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The Vintage Collection / Re: Recent Vintage Collection Purchases
« on: August 3, 2012, 12:06 AM »
Scored a couple of Yavin Hangar Transports today.  Gotta love the deals at TJ Maxx!

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UPDATED!

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: X-Men/Wolverine Movies
« on: August 2, 2012, 10:00 PM »
I read about the Days of Future Past storyline in the past few days.  That was easily my favorite X-Men storyline of all time, and I've always felt a good degree of attachment to it.  But are we bound to see some significant changes to that particular story in order to make it work on screen?

Ellen Page has definitely come into her own as an actor since she played Kitty Pryde in X-Men: The Last Stand.  Will she and Wolverine still be the central characters in the movie adaptation?  And then there's the matter of the relationships.

There's clearly a continuity that's been established by the previous films that diverges from the books.  The film interpretation of the Phoenix storyline had to be scaled back tremendously.  But this story dealt with someone travelling from the future to the past in order to change the course of history.  How do you accomplish that in the movie and make it work?  That remains to be seen.

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The Bullpen / Re: Thor: The Toys!
« on: August 2, 2012, 09:42 PM »
I'm going to be hitting TJ Maxx with a vengeance.  I was never able to find Laufey or King Loki.  And I'll be sure to keep an eye out for Sif.  I was lucky and found her at TRU, but only once.

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I've seen remnants of this wave near me over the past few days.  It's nice to know that it's hitting the stores, but it would be nice to see it in more significant numbers.

Guessing you're talking about the Galen Marek/Shae Vizsla wave?

Correct!  Wrong thread.  My apologies.

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Fantastic work, Lando!  The whole scene looks great.  And it definitely shows you just how much well designed lightning can accentuate a scene like this.

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I've seen remnants of this wave near me over the past few days.  It's nice to know that it's hitting the stores, but it would be nice to see it in more significant numbers.

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JD Sports Forum! / Re: 2012 Summer Olympics
« on: August 1, 2012, 02:07 PM »
BTW Nick, I understand how timezones work and that most of the NBC cable networks are showing events all day.  However, they are not showing the more popular events (swimming, gymnastics, etc) live. 

Yes, you understand timezones, but not television programming.  NBC appears to be saving the events with the higher level of interest for prime time when they can reach the maximum number of viewers.  And that has to do with the finances of them buying the broadcast rights for the Olympics.  They HAVE to show some of it tape delayed and in prime time in order to collect those ad dollars that help finance an incredibly expensive broadcast operation like the Olympics.

Right now, there are at least 4 networks with coverage airing RIGHT NOW.  Do you think if NBC was airing a swimming event that anyone would be watching Water Polo, Boxing, Fencing or Tennis which are all on right now?  Probably not.  In fact, it would probably hurt the ratings of those other events. 

Is the internet going to spoil some of those results for some?  Absolutely.  But not for everyone.  And that's probably because the casual viewers aren't so wrapped up in the games that they're going online to find out the results.  It's a very calculated risk.

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It's all about the cape. The ROTS version was inadequate, especially after seeing how well it could be done with the TFU black version. This new one doesn't look as good as TFU cut, but it's a definite upgrade.

I still have to shake my head over that TFU Shadow Guard.  It was probably one of the most HTF figures of all time.  And even with the TRU exclusive TFU packs, that figure never got repacked.  It really was annoying!

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JD Sports Forum! / Re: 2012 Summer Olympics
« on: July 28, 2012, 07:14 PM »
Who's watching what?

I'll watch the swim events when I can as well as track & field.  Hard to do without spoilers because NBC's coverage is horrendous!

We're in an age of social media, and there's a 6 hour time difference from the UK to the Eastern Time Zone.  There were bound to be spoilers on some of these events.  Millions of people in Europe were live tweeting during the opening ceremony yesterday.  Almost all of the surprise was lost.

What's the alternative?  Air the events live when people are asleep?  Or expect the audience to get up early so that they can watch the Shotput competition at 5 AM?  The events that are in primetime in the UK are something that people in the US could watch live, but you would probably lose a lot of the audience.

I think you'd be hard pressed to find a US broadcaster that could provide Olympic content on so many different platforms, too.  Just doing some channel surfing, I was able to find Olympic coverage on 6 channels that are on basic cable.  And I think there's web content for some of the lesser seen events, too.  I think ABC/ESPN are the only other network groups that could offer anywhere near the programming.  In their case I think I've got about 4 or 5 networks on my cable that are under that Disney/ABC/ESPN umbrella.

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Mine arrived today.  DAMN, it's in a big carton!

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The Bullpen / Re: Marvel Universe
« on: July 27, 2012, 12:18 PM »
Hasbro calls the exclusive version the Marvel Universe Super Helicarrier.


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The Bullpen / Re: Marvel Universe
« on: July 27, 2012, 11:55 AM »
The super Helicarrier was still in stock at HTS this morning.  And after looking at the pics, I have to wonder this:  why did Hasbro produce TWO different Helicarriers?  Especially since the exclusive one seems to be so much bigger!

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Revising my list a bit from last year, and making it somewhat less focused on KOTOR & KOTOR 2


-Revan - Jedi (KOTOR - likeness as seen in TOR)



-Meetra Surik - Jedi Exile (Knights Of The Old Republic 2)



-Sith Trooper



-Darth Sion



-Tyvokka - Wookiee Jedi Master



-Dooku - Jedi Master
-Sifo Dyas - Jedi Master


-Zayne Carrick




-Darth Zannah



-Ven Zallow - SWTOR



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The Vintage Collection / Re: Smaller Vehicle/Beast/Other Items
« on: July 25, 2012, 12:54 PM »
This is a topic I've always loved.  And that's because the vintage mini-rigs were some of my favorite items!


THE PHANTOM MENACE

-Senate Pod




-Coruscant Taxi





ATTACK OF THE CLONES

-Geonosian Sonic Cannon





REVENGE OF THE SITH

Jedi Temple Situation Room tactical plot




-Bail Organa's speeder





A NEW HOPE


-Escape Pod!!!!




-Death Star Detention Block control station




-Yavin IV Alliance base tactical plot




-Vehicle Maintenance Energizer





THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

Echo Base hangar speeder





RETURN OF THE JEDI

Desert Sail Skiff (Probably one of the best vintage mini-rigs ever!)



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