jeffkjoe

I just found out about it b/c the toy just came out!

Snowmaker

There's a bunch of good pictures here:

http://threads.rebelscum.com/showfla...fpart=all&vc=1

I'll wait to find one on clearance.

jeffkjoe

WOW. Really nice pics.

Thanks, Snowmaker!

(I love how the guy put Lando and Nien Numb in there for good measure!)

Kal-El

jeff, you're in Sunnyvale? Where if I may ask? I used to live off of Fair Oaks and Caliente but I moved to Santa Clara.

Anyway, that is a great toy. I work at the Sunnyvale Target and I'll wait for it to go down in price some more and then apply my discount on that baby.

jeffkjoe

Hey Kal-El!

I'm in Sunnyvale on Remington between Bernardo and Mary Ave - so I know exactly which Target you work at! Awesome! I go to your store all the time. Do you know if they still have this toy there?

Snowmaker

If she ever makes you sell them, let me know.

GoldenJCJ

Man, if my girlfriend ever gives me grief about my nerdy tendencies I'll just direct her to that page. I ain't got nothing on those geeks. Although that guys custom paint job is pretty damn cool!

mrhan

The one on sale now is nothing compared to this one. It's the correct scale for the 4" figures.




http://www.readersadvice.com/museum/mfextra.html

Snowmaker

Yeah, I remember always drooling over it everytime I saw one hanging in Toys R Us.

innocentfreak

I saw this at Target last night, and it just makes me sad to be an adult these days. I really wish we had cool toys like this when I was a kid. Instead we had toys like Mask and illusionaries

HighSpeedOnIce

Don't feel too bad . . .
When I was growing up, I had stuff like Lincoln Logs & Erector sets.
Oh, and every Lego was either a brick or a flat piece.

Snowmaker

M.A.S.K. was cool! What are you talking about? I'm 34. I feel I grew up in the best time of toys. Got to experience the dawn of a lot of the big franchises: Star Wars, He-Man, GI Joe, Transformers. All of which are still big today.

jiffy97

Yeah, but those franchises were also the beginning of the death of kid's imaginations. Before kids would get a box of generic legos, a handful of green army men or a stick. They would make up a story to go along with whatever they built/had. Now kids just act out the movie or follow the instructions to build their legos.

outer-edge

I vehemently disagree. While I had all those, acting out something I already saw was never part of my imaginative play. Transformers battled GI Joes, Lego men defended their space/castle/pirate combo bases against Play-Doh monsters. Green army men filled out armies, while sticks helped span great trenches dug in the back yard. Even with specific, identifable toys, I still utilized them in a huge number of ways.

I know this isn't true of all kids, but I don't think kids' imaginations have died. I see this with my own 4-year-old son. He has Transformers, he has Legos, etc. While we build a Lego vehicle out of the instructions to start, he then takes it to the next level by altering it how he wants. Or, he takes it apart and grabs some of the generic parts from his bucket and makes something new. All his "guys" (Tranformers, super heroes, dinosaurs, Cars cars, etc.) play together in unique ways. I've never seen him re-enact something from a movie (as much as he loves the movies and watches them), but instead I will hear his "guys" talking to each other, making plans, being friends, doing battle, or whatever else.

toddly6666

1. How can any kid or adult even play with that - it's huge and heavy.
2. Did you forget about this big-ass mother?
I remember one of my friends having this toy. I envied him, but I also felt bad for him for wasting so much space with it.
3.

I thought the cartoon above is a bit stereotypical and far-fetched, but the image below is pretty pathetic and depressing:



I still don't understand why Bobba Fett is still considered the cool character of the Star Wars films (in the realm of cool such as wolverine from x-men, snake eyes/storm shadow from g.i. joe, or Soundwave/starscream from transformers) - Bobba Fett went out screaming like a little girl. I always thought that the most bad-ass character from star wars was The Emperor, even making him more bad-ass after the sucky prequels

GoVegan

I'm glad Boba Fett put aside some of his past differences with old friends. It would have been sad to see him getting married without Spiderman there.

Kicker_of_Elves

What was the original retail price on that thing when it was released? $100? $200?

mdc3000

Saw it in stores and thought it looked cool but the price is insane - this vid makes me really want one, but I'll wait for a clearance or something.

Gooter

LOL! Thanks for that!

toddly6666

KICKER OF ELVES,
When released in 1985, the G.I. Joe Aircraft carrier sold for $110! This vehicle was a rich kid toy!!

tsohg

Dang that was big money in 1983-84

jeffkjoe

Well - just scored the new Millennium Falcon on Ebay - for 50.00 + 35.00 shipped.

SUPPOSEDLY mint, with a seller with 100% feedback.

We'll see, we'll see.


Now it's time to unload my old Falcon on Ebay and justify some of these costs....

story

$50? I don't see a single Legacy Collection Millennium Falcon on eBay for under $150 as a starting bid. ...Are you sure you got the new one?!

jeffkjoe

Here are the pics used in the auction:

http://i16.ebayimg.com/08/i/001/04/03/67af_1.JPG
http://i21.ebayimg.com/03/i/001/04/03/6860_1.JPG

and he has this pic showing the difference between this ship and the old ship (and he said, he's selling the one on the left):

http://i3.ebayimg.com/08/i/001/04/03/6af0_1.JPG

So we'll see.

mrhan

Check this out. This one was detailed. It makes the one you purchase look like crap.


http://threads.rebelscum.com/showfla...93&fpart=&vc=1