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Tyrphanax said:

Dammit. Now I'm gonna want to buy all the Black Series figures.

I had ignored this urge to become a weird Collector type for so long...


 Better start saving. Here's Wave 3 Stormtrooper.

http://images.yuku.com/image/pjpeg/fb9254fc94d5a0021c2e288edf6d44bce89e87e.jpg

 

 


Oh no, they fucked up the helmet again. And they forgot half the blaster.

Seriously, why does the Sandtrooper's helmet look right, and the Stormtrooper's doesn't?

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^I looked at the Black Series R2 D2 in the shops. It stands about 3.5" and looks nothing like the picture Hasbro released. In fact it looks rather crap.

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Hah, nice catch SilverWook.

The blue elephant in the room.

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I think some Disney park purists will be outraged at the transformation of Tomorrowland into SW land. There has been some gnashing of teeth in recent years with Pixar based attractions going in, even though it brought the much loved submarine voyage back from a slow rusty death. (The Disneyworld subs were not so lucky.) At least some of the ugly eyesores from the botched 90's makeover will finally get the boot.

And it's too bad nobody thought of this before they cut up the real MF prop and left to rot outside at Elstree, but the blueprints are probably still around.

We have to have some sort of OT.com meetup when this is all up and running. :)

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I'll believe it when I see it. Micechat, though known for being one of the more reliable sources, reports on conjecture and early-stage planning. The right exec (ha!) could put the kibosh on this. One can hope.

If this is true? Well, let's just say I made the right choice not renewing my pass. Any and all pretenses I clung to about Disney magic are over. All about the Benjamins... by the way, it costs more than one of those to get into the park now if you include parking. :/

A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em

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SilverWook said:

And it's too bad nobody thought of this before they cut up the real MF prop and left to rot outside at Elstree, but the blueprints are probably still around.

The Making of ROTJ actually says that the crew burned the pieces of the full-size MF in a celebration at some point during filming.

“That Darth Vader, man. Sure does love eating Jedi.”

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tomorrowland was supposed to be a look into the future, not space fantasy garbage.

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ATMachine said:

SilverWook said:

And it's too bad nobody thought of this before they cut up the real MF prop and left to rot outside at Elstree, but the blueprints are probably still around.

The Making of ROTJ actually says that the crew burned the pieces of the full-size MF in a celebration at some point during filming.

I'd like to see photos of that, sad as it may make me to see them. Maybe it's the true origin of the old Lando dies blowing up the DS rumor? ;)

The old SW fan club gave away pieces of the full size Falcon in the 80's, so clearly a few easy to handle pieces were saved.

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vacuum said:

tomorrowland was supposed to be a look into the future, not space fantasy garbage.

Yeah, but even Walt stuck things in there that might have been better suited to other areas of the park.

http://www.20kride.com/photos_other_dl.html

And Star Tours has been in there since 1987.

Are you implying SW is garbage?

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Does this board already have a ridiculous TFN threads thread? 

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TV's Frink said:

Does it come with a Mini Ric?

You'll have to ask Chaz Solo for that.