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Feedback / bjardkerr's feedback
« on: October 7, 2005, 11:37 AM »
Time to start one of these for bjardkerr I guess.

Had my first deal with him and it went smoothly.  I got paid quickly for the loot I'm sending him and that is always a good thing!   :)

Thanks again and your loot is on it's way!

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The Legacy Collection / Re: Future Evolutions
« on: October 7, 2005, 10:59 AM »
REBEL SOLDIERS:  (all SA of Course, and I define SA as ball joint Shoulders, ball joint elbows, ball joint knees, wrist and hip and ankle (lower leg) articulation).

Rebel Fleet Trooper
Hoth Rebel
Endor Rebel

But here is my take on it....make all 3 different head sculpts, but make the "pegs" that the heads fit on ALL THE SAME SIZE.  Removable headgear for each soldier, and include a "4th" head.  That way if you bought 4 packs, you'd have 4 different heads on all 3 body types.  Then for the variation, make the Hoth Rebel an  Echo Base Trooper, the RFT an Honor Guard and the Endor Rebel one of the different uniforms.


Yeah, Jesse and I were talking about something similar in the other Evolutions thread a while back...

I'd also like a Rebel Trooper set... 

-Tantive IV, Hoth, and Endor...  The army builder sets would have me shelling out the cash like there's no tomorrow.  *sigh*

As long as they have alternate heads...  one thing I can't stand is having my army builders all have the same heads!  I mean it's fine for Imp Troopers with Helmets, but for guys like the hoth dude or endor dude it would suck to have a bunch of the same guy - they aren't clones after all!

Now, the way to really do it up right would be to pack in 3 alternate head sculpts and then make ALL six of the heads (3 on the troopers and the 3 extras) interchangable!

Then, you could buy 6 of Jesse's proposed Rebel Trooper sets and have six "unique" troopers for each movie (tantive,hoth,endor) without having to chase down a bunch of corps figures for customs/head-swaps!

Jeff


Ever since they did that dagobah Luke, I've been wanting them to try an army builder with alternate heads like that.  If they could find a way to pull that off, I'd be right there with you buying as many of those packs as I could!   ;)

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Saga Collection '06 / Re: Battle of Carkoon Wave
« on: October 7, 2005, 10:54 AM »
especially if things stay at the $4.77-$5 pricepoint. 

I have a funny feeling that after Christmas brings a close to this movie year, the $5 price-point might disappear for a while...  :-\

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Revenge of the Sith / Re: Anyone know the Walmart DCPI #'s
« on: October 7, 2005, 10:43 AM »
I don't think Wal-Mart has special numbers like Target does, they usually track things by UPC.  So, in order to have them look something up (which they hate doing, even at Guest Services) you need to give them the full UPC number. 

I don't think anyone has the UPC numbers for those Figure w/Baby exclusives yet because no packaged samples have shown up.   :-\

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Revenge of the Sith / Re: Wal-Mart "Early Bird" Exclusive
« on: October 7, 2005, 10:01 AM »
I heard a rumor that Hasbro only shipped out 1000 of the 50000 to the distributor house so far.

Something along the lines of using those 1000 as early teaser sets to try to get people off their butts and order the remaining sets from Wal-Mart.com if they haven't already.  Hasn't been confirmed anywhere, just the rumor that is going around.

On the other hand, I did hear of a few more on-line associates who got theirs this week, so they could be trickling out still...

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Medicom RAH Figures
« on: October 6, 2005, 08:44 PM »
Hmmm... I haven't pulled the trigger on any of these RAH figures yet, but this Cyclops has me seriously reconsidering it.



He always was my favorite X-Man.  Might have to hit eBay and see if I can find a good deal...  ;)


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Other Collectibles / Re: Unleashed Battle Packs
« on: October 6, 2005, 08:27 PM »
Looks like the MouseDroid gang have found some great new pictures of these guys.

The carded shots are kinda blurry, but the loose ones are great!

Hmmm... looks like the loose shots are gone now?

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Customs Community and Group Projects / Re: Say it ain't so!
« on: October 6, 2005, 04:28 PM »
I just don't get all these high-priced auctions for clone repaints.

Why do people pay big $$$ for a single repainted clone?   ???

I understand the ones we did for charity, but I don't understand the average guy who will drop $100 for 4 clones.  Sure, it's only $25 each, but I've got a better way to spend the cash.  Go to Target/TRU/Wal-Mart and buy a bunch of #41 Clones.  At about $5-6 each, you should be able to get around 15 Clones with some change.  Then, go grab a few brushes and a few bottles of cheap Folk Art/Apple Barrel paint ($1 each at most places).   

There, now you just spent $100 and you can have 15 repainted clones!  Painting really isn't that tricky, and after trying it a few times (say 15 times with all those clones you bought), you'll get pretty good pretty quick!

Maybe people are just afraid to try?  I know I was afraid at first, but most of those acrylic paints are so water soluable that if you mess up on the first shot, it's easy to strip the paint and try again!

Jeff

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Watto's Junk Yard / When Snakes Attack
« on: October 6, 2005, 04:14 PM »
I really wasn't sure where to put this, but I couldn't let it go without bringing it up for those that missed it (I saw it on the news last night).



It's the carcass of a six-foot American alligator protruding from the mid-section of a 13-foot Burmese python after the snake apparently swallowed the alligator and burst resulting in the deaths of both animals.


Python Bursts After Trying to Eat Gator

Stuff like this is what makes animals so cool - man, that snake had balls to try to eat an alligator.  Wow, just wow.   :o


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I need to decide what I am going to make... so far, I am not sure.

Ditto.  I have no idea what to do.   ???

Last time, I liked the idea of trying a Marvel-esque Bounty Hunter to make it a bit different from the norm, but this time there is no norm!   :D

Still not sure if I should do a scary alien custom or one of those "candy corn" troopers! 

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Other Collectibles / Re: Playskool Galactic Heroes Thread
« on: October 6, 2005, 11:51 AM »
I'm wondering if this line will continue next year?

Back during Comic-Con there was a rumor that 2006 would be filled with more re-packs and repaints and that is it.  You might recognize the guy who posted it here...  :P


According to this report at Rebelscum, it sounds like more repacks are coming in the GH line in 2006....

....Anyways, after the repacked and repainted ROTS packs, this is what is rumored to be released (from the early Playskool days of this line):

Hoth 2-Pack (Luke Skywalker and Han Solo?)
Endor 2-Pack with Speeder Bike (Luke?)
Endor 2-Pack with Speeder Bike (Scout Trooper?)
Geonosis 2-Pack (Mace Windu and Geonosian Warrior?)
Coruscant 2-Pack
Emperor with red Shock Trooper

 ;)  I still haven't heard of any new sets, but it sounds like the other repack/repaint sets mentioned in that report are still a possibility for 2006.

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Other Collectibles / Re: Playskool Galactic Heroes Thread
« on: October 6, 2005, 11:33 AM »
I've got to get these too, since I've got all of these released so far.  I'm still annoyed that they went to repacks with these.

Is Anakin not a repack too?  I haven't thought about these guys for a while, but I seem to remember thinking they were one repack with one repaint.

It's hard to tell in the picture there, but Anakin is a "sith-eyes" repaint.  I think the other three (Obi-Wan, Vader, and Yoda) are pretty much the same though.

You can see anakin's "sith eyes" better in this picture (which I cropped off a GH SDCC photo):

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Other Collectibles / Re: Playskool Galactic Heroes Thread
« on: October 6, 2005, 11:18 AM »
A nice update at Hasbro on that last batch of figures.




I'll probably pick up these sets and dump the duplicates (Obi-Wan, Yoda, Vader).

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: 'Lost' - Season Two
« on: October 6, 2005, 11:13 AM »
Possible Spoilers.... You've been warned.

yeah, almost like a "lord of the flies" thype of thing. 

The people from the tail section go "tribal" while the others maintain a sense of civility, should be interesting to see what happen when the two groups clash.

My wife and I are also on board with the "the people who have Jin/sawyer/mike are from the tail section".  I think the reason they are holding them captive is because they fear that jin/saywer/mike are "the others"

I guess we will wait and see...

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Saga Collection '06 / Re: Battle of Carkoon Wave
« on: October 6, 2005, 10:23 AM »
Mousedroid has a first look at this wave,

Wow, just when we were complaining we hadn't see new pictures yet, here they come!

I'm really glad to see the Boushh removable helmet, just wish the pictures were bigger!

As for the mini-hologram figures - eh.  Could be cool depending on the character, but I really dread the thought of all the variations it could lead to.  I will hate to have to try to collect all those too, especially if it means having to buy figures I already have to open then to get the stupid things.  :(

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