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Star Wars Dioramas and Displays / Re: Endor diorama
« on: October 11, 2009, 01:27 AM »
red x of death! No pic dude. 
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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Top 5 Hotties
« on: October 10, 2009, 03:56 PM »
Amen Dressel. Let's turn this thread around. Alba's a nice start...
Anyone else getting anxious for Iron Man 2?
Anyone else getting anxious for Iron Man 2?
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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: CW Y-Wing Starfighter
« on: October 10, 2009, 01:11 PM »
My current thinking on this is that the show will end with Ashoka no longer being a Padawan and going off with her own troops. They are NEVER going to show her dying on the show. Captain Rex will offer to keep an eye on her for Anakin and ask to transfer to Ashoka's squad as their commander. Then when GL finally releases ROTS on BR, we'll get a new Order 66 scene where Ashoka is taken out by Captain Rex wearing the ROTS style armor - which after the cartoon being on for three or four seasons would make that scene incredibly powerful.
That sounds great. I'm going to be really disappointed if this isn't what happens now. The Order 66 scene(s) are so powerful already and that would just top it off.
I really like that idea too, but I don't think we'll see the last part about a SE scene. The rest of the ending you've laid out would still be great though.
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JD Sports Forum! / Re: NFL Regular Season 2009
« on: October 10, 2009, 12:20 AM »
Jesse - biting a guy's hand? Holy crap. Seriously, that's insane.
Brent - Dressel claimed my fantasy team was not in his top six because they were outperforming themselves. I don't think it was in reference to the guru - he just thinks my guys are getting lucky stats or something and won't be as successful down the road I guess. I don't buy into the outperforming arguement - the stats align to players performances and that's the end of the story. It's pretty silly to say that a guy who had 15 TDs should have only had 7-8 because he's outperforming himself.
You came along during that discussion and said that you would have beaten me if not for having two of your top picks out. I'm sure it sucks to lose F. Gore in the same week that Owens goes without a catch and that was definitely an advantage for me in our match-up. However, I still won the game by 22pts and I don't think you could have caught up with the average stats of those two even if they were healthy and playing well that week. How many points do you think you should have received for those two the week we played? It's really a moot point because we'll never really know what would have happened if Owens played better and Gore wasn't injured.
Lastly, the quote you mentioned was a jab back at you and Dressel. Your score really was aided by strong output from your kicker and defense. They both scored 14pts, which I'm guessing is the season high for both of them. But, the "over performing" bit, which I put in quotes to help signify the sarcasm was intended to be a comical reference back to DR's silly rationale behind my top-ranked team, as I already explained in the FFL thread.
Look, we're talking about fantasy football here, so it's really not worth any hard feelings. I personally think part of the fun about FFL is talking Smack - if your team wins or is doing well, then go talk big and have some fun with it. I even posted to the effect that having a little smack talk would be fun. I guarantee that if Dressel was in the #1 spot and 2nd in points, we'd be hearing something about yet another DR fantasy championship on the way. That's the way it ought to be, but for some reason a few people seem to take every little comment as a personal attack instead of just having fun with it. If you'll read thru the discussion in the FFL thread again, I think you'll find that most of the comments in there are putting down my team first and foremost, so don't dish it out if you can't take it. In fact, you may recall that my comment to you about over performing was a response to your post...
Come on - let's all agree to lighten up a little here guys.
Brent - Dressel claimed my fantasy team was not in his top six because they were outperforming themselves. I don't think it was in reference to the guru - he just thinks my guys are getting lucky stats or something and won't be as successful down the road I guess. I don't buy into the outperforming arguement - the stats align to players performances and that's the end of the story. It's pretty silly to say that a guy who had 15 TDs should have only had 7-8 because he's outperforming himself.
You came along during that discussion and said that you would have beaten me if not for having two of your top picks out. I'm sure it sucks to lose F. Gore in the same week that Owens goes without a catch and that was definitely an advantage for me in our match-up. However, I still won the game by 22pts and I don't think you could have caught up with the average stats of those two even if they were healthy and playing well that week. How many points do you think you should have received for those two the week we played? It's really a moot point because we'll never really know what would have happened if Owens played better and Gore wasn't injured.
Lastly, the quote you mentioned was a jab back at you and Dressel. Your score really was aided by strong output from your kicker and defense. They both scored 14pts, which I'm guessing is the season high for both of them. But, the "over performing" bit, which I put in quotes to help signify the sarcasm was intended to be a comical reference back to DR's silly rationale behind my top-ranked team, as I already explained in the FFL thread.
Look, we're talking about fantasy football here, so it's really not worth any hard feelings. I personally think part of the fun about FFL is talking Smack - if your team wins or is doing well, then go talk big and have some fun with it. I even posted to the effect that having a little smack talk would be fun. I guarantee that if Dressel was in the #1 spot and 2nd in points, we'd be hearing something about yet another DR fantasy championship on the way. That's the way it ought to be, but for some reason a few people seem to take every little comment as a personal attack instead of just having fun with it. If you'll read thru the discussion in the FFL thread again, I think you'll find that most of the comments in there are putting down my team first and foremost, so don't dish it out if you can't take it. In fact, you may recall that my comment to you about over performing was a response to your post...
Take it from someone who's been in the last 3 consecutive JD super bowls - JMan's squad is currently outperforming themselves, and the bubble will pop. The best 6 rosters, despite what the scoreboard says after 3 games, are Rob's, Bug's, mine, Ruiner's, Ryan's, and JayDouble's.
Dressel - have I made your top 6 yet or is the #1 team still "outperforming themselves?"
I'm sure not worried about your team. I lost Gore after one play and had a stinker of a TE. I played you without my 2nd and 4th round picks essentially plus TO stunk out the joint having his first game without a reception in 185 games or so (though he may stink out the season if he keeps going). And then you got Golden Girls without her 1st and 3rd round picks (on bye week). I'm going out on a limb and suggesting you're too cocky at this point in the season.
And Brent - I whooped you by 22 points, end of story. Add in the Guru's 8pts each for Owens and Gore and you still would have lost that game. Owens had what, 60 yards this week? Sorry, but he is not an elite receiver anymore. You had a nice score this week, but biggest point differntials versus the Guru came from your Houston defense and a kicker. Talk about a team "over performing" - Cutler and Gould only get to play Detroit twice my friend.
Come on - let's all agree to lighten up a little here guys.
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Hall of Justice / DC Universe Classics
« on: October 9, 2009, 11:27 PM »Here you go:
Justice in the Jungle two pack
I think it's supposed to be out in december on the mattel website.
Thanks! I'll probably pass, but that B'wana Beast guy looks like good custom fodder for those that just wanted the Animal Man fig.
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JD Sports Forum! / Re: NFL Regular Season 2009
« on: October 9, 2009, 03:37 PM »That is not from this year...two years ago I believe since the Vikes have worn their retro alternate jerseys against the Pack the last two years
Typical Dressel - living in the past.
Examining your last 3 seasons is better than overexamining your 1st 4 games of a new season.
Ohhhhhhh.
You tell me which is a better sample size.
A better sample size for what?
If you're looking for data on how well a team performs in general, then sure, prior years are a great stat. If you're gauging the strength of an exisiting team, then it makes no sense to look at anything prior to this season. Not sure why we bother talking about it though - I'm confident I'll be in the playoffs and Scott has the utmost confidence in your team, so it looks like we're both safe until then. 
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JD Sports Forum! / Re: NFL Regular Season 2009
« on: October 9, 2009, 03:14 PM »That is not from this year...two years ago I believe since the Vikes have worn their retro alternate jerseys against the Pack the last two years
Typical Dressel - living in the past.
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Hall of Justice / DC Universe Classics
« on: October 9, 2009, 03:09 PM »I just saw the pics of the upcoming Mattycollector 2-pack. Pretty nice. I don't really care about B'wanna Beast (I think that's his name), but the Animal Man is a great addition.
Do you have a link or photos you could share?
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JD Sports Forum! / Re: NFL Regular Season 2009
« on: October 9, 2009, 03:09 PM »
Nice photo. Is that from the game? Looks like one Viking is trying to tickle Rodgers while the other is giving him a bear hug. I knew these guys were better friends than they let on.
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JD Sports Forum! / Re: NFL Regular Season 2009
« on: October 9, 2009, 03:52 AM »
I think that's an interesting perspective. I didn't feel that last week's performance was that out of line. I think the Niners actually had more penalties against them. I also buy Scott's rationale that visiting teams are more likely to make mistakes due to things like crowd noise.
Quick questions for you on the Penguins Jesse - you said they had less mistakes and penalties in the Philly game. Does that mean they still had a few or did they have an error free game like the Vikes? Did Philly also have fewer penalties called than the week before? I think sometimes you just run into refs that are more or less willing to call things, or maybe they were told to loosen up after all but controlling the prior Penguins game, but in those instances I think you would tend to see fewer penalties for both teams.
Quick questions for you on the Penguins Jesse - you said they had less mistakes and penalties in the Philly game. Does that mean they still had a few or did they have an error free game like the Vikes? Did Philly also have fewer penalties called than the week before? I think sometimes you just run into refs that are more or less willing to call things, or maybe they were told to loosen up after all but controlling the prior Penguins game, but in those instances I think you would tend to see fewer penalties for both teams.
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JD Sports Forum! / Re: NFL Regular Season 2009
« on: October 9, 2009, 12:37 AM »You are something special. Remind me again who you lost to in week 1?
We're in week 5 and you're acting like you're a lock to win the whole thing because you're 3-1 and I'm 2-2. Big deal.
Dressel is 1-3 and I guarantee he'll make the playoffs.
I'm very comfortable with my team right now.
How am I acting like I'm a lock to win the league? That's a pretty wild exaggeration. Did you by chance attend reading/comprehension in Canada? And what the Hell does Dressel's team have to do with anything? Are you so insecure that you're hoping he'll chime in to defend you? Wow, that's pretty sad. By the way, if you want to just talk fantasy, I'm pretty sure we have a separate thread for that. I'll gladly post responses there to save you time from your trolling.
In other news.... Michael Crabtree finally signed with the 49'ers.. Sadly the best Wide Receiver from Texas Tech in the NFL is still Wes Welker.
Hey, Welker's a damn good wideout to be sad about, no?
I was curious where you were going with that too, Paul. Do you not like Welker? It will definitely be interesting to see how fast CrabAppleTree can get up to speed after missing all this time. The Niners could definitely use some added talent at WR.
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Episode 1 / Re: Look what I just scored!!!
« on: October 9, 2009, 12:10 AM »I never really thought of that as a "must have" item. The Maul is basically the same one that came with the Sith Speeder.
I think it would be much better known if it was a must have.
You're right though, the two are very similar. The mold and articulation of both figures is very similar, though not exactly the same. Compare the thigh width and definition in the last pic (FAO version pictured with Sith Speeder leg parts on either side for comparison). The FAO version seems like it's a layer or two thicker. Kind of odd - maybe it's just the mold on the FAO is older or a copy of the original.Outside of that, the main difference is really just coloring. The FAO version is more of a dark gray/matte finish on the chest, belt, gloves, and boots, while the Sith Speeder version is glossy and black. Not sure if this is a difference in paint ap vs. material, but it comes across as even more distinct in person than in the pics. The red head paint is also a little different as you can see. Also note the bottom of the FAO cape - it's purposely weathered on the bottom to look like the sand he'd pick up on tatooine (It looks like this in the package, it's not just wear and tear). Obviously the speederbike is different as well.
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JD Sports Forum! / Re: NFL Regular Season 2009
« on: October 8, 2009, 11:18 PM »Kettle? Pot? Black.
Scott is more biased for the Vikings than you are against the Vikings? Especially when the pack is involved? That may be the funniest thing I've ever seen written.
Seriously. Please refer to my first comments after the game. I'll help you out by posting them again here. You know, the ones where I said the Vikes had a good game and the Pack blew it by not putting pressure on Favre. Then find me any post that Scott has made putting down his beloved Vikings or saying anything remotely positive about the Packers. Please, just one. They "Dominated" the 49ers and they "dominated" the Packers and I'm sure they would "dominate" pretty much any action these superior individuals ever partake in according to Scotty, but you're calling ME more biased? Get a clue Brent.
Good game, but the Vikes definitely put it away in the second half. The Packers offense actually sliced thru the Vikings pretty well between the 20's, but the Vikes passing game was definitely clicking. I was surprised to see a complete lack of blitzing on our part - that's the whole key to stopping Favre is getting him rattled and/or forcing him to play from behind. There was one play where I swear he sat back in the pocket for a good 12 seconds - ridiculous. I thought some of the calls were suspect (were there ANY penalties against the Vikes?) like the taunting call on their first drive, but overall I attribute the loss to a couple of bad turnovers and inability to put any pressure on Favre. Will be good to see the rematch at Lambeau!
Well at least you finally rubbed the cheese out of your eyes. Tell me this oh football genius. WHY would an NFL ref call penalties on one team and not the other...why? As I already said, the Packers are the 2nd most penalized team in the league this year...why wouldn't they have more penalties...especially on the road against a superior team
Wow, are you even reading what you write? At what point did anyone say the Packers shouldn't have more penalties? I'm fine with them having more penalties. I just find it a little odd that the almighty superior unerring invincible Viking Gods weren't caled for a single penalty in the first half of a home rivalry game when they obviously weren't above "cheating" as you like to call it five different ways in the first half of last week's game against the Niners. Can you please explain how your dominating, superior team managed to incur so many penalties agains tthe Niners? And why such a drastic change in their behavior after just one week?
As I said before, I think the calls were biased in favor of the Vikes. Why would someone do that? I don't know, maybe one of a hundred different reasons? Why do kids cheat on tests? Why do witnesses see conflicting details at a crime scene? Unlike some people, I'm not going to pretend I know the motivations behind why someone I've never met might or might not act. Maybe a ref had money on the game. Maybe he's from Fridley. Maybe he has a relative on the Vikes. Maybe a Packer fan looked at him funny on the way in. Heck, maybe because the Packers have so many penalties against them, the refs were too focused on only watching what Packer players did.
I just found the stats to be suspect, but apparently you can't question anything regarding the dominating Minnesota Vikings without a few folks spontaneously growing sticks up their collective asses.
Oh, and Ruiner - your jealously still makes me blush. How does it feel to be losing to a first-grader? Maybe you can catch back up if you get that 6th grader you mentioned to help you with your picks.
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JD Sports Forum! / Re: NFL Regular Season 2009
« on: October 8, 2009, 05:29 PM »You are funny...two weeks ago when Favre had yards against the 49ers defense in prevent that didn't count for you...but when the Packers do the same thing this last week it does? The Vikings played a squeaky clean game and the Packers got caught cheating 7 times...pretty basic. Sort of like figuring out the Fantasy Football standings, right?
Yes, you've convinced me. The Packers did nothing and got 400 yards of offense against a prevent defense in the last few minutes of the game. The Vikings, while racking up numerous penalties just the week prior, played an error free game, while the Packers attempted to cheat on every down. Furthermore, they put out 3 fires, performed a heart transplant, and helped six old ladies cross the street during half time. Thank you for the objective reasoning from Mankato to put this all into a realistic perspective.
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Other Toy Lines / Re: Star Trek
« on: October 8, 2009, 04:07 PM »Been almost three years since they hired that guy? Haven't noticed any changes other than the store closures.
Well, I for one have noticed a significant reduction in Rasslin' figures at the Tonka TRU, so I say GOD BLESS YOU and KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! I may even find something worth buying there again someday.