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I too would love a Z-95 Headhunter. The Lego set was awesome.

I saw the new X-Wing for the first time today at TRU. Big box.

They also had the 31" Vader for $10 more than Walmart, pass.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Everything eBay! Scams, questions, etc...
« on: August 28, 2013, 12:37 PM »
Too funny. I assume the guy actually resides here in the USA? Scary.

I used to work in a mailorder CD distro, and we got a lot of that schtick. "YOU WILL NOT SLEEP WELL TONIGHT!" was one of my favorites. As if. 

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Other Toy Lines / Re: Modern Masters of the Universe
« on: August 27, 2013, 09:44 PM »
I found a couple of Orkos today at my local Big Lots for $10 a pop. That was the only figure they appeared to have...

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Other Toy Lines / Re: The Walking Dead
« on: August 26, 2013, 09:10 PM »
Man, that IS cool, but Walgreen's?!?! Has anyone EVER seen a Walking Dead figure in there? Game Stop or even TRU would have been more logical seems like.

There's a buttload of those stores around here though, so it shouldn't be hard to find at least.

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Love the actor, doesn't seem like the right part for him though. Nothing wrong with getting paid though.

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Man, this set arrived today from China, of all places. It's freaking awesome. The packaging is so nice in fact I am very tempted to leave this as is and just pick up the single boxed figure to display. The Block is pretty rad, and Boba came out really well too. The only thing I think could have been improved were the wookie scalps. Seems like it was hard to render those in any sort of detail.

It's a beautifully done set, just sucks about the price, hassle, etc of tracking one down.

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Oh man, that's brutal. Once the money changes hands, I never let them touch my stuff. (Yes, that's what she said  :P)

I have had at least 1 or 2 figures eat it on those %^&*( conveyor belts too. I hate those things!

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These sets? http://www.rebelscum.com/story/front/Whats_Next_For_The_Clone_Wars_126500.asp

I'm fairly sure they weren't released in the US... at least I personally never saw them.

That's them! Thanks a lot, Greg! :)

I guess there were only 3 then, and two of them were exactly the same as the previous US versions, aside from the packaging.

I swear I spent at least 30 minutes in the RS photo archive last night trying to dig those up to no avail. Glad you came through!

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Hey, I'm looking for some more information on some Clone Wars 2-packs that were released circa 2009, hoping someone can help.

These were all repacks, sold mostly at TRU as I recall, and there were 4 released domestically:

Anakin/R2
Grievous/Battle Droid
Obi-Wan/Battle Droid
Cody/Battle Droid

However, there was also a planned series that followed this which ended up only being released in Europe. These sets had the distinctive red/white packaging. I'm trying to figure out how many of these sets there were, and which ones were unique. So far I have verified:

Grievous/Battle Droid (repack re-release)
Anakin/R2 (repack re-release)
Cody/Clone Trooper (this was seems to be unique as there was no US release with these 2 combined)

I feel like there is 1 that I am missing. Anyone know?

I never had any interest in these but now that the line has ended, it seemed silly to have this hole in my collection. I bought all of the US 2-packs over the weekend but the Euro versions are going to be a challenge.

I recall Pete and Greg had posted about these at one point, so I am hoping one of you guys might remember or have a link.

Thanks!

(ps - these were totally different from the Walmart 2-packs with Jek, Rys, Yoda, Echo, etc)

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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Recent Clone Wars Finds/Purchases
« on: August 26, 2013, 10:54 AM »
That's awesome, I never seen Clone Wars stuff for sale at yard sales around here. Nor at Goodwill, Salvation Army or any place like that. I honestly don't know what becomes of the Clone Wars toys in this area that kids outgrow.

Not exactly relevent to this line, but there were some great auctions up for Tartkovsky Clone Wars prototypes last week on eBay. I bought two of them - Dooku and Battle Damaged Anakin. I have a swell little collection of Clone Wars prototypes going now, my favorite thing since the recent line ended.

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Power of the Force 2 / Re: POTF2 Recent Purchases
« on: August 26, 2013, 10:45 AM »
Got a box load of loose figures at a moving sale, mostly POTF, but some Episode 1, Saga 1 and Tartakovsky Clone Wars as well. Haven't even finished going through the box. Finally got some of the original 90's EU figures, Thrawn,  Dark Empire Luke, Mara Jade,  young Emperor and a Sentinel (had one already, MOC). They are decent, Luke and Palpatine seem less preposed than their comic pack versions (which is why I skipped the comic pack).

Is the Sentinel the figure that was supposedly modelled after Atha Prime?

If so, I still need that.

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Jason Lee said it best..."that guy looks like a date rapist".

I'm out...




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The Sequel Trilogy / Re: Star Wars Episode VII
« on: August 23, 2013, 11:24 AM »
So....35mm?

Not sure how I feel about that. I generally dig "retro" but I was kinda hoping they would go more the way of the Hobbit in 3D with the enhanced FPS. Or the super-immersive IMAX 3D experience ala Pacific Rim.

I wasn't really missing seeing all those random hairs, pops and other defects marring the image on the screen, y'know?

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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Recent Clone Wars Finds/Purchases
« on: August 22, 2013, 09:11 PM »
That's a firefighter droid if I'm not mistaken?  Or from the early Malevolence episodes where they were ripping escape pods open?

Close, not the Firefighter Droid though, it is actually the "Rocket Battle Droid". I'd totally forgotten about that guy.

My total actually came to $10.55 with the combined shipping, so better than expected.

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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Re: Recent Clone Wars Finds/Purchases
« on: August 22, 2013, 08:55 AM »
I snagged a bunch of loose TCW figures off eBay last night for kicks, I was not buying doubles early on to open so I wanted a few for display purposes. I got the 2 Jawas, Kit Fisto w/Jetpack, Space Suit Obi-Wan, and that weird battle droid with the black highlights and BFG, all for about $15 shipped.

I guess some folks are starting to dump their collections because prices have come down a lot and there is a good selection out there.

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