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Kubricks / Re: Kubrick Addicts Anonymous

« on: December 14, 2006, 10:48 AM »

Thanks for the kind words fellas. I was hesitent to go all in on the carded Kubys, but I got good deals on the Sandtrooper and Fireball Fett.

It's weird to think how much I've spent on those shelves, but I just love those carded Kubricks. They are one of the most favorite parts of my collection. I keep meaning to take pictures of my whole SW Room layout, but I never seem to have the time to go through it all... maybe someday I'll finally do it.

ps.
Just heard from another customer, my "rare chase" count is now Yakface 3, Old Guy Anakin 3 with 6/7 cases opened. Looking more and more like a 50/50 split to me...

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: JD Book Club: What Are You Reading Now?

« on: December 14, 2006, 10:40 AM »

Quote from: Brian on December 12, 2006, 01:16 PM

I'm currently working on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and really enjoying the series so far.

Quote from: OCB on December 12, 2006, 02:32 PM

I opted for reading the Potter books again

Because I like to copy everything Brian and Scott do (or because I wanted to go through them one more time before the movie comes out next summer), I also started re-reading the HP books. It's funny to go back and find little hints at future plot threads, intentional or not.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: 2006 DVD Releases Thread

« on: December 13, 2006, 11:24 PM »

Having missed a bunch of movies this summer/fall (gee, I wonder why?

), I've been buying a bunch of DVDs lately -

- Superman Returns
- Richard Donner Superman II
- Cars
- Pirates 2
- Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
- Alias Season 5

But, of course, we haven't had time to watch any of them yet.

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Kubricks / Re: Kubrick Addicts Anonymous

« on: December 13, 2006, 11:10 PM »

Not me, I'm keeping him carded with the rest of the gang.

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Kubricks / Re: Kubrick Addicts Anonymous

« on: December 13, 2006, 10:39 PM »

Quote from: Jeff on December 13, 2006, 02:28 PM

Got a package from Simon today too, just waiting to be opened... pics to follow tonight after I get home from work and the younguns go to sleep.

Quote from: Sithbaker on December 13, 2006, 02:43 PM

Hmmm, Speeder and BH Trooper??

Good call...

Back to just needing that 1 chase Fett (double red gauntlets) to be complete.

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Kubricks / Re: Kubrick Addicts Anonymous

« on: December 13, 2006, 04:15 PM »

Quote

have they done a Qui-gon Kubrick?

No Qui-Gon. The only prequel figure they have done was the chase Blue Senate Guard from Series 7.

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I've never seen these before.I 'm mean I know what they are,but I've never seen them in stores. I've only seen them on the net.How do get them?

The reason you probably haven't seen them is that they are a Japanese product and not sold directly to US accounts, meaning that any US seller has to buy them via a secondary seller in Japan.

Some folks do have a local hobby shop that carry them, but they are few and far between. The majority of folks buy on-line - eBay, BigBadToyStore, HLJ.com, Ningyoushi.com, the JD Classifieds, etc.

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30th Anniversary Collection / Re: 30th Anniversary Wave 2 - The Battle of Yavin

« on: December 13, 2006, 03:14 PM »

Quote from: Darth Slothus on December 13, 2006, 03:04 PM

All this and at what cost will it be to us?

I checked the Target DPCI over lunch and it still shows up in the system at $6.99 (at least in MN).

Of course, keep in mind that Target has been known to start new series out high...

2004 - OTC started at $5.99, but dropped to $5.44 within a month
2005 - ROTS started at $5.99, but dropped down to $4.99 within a few weeks
2006 - TSC started at $6.99, but dropped down to $5.89 within a month or so (and then went back up to $6.64 a few months later

)

Target will always come down after a bit to match Wal-Mart (once they are sure the Wal-Mart price is not a promo/gimmick), but they almost never start out as the lowest. Hopefully Wal-Mart will start off closer to $6 so Target is forced to price drop sooner rather than later.

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Kubricks / Re: Kubrick Addicts Anonymous

« on: December 13, 2006, 02:28 PM »

Wow, that's a great price... but I've already got my "Old Guy" Anakin, picked him up this weekend.

Got a package from Simon today too, just waiting to be opened... pics to follow tonight after I get home from work and the younguns go to sleep.

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Feedback / Re: Hes No Good to Me Dead's feedback

« on: December 13, 2006, 10:50 AM »

What can I say that hasn't already been said?

Thanks once again to Simon for helping fill two more holes in my Kubrick Collection!

One of the best and that's for sure!

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Saga Collection '06 / Re: The "Final 22"

« on: December 13, 2006, 12:29 AM »

Everything I've heard says that it's the same DPCI at Target for those 17 figures (obviously not the Wal-Mart exclusive ones

), but the figures were not entered into the system correctly and that is why they do not ring up correctly... of course info is always subject to change, but for now I think it's a computer glitch and not a new DPCI (at least at Target).

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The Bullpen / Marvel Legends

« on: December 13, 2006, 12:25 AM »

Quote from: Nicklab on December 12, 2006, 11:45 PM

But riddle me this everyone...Has anyone come up with the Face Off 2 Iron Man/Mandarin variant set yet? The reason I ask is that some people I know were speculating that the variant set was actually James Rhodes in War Machine armor and not Stark in some other Iron Man armor.

From a thread at Fwooshnet: