Thanks to Tony for the assist with the Saleucami Battle Pack. 

Thanks to you, I can once again just skip the horror that is Wal-Mart.   

Thanks once again to Nathan for buying stuff from me and helping the boy's college fund.   

OK, I think I'm ready now...

"East is Least" Conference

Round 1:
Sabres over Islanders in 4
Lightning over Devils in 7
Thrashers over Rangers in 6
Penguins over Senators in 5

Round 2:
Sabres over Lightning in 4
Penguins over Thrashers in 6

Conference Championship:
Buffalo Sabres over Penguins in 6


"West is Best" Conference 

Round 2:
Red Wings over Flames in 6
Wild over Ducks in 7
Canucks over Stars in 5
Predators over Sharks in 6

Round 2:
Red Wings over Wild in 5 
Predators over Vancouver in 6

Conference Championship:
Detroit Red Wings over Predators in 7


The Battle for Lord Stanley's Cup:

Detroit Red Wings over Buffalo in 6

The mold for the fuselage/cockpit has several changes as well. Note: Center Guns, the greeblies and viewport.

Yeah, the more I looked at, the more subtle difference I thought I saw...

I started to think maybe it was just me hoping, but maybe just maybe it is a total revamp!   

I, for one, will welcome this revamped TIE x1 with open arms.   

I need some help articulating the legs of a scorch fig.  I want to do the knees and ankles, with out having to do any sculpting.

I merged your post into this existing thread since it has some of the answers you seek... 

So this makes me wonder, are we going to get McQuarrie versions of Han Solo, Luke (as a girl) and Lando (wearing Leia's dress)?

I guess this is worth repeating for those who don't keep track like us OCD folks...

These are confirmed:
Concept Stormtrooper (wave 1)
Concept Boba Fett (wave 2)
Concept Chewbacca (wave 3)
Concept Darth Vader (wave 4)
Concept R2-D2 & C-3PO (StarWarsShop @ Celebration)
Concept Scuba Gear Luke (HasbroToyShop @ Celebration)

These are not officially confirmed yet, but highly likely based on the retail list that came out this winter:
Concept Luke Skywalker #2 (wave 5) *
Concept Snowtrooper (wave 6) *
Concept Han Solo (wave 7) *
Concept Rebel Trooper (wave 8 ) *

- Again, those last 4 are not officially confirmed, but everything in wave 3 and 4 on that list panned out so it looks really good at this point. 

- There is some speculation that the wave 5 Luke is perhaps the Girl Luke since the Celebration Luke is Scuba Luke.  There is also some speculation that the wave 5 Luke is instead a basic figure version of the Celebration Luke.  No one knows at this point, but we should know within a few weeks I would guess.

- There has been no Concept Lando speculation/rumoring that I have seen.

I ended up with this phone - Samsung SCH-a670:

Well, here we are just a little over 2 years later and my phone died on me. 

OK, it didn't really "die", it was just a battery issue (I've had the original battery the whole time).  But, since I have the "new every 2" deal with Verizon and I was itching to get something new anyway, I did a little phone shopping this weekend. 

After checking out the stuff in my price range, I decided on this one:

Samsung SCH-u740



The two-way flip screen is much easier for writing text messages and e-mail and the larger screen size is much easier on the eyes than my last phone.  Also, it's flatter than my last phone, so it fits far more comfortably in the front pants pocket than the old one did.  The camera is much nicer too - improved flash, focus and video features too. 

I've only had it for 3 days, but I love it.

Sweet merciful crap, talk about exclusives overload - Two exclusive Hasbro offerings, three exclusive Sideshow offerings, five exclusive Gentle Giant offerings.  It's just getting ridiculous now...   

I like Luke and everything, but I guess I'm just getting more and more annoyed about getting milked another $30-40 plus shipping for another pair of $7 convention figures.