Galactic Hunter has posted some hi-res loose shots of the ESB wave of VOTC figures, within their update on Hasbro's Republic News today.  You can c heck out the article here:

VOTC - Wave 2

Also, YODA!

The first reviews of Spidey 2 are starting to come in, and are sounding very positive.  Although it is hard sometimes to take much stock in what "critics" say about movies, I do like to hear when they actually like some of my favorite movies.  You can listen to Ebert and Roeper's review of the film HERE, they both gave it "two thumbs WAY up", with Ebert going as far to say it is the best superhero movie of all time.  Good to hear some positive reviews for Spidey, I can't wait to see this next week.

Along the same Spidey 2 lines.....have any of you broke down and picked up the 18" superduperultrafantastic-poseable Spider-Man 2 Spidey?  I have seen (several) of these staring back at me at our trips to Wal-Mart and Target, and have been really tempted to pick it up.  It looks like it is around $20-$21 around here, and for what it is, that's not too bad of a deal.  Now I normally wouldn't want to buy a figure this HUGE, but since it is Spidey, I have been thinking about it.  The reviews I have read online are very solid, but I was just wondering if any of you have (or thought about) picked this up.

GH has some shots up of the "New Hope" wave of Galactic Heroes coming out later this year.  You can see both packaged and loose shots.  Even though I do open them, the packaging does look kind of spiffy for the two packs.  It also looks like the Chewie is a little different from the original version (this one has a different gun, as well as teeth showing), so it looks like all the "re-released" figures (Chewie, R2, and 3PO) are different in some way.  The Vader still looks the same to me though.

This is a line I really hope has some legs and can continue for awhile.  I've been torn on Kubricks since I already have some of these and they are somewhat "mini figures" themselves.  However, the Kubrick line does seem to be more popular, probably has more of a future, and gets a lot more discussion around here at JD .  Anyways, you can check out the pics of the Galactic Heroes line here:

A New Hope Galactic Heroes

I have only picked up the "super-poseable" Spidey from the Spider-Man 2 line so far, but after reading THIS REVIEW over at mwctoys.com, I'm awfully tempted to get this magnet version just for fun.  Some of those poses look pretty cool, the magnets must be fairly strong.  Has anyone picked this figure up yet?



Photo taken from review at Michael Crawford's Review of the Week (www.mwctoys.com).

When we moved recently, and I spent the time packing and unpacking my stuff, I kind of got to feeling a little "overwhelmed" at times too.  I don't have nearly the collections of many of the people here, and I have a very select few carded figures (which are packed away), so I'm sure I don't have the space issues that many others have.  I guess I just don't like my collection to start to look "cluttered" or to look like I'm really jamming figures on the shelves either.  Right now I don't have everything on display either, but would like to eventually.  I have my modern, loose figures on some shelving that I put up in our office closet.  I took the closet door off, and it works pretty well to display them in there.  A few figures (old POTF2, and/or crappy Episode I or Saga figures) have gotten packed away, and I still don't have an area to display my vintage loose collection on (but I'm not done with that anyways, so it is ok).  I have my Unleashed displayed on the top of my desk here, but would like to eventually get some "floating" shelves to put them on around the room.  I also have another bookshelf that currently holds the B-Wing (that thing is tough to fit anywhere), Clone Wars Animated figs, Playskool Star Wars, the 25th Anniversary sets (and Trash Compactor Screen Scene), the two Target glass sets I have right now, and some prequel ships (Anakin/Zam speeder, Jedi Starfighter, Jango's Slave I).  I also have my other, smaller collections on these shelves too (LOTR, Marvel Stuff).

I've started to consider being a little more selective with my collecting, just so I don't get too overwhelmed in here, or to figure out some more shelving.  There is some great Star Wars stuff coming up (VOTC collection, Galactic Heroes, new Falcon, and a "few" new OTC figures), a few more LOTR and Marvel Legends figures I'd like to get, as well as a growing Spider-Man collection that I'm really getting into.  Plus, now I'm starting to get interested in the SW Kubricks as well, so that won't help any (but at least they are smaller).  Anyways, I know sometimes I wonder if I have "too much stuff", and I think sometimes I look over a few things here and there and wonder if I really needed them or not.  Sometimes it was some completist-ism coming over me, other times it was just that I hadn't seen anything new for a long time in stores, and settled.  I have considered at time collecting only OT items, to keep it more limited, but when a new movie comes around, I just end up buying more than I should anyways.  Plus, I do like to at least have some of the key characters from the prequels.  Anyways, I do know what you are saying, I sometimes feel like I have "too much stuff" as well.  As long as you are happy with your collection, and can figure out some way to enjoy it (displaying it, changing it out every few weeks/months, or buying a bigger house  )

Ok, I've really been holding off on these since they are tougher to get here in the US, but after weeks and months of reading through the Kubrick thread here, and now seeing these pictures, I'm really getting tempted.  I realize that I'm too far behind (and it would be too expensive) to totally "catch up", but I wouldn't mind starting to get a few of these (without the chases obviously).  Other than the early bird set and chase figures, can most of these be bought at somewhat reasonable prices?  I still might just try to hunt me down the first Han that was released, just to see what they are like.  If nothing else, he's my favorite character, and it doesn't hurt to have one (or does it....addiction rising.. ).  Great pics by the way, this line sure looks spiffy.