and proud to be part of it as well. ;D
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The first Custom Figure Give-Away has ended! That means it's time for the second custom figure give-away...
Check out our new Give-Away page for all the details and be sure to get your entry in on time!
(http://www.jedidefender.com/images/custom2.jpg) (http://www.jedidefender.com/giveaway.php)
Thanks to CHEWIE for his donation!
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Wait...who won the first? ???
-DD
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A winner will be announced in the next few days. :)
Re: JD Custom Giveaway #1 - Seltor Meslete (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?board=33;topic=10834.7#msg197284)
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Hey DSJ...you're only off the hook because your avatar makes me happy. ;)
-DD
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Wait...who won the first? ???
Yeah, like Dale said - we should have a winner in a few days.
It takes a while to go through all the entries and weed out the fakes/SPAM so that only legit entries are included in the random drawing... should have a winner in the next day or two. ;)
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Hey DSJ...you're only off the hook because your avatar makes me happy. ;)
-DD
My avatar makes me happy too. ;D
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Wait...who won the first? ???
-DD
I'm proud to say the winner of our first Custom Giveaway is Ryan!
Send me your address by PM good sir and we'll get this out to you right away.
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Congratulations to Ryan!!
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I need one of Dale's little dancing smileys... Oh well his avatar works, it makes me happy too. ;)
(http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/Kubricks/Miss%20Bouncy.gif)
Thanks go out to hemble and the JD crew for offering up this piece of art!
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Lucky ass! Congrats! ;D
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Congrats mate I hope you like him
Ron
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Hi Ryan
I sent the figure via airmail today so you should have him in within 10 days.
Ron
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Hi Ryan
I sent the figure via airmail today so you should have him in within 10 days.
Ron
Awesome. I'll let you know when he gets here. :)
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Congrats Ryan.
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Congrats man, I'm sure that'll be an awesome addition. It's a great custom.
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Congrats man, I'm sure that'll be an awesome addition. It's a great custom.
Agreed! I wish I could enter these giveaways. ;)
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Seltor Meslete arrived today, and I thought he looked good in the pictures. He is phenomonal in person. Ron did a fantastic job on him.
Thanks again Ron! He's in a happy home. :)
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Really glad you like him mate and my pleasure.
Ron
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Congrats Ryan! and great job on the figure Ron! :D
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The second Custom Figure Give-Away has ended!
As a reminder, it takes us a while to go through all the entries and weed out the fakes/SPAM so that only legit entries are included in the random drawing... should have a winner in the next day or two.
So, with that little announcement out of the way, it's time to start the third custom figure give-away! Check out our new Give-Away page for all the details and be sure to get your entry in on time!
(http://www.jedidefender.com/images/custom3.jpg) (http://www.jedidefender.com/giveaway.php)
Thanks to TR1ER for the donation!
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No prob my man just glad to be part of this. Good luck to the lucky person! :D
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Cool, just let me know who won it and I'll get him in the mail right away.
TR1ER, your clone is really cool. Someone will be very happy.
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Cool, just let me know who won it and I'll get him in the mail right away.
The results are in and the winner of the Custom Give-Away #2 is none other than Master_Phruby.
Congrats Paul!
Thanks to everyone for entering and don't forget to enter the current drawing! ;)
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Congrats Paul! This was a great one to win. :)
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Congrats on the win paul well done.
Ron
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Hi Guys
If this keeps going I would like to donate this figure for a custom giveaway prize.
Ron
(http://www.zipworld.com.au/~hemble/starwars/tb8.jpg)
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Cool! This guy will fit in great in my growing Chewie customs section. Just let me know when its my turn to donate.
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Congrats, Phruby! A Chewie original!
I tried to enter to win that one, but my e-mail got bounced back saying that address was no longer in service. Ironically, the same message I get when trying to enter the NEW contest. :P
Is there a fix to this situation?
-DD
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I tried to enter to win that one, but my e-mail got bounced back saying that address was no longer in service. Ironically, the same message I get when trying to enter the NEW contest. :P
Strange... I just tested the e-mail address a couple times from 2 different addresses and it seems to be working fine. All 4 of my TEST e-mails made it through and about 3-4 people have entered in the last few hours. Try it again and let me know if it does not work.
customgiveaway3@jedidefender.com
Thanks!
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So how many entries are you getting per contest?
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Phruby, your figure will be shipped tomorrow! I tried to go to the post office on lunch break, but the place was packed - I couldn't even get into the parking lot. Tomorrow morning I can go to the one by my house.
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So how many entries are you getting per contest?
Varies depending on what we are giving away... I am hesitant to give out any real numbers because I don't want anyone's feelings to be hurt if their custom wasn't as "popular" as someone elses. Suffice it to say there has been enough interest to keep them going. ;)
We may end up taking a bt of a break because we've got some other loot piling up that we need to start giving away. So, even if the next give-away isn't custom based, we'll get back to the custom give-aways for sure.
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I have a feeling more people entered for Hemble's custom than they did for mine. ;D
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I have a feeling more people entered for Hemble's custom than they did for mine. ;D
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i like everybodys customs :D ;D
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This is the message I'm getting when I try to enter the giveaway:
Hi. This is the qmail-send program at u15167110.onlinehome-server.com.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following
addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
< customgiveaway3@jedidefender.com>:
This address no longer accepts mail.
Dammit...I just want to win a custom, is that so wrong?!? ;D
-DD
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DD, I'll trade you a custom. One of yours for one of mine.
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Dammit...I just want to win a custom, is that so wrong?!? ;D
-DD
Hi DD,
Send your info to me (jsmentek@jedidefender.com) and I will forward it to the customgiveaway3 address.
I honestly have no idea what the problem is because lots of other people have entered the contest successfully. :-\
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Man I can't wait to see who is the winner for my custom! ;D
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Latest give-away ends tonight! Get those entries in if you've been procrastinating!
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The third Custom Figure Give-Away has ended!
As a reminder, it takes us a while to go through all the entries and weed out the fakes/SPAM so that only legit entries are included in the random drawing... should have a winner in the next day or two.
We're taking a break rfom the custom give-aways for a bit (we don't want to get too far behind on the Saga stuff). I'll post in this thread once we are ready to get rolling on Custom Give-Away #4! :)
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And the winner is:
Valin Kenobirific!
Congrats Nathan! Many thanks to all of our participants, including TR1ER for supplying this custom. 8)
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Congrats mate that is a great looking custom
Ron
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CONGRATS to Valin Kenobirific as soon as I get your addy he will be on your way! ;D
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Congrats, Nathan! :)
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Congrats Nathan! 8)
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I'm sure you're happy with winning this, congratulations!
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Yes indeed! ;D Thanks guys and thanks TR1ER! (http://cheesebuerger.de/images/midi/froehlich/d012.gif)
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Hey my man you should have him any day now! ;D
And thanks to you guys for letting a brotha be down with ya'll cats!
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He arrived yesterday! That was insanely fast delivery.
This figure kicks all kinds of butt. (http://cheesebuerger.de/images/midi/froehlich/a025.gif) I'll be back later to post pictures of him chilling with some of my other figures, but for now I just wanted to let you know he arrived safe and sound. Thanks again TR1ER and JediDefender! *grouphug*
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Nice Im glad that you are happy with him! ;D
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Kit Fisto, Commander Fin, and their troops:
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/ValinKenobi/Forums/cmdrfin_one.jpg)
Commander Fin & the gang visit Mon Calamari ;D:
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/ValinKenobi/Forums/cmdrfin_two.jpg)
And one with Tarkin for no particular reason other than that he was handy at the time:
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/ValinKenobi/Forums/cmdrfin_three.jpg)
I wish I had the technical skills to composite them onto a beach background or something.
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I wish I had the technical skills to composite them onto a beach background or something.
They are standing in front of a Seagate Harddrive... :P
Congrats on the win Valin!
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Just like Tarkin to squeeze himself in on the photo op... >:(
-DD
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They are standing in front of a Seagate Harddrive... :P
Good eye--I didn't even make that connection. ;D
Just like Tarkin to squeeze himself in on the photo op... >:(
True that. Publicity-grubbing bastard. ;)
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He looks very 'at home'. 8)
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Man he looks great with your troops man. I'm so glad that you are happy with him! ;D
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You know the CW Kit Fisto is a perfect match for Commander Fin with the whole under-water thing going on. Very nice!