So... tomorrow should be Medicom update day.

Anyone else hoping for an early Christmas present in the form of a Series 8 announcement?   

Anyway, some news there...  Not good either. 

Penguins no longer for sale, will consider new home

Lemiuex:  "we will begin to explore relocation offers in cities outside Pennsylvania"


Now, I'm sure he's just saying what he thinks he needs to say to get the Pitt people moving, but at the same time I wouldn't be surprised at this point to see them move.   

It sucks if that ends up happening to the Pens, Jesse.  I know the pain of losing a team (though thankfully, we got ours back - Sorry, Brent ).  It sucks ass because as a regular guy, there's not a whole lot you can do and the future of your team is in the hands of billionaires and government jerks.   

Still hope that those morons can get things straightened out... though they do look pretty stupid for turning down private cash to build the stadium and will now have to burden the tax-payers with it to get it done.   

Holy crap, StarWarsShop has the ROTJ Boba Fett as one of their "Daily Specials" for just $29.99!

I've always been temped by this line and now I can feel that low, low price for Fett trying to suck me in... 

More of these damn things?  Seriously? 

I think we're up to 10 11 figures that have been announced at Hasbro, but haven't been released yet:

Luke Skywalker (Hoth Pilot Gear)
Darth Maul
(BG Cylon)
Jango Fett
Clone Trooper (Ep2, Red)
Han Solo
Tusken Raider
Clone Trooper (Ep3, Utapau)
Darth Vader (sculpt #2)
Snowtrooper
Invisible Hand R2-D2 (thanks DS)

And that doesn't even count any of the dang "patina/vintage" type variants.

None of the Targets around me are even stocking them anymore and I see that the 2007 Wave 1 case at EE is listed as CANCELLED. 

I just don't get it - Hasbro keeps announcing new figures, but where are all these new figures going to be sold?

Here's where I see myself heading in the new year... which is once again VERY similar to the last year.   

Star Wars
I'll stick to my basic figures - 2 of each of the NEW basic figures (1 to open, 1 to keep carded), 1 of each of the recards/repaints (to keep carded).  One of each NEW vehicle/beast sculpt, zero vehicle/beast repaints (unless they are well done like the TRU Dagobah X-Wing set).  I'll probably grab a few of the Comic Pack thingies too, but certainly not all of them (no icky Marvel Comic sets for me).  I'll also probably continue to pick up some (but not all) of the Galactic Hero 2-packs to stash away for the boys. 

No Unleashed, no Master Replicas, no Gentle Giant busts or Bust-Ups, no Code 3 vehicles, no 12" stuff, no Sideshow Statues, no Attakus statues, no Kotobukaiya statues/models, no Die Cast vehicles, no Micro-Machine vehicles, no Action Fleet vehicles, no Jedi Force figures, no SW board games, no Wookiee super-soakers, no more WotC minatures, no Hallmark ornaments, no posters, no replica helmets, no Attacktix figures, no SW plush "buddies", no SW Choppers, no Mini-Unleashed, etc etc etc.


Kubricks
I'll pick up pretty much everything Medicom throws at me related to Star Wars as well as hoping for some more Batman/DC Kubricks (villians and major characters such as Gordon, Alfred or NW).


DC Direct
If they do a 3rd GL wave, I'm all over that.  Otherwise, nothing.


That's about it I guess...

Thanks to Matt for the quick payment!

Enjoy your new Kubricks!   

Okay, what the hell happened to Brent?  Did he go on vacation or something? 

He left for Hawaii on Dec 10th and will not retun until Dec 24th.

Hasbro sent along a little 30th Anniversary Collection Update as part of this week's Q&A:

Due to unavoidable production delays, the first waves of Star Wars 30th Anniversary basic figures for 2007 will be delayed until March. We are looking at every way to get the figures in earlier, but fans should not expect to find them on shelf on 1/1 as we were hoping. We expect subsequent waves beyond the first to be on schedule shortly thereafter. We'll keep everyone updated as needed, but please be patient. Thanks!

Looks like we'll be seeing the Final 22 repack waves for a while...