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Gentle Giant / Re: OT Gentle Giant Busts
« on: August 14, 2004, 10:01 PM »
Anxious to see if the helmet actually fits over the head, or if it pegs on. It seems like it'd be difficult to get it to fit right, without scratching up stuff. God help us all if it's a variation...

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Gentle Giant / Re: OT Gentle Giant Busts
« on: August 14, 2004, 09:23 PM »
Ultra tiny pic of her now available at the 'Scum...

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Gentle Giant / Re: OT Gentle Giant Busts
« on: August 11, 2004, 10:28 PM »
Matt, you know you want to get into this line ;) Better now than later!

And to think, we've got even more coming up for the OT. Sandtroopers (white and orange pauldrons confirmed so far), Han as Stormtrooper... It's going to be a great line for OT! The statues are phenomenal, especially the Dewback, then you've also got the upcoming armory collection (1:6 scale helmets)...

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Gentle Giant / Re: OT Gentle Giant Busts
« on: August 11, 2004, 08:47 PM »
Yup, you should have a chance at it from the online sales. :) Of course, you could always sell it to me if you get one ;)

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Gentle Giant / Re: OT Gentle Giant Busts
« on: August 11, 2004, 02:37 PM »
That's all their collectors club is; a recipient of their email newsletter :)

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Gentle Giant / Re: OT Gentle Giant Busts
« on: August 11, 2004, 01:29 PM »
IG88 can now be preordered at Action Figure Xpress! VERY awesome bust.

If anyone can help me get a Luke Stormtrooper bust, I'd appreciate the help! PM me if you can hook me up.

Matt, you are correct, Vader and Boba are the only two difficult to get OT minibusts right now, the rest can still be bought for retail or less, I think. The exclusives kind of stink, but I guess with any line, we just have to live with it. Luke isn't too bad right now, you can easily get him for $100-$130, and there are still more to come at Wizard World Chicago, then online through the GG website to their collector club members.

And now, your upcoming GG OT Minibusts! :)













... and statues:

12" scale:



7" scale:


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Other Collectibles / Re: Unleashed Again
« on: August 5, 2004, 07:59 PM »
Matt, check your PMs ;)

So are you collecting two each of the Unleashed?

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Selling Collections
« on: August 4, 2004, 11:00 AM »
That's partly why I stopped amassing a huge figure collection, I prefer the small subsets, and by only collecting those, it allows me to get two each, and also get display cases for the carded figures, which ends up looking a lot nicer than have a wall full of hardware pages with 50 lines of figures 6 deep each. So now I only collect cartoon figures, silver figures (glad this line is finally ending), holiday figures, convention figures, holiday figures and VOTC figures. Which I LOVE! Hopefully I can build a nice vintage style display, with figures, the movie style poster, and the new cases.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Selling Collections
« on: August 3, 2004, 10:36 PM »
I dont regret selling stuff from my collection. Unfortunately, I think a lot of my early collection came more from a desire to be "the cool kid on the block" so to speak, to have some sort of collection that people would marvel at. I've sense finally come to the realization that was the dumbest reason to ever collect ANYTHING. I got rid of all the stuff I didn't passionately wish to remain in my collection. I sold a few things that I didnt absolutely WANT to sell (like my Star Wars Kubrick collection), but came from a need to get some money. I still dont regret selling my Kubricks, cuz I know they're going to a good guy that will be able to enjoy many of the pieces. I've still got a room full of "junk", miscellaneous Star Wars stuff that has just piled up over the years, and I probably wont be able to get rid of it. We're having a garage sale, and Im planning on doing my best to get rid of it. Anyone wants to drive out to Indiana, you're welcome to the remains of my unwanted collection, about a half room of stuff lol

I've also shifted interests. I'm still very much a Star Wars fan, well, a fan of the original unscathed trilogy. Each passing day I grow to dislike the PT more and more, and some of the new SuperSpecialEdition trilogy junk just yanks my crank. The only PT stuff I collect anymore are the props, just because they've got an aesthetic appeal that goes beyond the movies. I'm also turning more towards prop replica collecting in general. I guess you could say I've got a double major in Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, with minors in Gremlins, Freddy vs Jason, Sleep Hollow (next year), Pirates of the Caribbean (next year), Red Dragon, Harry Potter (soon) and possibly Alien(s)... lol

Thankfully, I've been able to almost break even by selling my stuff, but am having to sell more, and go into deeper credit card debt. To me, I'd rather have the debt now, than regret missing out on a piece I could have got my mitts on. Compared to my school debt though, it's chicken scratch anyway lol If a solution arises and I'm able to get my backpay from work, I could pay off all my debt in one fell swoop. I will never let myself get in that bind again.

But, I dont regret it! Regret is a wasteful emotion ;)

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Other Collectibles / Re: Star Wars Autographs
« on: August 1, 2004, 12:13 PM »
Do you guys know of any nice quality, plain, Star Wars binders? Just a plain DRing binder, with Star Wars photos/artwork/logos etc on the front. I dont really want an album the obviously goes with something else (like a Topps card album), or an album with all kinds of crazy crap inside like clips and pockets and stuff (low profile inside cover pockets would be ok).

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Kubricks / Re: Power of the Kubricks!
« on: August 1, 2004, 12:10 PM »
By the way Hemish, I really like your InAction collection! Very cool stuff!

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Kubricks / Re: Power of the Kubricks!
« on: August 1, 2004, 12:07 PM »

So are you just going to stick with the MR prop replicas from now on, or do you have any other SW collecting focuses left?


Dont worry, I'll still hang out here and at JD in general :)

I'm sticking with Star Wars, I just brought on way too much way too quick. My interest has shifted more to movie props, somewhat at the expense of Star Wars, but not entirely. There are still items Im going to pick up, like the new VOTC line (just found Han, Leia and Obi yesterday. These things ROCK), silver figures, holiday figures, convention figures, animated figures, or otherwise special figures. That doesnt really accumulate to much though, which is good. Gentle Giant and Master Replicas will be my big focuses for Star Wars. Other than that, it will just be miscellaney for Star Wars. But I'm definitely not giving up entirely! :)

"Don't cry for me Kubritopia! The truth is, I never left you."

With the different prop replicas coming out, I need to start saving all the cash I can, until I get my pay problem resolved. I'm hoping to get a new job here in a couple of weeks. Wont say what, cuz I dont want to jinx myself, but it could be a lot of fun. Not giving up on all the backpay I'm owed though.

In short, things wont be too much different :) I really just wasn't blown away by Series 3 anyway. I find the Ewoks pretty upsetting lol If I had been blown away by Series 3, I probably would have stuck with them. Such is life I suppose!

On a good note, the Gizmo and Stripe mogwai I ordered last month showed up yesterday! :) Very cool!

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Kubricks / Re: Power of the Kubricks!
« on: July 30, 2004, 04:44 PM »
Well, I've got an announcement I never thought I was going to make...

Somewhat due to financial problems, somewhat due to changing interests, somewhat due to not being blown away by Series 3 (the Ewoks just upset me), I am resigning from the throne of king of lower Kubricktopia (DSJ is, of course, king of upper Kubricktopia).

In other words, I'm retiring from collecting SW Kubricks. After I conclude my final Kubrick transaction with Simon, I will be taking a permanent leave of absence from the Kubrick hobby. I guess the exclusives/chase figures/etc finally had their toll on me, and my lack of a proper display for my loose figures finally pushed me away.

I'm hoping I can find someone that wanted to get into the hobby, but felt like it was too late to get started, so I can sell everything off in one fell swoop.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Chupacabra found near San Antonio!
« on: July 29, 2004, 03:48 PM »
So where's the strange blue color as he described it? It looks rather brown to me.

Nice extra tiny pictures as well! :)



For more fascinating proof that the Chupacabra exists, just visit www.elchupacabra.com

Make sure you listen to the Chupacabra sounds as well. Especially amazing is the fact that, during mating calls, it actually says its own species name. Wow!

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: It's Evolution, Baby!!!
« on: July 28, 2004, 10:56 PM »
The walking monkey gets my vote!

Which one?

I'm voting for the hairier one.

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