to counter the increasing threats of the seperatists." - Supreme Chancellor Palpatine - AOTC

I love that line.   Anyways, I thought I would share part of my collection, and my favorite collecting focus: Clone Troopers

Sorry for the quality of the pics, that's the best I could do at the moment. (I $uck)

Here are some pics of my current "Grand Army" before reinforcements arrive in May, ala EE.



















As you can probably tell, one of my favorite scenes is the formation/embarking of the Clone Troopers at the end of AOTC.

Quote from: DualSaberMaster on February  9, 2005, 07:33 PM

Is it me or does the AT-TE gunner have the dreaded "Action feature hips"? 

He still looks fantastic action feature or not.

No, I think it's something that might actually be the next step we needed in SA articulation - look again at the hip joints. They're slightly rounded. I think they could be ballsockets, so they can move outward from the hip like VOTC Luke. This is a serious winner.

I think you are right again Jared.   The hip joints look to be ballsockets.  You can check out the difference  Action Feature Clone Trooper, AT-TE Gunner.

Also, you can see from the carded front shot of the gunner he doesn't have that awkward stance that the action feature clone does.

It makes sense that the gunner would have ballsocket hip joints.   If your manning a AT-TE it would be a good idea to be able to sit down.   Unlike the CW Trooper which can't kneel or sit down, if his life depended on it.

This lends more credence that we will see a AT-TE vehicle in the near future.  

I just can't believe Hasbro would bless us with such a great  Clone Trooper.  He even comes with two helmets a regular, a mission specific, and his pauldron seems to be easily removed for army building.   Might I venture to say that Hasbro quite possibly has surpassed the current SA Trooper?

WOW! The Clone Commander and AT-TE gunner look awesome! They seem to use the SA Trooper mold.   I think I'm going to go broke army building with these guys.

I guess Hasbro wasn't kidding that there would be plenty of Clones in 2005   Clone Trooper's galore!

Curious to see the AT-TE Gunner up close -- it almost looks like a removable helmet there.

Yeah, looks like it, very cool!  It's about time we got a CT with a removable helmet.

I also love the way the Clone Commander is looking.(mission specific)  Very ARC Trooperish.

I wonder where's Commander Baccara?

GH has new carded pics of Saesee Tiin and Ki-Adi Mundi

I am really digging how the background Jedi are shaping up.  It seems these will be the definitive versions of Saesee, Ki-Adi, Agen, Kit, Aayla, Luminara, Shaak Ti, Plo Koon.

With most if not all being collection 2 with added articulation, scene specific bases, and soft goods (IMO very nice looking soft goods). I can't wait to pick up doubles of each to keep carded and loose, so I can toss those crappy Saga versions!

I am especially looking forward to grabbing Saesee, Agen, and Kit to recreate Mace's "We need to talk Mother F#@ker  Posse" in Palpy's office.   Too bad we have a craptastic version of Mace though.

Gentle Giant finally got their heads out of their a$$es.  After 48+ hours of the start of this debacle, I was finally able to place an order the first time I tried at 10:30 am.

Add another fiasco to GG's long growing track record.  First the Blue Clone, then the Clone Pilot, now the Han bust.  I wonder how GG will screw up the next one at CIII?, WW?, SDCC? oh brother.

Quote from: DualSaberMaster on January 24, 2005, 07:16 PM

I have some questions for those attending CIII, any info would be appreciated.

Are there any CIII hotel blocks left, this late in the game?

What is the average price of rooms in or around the convention area?

Day late here, but I finally plugged in my hotel code to see what's left for ya' Ricardo, and here's the slim pickin's through the C3 site:

Crowne Plaza at Union Station - $138/night, 0.20 miles away (best bet)

Adam's Mark Indianapolis Airport - $109/night, 8.0 miles away

Quality Inn & Suites at the Airport - $74/night, 8.0 miles away

THAT'S IT.

But that's not to say there aren't any other hotel rooms available in the area.  But they just aren't available through the C3 site.  So you may have a little better luck just calling random hotels near the convention center to see what you can find, or use one of those fancy travel websites to do the checking.  Anyway, good luck!  Hope to see you out there!

Thanks for the help Matt.   Figured as much, time to do some searching/calling.

Anything to be on the JD front page!   Glad to see my pics were of some use.  Thanks to Matt and Jeff.

I'm really digging the Chrome Stormie more and more.  I've noticed at least on mine that the chrome finish has more of a gunmetal color to it.  Maybe, it's the lighting or maybe it's just me.