Daunte Culpepper - 2 more INT.

At this pace, he'll throw 40 INTs this year... will Blanda's record 42 INTs in one year be in danger?   

Guess we'll all have to keep watching.


The Vikings suck.  They knocked Vick out of the game and STILL couldn't stop the Falcons from running all over them.  Sure, the Vikes have 5 injured Defensive players, but come on - even Matt Schaub got off a few long runs on them.  He had almost as many yards as Vick on the same number of carries... 

The Offensive line was horrible (again).  What happened to the team that showed up against NO last week?  Too bad they were replaced once again by the team that played against Cincinatti 2 weeks ago.   

Time to see how I did...

Jeff's Picks for 2005:


AL East - Boston
AL Central - Minnesota 
AL West - California (I refuse to call them LA or even Anaheim  )
Wild Card - New York

NL East - Atlanta
NL Central - St. Louis
NL West - San Diego
Wild Card - Florida

Well, in the AL my Twins failed me and I mixed up the order on the Red Sox and Yanks (but they did make it a close race).  Not too shabby.  Over in the NL, the fish let me down, letting the Astros sneak in there instead.  Eh, 75% isn't too bad.   


My playoff picks...

New York over California
Boston over Chicago

St. Louis over San Diego
Atlanta over Houston

Boston over New York
St. Louis over Atlanta

St. Louis over Boston - time for the Red Birds to avenge last year...

I'm going to stick with my earlier guess for the chases this time around...

These are my guesses for the chases on Series 5...

Dagobah/Dirty R2-D2 Chase (from the Yoda Box)
Blue Snag (from the Red Snag Box)
Boushh (from the Slave Leia Box)

I don't really mind when they throw out a brand new figure as the chase - it kinda makes it more fun for me.  I'd rather pay the cash for a new figure than a variant I guess. 

Hasbro must have heard that all the fans aren't planning on buying as many of these as the once thought...

I was checking EE this morning to look for new stuff and I noticed that they made a few changes to the case assortments for wave 6. 

Most notably, the wave 1, revision 0 case no longer will have 3x #65 501st Clone.  Instead there will be 1x #18 C-3PO and 2x #65.   That seems like a really strange substitution... take out a clone, add a 3PO? 

Also, the revision 1 case which had 2x #65 and a bunch of repacks was CANCELLED.   

OK, so I'm a little late, at least I got my WiP in on time.   

I thought about fiddling with the skin color for my BH, but I really like the shade of green now.  I did go back and touch up the pants a bit and also re-painted the torso and touched up the chestplate and dry-brushed the arms a bit (cn't make it out too well in the pictures though).  Here is the finished product -



Bounty Hunter Torpas P'hil, one of the most dangerous Salamandro Bounty Hunters to ever work for Jabba the Hutt.

OK, so a "dangerous" Salamandro is like saying a "dangerous" bunny rabbit.  As Phruby guessed, I was shooting for a bit of "Marvel" for my inspiration - one of those classic Marvel Bounty Hunters that probably any of us could escape from!   

This guy found his way into Jabba's employ when Jabba helped his tribe "acquire" some medical supplies they needed.  To pay for the supplies, the tribe sold Torpas to Jabba.  Jabba was a bit concerned as to what to do with Torpas here, until he discoverd Torpas' ability to "see" where others couldn't. 

For instance, he had an uncanny ability to "see" where prey was likely hiding, even in the most crowded cities..  Maybe it was the force, maybe just keen eyesight with those big eyes.  Jabba often sent Torpas along with the "real" bounty hunters when a particularily nasty mark goes off the grid. 


So, there's the story on my Bounty Hunter.  On to next month! 

ToyPalace has posted some new info on the sets...

http://toypalace2.shoppingserver.de/start.mv?L=English

"Attakus Metall Diorama Millennium Falcon - PREORDER 12/05 

Limited to just 400 pieces. Comes with excl. Mouse Droid Metall Figure. Measurements of the Diorama: ca. 120 cm x 80 cm. Weight: ca 20 kg. Will be shipped in three large boxes free of charge to any destination in the world (only with DHL, no UPS shipping possible !). Also available: Death Star Hall Diorama (can be connected to the Millennium Falcon Diorama) and individual Metallfiguren, which you can purchase seperately from us. Pictured Metal Figures are not included except the non pictured Mouse Droid."

Yep, JUST the Falcon portion will run you $2400 US.   

And then there is this...

"Attakus Metall Diorama Diorama Death Star Hall - PREORDER 12/05 

Limited to just 400 pieces. Comes with excl. Luke Stormtrooper Metall Figure. Measurements of the Diorama: ca. TBD cm x TBD cm. Weight: ca 20 kg. Will be shipped in three large boxes free of charge to any destination in the world (only with DHL, no UPS shipping possible !). Also available: Millennium Falcon Diorama (can be connected to the Death Stars Hall Diorama) and individual metal figures, which you can purchase separately from us. Pictured metal figures are not included except the non pictured Luke Stormtrooper metal figure."

This portion will set you back about $750.

Similar prices at a few other European e-tailers... 

Enough bull****.

So I don't see why we can't play.

You really can't see why you are not allowed in the Fantasy NBA league?

On top of that, I spent over 80% of last season in 1st place in the basketball league and won the past 2 baseball leagues, it seems kinda rigged and illegitimate to exclude me for that, and Kevin because he wants to play.

Your prowess at Fantasy Sports (NBA or MLB or NFL or whatever) has no bearing on why you are not playing.  It has no bearing on why Kevin is not playing.

No one is keeping you out of the NBA league because they are afraid of losing to you.

It's because of this stunt and similar stunts all throughout your JD Fantasy sports history.  Every single league you play in, a bunch of bull**** starts that the Staff members have to step in and handle.

It is for this reason, and this reason alone that you will not be playing in the JediDefender Fantasy NBA League.

It is for this reason,  that most likely no one will ever want to play with you in another Fantasy Sports League here at JediDefender.

I do not appreciate being dragged into this mess because of a decision I made regarding an entirely different league (a decision which is once again validated) and I will not be bullied into allowing you into the Fantasy NBA league by holding another Fantasy league here hostage.

Jeff