I ordered this fig within hours of it going on sale and mine still has not shipped   Was there a limited initial shipment that swshop received?  Anyone else still showing in stock in there account but not shipped?

My listing still says "In Stock", but I have not yet recieved a shipping notice.  I just attributed it to laziness... the same thing happened with the Covert Clones - it took them 4-5 days to ship after they were "in stock" even though I ordered within hours of the original posting.

Hopefully the ship notice will come int he next day or two... 

Ooohhh....  I'll guess $15 plus tax.   

Seriously though, a General Grievous on fire?  Unique and cool looking, but did we really need it?  Especially for what it will cost?   

Oh well, put me down for my 2 to fufill my 1 loose, 1 carded disease.   

Coca-Cola Blâk to Debut in 2006


"Coca-Cola Blâk is an invigorating and stimulating blend that has a perfect balance of the effervescent taste sensation of Coca-Cola and natural flavors, with real coffee. "


Wow!  I'll finally be able to combine my love for Coke with my love for coffee.   

I'm actually digging this set a bit more simply because they are new Kubricks to feed my addiction... 

* Luke - pretty cool figure and there aren't a ton of Lukes yet, so I like him. 
* Imp R5 - Will go nicely with my Imp R2.
* K-3PO - the only real "dud" since so many other hoth figs would have been nicer, but he still looks well done
* Ten Nunb - growing on me.  At first, I was bored with him, but I think he'll complement Ackbar and Nien nicely.
* Ewoks Wicket - Who cares what they call him, he'll still look great with Paploo/Logray/Wicket as a nice generic 'wok.

So yeah, I'll be picking up this set and I probably won't even complain about it...

My Blue Snaggletooth arrived today from ActionHQ, so I am officially done with Series 5.   

Now I just have to rearrange the Kuby-shelf and get them put in place... 

So, are these notions mistaken?

I saw the same thing on ABC News a few days ago.  Disney basically admitted that it is going to push the that angle, but stressed that type of marketing would be aimed at groups already "involved" with a religious base (youth groups, church groups, etc).

"Rice said only 5 percent of the marketing budget for "Narnia," which opens Dec. 9, targeted faith-based groups. "

In other words, they aren't bringing up the message to the "regular folks" in commercials and trailers (as they are afraid of alienating non-christians), but they are making a lot of promo info available to your local priest/minister/pastor/revenend to use with the youth groups. 

Personally, I'm going to just ignore the marketing (which is usually a good idea anyway  ) and go see the movie.  I've read the books and enjoyed them, so I'll see the movie.

Sure, maybe some folks out there will try to use the movie to push an agenda, but that happens all the time nowadays where certain groups try to use movies to get the message across... Ep3 is anti-Bush!  JarJar is racist stereotype!  Batman Begins is right-wing agenda to exploit our fears of terrorism!

There will always be someone out there who uses a movie to push their message, this time it's just really easy to see who's going to use it and why...

Another thing to consider is that this is just the initial case assortment.  Hasbro seems to be following the "revised cases" path they used this year...

For example, the Carkoon case now has 2 differnt cases available.  First was the Wave 1 case, which has an uneven mix, and now there is also a Wave 1 Rev. 1 case that has an even 2x each figure case pack.

I'd guess the current case pack is just the first one and at least one other case mix is planned, we just have to wait and see...

 

Congratulations to Jeff, who not only caught up to my team, but is about to jump way out in front once the Shutout points for Fernandez show up.

 

There's still a long way to go though...