Yeah I can safely say I'm done wanting Shaak Ti figures.   And I mean that's pretty nice to think of.  Her left arm is meh, and really the left wrist is all that's "wrong" since it isn't poseable, but yeah I'm ok with her as-is and wouldn't shed a tear if this figure got re-released down the road as it is.

Though...  I would take a "new" one that had her chest hole feature they omitted.  I like that.

Yeah I'd probably take a couple more if I found them, but it looks like I'll take my one and deal with it.   I'm not totally disappointed given the fact I was never happy with the sculpt they used, but that's neither here nor there...

These things were priced as high as $30 at the Toy Show up here last weekend.  I was just appauled.  One guy had well over a dozen hanging on his display with other things nobody can find.  A pain to find, but not a figure I was ever happy to see coming down the pike.

I'm kinda new here, and I know who MisterKenobi is from my days at RS, but why does everyone around here dislike him so badly?  Just curious... don't think for a second that I intend to stand up for the guy...

Besides KitKatMan/MisterKenobi's over-inflated ego he put out for everyone to deal with from day 1, and his generally condescending and arrogant nature, I can certainly give plenty of reasons he is disliked simply for being himself.  How one survives happily like that always manages to baffle me but he's not the only guy in Star Wars who talks down to everyone and claims that life's just a bowl of cherries for himself...  I'm sure his friends just adore being around that kind of personality though.  

But to help clear up why people don't like him here, it's generally the same reason people don't like him at Scum actually.  Just a quick look at posts I can quote, and I'm sure everyone will be quite aware of WHY this is the type of person who lasts about 2 seconds at sites that are properly run...  As a matter of fact, I think it might have been less than 2 minutes here when he signed up with a nic to try and attack one of our staff members.  We all had a great laugh at that as I recall.

Anyway, enjoy the quotes I just pulled at random for him...  Fun guy huh?

MisterKenobi's Greatest Hits:

Yeah IG-88 is an icon - an icon for what a few SW nerds with no lives can turn a prop into.

Charming quote huh?  Really nice way to talk to other forum members by trolling them with insults.

This Bib looks like he has Downs Syndrome or something.

Where do you even start with a quote like that?  Not only is it insulting to people but it's something you teach children to know better than to joke about publicly...  I'm sure anyone with a special needs person in their lives really appreciates that kind of comment, I know my brother would have probably snapped his neck if he heard him say that in person considering my neice has Downs.

A-p-o-l-o-g-y.

Could someone be more condescending than to spell out words as a reply to someone mispelling something?  

People who hate Jar Jar = entitled to their own (wrong) opinions.
People who hate TPM because of Jar Jar = idiots.

Again, at what point is any forum accepting blatant random insults and mudslinging as proper behavior?  Hell's bells, even kindergarten classes have more tact.

Boo hoo.

Pretty much along the lines of the spelling post...  Someone's mommy didn't teach them that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all...  I guess when you're behind a PC screen you're as arrogant as you want to be though.  Kind of like how people behave in cars with their "rage".

Lamest thing ever in the history of the Earth = counting down posts.

Not quite...  Commenting on people counting down posts is probably #1.  Just some clarification.

Please, don't EVER compare this trash to a decent show like Chapelle Show again. Please. Feel free though to show why this show sucks in contrast.

Very nice...  Tell an entire thread of people voicing their opinions that they basically can't because "I say so", but then alert them to what they CAN do...  at least by his guidelines.  I thought GNT was god over there, not MisterKenobi?

You don't have to disect my posts, Bobby.

In this post he's replying to someone trying to give him a chance to have a civil, intelligent debate stating his opinion, and MisterKenobi replies by first telling the person not to disect his posts (even though that's actually proper debate online), and also by mispronouncing the guy's name by calling him "Bobby".  For some reason I've noticed a common ******bag tactic of people who are angry and tied up in a budding online fight like to add a "Y" to someone's name.  It somehow implies some emphasis of their either dislike, or strong attraction towards their opponent.  A possible personal term of affection is my thoughts on the matter.

And think about it... no one would be able to join to spam us, or scalp, or troll. Life would be so much better!

Seems a bit hypocritical doesn't it?  Considering how often he's been quoted with trolling, baiting, condescending, and flaming posts just now, how does he have a right to cry foul against people who are doing the same thing?  He's their king afterall.

The mods don't need your help. If they did, I think they would ask you for it. But you do this in every single thread that is remotely copied.

And I'm all for showing someone an existing thread, but seriously do it in PM, or at least don't act so special when you show them. There are four buttons at the bottom of every post. One of them is the report button. Try it out.

And Skyhouker, I'm surprised to hear post-padding babble from a guy who has like 10 threads in the classifieds that you bump 2-3 times a day sometimes.

And low and behold one more quote and the guy's telling people not to mod anyone, yet in the same goddam thread he's telling people how to post and behave...  I mean, holy hell does he re-read this stuff or just hit reply all willynilly without ever thinking about what he just said?

Anyway, I think the point's made why people dislike him...  It's just so damned easy to do so.

I think no matter what, RS is going to be THE forums for SW and if you guys just cut and run because of idiot newbies you're only doing  a disservice to yourself. 

Why?

Because there's more people there than other sites?  That's not quality, it's quantity, and while that can prove to be a valuable "resource" as opposed to a real "community" that has nothing to do with it being anything "premiere" to me personally...  I'd sooner have fewer people see what I had to say but know that I respected those people, than to have more people see what I have to say and know that 85 - 90% of them will be responses I wasted my time reading.  To me that's just a popularity contest for those who want people to see their work more than they want valuable input on their work or to build a real friendship with anyone they talk to. 

If you want substance, Rebelscum was NEVER the place to go to until Philip took the Bounty Hunter Collective out from under Mike Sullenger during their merger with Collect Star Wars.  Scum had no forum activity till that point, and from there on out it was another man's work that was basically taken from him.  Hardly anything I hold in high regard.

My first customizing experience was with the Forgotten Force Customizing ListServer...  THAT was a valuable community, but it was wholely separate of Rebelscum.com proper, but instead was just a mailing list full of useful users, useful content, and good conversation...  until...  Basically like everything else Rebelscum touches it turned to lead instead of gold.

There was no moderation, there was no structure, there was no real guidelines or rules that people were held to for the listserver, and subsequently as customizing grew as a hobby that listserver fell apart in disarray with every new poster.  It became a place where good customizing conversation was nye on impossible, and people who didn't want to find a forum home took over the listserver as their personal conversation platform about all topics.  It killed it, but fortunately www.FFURG.com have taken the intiative to make a single customizing community for all, it's just that all don't take the time to be a part of said community alongside their other net travels.  It could only help everyone though.

Rebelscum lets the same disarray that happens in all facets of their forums take place in the customizing area, so that to me isn't something I personally want to be a part of.  The good people there deserve better than to have an essentially lawless discussion area for their hobby.  You shouldn't have to "just ignore" the newbies, they should be dealt with and taught how to behave with proper "netiquette".  That's how we handle things and we've found our members appreciate that and the site grows subsequently.

I've noticed a lot of people are claiming to move exclusively here but if you do that the idiots are going to just follow you.  I've noticed it here already that there's a few spelling and grammatically challenged newbs.  You're all better off just taking a stand at RS.

Oh please Owen, don't compare this section's couple of "new" members to Rebelscum's.  That's hardly fair, and we actually handle "newbs/newbies" or whatever they may be referred to with due action.  I can't say that happens at Scum, nor is it ever worried about much.  If the problems follow anyone here, they'll be dealt with, and certainly people "flaming" or trolling over here are dealt with straight away.  All it needs is a mention to one of the staff incase we didn't notice it already, and problems will be solved according to the problem being reviewed.

That's not to say that if you want to be at Rebelscum we care one way or the other either.  You can go to Rebelscum and stay, or visit both, or whatever...  But much like people mentioning ANYTHING to do with JediDefender.com there (even in passing reference)  isn't going to be tolerated at Scum anymore, I can safely say that telling people to blatantly flat out NOT come to JD on our own site because it's "not in their best interests" isn't going to be tolerated much here either, so let that be just a simple warning.

If you don't appreciate the site here though at JediDefender.com, that's fine by us really because it's often just a matter of tastes and we still hope anyone visits even if it's not their only site they frequent.  We appreciate the people from all sites who visit our customizing forums (and forums in general) to display their wares equally, but considering the activity levels here, the moderating, and the level of interest in quality we take with our forums, we feel we do offer the better community.

And, this is a little pet peeve of mine.  If a newbie poster (or anyone for that matter) puts forth a badly spelled or incoherent post, don't reply!  Just let it hang there like the piece of nonsense it is.

Shouldn't it be a bigger pet peeve to have someone who actually cares step in and tell the new person to straighten up or fly right?  Perhaps it's our attention towards building a more adult-focused community that makes us care about the quality of posters here as opposed to those at other sites, but isn't that something beneficial to a largely adult community/niche aspect of the Star Wars hobby?

And this is true throughout our forums...  Our collecting portions of our modern, vintage, and various other aspects of our forums are filled with a more mature, adult edge to them.  We take our members seriously, we take our forum seriously, and we want you to have a fun experience here at JediDefender.com...  We don't want you to just have to ignore the "kids" or "newbs", but instead we hope they grow into mature posters or they'll just not last here long at all. 

In many respects, while we do have a more open nature here at our site and a laid back atmosphere of strong friendships throughout our forums, we also rule here with an iron fist when the need does arise.  That's because this is our home, and your home, and we want it treated with respect in all ways because that reflects on us directly.  Over yonder though, that's an afterthought at best honestly.

I've always liked the customs you have made Owen, and I think you have valuable customizing input, but in the grand scheme of things I think your logic about why you should stay at a site that is so far downhill is flawed at best.  There's no law that says other communities are incapable of becoming what you actually want them to be instead of waiting on a community you are already at to turn into something that it isn't.  Closing your ears to problems doesn't make them go away at all, and it doesn't make a community thrive and grow in a healthy way.  That's what authority figures are for at forums, to keep the ship straight basically and avert danger.

This customizing community has made huge leaps, and not by my hand, or Jeff's, or Dave's, or Jesse's...  It's made huge leaps because of you guys being active here.  The same activity you can bring anywhere else within the JediDefeneder.com forums if you want.  We are just here making sure these forums stay positive for you guys, and we obviously take note of the conversation in here to make sure everything's going smoothly...  I say if you want to make this your home, we welcome you with open arms of course, but we also welcome those of you who have the respect to visit other sites too... 

At the same time though, if you aren't happy somewhere turning your senses off to the problems isn't going to fix anything or make your community better, nor is fighting and argument.  If your needs aren't met, I do find that it's time to look for a new home.  I did that a long time ago, and I found this place...  It's my cup of tea, and I drink up quite happily every bit I'm here.

I can't watch it on tape for some reason...  It's just not the same.  I have to catch it on TV.  I'm like that with Star Wars too...  If it's on I watch it.  I can't help it, but I don't watch the DVD's much ironically.

I used to watch Frosty but it just is meh...  Rudolph I caught the other night with my gf's kids, and that was fun.  I can't help but make crude jokes throughout it for some reason though, which takes something away from Burl Ives singing Holly Jolly Christmas.   

I do like those two though, they're my holiday must-see's for certain...  I'm always on the prowl to catch Scrooged, X-Mas Carol (variety of versions), and X-Mas story though...  But tonight was CHarlie, and I happen to like the new mini-toons they added to the end instead of making Merry Christmas Charlie Brown last for the hour.  I think the little toons at the end are even better.

Your right though Brent, I think the animation is going to lose audiences over time...  Eventually it'll fade I'm afraid.  That sorta sucks really because it's something that makes me feel slightly human for an evening.

Victor,

You can't imagine how much more gripe the people have who were there LONG before it was even Rebelscum, and I think that's where Chris is coming from...  I don't think (I could be wrong so I apologize if I am) you were a member of Collect Star Wars' "BHC" forums, but THAT is what Rebelscum basically narfed from Mike Sullenger...

You think YOU are disappointed in a decline, talk to Sullenger who built the Bounty Hunter Collective into a great collecting community...  It was big, friendly, had great attentive staff...  Then CSW merged with Scum and it went to ****, in a nutshell.

GalacticHunter's formed a new BHC and that's cool but it's never been the same for me, and the BHC's never been duplicated I think.  I'm happy here now, I'm happy with my comrades here, but Rebelscum has NEVER had a forum like the BHC...  Once they tanked that it's been all downhill and even when you started there it was already in the ******* to the "old school" guys that were there from the CSW days.  It's really hard to describe how quickly that place went to hell, seriously.

Like Chris said...  You have an account here and I really think you're a welcomed member over here.  So "who cares?" as he says?  Scum's a resource now, and nothing more.  There hasn't been a "community" at that site for years now, and there never will be anything more than an uncontrollable, uncared for meeting place for people to get together in my view.  We've been hopping in activity, we're happy as a clam with that, and we actually care about this place from the forums to the front page and back again.  To me, Scum's a place to consider doing some trading (though given how many scalpers and con-artists frequent it now without close supervision, I am wary of that as well), and as a vintage section read now and then...  Otherwise the inmates run the asylum and I personally don't want to interact with that too often.

These are weird in Pittsburgh.  They've seemingly come and gone so I'm wondering if a 2nd shipment is likely or not?  I'm getting a set for X-Mas I am told, but it was the last set left at a WM in the boonies so it's a little disconcerting to know that I've seen evidence of them being around at WM stores but never seen a set around, and I know a lot of guys still need them in my area.

These are weird...  WM's a real hit or miss place for exclusives.

She's also hairy and admits it.  That's not something I've had to deal with, and something I'd prefer not to have to start dealing with.