I like this wave. Most of it works for me.

Clone Trooper (Training Gear) - Excellent. Now here's hoping for the blue variant as well. I'll get 20 of these guys. Heck the snap on armor will look great in an armory scene (similar to the one where they pick up their helmets on Kamino). When teh blue one comes out (and you know it will), I'll get 20 of those too...hmm, and here I thought I was going to slow down on army uilding...well I should say I'll stop at the end of the TAC and Legends lines.

Padme Amidala (Fireside Gown) - Nice, not great, but good enough. I'll buy 2 of her.

Jango Fett (w/ poncho) - Sweet. The snap of armor will look good in the closet slightly hidden from view, the the scene where Obi officially meets Jango.

Voolvif Monn (Clone Wars) - Other than the head being way to big for my taste, this figure rocks. Looks like there is some very resepectable articulation going on there.

Destroyer Droid (w/ 1/2 shield) - Well I need 2-3 shields, so that's going to be 4-6 Destroyers for me.

McQuarrie Signature Series - Concept Rebel Trooper - I'll get my standard 2 of this as I'm doing with all of the other McFigs (save Vader and Boba who I'm getting 3 each of).


-Sal

Yes, we all know that GG has sucked in the past year or so, but I am tired of hearing this silly "east coast" theory in regards to winners.  I live in Delaware and have only won 1 of 7 raffles that I have entered.  Another bit of knowledge...the majority of the population lives on either the east or west coast.  That can help account for the numbers.  At the present time, we do not know the number of members or their locations, so to say only the north eastern states can win the raffle is a little ridiculous.  Why "rig" the raffle for those people?

IIRC there was a gathering of info on gentlegiantcollectors.com that did get as much info as it could regarding who won and where they are from. That info is where it was revealed. Again I'm not certain if that's the website, but I'm pretty sure.

Here's the thread I think the info is contained in.
http://www.gentlegiantcollectors.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3703
There are many pages and I didn't go through them all,  so read at your leisure/risk.

Quote from: jedi_master_sal on July 13, 2007, 09:35 AM

Sometimes peopel have to put aside their differences for the "greater good" so to speak.

No, we don't

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In this case it's all of we collectors making a statement to LFL, not just scummers.

Against LFL about a licensee?? Seriously, if I thought that would even remotely possibly make any kind of dent I'd be in

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I'm not a scummer myself. I've een registered there for several years and I think I've posted there maybe a half dozen times total.

 

 

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Okay seriously take a look at my post count there. Then take a look here. I've got many times the amount of posts here and in only a couple of months.

So please...don't lump me in with that lot. The only reason I even knew of this was from another collector in my state collecting group. I don't troll RS's forums at all. Hell, I'm registered on several other forums too. Doesn't make me a full fledged member there either. I think I'm on Yakface, and have been for sometime, but I couldn't tell you my forum name to save me.

Sloth, seems like you like to create a stir for the sake of it. I don't. I'm just trying to help in any small way I can. If you don't want to participate, fine, but the info could be helpful to others. I'm keenly aware of what RS did last year to some of the forumites (some of which are here too) and that many of those defected to other sites JD being one of them.

I'm not new to this, just to JD. I'm a well respected member on a few sites. A mod on one of them and a former toy reviewer on another (my choice due to illness).  Get your facts straight before rolling your eyes. It really only makes yourself look bad when you've been given the rest of the picture.

I'm not some johnny come lately collector. To be honest the main reason I'm here is because of an invitation from Jesse who I know presonally as in, "in person." Our local collecting site went down when jawa.net did and he offered to have a home here on JD (even if temporary). So myself nad others took him up on the offer. However, I've decided to stick around.

So let's play nice. Thanks.

Quote from: jedi_master_sal on July 12, 2007, 10:47 PM

You do NOT need to post there to help in the campaign. Just copy the letter, edit as you wish and mail it to the address provided.

If you don't need to post there, and all you need to do is copy/paste a letter, then why not copy/paste the letter here to save time for folks instead of making them chase it someplace else? 

Yes my bad. I should have done that. Apologies.

-Sal

Sorry, as soon as I read Rebelscum, consider me deterred. It's the way of things.

Yeah I know. But I'm thinking beyond RS and that this is more a whole collector community thing and not an RS thing. If we can't unite for a cause when we have the same interests, well nothing is going to get done.

Sometimes peopel have to put aside their differences for the "greater good" so to speak. In this case it's all of we collectors making a statement to LFL, not just scummers. I'm not a scummer myself. I've been registered there for several years and I think I've posted there maybe a half dozen times total.

Sadly I'm only at 5 of these. Though I want to get 40 of them. You fellas that are stopping, could you help me out at all??

I left one on the shelf at Target yesterday.

Um, I know you're helping me with Rebel Honor Guards, but if you could also hook me up with Stormtroopers too... Please let me know. (and AOTC Clones.) Yeah I know, I'm asking a lot....Thanks for the help you've already given me as well as any future help.

-Sal

Well Jesse should know this from my post in our local section..

I'm hoping to get 40 of them. Then finally I think my AOTC Clone army (grunts) will be complete. I'll only need a handful of the Blue Lt. when it comes out and I'm not buying the yellow, red, or green when they come out. (Jesse let me know if you are looking for those officers and I'll gladly pick some up for you.)

I do hope this particular clone keeps shipping in refresh cases. It was rarely seen on the pegs in this sculpt on card. And like Jesse said, unless you bought a case of them it wasn't worth it to buy a pack of 4 from Entertainment Earth.