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greencat336
Title: Secretary & Treasurer
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Date Posted:
9/24/06 7:18am
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I finally got my Qui-Gon from Sideshow collectables. Happy Sigh. Its a fantastic sculpt. This is one of the few times I can't decide to take it from the box or not.
For now its still in the box, sitting on top of my Qui-shrine.
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Earthbound_Misfit
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10/4/06 1:30pm
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The dashboard drivers made a quick appearance at walmarts (on an endcap
NOT in toys and not in automotive, but in HOUSEWARES). Needless to say, the
two endcaps I saw sold out quick, and havent been seen since.
BUT, the new StarWars Christmas Ornament offerings are already out at some
TARGET stores (*cough* *cough* *MONROEVILLE* *cough*), and the dashboard
drivers are right along side with them. $6.99 ea, I believe.
I got one, and its kinda cool. It triggers one of 10 phrases whenever
you hit any bump, or hit the brake hard. With the roads around me, the thing
never shuts up. 8-P 3PO has the best 'car' phrases.
-D
Also, for you goth SW enthusiasts with young toddlers... CLICK HERE. Its soooooo cute!
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greencat336
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2/25/07 11:20am
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So, anyone get anything interesting lately?
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Earthbound_Misfit
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2/27/07 5:40am
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The new Galactic Heros are hitting shelves at both Walmart and Target. The
latest wave have a bith musician, hammerhead, darth maul on a speederbike,
Obi & Durge. The next wave has a jedi luk & Vader with removable helmet.
In two weeks my sister & hubby are coming into town to become godparents
for little Anna. She's being baptized on March 10th. They have two boys
of their own (2&5) who love the Galactic Heros. I predict a massive
GH opening party that weekend. ;-)
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2/27/07 6:34am
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Ooh! I need to find a Hammerhead galactic hero! I love those guys. That the first SW item I've been excited about in a long time. 
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If you put things off till the last minute, they only take a minute to do.
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How much C4 does one need to blow up ten super-computers?
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Rebojazz
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2/27/07 3:17pm
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I'm waiting for the Ralph McQuarrie line to come out. I'm also debating on whether to get his new book... $$$. I was looking at some of the book samples and it looks awesome! The signed sheepskin leatherbound version is only $750 
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TRADMIC
Title: FanForce CR and President
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3/19/07 5:24pm
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Star Wars vs Transformers
 No, no, it's not more Star Wars Transformers. Now it's Star Wars VS. Transformers
Now I loved the Transformers and all, but please, at least pit them against some super battle droids, destroyers, JK's, whatever.
It's like there's no creativity in play anymore. What, I need a toy company to tell me what would make a good match-up? Heck, just last week on my upstairs desk there was a decent showdown between a 12" Megatron, Raphael, Ep1 Obi Wan, Luke, Lion-O, and Skeltor.
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greencat336
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3/28/07 4:22pm
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TRADMIC posted:
Heck, just last week on my upstairs desk there was a decent showdown between a 12" Megatron, Raphael, Ep1 Obi Wan, Luke, Lion-O, and Skeltor.
What were the teams or was it just a free for all? Who won? If Raphael and Obi teamed up together, my money is on them.
Have folks checked out the post office's info on the new SW stamps. Voting on which stamp will be chosen (I like the R2 and Leia) I can't wait for these to come out.
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TRADMIC
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Megatron is very big, whereas the others are regular sized action figures. What happened was that Megatron stormed down the desk like he was Godzilla or something. The others ganged up to rescue my desk. Eventually a lightsaber got thrust into his neck and he collaped. It was a team effort though.
The stanos look so cool, but I don't know...just to collect them? I have very few things still in boxes. I'm not cut out to be a collector.
Maybe I'll use them to mail some nerdy vacation postcards!
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Rebojazz
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I can just see... Cybertron vs. the Death Star! Does Hasbro have nothing else better to do?
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greencat336
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After many months of being on the wagon (saving up for CIV) I have fallen off. A co-worker told me that there were a bunch of Star Wars things in the dollar section of Target. So I went to check it out and ended up spending a little bit more than a dollar. But oh, what lovely stuff!
All the Target dollar stuff I saw was either Yoda or Vader decorated. There were very nice gift bags, with heavy plactic handles that snapped close. Small notebooks. Colored pencils. Small colored markers. Small drink bottles with a plastic bag like sleeve that had the Yoda or Vader design. Ink pens. A wallet (I only found a Yoda one, but it seems that if there had been more than one, most likely a Vader version would have existed) I got myself some and stuff for the kids and some stuff for Banquet doorprizes.
Since I was in Target anyway I had to check out the toy section. I got the collector coin book with Vader figure, Obi with the collector coin, a couple of unleashed battle scenes (Tuskens, Jawas, Han & Greedo) and five of the six 'Order 66' collection figures (two figures - one primary and one back up character, mostly troopers-- in a clear plastic cylander: Yoda, Obi, Palpy, Mace, and Vader. Don't know who the sixth figure is)
Since I was out anyway, I stopped at Toys R Us, which had almost nothing. But I did find a very nice Vader head pinata. I was too short to reach it from the hook it was hanging from, so I had to ask this nice tall lady to get it down from me. (Then I had a nice little conversations with the lady's charming little girl about what it was her mommy had gotten down for me )
*grin* Now that I've got my fix, I'm going to try to go back on the wagon until CIV. Although that Harrison Ford auction is very, very tempting. 
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Earthbound_Misfit
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LOL! And let me guess... If it were Liam instead of Harrison, you'd have
already kissed off C4 (and taken out a 2nd mortgage) ;-)
Just for fun, if you *did* win 'Lunch with Han Solo', who wouldja take?
(you're allowed ONE guest)
-EBM
BTW, for those into Galactic Heros. That next wave JUST hit stores this
week. There's a Luke&UnhelmetedVader, Snaggletooth, DeathStarGunner,
and Leia&HanInCarbonite sets. The Leia&Han set is my favorite of the wave.
Found at TARGET stores.
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Earthbound_Misfit posted:
LOL! And let me guess... If it were Liam instead of Harrison, you'd have
already kissed off C4 (and taken out a 2nd mortgage) ;-)
Just for fun, if you *did* win 'Lunch with Han Solo', who wouldja take?
(you're allowed ONE guest)
*grin* Easy, I'd take my old Padawan, Stina-Cri, because if I remember correctly, someone once mocked her, saying she would never get Harrison's autograph.
So, who would the rest of you take as your guest, if you won the Lunch with Harrison Ford?
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Earthbound_Misfit
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greencat336 posted:
*grin* Easy, I'd take my old Padawan, Stina-Cri, because if I remember correctly, someone once mocked her, saying she would never get Harrison's autograph.
So, who would the rest of you take as your guest, if you won the Lunch with Harrison Ford?
Hmm, I hate to rain on the fantasy, but Im pretty sure the auction says that
you're only spending time with him. No pics, no autographs, no souvaneirs !
You cant even have his used toothpick after lunch (+). I think
this is meant to be a 'memory-only' personal experience.
Oh, and Id take my son, Andy, who yunz met at C3.
(+) Whaddaya think Harrison Ford's USED TOOTHPICK would fetch on eVILbay?
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Gack. No autographs or pics. And what else? Does the person who wins have to pay for lunch, too? How not cool. For that chunk of change the least Ford could do was allow some pics of him taken with the fanboy crazy enough to pay that much money for two hours of Ford's time.
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