darkksith ,

I too can confirm that the #2 Anakin Variation does in fact exist.  Interestingly I saw the same figures at Walmart you saw Red Palpi and Exploding Grievous. 

I picked the variation up and it in fact comes with no gloved hand just the saber. 

I am in Arizona, so unless we have a network of re-packers across the country go get this variant while you can if you are into this sort of thing.

DBK

Great way to thank the fans!  Have them sit in line all day.  This is absolutely pittiful!

George Lucas and anyone with two arms and two legs should have been walking down the long line passing out the Vaders and collecting money.

Man this irritates me to hear this.

DBK

I'll let some of those who actually endured the pain share the gory details, but I thought I'd mention that the line for the C3 Vader ran at least 8.5 hours long for many folks.  Absolutely terrible experience for those who were unfortunate enough to brave the wait...

 

To all:

I my local Target restocked these, so check your local Targets.

If your local Target does not have one and you really want one PM me.

Thanks,

DBK

Lady Jaye,

Thats great news and your welcome.  FYI, my wife is Puerto Rican and Black from St. Croix in the USVI.  Thanks for the update.

This topic made me register at Classmates.com to try to get in contact with my old friends.  I heard back from one today and heard about two others.

I grew up in L.A., CA and feared that some friends did not make the right choices.  I am in the process of getting the writing address for two that I found out are in prison.  I spoke with one friend today after 12 years!  She is excelling in her career and we had a great talk.  I plan on meeting her for coffee the next time I fly into L.A. on business.  It was great talking to her and seeing she made out well. 

Infamy Of Crete,

Thanks for sharing, that is a fantastic viewpoint that you shared, I will use it. 
I share a lot of the same sentiments.

DBK

Jeff,

That display looks great, congrats.

DBK

Lady Jaye,

Interesting topic, thanks for being open and posting.

In response, I am very content in my lot in life.  Nine months ago I purchased a home in AZ from CA.  My wife and I decided over lunch that it would be better to sacrifice my career as an operations supervisor at a Fortune 500 Company so that my boys could have a home.

The owners decided to sell etc. at the last three townhomes that we rented so that meant our boys having to go to new schools over and over again.  The cost of living in L.A., CA is so high we did not have too many options.

God really blessed our family.  The week after I returned to work in CA from moving my family to AZ I found out that my company was relocating to AZ of all places!  A few months later I was promoted to Operations Manager and received about a 35% increase in six months.

My advice would be to keep your eye on the prize.  Set goals and work towards them.  Nothing good comes easy. 

I do not have a college degree and just enrolled at my local community college to finish the 3 classes that I need for an AA.  Primarily, because that was a goal that I set for myself as I am set in my career path.

Best Regards,


DBK

Brent,

Glad that the package arrived.  Everyone has an opinion.  Mine is:

1) $12.99 is steep for a 3 3/4 inch figure !
2) The figure itself is o.k. - not as cool looking as the Toy Fair Vader.  But not as bad as the crappy spray painted figures that followed the vac chrome Hasbro fad. 3) To me the real upside to this figure is the cardback.

Lately packaging has become an appeal to me and more and more I am liking the ROTS package shape.  I think it is so cool to have the card in the shape that it is with Vader's helmet's shape on top of the package.

I mean, how cool is it to get a Lava Vader with a red Vader on the side vs. the normal Vader that is black on the left side of the package.   

Lastly, the card back.  I think this is the real beauty of this piece.  Vader is surrounded by flames and he's clinching his hand with his saber bright red and ready for action!

All in all I am glad to have this piece in my collection!

DBK 

Ok, it's a little late, but what with being in Canada and all, it took a while.  Now, before you go on, as a big shock, I'm going to complain as a bit of a novelty for a geek board. 

DBK was kind enough to pick one of these up for me to trade it to me. I was looking forward to getting it and we worked a fair deal and Matt packed it well and shipped it quick, so none of my gripe is with him. 

I opened up the box and my first reaction was...huh  
It's kind of nifty in the package and all upon first glance.  Upon second glance it was more like huh.  That's about all I could muster.  Matt told me ahead of time that the outer plastic wasn't mint and I'd heard other reports too.  It wasn't in horrible shape, but I pressed out a pushed in section and I can't believe how ****** the case is.  It's really soft, crappy plastic for a "protective" case. 

The Vader itself is I guess as should have been expected given it is a crappy old POTF2 Vader, but I actually liked that figure, both as the original (the first SW toy I ever owned) and the TFV version looked pretty nice too.  But this one, um, sucks ****.  Is that the right way to put it?  I dunno, maybe it's cuz I have to go to the dentist today.  I'm thrilled to have it and lame ass loser that I am, I'm getting another from Beth, but geez, I guess I was expecting more.

mosnab,

Yup, that is what I did.

DBK

Stopped at Target yesterday, and they had a few of these back "in stock", so I decided to pick one up.  Really good light and sound on such a small card, and kind of a neat little collectible.  I just put $5 on it, and figured I can use it on a figure or something later on (they didn't have anything new there really).  I assume they will let you keep the gift card after you use it, at least if you ask right?