fearyaks

Ugh... I think I'm going to have to wait until I get a new system... doubt my PIII 933 will be able to handle this. So many PC games coming out (or have come out), such a crappy computer. Well, I did just 'upgrade' my Xbox to a new TV so I guess that's my fault.

Warhammer, LOTR, Rome, Sims 2, Doom, Pirates! All games on my list but not wanting to buy until I get a system that's more powerful than my Xbox.

Ugh. Zahn should be forbidden from touching anything else Star Wars. Man needs to be hit with a bat everything he thinks about it to beat the idea of writing Star Wars out of him.

Sorry... I have to side with my man Jaymz up there. Zahn is the bomb. He's the only Star Wars author who has made new characters as interesting or even more interesting than some in the original trilogy.

that was because of the mutation spores that he was infected with, he is not actually a snake, seeing as how he has a son, at least in the comics anyway

Right.. .that's what totally screwed me up (the comics and his son who was supposed to kill him)... and the snake thing? Whatever dude. Now I know what a crack head feels like.

^^^ Yeah, I've got it on video but our VCR isn't even at home... it's in my wife's classrom. The thing that bothered me about the movie was ***SPOILER ALERT*** - -like anyone cares

the part when Cobra commander took off his mask and he was a snake dude.

Talk about taking a cool villian and making him whacked.

It would be korny. I hope not

Perhaps it would be... depends on who does it. I'm thinking something along the lines of the Young Indiana Jones series.

As long as it's HD, I'm OK with it!

I'm tempted to pick this puppy up since I saw the trailer and it doesn't look too bad.

Has anyone here watched it? I imagine I could pick up the DVD on the cheap sometime soon on eBay.

Thanks in advance.

Boy am I glad I never paid an arm and a leg for one of these guys!

Well, actually, I kind of did recently but I was more interested in the Max armor that I bought in the set...

Yeah, I'd go for a PS too... that being said, I 'm selling my Luke Force FX saber for $85 shipped if anyone is interested.

Man, I'm a crappy salesperson eh?

I used to work for Jeff Parks, prior to his move to the Dallas area. I was his padiwan learner! I spent 1 1/2 years building lightsabers and other starwars related items, stormtrooper blasters, Han Solo blasters, and going to fan conventions to sell them. Jeff is a great guy and I can tell you for a fact that his lightsabers are the best quality that is humanly possible. Jeff spent literally ALL of his time working to improve his product over any other. So please, if you are considering buying a lightsaber, look at his products! He also does custom work. Just as a side note Jeff is a huge startrek fan, loves the Aliens movie, The Fifth Element, but for some strange reason loves the movie Tucker.

Thanks,

marimba AKA Jedi Master Christopher

Question Marimba - How 'rich' are the colors on Parks' sabers? I have a MR Luke ROTJ one and my biggest complaint is that the green is not nearly as dark as the greens in the pictures. How are the parks ones?

I do like that the blade is removable too (parks).

Perhaps when Ep III comes out I might pull the trigger on one.

Parks Sabers

I've got a Luke ROTJ Masterpiece Replica (w/Sound) that I got from Chowser. I'm willing to sell it for $85 shipped if anyone is interested.

From what I understand, it basically uses the BF1942 engine. It sounds like it is in 3rd person, hence the SOCOM comparison.

I'm tempted to get this for the Xbox depending on the execution. I'm a bit worried it'll be full of lamers who team kill. Perhaps I shouldn't worry and just get it.

-- Question --

How many players could play / time on the console version you played?

Thanks in advance.

Besides, by the time of episode IV, with no Jedi left to fight, it would probably be cheaper to use subjigated citizens as soldiers.

That's one thing that's disappointed me about the Stormtroopers=clones information. Logically, if you were a dictator of an expansive empire, you'd almost certainly WANT to draw upon your population for the army, whether be it from direct draft or making it seem like the 'cool' thing to do.

First of all, you eat up a good chunk of the energetic, able bodies young men (and maybe women) who are bound to be a troublemaking part of the population. Secondly, you then get to all but brainwash them through drills and emphasizing the 'nobility'of their cause and loyalty to their nation. Thirdly, you can glorify the military to the point where those who don't serve are considered less worthy and even unfit to hold office or even be listened to, which weakens the effect of dissidents who don't go 'through the system'. Fourthly, you're providing jobs and pay to the lower classes of the population. Fifthly, you're making anyone who rebels forced to fight their own sons, nephews, and husbands, which can easily eat at their heart.

I could go on, but my point is that by making your army an outside entity with no attachment to the populace, you strip all that away. You provide no extra jobs, you let the young and reckless run rampant, you alienate the people from their troops, giving them no incentive to root for them or reason to not kill your men. All you have is fear and while time has proven again and again from the earliest days to the present that fear can control and manipulate the masses, it's not deep rooted and can easily be overturned if the people are ever given something to doubt the validity of what they fear.

So it's not entirely logical that the Emperor would employ clones in the OT. Then again, it's also not logical that someone would hire a thug that can't accurately shoot someone who's sitting across the table, so I suppose it fits in the Star Wars universe...

As far as I know, the Storm Troopers are no longer clones. This is mostly addressed in the Zahn books in that most of the clone chambers were destroyed sometime before the OT. There are also references to conscripting soldiers in one of the crappier books... either the Dark Saber or the one where Leia is engaged to someone. ... some ship that 'conscripts' soldiers goes wonky and starts conscripting local species to the Emperor's forces.

Also, they give Stormtroopers names in the OT (Davin Felth).... I wonder if clones have names or numbers (hence the old rumors that Obi Wan was a clone - OB-1).

Finally, there are some short stories written from an imperial perspective which mention the academy.

Regarding Greedo, were his poor shooting skills ever addressed in a short story or a comic? I remember Solo taking his jacket in a short story when they were younger and maybe them mentioning how crappy a shot he was... in fact, if memory serves correctly, he was a horrible bounty hunter who nobody took seriously.

I look at it like I look at Leia and Amidala being great shots... why not?

I could be wrong but.... I imagine ~ $100 each is the going rate on eBay and even here (MIB).

AHhh yes rafael garcia.....

I presume this is Arafat's collection?.

Um., I presume most of you know this is to attract people who are searching on the keyword 'jetfire'. I presume this guy thinks that if you search for Jetfire, you also might be interested in a hover tank. This is a pretty common thing on eBay. Nothing really absurd... just lame.

I so totally forgot about this (even though its broken). ):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...5917649728&rd=1

Holy crap.

That's what auctionsniper.com is for!

They look great! Any chance of getting 1/48 versions?

I won't buy anything from him ever again, regardless of what identity he's using.

I don't know.... maybe I'll buy one of his fondue pots. I wonder if fonduepotworld.com has him on its blacklist too!

  are all those from the legendary GBP tree?? thats freekin incredible i will have to start growing one for myself. also check out this 1/48 roy is it just me or are these things going up in value   the guy is such a con it is not even funny

1/48 roy auction

chris

How is he a con?

Check out this thread.

Hah Hah!!! Someone is pretty sore about his tree.

The best part is that regular eBayers won't have any idea what the heck he's talking about!

Edit - added too many https. Thanks Opus.

Don't know how legit this is but this site compares shots from all three versions.

Link to Star Wars DVD images

Look at how much I sold this Robotech MPC Rick Hunter Armor: Rick Hunter Armor

Talk about insane. I only bought it for $20.

some folks are clearly hitting the crack pipe before hitting up ebay.

ooo, I hope people know that this is ONLY the armor. Notice there's no pictures of the inside stuff. I don't see why these armor parts would go for so much, unless this has been another case of shill bidding.

As someone who collects and eBays Toynami MPCs, the going price right now for Rick Hunter Armor is ~ $120 - $140. It's virtually impossible to find at stores and it's not often seen on eBay either.

I presume, a close analogy would be the GBP sets for older Macross valks.

dunno. I sold a Rick Hunter Valk+Armor set for $220+ a month or so ago.

Eh, it isn't too bad. I think the story is overly simple but the camera work and fight scenes are quite entertaining. For what it is (simple action flick), the execution is quite good.

Is this particular price for real?

Bandai 1/55 Elintseeker

Seems pretty absurd to me.

Sean

I read this comment at the above auction "Both of the toys are incredibly beautiful, also in C9.5 condition." So I decided to see what else this seller had listed. Still not too sure what he meant by both as he had many other Macross toys listed. For example this one that I don't think I've seen before. Though I'm not near as up to date on the toys side of things as I am on the model side of things.

WHITE COLOR MACROSS ROBOTECH VF-19S VALKYRIE

Is this a bootleg? I'm not familiar with 21 Century New Toys. By the way isn't that a Gundam shild?

Thanks,

Carl

I'm pretty sure this too is a boot as I remember seeing some posts about it in the Toys section last month.

QUOTE (lt.actionjackson @ Aug 24 2004, 12:35 AM)

I've never seen a valk this fugly before...it's like some kind of schizophrenic custom 1/55.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...bayphotohosting 

Isn't that a Joons? Anyway, you're right, that's a pretty nasty paint scheme.

Sorry, not too familiar with the Joons line, some kind of knock off valk i assume. Man, if i had to fly that valk i'd find a way to get myself shot down.

It is a Joons. As far as I know, I've seen this one, a Blue one, a Green one and a Red one. This is by far the worst one of the bunch.