C7YB: And that's a wrap!

by Bill Cable
on 2012-01-27, 08:10:31

Today we see the end of the Inner Circle story arc...

Or do we?

Quick update about my $300 cookie jar that sold for $1.50 + shipping... I charged $15 for shipping, but it only came out to $11. So it didn't cost me more to sell it than it would have for me to toss it in the trash. I suppose that's a good thing.

Next week starts a new theme, one related to the upcoming 3D release of Phantom Menace. This will not be pretty.

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Consistency

by Tresob Yr
on 2012-01-25, 19:53:32

Is it just me, or is the tone of this season's Clone Wars different than in the previous three seasons?

I get the sense that someone is trying to make the series more "grown-up," but, in the process, has missed part of the fun in Star Wars.

It's like there's an imbalance in the Force. Anymore, Star Wars ends up being either too Light or too Dark...the whole franchise is like a macrocosmic projection of Anakin Skywalker.

It needs to fly more casual.

George Lucas to retire?

by Darth Danno
on 2012-01-25, 07:34:15

     Heard Mr. Lucas wants to retire from making blockbusters once Indiana Jones 5 is in the can. Now I'm glad to hear there'll be a new Indy movie coming, (we had to wait almost 20 years from “Last Crusade” to “Crystal Skull”, so I'm not holding my breath that ...

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Action Figures & Their Beers - Howdy, Pilgrim

by Beedo Sookcool
on 2012-01-23, 23:53:09

PILGRIM CIDER

We’re taking an early cider detour this week to wash the vile taste of the Animée stuff out of our mouths. Okay, let’s get this over with: Optimus Prime is paired with this cider because if you listen to the earlier TransFormers G1 cartoon episodes, Peter Cullen sounded like ...

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Well Played, Mr. Lucas. Well played.

by Tresob Yr
on 2012-01-21, 09:50:35

Last Friday, I mentioned having caved in and ordered the Blu-ray Prequels. I justified the purchase by pointing out that I ordered them used, so that George Lucas would not get more of my money. Not that Mr. Lucas ever actually gets my money. That's not how the economy works. But you get my drift.

It turns out, however, that Mr. Lucas gets the last laugh. Upon inserting a disc into my PC's Blu-ray drive -- the first time I have ever handled a Blu-ray disc, mind you -- I was greeted with the red screen of disappointment.

Apparently, the Star Wars Blu-rays are too modern to be read by Dell's packaged media player...which is no longer being freely supported by its developer. In order to watch Blu-rays burned after 2010, I would have to pay $60 to upgrade my PowerDVD program.

So...no Blu-ray prequels for me. Not for awhile at least.

But now I own versions of Star Wars in a format that I can't even watch.

You win this round, George.

Pragmatism

by Tresob Yr
on 2012-01-20, 20:20:32

Gosh, I sure do buy a lot of stuff I don't need.

For example, this week's comic features a Cyberfire Bumblebee.

I don't even know what cyberfire is or why Bumblebee has it...but I do know that he was half-off at Walmart, and that was good enough reason to buy him.

Well, it seemed good enough reason at the time.

Let's get this party started!!

by Darth Danno
on 2012-01-18, 09:59:19

Here we are, less than a month to go before “TPM” in 3D opens and the SW hype is surely lacking, at least in my part of the world. Found the “Uncap the App” bottles of Brisk iced tea at my local convenience store on Monday, but there's supposed to be Star Wars toys in cereal, McDonalds happy meals (Those are scheduled to start on Feb 17th. Why AFTER the movie opens, why not a month BEFORE!!!) Wal Mart had absolutely none of the new figures as those aren't supposed to hit the market until the end of this month. What's up with that??? The CVI website has no new updates and hasn't for awhile. What's Lucasfilm worried about, all the hype will downplay the opening of “Red Tails” this weekend?

C2E2 is listing no SW guests, but then again, they're listing very few guests period, and that show comes up well before Celebration. Wizardworld Chicago has numerous guests listed considering it's in Aug., no SW ones so far though. But, hopefully, if what they've posted now doesn't change, this years ComicCom will be graced by the presence of none other than...Laura Vandervoort!!!! And, as an added bonus, appearing Saturday only...Hayden Panettiere!! Seriously, they both need to do voices for “The Clone Wars”. Now if I could only get pics of both of them wearing a Slave Leia bikini, and me sandwiched in between 'em! Oh look, it's snowing outside, think I need to go outside and...cool down. That's brisk baby!

23 days to go!

Action Figures & Their Beers - Lemony & Persnickety

by Beedo Sookcool
on 2012-01-17, 02:50:52

Today, we conclude the Animée miniseries with their final variety. And I’ve got to say, I’m not sorry to see the back of them. Only sold in four-packs, I had to drink my way through twelve bottles and three flavours of these things. Some of the bottles I couldn’t even ...

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What Have I Done?

by Tresob Yr
on 2012-01-13, 09:48:22

I was checking out one of those newfangled media liquidation sites that was having a 30% off used DVDs and Blu-ray sales, and ended up ordering myself a copy of the Blu-Ray Prequels for $18.00

I just bought another copy of The Prequels, I say.

I bought them...again.

While I do offer myself small consolation that I purchased them used, meaning Mr. Lucas never gets that $18...I still feel like a dog returning to his own vomit.

The most embarrassing part is that I don't even have a Blu-ray hooked up to my TV. I'm going to have to watch this on a computer monitor.

Please, somebody make sure I don't go see Episode I in 3D.

Nibcrom Lives Still Rockin' Order 95

by Tresob Yr
on 2012-01-12, 12:14:15

Back in 2006, a bunch of action figure collectors banded together to create a multi-site epic narrative in photo-comic form. This epic told the tale of action figures facing obsolescence as Hasbro released improved updates and resculpts of characters.

The POTF2 collection was undergoing a systematic erasure. It was called Order 95.

O95 comics ran for a few months and eventually died down.

But five years later, like Luke Skywalker returning to Dagobah in Return of the Jedi, Nibcrom Lives has finally come back to finish what it began...

Behold, the complete awesomeness of

Nibcrom Lives's Order 95 Epic Conclusion!

Staying Power of the Force

by Tresob Yr
on 2012-01-12, 11:58:11

My Star Wars collecting dry spell continues. I have not made a retail purchase of a Star Wars figures since finding the Don Rickels cantina patron in an FYE about four months ago. I'm afraid I might get demoted from Star Wars Collector to Star Wars Custodian.

Anyway, the following comic is mostly inspire by Nibcrom Central's recent Order 95 comic...