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OK, so you want your new Vader toy midnight on April 2nd, but you don't know where to go. Bunch of ROTS toy info here!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a bunch of links (via Coming Soon) for you STAR WARS junkies out there concerning the big April 2nd (well... April 1st midnight, rather) events at places like Toys R Us and Wal-Mart and Target where you can start practicing your STAR WARS lining techniques in order to give Lucas money in return for little plastic figures.
Now I know I've been harsh to the prequels in the past and I still hold my ground believing they are not up to par, but I've been broken by Lucas these past few months. My cynical shell was first cracked by the very first trailer, then it was plucked at by the thousands of "leaked" pics that are badass and just as dark as this film needs to be, only to be stripped away completely with that last trailer.
I don't excuse the pandering to 6 year olds, the inclusion of modern slang or the total cock-up of not making Anakin the "Good man" Obi-Wan talks about in A NEW HOPE, but even though I promised myself I wouldn't set myself up for disappointment again, I can't shake this feeling that Lucas is going to do this one right. I didn't have that feeling for ATTACK OF THE CLONES. I had hope, but not the same pit of my stomach instinct that I have for REVENGE OF THE SITH.
All this is to say that I've gotten caught into the anticipation again, felt the STAR WARS geek in me grow again and make my hands buy Darth Vader Cheez-Its (where I can order a limited edition poster with just 2 UPCs!!!) and search out new Unleashed figures early which are adorning my living room at the moment. A talkbacker mentioned in the talkback for the last REVENGE OF THE SITH trailer (which was great) that this film could be as shitty as the cynics say it is, but nevertheless this is the last time to get excited about a new STAR WARS movie. Enjoy it. I'd disagree with that if THE CLONE WARS wasn't so great and every bit of the "leaked" material hasn't pointed to Lucas making a good movie, but it seems that he may have finally delivered the movie we all wanted.
But enough about me. Fuck me, who cares? You're reading this because you want to know about STAR WARS toys.
Coming Soon did a bang-up job on an article detailing what stores where are open at Midnight and who has exclusives and what are they. Phew... It's a great article that has all the right information for anyone wanting to get their mechanical hands on those awesome Unleashed figures or your very own Grievous, Palpatine, Yoda, or one of the doomed Jedi. Enjoy!
CLICK IT HERE FOR STAR WARS GOODIES!!!
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im easy. put in lightsabers, and im there.
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What the hell is that? Chili-dipped Vader.
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After the first film came out you could only get R2D2 and that was it for nearly a year(merchandise was slowwww back then),or before Return of the Jedi,when all you could get was Admiral Ackbar and General Madine(I sent off for Nien Numb,wasn't happy with that).I used to get a buzz of the plastic they used to make TIE fighter pilot.Ah the good old days..I wish I kept all that stuff,but in hindsight it would've been better to of kept it all and sold it before the prequels came out.That was silly money then.The way toys have gone with collecting and limited(to 3,000,000 copies)editions has really ripped the arse out of the scene. "Early Bird Kit" sounds like a nice idea,What figures are people expected to wait for?.Leave some toys for the kids,we don't want a repeat of the Ikea wars.
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Mar 30, 2005 9:00:20 PM CST
A reptilian Vader with a GOLDEN lightsaber??? What the hell is
by robofag
Am I into somekind of weird dream? Hey... am I really actually posting something here? No... you're NOT reading that post.
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anyone know where i can get the audiobook and/or graphic novel that everyone is talking about that leaked online?
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I thought Harry had ties?? This time last time...he had a review of the movie!! What happpend???
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Anyone know if any stores in Canada will have something like this going on?
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Que la fuerza este con tigo
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And it was only $13, so there's no excuse not to buy it.
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that I have a cloest full of figures that i collected before Ep 1 came out. If episode 1 hadn't sucked, maybe I could get more than $1 for my so-called "Limited Edition" figures. Then again, if it hadn't sucked, I probably wouldn't want to sell all my star wars stuff in the first place. Still...that lava Vader looks kinda neat.
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you heard it here first
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Mar 30, 2005 11:30:22 PM CST
That Medical Droid is SO fucking TIGHT! ME GOTS to get that!!
by baron karza
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Mar 30, 2005 11:32:14 PM CST
Please please please let there be another BLUE snaggle tooth!
by baron karza
He was the fulcrum of the force.
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Very true,that puts it in perspective.At least I was wise enough not to get stuck with a Ric Olie figure(you didn't right?? :).There is probably a landfill next to the E.T. Atari games full of those Episode 1 figures.Future Alien archeologists will think he was the chosen one or something.Fulcrum of the force=haha.They should redo Hammerhead with that screaming trick he did in the clone wars cartoon.
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Heh heh heh, thanks. I'm feeling like crap tonight, and needed a laugh. No, i didn't get stuck with the Ric Olie figue (thank god). It was really frustrating, because I was one of those "true collectors". Like, I was NOT going to buy up the limited editions, and then sell them at inflated prices at comic shops or anything. I just (thought I would) love those movies, and wanted a piece of memory. Now, though, I do want to sell them at inflated prices on ebay. I remember that Hoth Luke was going for $80 a few years ago. Now they're $5, at the most. Hope that ep. 3 is good, just so people will want this stuff again!!!
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Lest we forget, the Star Wars movies are MADE for ages 6 to 16.
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That Crimson Vader looks like he's wearing Gary Oldman's armour from the beginning of Dracula.
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Mar 31, 2005 12:56:09 AM CST
I mistook Ric Olie for Ric Ocasek.. and then I bought a Yaddle
by baron karza
I should just wipe my ass with my money..
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wtf do u mean mitch hedberg is dead? where did u get that info? i cant find it anywhere online.
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I will hug him and call him George.
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Oh, this really raises the bar for AICN.
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I'm with blairb, we want to stand around waiting for a store to open too!
If I don't go at the opening they'll only have have third tier figures, like right now all they have of the OT is Lobot and various guards, it sucks. Not saying Lobot sucks though, lord knows there's a cult out there. -
Mar 31, 2005 4:11:28 AM CST
Some Trade Paperbacks DID leak on Wednesday. My friend bought on
by george newman
He went to his comic store wednesday, the owner told/showed him the copy. said he only had a couple. This is the Trade. Not the single issues.... I hate spoilers though, man. I want to go into this movie with as little pre-given information as possible. I will avoid this comic for the next month and 3 weeks.
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I remember that my Lando figure smelled different than all the other figures. He had a vague curry powder aroma whereas all the others just new plastic. Particularly 4LOM. The film will be like the other five. Moments of fantastic cinematic spectacle held back from perfection by bad casting of Anakin. H C is not the Anakin described in A New Hope. Should have been Wes Bently. Anyone remember the small craft released back in the eighties that never actually appeared in the films. Endor Forest Ranger was magnificent.
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Why the fuck are they so buffed? Don't recall Vader going to the gym. It's so the powers that be plant seeds into the young impressionable minds as quickly as possible. THIS IS HOW YOU MUST LOOK. What's next? Jabba with a sixpack? Fair enough, they improved the cape wearing charcters as they were just long waist coats in my day but...
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like you hadn't guessed it!
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Is anyone else still waiting on their mail away 4-LOM (now known as Zuckass) from Empire Strikes Back to show up? I got a letter from Kenner back in 81 saying they sold out and would send them out as soon as they were back in stock. I think I've been pretty patient so far, but come on it has been 24 years!
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At the Toys R Us in Livingston, NJ, while people are waiting to get their SW toys, there will be another party in the parking lot . . . an (un)official OPIE & ANTHONY WOW STICKER STOP! www.opieandanthony.com
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I thought Zuckass and 4LOM were two different characters. Zuckass had C3PO's body sprayed black and a paneled fly head whereas 4LOM was a Maggoty Grub Boy in a big suede coat. Good gun though as I recall. I might be mistaken. It was over twenty years ago that I sold them all for fifteen quid at a boot sale and dropped bricks on the rest from the shed. Back in the days of white dog shit and gluebags.
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http://www.thejawa.com/guides/vintage/images/loose/4lom.jpg and http://www.toyarchive.com/STAForSale/NEW2001+/StarWars/Vintage/FigureSet/Zuckuss1a.jpg I have to find a job and soon.
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Mar 31, 2005 8:23:53 AM CST
then i gotta consider myself lucky because 1) i get to once agai
by atomheartbrother
yeah. that's right- i wasn't disappointed when i walked out of the midnight shows of phantom menace and clones, and it wasn't because i wanted to like them (i really wanted matrix 3 to be great but blammo- that really sucked), it was because in my gut and in my heart i knew that they were indeed star wars, and they were good. and let's hear it for the wonderful entropy-like inevitability of the star wars geek-out! even the haters can't help themselves...
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A transforming Palpatine/Sidious, a 12" Sidious, a 12" Anakin/Vader. But I don't want to have to go to Wal-Mart at midnight on a Friday just to get them because if I don't some fat jackass will buy all of them and put them on ebay for $200 a piece. Sigh.
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that just seems odd with the current state of decay the franchise is in, read a review of the graphic novel, it sucked with your typical poorly done lines that nobody cares about
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Current state of decay?!!! That was by far one of the dumbest things I've heard in a while. Take your hatin' ass back over to theonering.net and spank your monkey over some pictures of legolas. ROTS will make you naysayers cry to your mama!!!! Back on topic, they're also releasing a 12" General Greivous figure that looks sweet as hell!! I'm going to be broke.....
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Mar 31, 2005 9:25:25 AM CST
David Lynch is is putting out a director-cut of Dune...and nothi
by wonkabar
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Mar 31, 2005 10:23:00 AM CST
SCREW HASBLOW! I'M BOYCOTTING BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T MAKE A 12" WED
by jericho1368
That's right, screw Hasblow. They make a figure of every ugly character in the universe but didn't make a 12" 2pk of the friggin wedding of Vader and Padme, Luke and Leia's mom! Not even a pregnant Padme with little Luke and Leia! Screw Hasblow!
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Mar 31, 2005 10:32:23 AM CST
If you're reading this...you're a geek. Welcome, brother.
by lance rock
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Preggers Amidala action figure with removable twins!!!
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...if preggers Amidala's removable twins come out any sort of anatomically correct opening on the figure. And I, too, am pretty geeked about this new Star Wars movie, despite having been bitterly disappointed by Menace and enormously unimpressed by Clones. I've said it before and I'll say it again... I just hope this time Lucas holds the football for me to kick instead of yanking it away at the last possible second like he has twice before.
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I laughed my fuckin' ass off. That thing's HILARIOUS !! The geek side of me desperately wants the Darth Vader voice changer...but at age 45, even I have diffuculty in justifying it to myself - especially with kids of 13 & 9. I don't think my wife would understand either...that really would be pushing the envelope.
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The first one was shit - you fell for it. The second one was mediocre - you fell for it. The definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Even if the last film is, against all reasonable expectations, good it still can't remove the stench of the first two. Don't buy these crappy toys, for fucks sake. Don't stuff your hard-earned money into Lucas' obscenely bloated wallet.
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I mean, your mom will accidentally throw them out one day while cleaning the basement.
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He saved Obi Wan's life at least 4 times that we know about, not counting when he was a good "kid" and got them off Tattooine.
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Next are you going to dispute his star pilot abilities? Maybe ask why Vader didn't recognize 3PO like the other clueless bashers.....Anyway, I don't understand the lava Vader. I guess it's some artistic thing. I do agree with the Padme with removable twins idea. They could use the Taun Taun action figure technology.
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Mar 31, 2005 12:08:34 PM CST
Anakin is good, but misguided. He thinks he's doing the right th
by orionsangels
Palpatine brainwashed him. As a Sith you can fall in love, be married. Live the life you want. The Jedi are the true evil, with their rules and laws. Anakin wants to convince Obi-wan to join the darkside, because he believes it's the right side. Obi-wan tries to make Anakin see the light, but by the time he gets to him. The damage is too far gone. Anakin is confused and filled with anger and guilt and it all escilates.
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worst action figure ever.
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Just look at the new trailer, and you'll see the movie doesn't really look like a Lucas movie. Just look at the use of extreme close-up (on Palpatine and Anakin at the start of the trailer, and on Yoda near the end), very unlike Lucas who loves to have everything in tableaux. Look at that awesome Sith lightning POV shot as it flies toward Yoda. There's no way the maestro of 'Meesa in big doo-doo'could have cooked up something as cool as that. ROTS has Stevie's fingerprints all over it.
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Archduke_Chocula - just wait outside your local Canadian Tire. At Midnight, they are opening their doors. In conjunction with Tim Horton's, they are offering a special starwars value pack: It includes the limited edition Don Cherry Vader figure, a Star Wars tuc, and 6 pack of Kraft Dinner in special Jar Jar Binks boxes. Sure to be a collectors item !
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I thought cptrios was just trolling- but Mitch Hedberg died yesterday, apparently of a drug overdose. He was just starting to achieve the success that his talent deserved and was considered one of the next big comedians. Letterman and George Carlin were among some of his biggest fans.
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Mar 31, 2005 3:25:58 PM CST
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. The ultimate toy commercial.
by one9deuce
Let's see, we have every main character in several iterations. Not to mention the huge amount of other characters, ad nauseam. I would DEFY the most ardent Prequel Apologist to name every character that appears on screen in Episode III. The truly sad thing: I bet even George Lucas himself couldn't tell you every character's name. The Prequel's are toy commericials. Sorry to all the Fan-Boys that haven't caught on to that fact yet. Now I'm sure that I will get a "true fans of Star Wars love all the Episodes" rant, it's pretty standard on a Star Wars thread. But the fact of the matter is that anyone who has read George Lucas' original script for "The Star Wars" draft #1, knows he's been recycling his same original ideas for 28 years. It is a fact.
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No wonder he lost that saber fight...he trained at Hostess. OK, I know all the recent SW figures have bulked up, but c'mon! That figure doesn't so much say "Buff Vader" as much as "your friend's fat dad in a bad 'Christmas Vader' costume." Or possibly modern-day Carrie Fisher in a Vader costume. (Sorry, Carrie.)
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You can't deny the fact that Lucas will make over $300 million off of this movie whether they made toys for it or not. To dismiss it as just a toy commerical is ridicules considering how lucrative ticket sales are by themselves.
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Our local Wal Mart had the figures out early by mistake. I grabbed a cartful and headed to the checkout gleefully. Then when they went to ring them up: BUZZ. "No sell allowed" came up on the register screen (mesa thinks they speck like Jar Jar). REJECTED. But I held them in my hands for a short time. Boy, am I sad. I mean, really, really sad. As in "have no life."
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Mar 31, 2005 8:31:36 PM CST
....and the original trilogy were what, indie art house films?
by i dunno
I guarantee the OT had more merchandise than the prequels.
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Mar 31, 2005 9:02:36 PM CST
My God, what has AICN come to? Hawking links for basement nerds
by rylrci
Notice I didn't stay Star Wars losers. The movies are perfection, but collecting toys and having to have them at midnight? About as stupid as they get...
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Voice O. Reason (love the handle), it will most certainly make $300 million, but you know good and well that a lot of crappy formula summer blockbusters make tons of money. Doesn't mean they are quality films. I Dunno, the OT might have had more merchandise, it's certainly debatable, but at least they were original films. The PT is just recycling the same ideas he had from the very beginning. Lucas doesn't seem to have a new story to tell, but he sure as hell knows that any films called Star Wars will make bank. Same thing that Hollywood does. If a film does well at the box-office, even if the story is complete, they will find a way to make more. Terminator 3 is a good example, and it did make money. "Indie art house films"? No, I wouldn't say that at all. I think that George Lucas was obviously inspired by the Flash Gordon/Buck Rogers chapter-play serials of the 30's/40's, but what the OT ended up being in tone is more like a Western crossed with a War film. The PT really IS like those serials, just with huge budgets.
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Yeah, the originals didn't have the merchandising at ALL! I didn't own Star Wars bedsheets, dixie cups, Shrinky Dinks, Colorforms, coloring books, C3P0s cereal, Underoos, haloween costumes (I love to this day the smell of new vinyl!), watches, cookie jars, banks, glasses, wallpaper, cake pans, comic books, novelizations, or soundtracks. Oh yeah, and I forgot... I didn't have any action figures or playsets before 1995! Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick people. These have always been kids movies. Why do you think that I consider some very flawed films to be the greatest ever? Because they inspired my imagination as a... wait for it... CHILD! Those of you who hate the prequels and see them as "toy commercials" hate the prequels for one reason and one alone. You went into the Phantom Menace expecting the second coming of Christ and you got a Star Wars movie instead! Wake the fuck up! Is the dialogue in the PT bad? Yep, just as bad as the dialoge in the OT! Lucas has NEVER had the ability to write great dialogue! But we gloss over the imperfections of the OT becaues it was magical to us WHEN WE WERE KIDS!!!! Despite the flaws, Star Wars has been a great franchise, beginning to the upcoming end and it has provided me with many hours of entertainment and a lifetime of inspiration. Sir Not Appearing In This Film
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http://www.rebelscum.com/VINt4-LOM.asp
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Pop Tarts has a "Lava Burst" flavor with a big ol Vader on the box. Do they realize that kids are gonna eat that thinking it's cool and then see the movie where Anakin dies a horrible flakey deep fried near death in lava?
Then these now emotionally scarred kids are gonna think that flakey crisp coating of pastry are Sith Lord Flesh Chunks wrapped around Skywalker goo...
Lucas is a fucking monster.
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Revenge of the Sith hardback - is right here in my possession, a full week ahead of its release date !
I was in a bookshop this very afternoon when they opened them up....I waited until the guy doing the invoice checking had moved off somewhere, picked one up & paid for it. It doesn't hit the shelves until next Thursday ! Yay me !!
heh..I'm reading it now. Oh, the power, the glory that is.....me.
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Lucas has announced that Anakin is going to get taken out by his clone, which for some reason looks like Arnold Govenator in the 6th Day. Then the Arnold clone is going to be thrown in a lava pit when he is stabbed in the back by his friend Jar Jar. Jar Jar will then take the mantel as Sith Lord and don the costume of Vader (only after violently ravishing Amadala). Lucas said in the new 3D version of the OT, he's going to replace Anakin's face with Jar Jar's when Luke takes off Vader's mask.
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I'm ashamed to admit that I wasted time reading it.
Pretty sad to have what was one of the all time best movie villains reduced to a kid that never grew up, trying to stop a bad dream from happening. That's his motivation for all the slaughtering he does?
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...four packs of Pop Tarts because I wanted to win the Darth Vader Voice Changer. Think of the cool answering machines. "You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor. Now leave a message at the beep!"
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I think Lucas learned from the mistakes of Phantom Menace. I think this because Attack of the Clones was every bit as good as Menace was bad. If SITH is even a third as good as CLONES it will be quite a film!!
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Apr 03, 2005 1:58:05 AM CST
SW TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Contains Lots of Ep. III clips. long-extende
by george newman
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I missed out on getting the lava reflection figure and its pissing me off. jesus chrysler i need a god damn life. and a girl friend that'll give it up because i took her to PF changs. Oh, and I got a couple of figures and I went to THREE places (walmart, toys r' us, and kay be toys) and they didnt have ONE darth vader figure. god dammit.
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Apr 04, 2005 9:36:26 AM CDT
I don't get it...why do they release the book (and book on tape)
by minderbinder
Do they WANT all the spoilers to be leaked so nobody's suprised by the movie at all?
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Oh man your entry made me laugh my ass off. Reminds me of the spectacle yesterday at wal-mart. A couple of dudes were sifting thru the figurines like a couple of monkeys on a coconut. I know its not heart warming like your good samaritan story (that guy that threw you the figure was cool) but I though it was amusing. Especially this mother and her son who looking about 35 had a cart FULL of figurines. I'm thinking, what the HELL are they gonna do with those?? Ebay??? All in all, these people have ruined the collecting biz. When the first movie came out no one in their right minds DREAMED that the figures could fetch thousands of dollars today. NOW, people are counting on it....which is going to flood basements and attics with figures that people are hoping will one day fund a college education. All I can say is: not gonna happen, people. So acting like an idiot and buying ALL the figures just shows how much of a loser you are. Not a loser you say? Okay then CALL me in 20 years and we'll see how much that ep.III yoda figure is worth. lol.
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I've enjoyed checking this thread on and off over the past few days.It's a shame that our war stories will fade from memory.Original star wars figures were elegant toys for a more civilized time,for over a thousand trips to the toy shop kids were the guardians of peace and imagination,before the dark times,before the collectors........
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