Hey, I just got an idea here.  If I had that basement of yours I would do the following things to it.

1) Paint the floor and ceiling a very dark gray color (flat paint)... yes, I even said the floor because it's just tile.

2) Paint the walls a lighter shad of gray (flat paint).

3) Then possibly paint some accents on the wall to make it more Imperial looking (like on the death star).

Found these two at a toy show in Winnipeg, cost me $40 each.  Very expensive but completed my Episode 1 collection

Wow, pretty pricey there but I think R2-B1 is worth every penny I paid for him.

diet coke (not pepsi) for me

If you could have LEGO offer any type of Star Wars kit that hasn't been made yet, what would it be?  I mean it could be anything out there from the Star Wars universe (vehicle, character, etc.).

Well, I would love to see them do a whole bunch of environments like...

-- Mos Eisley Cantina
-- Death Star
-- Endor Moon
-- Hoth Base
-- Dagobah
-- Cloud City

LEGO has done a great job with the vehicles and characters, but they haven't done much as far as environments go.  Yes, they've recently done Jabba's Palace which I think is great and all, but they need to expand into more areas.

People who place auctions like those are the people who give eBay a bad name.  Thankfully I've only dealt with one crappy seller.  It took me almost 5 weeks to get my stuff from the guy.  I posted him negative feedback and he wrote me an email cussing me out and threatening me (not with death but just smart-aleky remarks).  I was going to report him to eBay, but I've tried that once before for something else and that didn't get me anywhere.

You just have to be very careful about eBay, and try not to bid on things when there's less than 10 minutes (which I've done before).  You need to really do your homework first about the seller and what they're selling.

Quote from: dustrho on March 22, 2003, 12:58 PM

...and I have to comment on how lovely the wallpaper is in your room there.        

But I'm like you Chris, I'm in a holding pattern to unload the collection 'til we get our new house in the next couple of months!  Argh!  Growing impatient...

I'm growing impatient too, but I have about a year before we decide to move out of our townhouse.  We live in a very nice 3 bedrom townhouse, but I only have a very small office where my Star Wars items are out on display.  When we buy a house my wife has already given me the green light to have the entire basement (of the new house).  

I agree with the two previous posts.  I live in the Chicagoland area, and there's nothing available out here.  There might be one or two stores that have stuff, but I'm not driving an hour to get something.  It's ridiculous!

Well I just added my first ever Prototype First Shot Stormtrooper from the Playskool Millenium Falcon set.

I always wanted a Prototype figure & this was the cheapest I could find.  

That's a very cool figure indeed, and I love how it's all black in color.