Very nice setup!! You have tons of ships, I love it! It looks really cool to see that many together. The shelves look really cool and are organized very nicely.

There have been comments about you needing a bigger house, I wouldn't worry about it. If you run out of room just send what ever doesn't fit over to my house. I can "look after" it for awhile.  

Spoilers


Anakin and Obi-wan both lose their first fighters after the Battle of Coruscant, Obi's is pretty much destroyed in the battle and Anakin's isn't in much better shape and then both fighters are on the Invisible Hand when it crashes into the Planet.  So they get new ones, Anakin gets his green and white fighter that he takes to Mustafar and Obi gets his blue and white ship that he takes to Utapau. I guess this has pretty much been established in this thread already but I felt the need to say it again. 






I'm down for more colored Jedi Starfighters. I'd like to see Mace;s purple fighter as well. The only thing that sucks is the damn pack ins. What is the point of putting it in there if it doesn't fit?I is just a waste. They could at least pack in a kit bashed figure, like Anakin's ROTS head on an ROTS Anakin body with Jedi council Mace legs, hell the whole JC Mace would be better. I guess we can't expect that since Hasbro seems to be in for the cheap buck, most of the time.

Nice. I like the new effects. I never noticed the black astro-droid before, is he new or was he there before?

I like the story a lot, and it is cool to see how much these have improved since they first debuted. I always liked the way it acts like a prequel to TPM, it is a good lead in, and the inclusion of the Techno Union is cool. It is cool to see why they held off and the Clone Wars didn't start 10 years earlier.

I'm looking forward to the next SEs!

1.  What's the BEST tape to use for straight lines on figs?  I've tried blue and regular masking tape, electrical, duct, but none seem to do the job.  Perhaps it's in the application of the tape, or how long to let the paint dry?

When you find an answer to that let me know. I've heard of using paper as a straight edge instead of tape.

2.  When to sand?  Before, after each coat of paint?  I always sand and clean w/windex prior to painting a fig, though.

I usually sand before I start, though sometimes when I'm feeling lazy I don't and it isn't too much of a problem.

3.  DD mentions white spirits and someone else (Chewie?) mentioned mineral turpentine as great ways to remove stock or acrylic paint from a fig without damaging the plastic.  Where do you guys get these items?  No one at hobby stores,  or craft stores around here (Utah) knows what I'm talking about when I ask.  Might they be at a hardware store?

I'm sure they would have them at hobby stores, they do near me. I know for sure that Home Depot has them, in a couple sizes and varietis, and I'm pretty sure any paint store or other hardware store would have them, they aren't uncommon.

4.  Some of you dremel out helmets so you can give clones/ARCs a head.  I have a dremel, and before I go to buy some more bits/sanders for it I'd like to know which ones work best for this task.

I used to use a drill bit and then my little bullett sander, but someone borrowed my dremel and tried to drill using the bullett sander and completely stripped it. I haven't been able to find one since. Then while at C3 Doug from FFURG turned me on to routing/engraving bits. They come in diiferent sizes from large to very small. These are so versitile and the smallest one is amazing. I'd sugget these now, you can be very precise with them and they are small enough to only remove what you want removed.

Hope that helps! And Welcome!!

48....... that still hasn't quite sunk in yet. I hate you.

R2 has 2 tiny little screens on himself as well. And I'm sure they've run into other Astro droids before, or something that speaks in a similar dialect.

Dri-gin Kaan. I like it. We'll see if anyone else has any suggestions before I make the final call. 

-DD

Cool.