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Just looked at your update CHEWIE and its pretty cool.  Overall  the look of the PN is way better.

Do you plan to redo all of the old ones like that?

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Thanks everyone for the support and again sorry for the lack of pics,  nearly there though, for the money I need to get a camera.

Thanks for the tips Glassman and Dressel rebel, BTW what is the web address for RickyUK?

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Saga Collection '06 / Re: TSC Recent Purchases
« on: May 15, 2006, 04:21 AM »
I finaly found some VTSC ($12.99) and some Couruscant wave figures at a KB today (we were making a diner run and I stopped by KB) I bought two Scout troopers (the last two  ;D) a Endor Han and one Saga Obi Wan, shoulda bought two more though.  But I need to save up money still for the camera so I couldn't splurge. 

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Hi everyone,  just got a couple VTSC Scouts and I decided to make a custom outta one.

Still no camera so no pics yet, I am saving up slowly so just be paitient. ;D

Anyways, I cut the ball joint off of the Scout (SACRILIGE!!!) and trimmed the neck post from an extra Saga Veers to fit it.  Then I glued it on.

For the head any BBI figure should do, but the Elite Force Grenadier looks the best. I dremeled out the head to fit on the ball.  So far it looks cool.  The hardest part was dremeling the head though.

For the helmet I plan to hollow it out enough so it fits.  Then I will make cuts along the seams of the helmet where the face plate flips up.  I might only do the goggle area and leave the bottom untouched so the helmet can stay on better. I plan to do it very slowly.  So I cut out the front. and make a hinge at the top and a locking mechanism for the bottom.

Now this is where I am stuck.  I need some suggestions on how to make the hinge and a tiny but strong snap lock at the bottom.

I am open to any suggestions for this project, so LMK what you think.

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Lol, Findswoman. Nice use of parts for Fel,  however the Bail head looks like Bail of course.  But some reference photos, paint apps, and maybe a little scuplty could fix that.  It is a close resembalence though, so it is a good idea to use Bail's head.

Can't wait to see more of your work.

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Star Wars Universe / Re: Trivia: EU
« on: May 12, 2006, 04:22 AM »
Is it Neimoidians?

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Star Wars Universe / Re: Trivia: Episode I
« on: May 10, 2006, 11:23 PM »
Horns ???

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Star Wars Universe / Re: Trivia: Episode 3
« on: May 10, 2006, 11:18 PM »
Sorry about jumping in like that Hunter, you hadn't posted for 9 days so I thought I could revive the trivia a bit.  Next time I'll wait longer if no one puts up a new question or answers one.  Sorry. :-[


Didn't mean to offend you, it will not happen again.

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Star Wars Universe / Re: Trivia: Episode 3
« on: May 9, 2006, 01:42 AM »
Here's two for you guys.

1-During production, which design for General Grievous was considered to be the most evil by Lucas?
Description of charater is okay.

2-What scene was deleted from the temple assualt sequence?

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Star Wars Universe / Re: Favorite Villain?
« on: May 5, 2006, 05:39 AM »
I'd say Grievous because he commited genocide, planetary invasions, and killed over 60 jedi on his own, plus he was not all about rage, like Thrawn he could be coldly calculating (not at the same level of genius though) and cared for efficency and practicality over  zealous pride and grandstanding.

As for Thrawn, to me he was not a villain because he was a true leader, and realized that there were tough decisions to make and did what he thought was best,  all he expects was honesty, integerity, and competence, and he only killed those that betrayed him or showed an undue and highly damaging level of imcompetence.

I don't agree with all of the things he did (noghri situation) but he did not throw away lives in needless battles or have his subordinates killed on a whim.

To me the true villains are the High Inquisitors, Imperial Protectors and the more active in the darkside Emperor's Hands.  And every citizen that did not protest against the Empire and its creation.

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The Wookiee Arcade / Re: Battlefront II!!!!
« on: May 4, 2006, 02:49 AM »
Cons:

-No LAAT/i on the ground missions
-NO Droid Gunship on ground missions
-AI still sucks
-NO free borading and shooting from said gunships (door gunner)
-No truly epic battles
-Generic interiors for the space missions- no exploring a Star Destroyer or Calamari Ship :-[
-Weakened  concussion effect of heavy blaster cannons on ground vehicles :(
-Weakened Jet trooper EMP gun- smaller blast radius
-All classes have the same weapon stats between factions-no more learning the idiosyncracies of the units detracts from game play
-No dual pistols for Jango and no actual clone commander with dual pistols
-No True ARC troopers- Pulse rifle, grenades, remote explosives etc
-Same generic objectives in none story modes
-Idiotic story line
-CTF can go on forever if you don't step in (great for medals)
-Ridiculous requirement for permanant Rocket launcher upgrade (65 times of getting 4 crit hits!!!)
-damage ratios for starfighter weapons are messed up and the infinite torpedoes is stupid and so is how weak they are
-plus ship boarding and dogfighting is not what it should be

Pros:
-Space battles in general is a good addition
-New vehicles and units are cool- to some extent
-Dark trooper's ARC caster kicks jedi ass!!!
-Got rid of Clone pilot's lame bolt caster
-Remote explosives!!!
-Droideka is not a one sided unit any more
-Better explosive to armor damage ratio for the vehicles
-Elite rifle and precision pistol are good additions
-Improved Galactic conquest
-Better details in the maps
-Better shot gun
-Chain gun rocks
-Sniper is no longer super weak
-Wookee is way better

Tell me if I missed any.

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hmmmm..... obsessed skywalker is, hehe seek answers does he.  has answer I do,  CHILL OUT, SLOW DOWN.

You made 8 posts on this thread in 11 days,  thats too fast.  give people two weeks or more to answer, because as JesseJames said they need to think about their answers okay.  Also this is one of the less frequented sections so don't expect imediate answers.  Its not a chat room okay.

Now to give an answer, yes you have some valid ideas that I think would add to the detail of the game but remember the programers have deadlines and file sixe restrictions to think about plus loading times adn online lag time.

Now my idea is that they should add a new game mode, and improve the AI for the bots.  The AI is superior to BF I but they still stand around and do nothing and they still don't use squad tactics or any tactics at all and that bites.  Its like two colonies of ants fighting with the victory hinging on you.

As for the new mode, a career mode would be cool.  Like an RPG where you can improve your character, choose a class or change classes and you can customize how you look.  Armor, equipment, etc.

It would follow you from recruitment or decanting, through training sims, wthe war and peace keeping missions.  And you can choose you Clone or Stormtooper legion or the Rebel unit you join.  Not mjuch variation in droids though.  Like you can choose to decant as an Republic commando or an ARC, or join the Imp 501st or become a elite Royal Guard with missions to protect the Palps.

Also one thing desperately needed is a close quaters melee attack,  like a rifle butt or a punch or body slam, a knuckle plate vibroblade would be cool,  esp against those damn engineers with the shot guns.

I can see all of this on the uber powerful upcoming PS3. LMK what you think.

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My thoughts on this, is that Anakin did bring balance,  but not in the expected way.  If you think about it, the jedi held power for 10,000 years after the great jedi vs sith war.  Now take that into account and the fact that it takes longer to create than destroy and also the fact that jedi gain power slower but once they reach their absolute full potential, they are more powerful than the sith will ever be (NJO's Jacen Solo is an example).

So the jedi have been in charge for eons, and the sith are in hiding to gain power through deception and murder.  Not much balance there at all.  Now in comes the chosen one, expected to destroy the sith.  What if the prophecy ment for him to destroy the jedi to balance the equation in terms of what is achieved in the galaxy and how the lives in it are affected.

For instance, 10,000 years of creation by the jedi, destroyed by 30-40 years of sith rule, and it is still challanged after Luke sets up the academy.  My idea is that the balance is not really between the orders (Jedi/Sith) but of the lives affected by who's the strongest.  The cycle of life and death, despair and hope.

Follow me on this one, Jedi/Sith war, then Republic/Jedi Rule, Empire/Sith Rule, New Republic/Jedi, Emperor Reborn,  New Republic again-peace with Imperial Remant, Yuuzan Vong invasion, Galactic Alliance, DarK Nest trilogy, Whatever happens In the new Legacy series.

See the pattern?.  The continuing cycle of life and death.  One can argue that Anakin fullfilled his destiny of bringing balance to the force by having Luke and Leia with Padme.  Which in turns leads to the continuance of the Skywalker line and they are the ones that fight off the reccurance of the darkside (evil) in all of these events.

This is my idea of the prophecy LMK what you guys think.

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Newbies / Re: Vader's Fist Arrives
« on: May 1, 2006, 03:38 AM »
Thanks Jesse James, the support is nice, however as I said I am low on cash so I don't know about buying too much, after all I still need to get a camera.

So for now its only trades.  If you can hook me up with stuff, send me a list of what you want in return and I'll PM you a list of what I can provide you  from that list and with a timetable for shipment,  I'am graduating this month so don't expect speedy delivery,  HSchool comes first okay.

Anyways I am itching to show everyone my Customs, WIPs and my collection.  I don't have too many carded items though and most are older, pre Saga collection stuff.  For the amount of collectors in Hawaii, we never have enough stuff,  plus the diehards check the stores everyday so they get it before I do.

BTW our weather here sucks.  The shift in the Earth's mag field and ocean currents have slowed down are weather cycle.  Its rains quite abit right now and last winter felt like summer.  I found Cali to be more comfortable.  Plus the high humidity sucks when it gets to be 80 degrees centigrade and up.

The landscapes are very nice to look at but the local city council and government are screwed up,  greedy courrupt politicians,  mini-palpatines all of them.  >:( They messed up our beaches recently (took care of excess sewage in the stupidest most idiotic braindead way possible, dumped it into the Alawai Canal which leads to the ocean.). :(  So for now all of the southern Hawaii beaches are contaminated with massive amounts of bacteria. :o

So wait a while before you guys decide to come here, infact just ask and I'll tell you when its a good time to come and take a vacation here. ;D
Can't contribute much now so at least I can do this,  that way you don't arrive at a rotten time.  But the gov's screw ups are way out of my hands. :P

Anyways its nice to be welcomed.  Off to the temple,  I see Cin Drallig and Zett Jukassa,  yay targets!!!!

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