I found this on another of my regular sites.  This woman can be seen rotating in both directions, depending on how you see it.  Note whether she is turning to her left or right, and see if you can change it.  It DOES NOT change on its own; you have to be able to see her spinning the other direction.  Hint:  it's easier to change her direction if you watch her thigh crossing her other thigh.

I cannot find JACK.  I know it's just a matter of time, but damn!  Anyway, I'm going to buy 2 Spacetroopers, 2 jawas, and multiple Old Bens, so those extra parts will be available (though the first red droid I put together is already spoken for by a JDer).

I don't recall well enough from the movies, but what is the second ladder for?  A groundcrewer to work on the R2 unit? 

Yep, the dark ladder is for the pilot and the yellow ladder was for the techie preparing the astromechs.

Old Ben is by far the star of the wave IMO and they really have made the world's most perfect 3-3/4" action figure.  I really can't say enough other than the odd neck peg which Jayson pointed out, it works on every single level. 

I'm so glad to hear that.  He's the one main character I've wanted re-done for so long, and despite being excited about him coming, the pics online haven't been stellar.  I've seen pics that didn't do the figure justice before, though.

A couple interesting tidbits from this latest round:
1) New Gamorrean Guard in the next 2 years
2) New Han in this year's later ANH wave
3) A couple new cantina aliens in that same wave (neither of which is Bom Vimdin)
4) BG-J38 (from Jabba's Palace) will be a BAD in early 2010! Link: http://banthaskull.com/forums/showthread.php?p=89128#post89128

I'm quickly reading through Fight Club and slowly reading through Return of the King at the same time.

Thanks again, guys, for taking the time to read and respond.  I'll admit that a lot of it is in fact just assumptions, or based on what feels right to me.  Objectively, Nathan, there's no reason why any alien race shouldn't have a jedi or 2 represented, but again, the OT gave us a certain dynamic that has been altered in the prequels.  The jedi in the OT- Ben, Anakin, Vader, (and potentially Leia)- were all human, and Yoda was given to us to show a very unexpected master: alien and very small.  When designing thugs and other shady roles, alien designs were made to reflect that: Weequay, Klaatu, Nikto and others looked the part, so to make a jedi of one just looks wrong to me (I realize that can seem "prejudiced"  ).  Jedi should look like cloaked monks, not hottie blue Twi'Leks or rough thugs!

Hey guys- hope this is ok to post here instead of the films forum; there's a lot more traffic here in Watto's.  I wrote an "essay" if you will on my purist thoughts about the saga on a blog site I created.  If you have 10 or 15 minutes to spare, I'd love for you all to read and comment on it.  Please let me know what you think: do you agree or should I get over it  .  Here's the link:

http://daigobah.blogspot.com/