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Shadows of the Dark Side / Re: New Geonosis Figure?
« on: July 14, 2010, 12:56 PM »
Quote from: Jeff on July 14, 2010, 10:49 AM
Quote from: JACKOFTRADZE on July 14, 2010, 10:38 AM
According to STAN Sarissa Jeng is the only 100% new figure in the next batch the rest are new heads/upgraded parts. He also mentioned that Target is on the fence with these still. Take his post as you will.

Hasbro already used the Q&A to tell us there would only be one new figure in the sets, so that's no surprise.  If it does turn out to be Sarissa, I'd be bummed.  I'd have preferred that they kitbashed Sarissa from Evo Bultar Swan and then gave us someone else new instead...

Hasbro stated in this SW Collector Q&A that they were looking to produce either Sarissa Jeng or Sar Labooda.  Now I can't see them producing two female Jedi in this wave.  Female figures have traditionally been a bit of a tough sell.

Sarissa Jeng looks like her Jedi garb is more like that of Ki-Adi-Mundi.  That seems a little odd, IMHO.  And she's only ever shown in closeup.




Sar Labooda gets a little more exposure on camera.  And she seems much more like she can be made from a Bultar Swan kitbash.


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Shadows of the Dark Side / Re: New Geonosis Figure?
« on: July 13, 2010, 05:02 PM »
The previous Geonosis sets seem to have sold reasonably well.  There are still some stragglers, but overall they appear to have been well received by collectors.  There have been rumblings about the possibility of a second wave of Geonosis arena 2-packs.  Hasbro acknowledged that one of a couple of female Jedi may be a part of this next set.  And now it seems clear that the second wave is in fact on the way and Nicannas Tassu is one of the Jedi on tap.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: SDCC 2010
« on: July 8, 2010, 02:24 PM »
Hasbro said at Toy Fair that the first 2 TVC waves should be available right around the line launch date.  But so far people have only been finding the TESB wave.  The ROTS wave should be close behind that.

Hasbro also said that they're looking to get on the following schedule:  a new wave of figures every 6 weeks.  So with that in mind we could see the ROTJ wave by mid September or early October.  And that would put the AOTC wave out some time around November.  Whether or not the TPM wave would get out before Christmas is not so clear.

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JD Sports Forum! / Re: Last Minute....WORLD CUP Pick 'Em
« on: July 7, 2010, 01:11 AM »
When the spanish language broadcast of the World Cup in the U.S. rates better than the Stanley Cup finals (featuring 2 American teams), it seems to be a significant story.

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JD Sports Forum! / Re: Last Minute....WORLD CUP Pick 'Em
« on: July 6, 2010, 11:27 PM »
Quote from: Morgbug on July  6, 2010, 10:57 PM
And 140 watched any other match in the whole freaking tournament.  Most of them PVR'd the highlights.  ::)  It means they watched the home side because they're patriotic, they don't give a rat's fart about soccer. 

BTW, did fox light up the ball so it was easier for U.S. fans to watch?   :-*


Keep telling yourself that, mkay?

 :-*

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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2010 "Vintage" Collection Wave 1 - ESB
« on: July 6, 2010, 10:57 PM »
So I heard this nasty rumor that the VC Vader might be the same figure as the Saga Legends Vader.  Is there any verifiable proof of this thus far?  Or is the Saga Legends Vader actually the TLC BLUE figure from 2008?

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Defender Wishlists 2010: Expanded Universe
« on: July 6, 2010, 10:49 PM »
I'm repeating my 2009 list with the exception of one change.  Since Bastila is on the way, I've added one character....



-Jedi Exile



-Sith Trooper



-Atris



-Canderous Ordo



-Zaalbar



-Darth Sion



-Tyvokka - Wookiee Jedi Master
-Dooku - Jedi Master



-Zayne Carrick




-Darth Zannah


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JD Sports Forum! / Re: Last Minute....WORLD CUP Pick 'Em
« on: July 6, 2010, 09:36 PM »
Yeah, because only 19.4 million people watched the U.S. team play Ghana.  And 14 million watched the U.S. play against England.  To put that in perspective, it's on par or better than NFL prime time regular season games.

;D

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Cable TV, Satellite TV, Internet TV... whatcha watchin'
« on: July 5, 2010, 06:57 PM »
There have been rumors that Hulu would start charging for their content.  But they do have a pretty amazing service.  As for news, most of the major networks are putting their content on the web.  You just have to wait until after the broadcasts because they air those spots on the broadcast networks before they offer them on the web.

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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Clone Wars Wave 14 (aka Fall 2010 Wave 1)
« on: July 4, 2010, 05:43 PM »
Quote from: Pete_Fett on July  1, 2010, 07:53 PM
The funny thing is that I keep running into Wave 15 - the one that includes all repacks and General Grievous.  :-\

I even had two more cases of Clone Wars brought out to me this afternoon and they were the Wave 15 cases.



Hasbro is actually referring to these waves as wave 1 and 1.5.  And of course Grievous doesn't include the cape, contrary to what Hasbro told us.  Personally I think they got mixed up with this one and the Vintage Collection ROTS wave Grievous.

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The Bullpen / Re: Iron Man 2 Toys
« on: July 3, 2010, 06:29 PM »
Quote from: Diddly on June 28, 2010, 10:20 PM
Has anybody else seen a lot of theft with this line? Maybe it's just the store near me (multiple figs from multiple lines have been tampered with) but there are many Iron Man figs that have had the figures ripped from the packaging... and the staff hangs the tattered card on the pegs anyway.

I've seen some theft of this line.  But it hasn't been to any extreme level that's surpassed theft of figures or accessories from other lines.  I probably saw a good deal more theft when Toy Biz was doing the build-a-figure program with Marvel Legends.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: TVC - How true to the past should we be?
« on: July 3, 2010, 05:25 PM »
Interesting question overall.  There are ways that Hasbro could change things up with the cardbacks, but there has to be some method to their madness. 

Take Vader for instance.  That original Vader card has a pretty iconic look.  And even though Hasbro used it in the VOTC line, there seems to have been enough time that's passed between that line and the new Vintage Collection that it seems perfectly fine for Hasbro to use that same art this time around.  HOWEVER, if Hasbro were to issue a different Vader in late 2011 or early 2012 while we're still in this line look?  Then I'd like to see a different photo on the cardback to differentiate between the two Vaders in the one line.  Make that image more scene specific to the new figure.

In the case of the rumored R2-D2 with pop up lightsaber?  Even though the POTF card art doesn't match the feature, I think it would be cool to see that little-seen cardback artwork come back.

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The Vintage Collection / Re: Drop in Collector Interest?
« on: July 3, 2010, 05:06 PM »
While the interwebz seem to be burning up with reports of The Vintage Collection being found in TRU stores, I'm biding my time and waiting.  Call it lack of interest if you will.  I think I'm just trying to save some money since the prices are kind of high at TRU while they've got figures and relatively few other chains do have them in stock.

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JD Sports Forum! / Re: Last Minute....WORLD CUP Pick 'Em
« on: July 3, 2010, 04:55 PM »
OMG!!!  I don't know if Maradona can ever go home to Argentina after the way Germany just took the Argentine defense apart. 

And then Spain - Paraguay this afternoon?  Wow.  I've never seen that many penalty kicks that close together in regulation time.  And then to have one PK goal being disallowed, and then two getting blocked?  Amazing soccer today.

And from what I've been reading the American TV ratings for this World Cup have been 40% higher than they were in 2006.  Good news for the world's most popular sport in the United States.

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JD Sports Forum! / Re: Last Minute....WORLD CUP Pick 'Em
« on: July 3, 2010, 12:34 AM »
Definitely shocked to see Brazil go out this early in the tournament.   Little Brazil in Manhattan was quiet as can be today.  But overall the Netherlands has been really strong in this World Cup.

Glad to see Ghana got eliminated after they beat the U.S.  The fact that Ghana couldn't make that penalty kick after the hand ball absolutely cost them the match.  And then the match ending penalty kicks were crazy.  And that winning one?  It basically fluttered in.

But what I really want to see?  Argentina - Germany!  Especially after Diego Maradona talked so much trash to the Germans.

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