Star Wars Appreciation

[jaypesoz]

Originally Posted by shaft

Jay - what does a helmet like that run, if I may ask...?

The Jango cost me about $150 just for the helmet alone. All you get is the helmet and all the little pieces like the range finder and visor. It looks likethis when you get it.

Then you gotta find someone to sand/buff/paint it which is like another $150-200

As far as the Commander Gree helmet, it's an official product that was an exclusive and it was real limited so that one was just about $500

You can get regular plain white clone tooper/storm trooper helmets for like $250-350 though

 

[shaft]

Cool...thanks!

That Jango is crazy! My son loves the clone/storm troopers...may have to look into one!

 

[maelstroom]

Originally Posted by shaft

Originally Posted by Maelstroom

OG Clone Wars cartoon > current one
Favorite episode of Clone Wars (duel starts at 2:45):

KOTOR was

Also caught this too:

Some of the non canon stuff is crazy.

http://starwars.wikia.com...i/Into_the_Great_Unknown

QFT. and is that the ark of the covenant? don't know how that makes me feel...

The Ark was a golden-framed box adorned with Twi'lek cherubim figures. During the Battle of Ryloth, the Skakoan Emir Wat Tambor raided the vaults of the Twi'leks, and had many priceless artifacts loaded onboard his personal shuttle. The Ark was one of them and was taken away by the Tactical droid TA-175, even as he left Tambor behind.[1] Decades later, after the death of Emperor Palpatine, the ark, or a similar artifact, was housed in a display case on the Scardia Station.


Interesting stories:

Jones's native homeworld was a planet with many oceans and forests. The planet was very primitive compared to most of the galaxy, even being surprised at the common sight of a starship.[1] Sometime later, he met Shorty, a young boy. He also visited a region on his planet known as Atlantis, along with other discoveries.[1] One of his discoveries was the habitat of Chewbacca (whom the local Human natives preferred to call "Sasquatch") and the crashed Millennium Falcon, which, as he admitted, was unlike anything he had seen before, even in Atlantis. Jones and his assistant, Shorty, started to explore the ship's wreckage, but decided to leave it alone after encountering strangely disturbing remains of Han Solo within. One day, while exploring ruins in a place called Mexico, Indiana Jones discovered an alien who abducted him to took him back to his home planet of Xantar.[2] While on the planet he was discovered by Luke Skywalker. He carried a whip and a pistol as weapons,and bore a strong resemblance to Rebel Alliance hero Han Solo, which both he himself and fellow hero Luke Skywalker noticed. He wore the same clothes wherever he went, including a brown fedora.

Originally Posted by Into the Great Unknown

Han Solo and Chewbacca are aboard the Millennium Falcon when they are attacked by Imperials. They are forced to leap to hyperspace blind and end up in our solar system, where they crash on Earth's Pacific Northwest. Believing they are on Endor due to the large trees, they venture out to investigate, when Han is killed by Native Americans. The mourning Chewbacca leaves the Falcon to live in the trees, where the natives name him "Sasquatch". 126 years later, the wreckage of the Falcon and Han's remains are found by the intrepid American archaeologist Indiana Jones and his sidekick, Short Round. Indy, spooked by how 'eerily familiar' the remains are, decides to leave them in peace.

Anyone have replica lightsabers?

And the Unleashed Figures are

http://www.toyglobe.com/Unleashed.php
http://www.cmdstore.com/stwaun.html

 

[Sinner]

Originally Posted by JayPesoz

The Jango cost me about $150 just for the helmet alone. All you get is the helmet and all the little pieces like the range finder and visor. It looks like this when you get it.

Then you gotta find someone to sand/buff/paint it which is like another $150-200

As far as the Commander Gree helmet, it's an official product that was an exclusive and it was real limited so that one was just about $500

You can get regular plain white clone tooper/storm trooper helmets for like $250-350 though

Oh... is it an MR helmet? I thought those came painted/assembled/ready-to-display. Did they ever make a Luke "Red Five" helmet?

 

[jaypesoz]

Originally Posted by SinnerP

Originally Posted by JayPesoz

The Jango cost me about $150 just for the helmet alone. All you get is the helmet and all the little pieces like the range finder and visor. It looks like this when you get it.

Then you gotta find someone to sand/buff/paint it which is like another $150-200

As far as the Commander Gree helmet, it's an official product that was an exclusive and it was real limited so that one was just about $500

You can get regular plain white clone tooper/storm trooper helmets for like $250-350 though

Oh... is it an MR helmet? I thought those came painted/assembled/ready-to-display. Did they ever make a Luke "Red Five" helmet?

yeah, the Commander Gree is MR you get it all ready out the box, but the Jango is only a custom since they never officially made him. Weird too since theymade a Boba Fett and you know how companies love simple re-paints. MR lost the Star Wars license a couple years ago, but some of the same dudes who workedthere formed E-FX and they just started releasing SW helmets recently. And as far as a Luke X-Wing helmet, I haven't heard anything about it besides thehalf scale ones MR released years ago. You might wanna check this out if you get a chance, a lot of good info
http://www.starwarshelmets.com/Star-Wars-licensed-helmet.htm

 

[jaypesoz]

Originally Posted by shaft

Cool...thanks!

That Jango is crazy! My son loves the clone/storm troopers...may have to look into one!

I completely forgot, there's this one. Nowhere near the quality of the official ones, but for the price, it should be good enough for the casual fan
Amazon product ASIN B000GQ0LC0

 

[Sinner]

Originally Posted by JayPesoz


yeah, the Commander Gree is MR you get it all ready out the box, but the Jango is only a custom since they never officially made him. Weird too since they made a Boba Fett and you know how companies love simple re-paints. MR lost the Star Wars license a couple years ago, but some of the same dudes who worked there formed E-FX and they just started releasing SW helmets recently. And as far as a Luke X-Wing helmet, I haven't heard anything about it besides the half scale ones MR released years ago. You might wanna check this out if you get a chance, a lot of good info
http://www.starwarshelmets.com/Star-Wars-licensed-helmet.htm

Cool link...

Looking at that stack of StormTrooper helmets reminded me of my friend back in college. He had ordered a full Stormtrooper uniform... but was stuggling to getthe 'eyebrow' foam piece right. Have it too high and he looks surprised all the time ~ have it too low and he looks angry all the time.

 

[shaft]

Originally Posted by JayPesoz

Originally Posted by shaft

Cool...thanks!

That Jango is crazy! My son loves the clone/storm troopers...may have to look into one!

I completely forgot, there's this one. Nowhere near the quality of the official ones, but for the price, it should be good enough for the casual fan
Amazon product ASIN B000GQ0LC0

thanks, jay! appreciate it...

 

[Sinner]

Originally Posted by JayPesoz

http://www.starwarshelmets.com/Star-Wars-licensed-helmet.htm

BTW, the McQuarrie Vader freaks me out. I've seen his concept pics numerous times before, but seeing an actual mask is something else...

 

[omgitswes]

damn Jay didn't know you had Star Wars toys too.

 

[jaypesoz]

^yeah, that Vader concept helmet is crazy.

Originally Posted by omgitswes

damn Jay didn't know you had Star Wars toys too.

yeah, I think only JSteeez knows how much I collect SW stuff

For the most part, I only collect 80's robots, SW, & Hot Toys. One theme for each detolf display case I have, helps makes a nice display inmy living room back wall without showing OD geekness

 

[Sinner]

Originally Posted by JayPesoz

yeah, I think only JSteeez knows how much I collect SW stuff

For the most part, I only collect 80's robots, SW, & Hot Toys. One theme for each detolf display case I have, helps makes a nice display in my living room back wall without showing OD geekness

80's robots... check.
SW... check.
Hot Toys (the one from HK?)... check.

Ok, I think we share some similar interests... I don't have these anymore, but as a child of the 80's, the first 2 were a big part of my childhood. Ilive in HK and have seen a lot of those Hot Toys displays. Some amazing detail there. I expect to see some collection pics!

 

[darth dnzy]

--I like the new computer animated Clone Wars. I like the OG one too.
--The action in the new one is on point. Awesome stuff.

--There's supposed to be a live action Star Wars show in the works that takes place in the 19 years in between Eps III and IV.

 

[parada45]

 

[jaypesoz]

Originally Posted by SinnerP

Originally Posted by JayPesoz

yeah, I think only JSteeez knows how much I collect SW stuff

For the most part, I only collect 80's robots, SW, & Hot Toys. One theme for each detolf display case I have, helps makes a nice display in my living room back wall without showing OD geekness

80's robots... check.
SW... check.
Hot Toys (the one from HK?)... check.

Ok, I think we share some similar interests... I don't have these anymore, but as a child of the 80's, the first 2 were a big part of my childhood. I live in HK and have seen a lot of those Hot Toys displays. Some amazing detail there. I expect to see some collection pics!

always good to meet fellow collector's

You lucky living in HK, youguys always get the good stuff months before us. I got some pics of my other stuff in these threads
http://niketalk.yuku.com/...llections-VOL--SHOE.html
http://niketalk.yuku.com/...st-your-toys-Vol-1-.html

 

[Sinner]

Lol... I'm not a collector... just an avid fan and appreciator (if there's such a word).
I'm not a huge fan of Iron Man, but those 3 are

. I got a chance tosee those upclose and the detail is crazy...

Are the 3 troopers from Sideshow? I've always prefered the Medicom 1/6th figures... I caved and got the Vader and Stormtrooper when they first came out.

Let me know if you need anything here...

 

[livemyreality]

When does Star Wars; The Old Republic release? I've been anticipating that game for some time now.

 

[ai for mvp]

Maelstroom wrote:

Anyone have replica lightsabers?

Sorry for the crappy pic

I want to get a lightsaber tat

I love star wars it is very much appreciated

 

[jaypesoz]

Originally Posted by SinnerP


Lol... I'm not a collector... just an avid fan and appreciator (if there's such a word).
I'm not a huge fan of Iron Man, but those 3 are

. I got a chance to see those upclose and the detail is crazy...

Are the 3 troopers from Sideshow? I've always prefered the Medicom 1/6th figures... I caved and got the Vader and Stormtrooper when they first came out.

Let me know if you need anything here...

will do, thanks

And yeah, my clones are Sideshow and my only reasonwith getting them is b/c they cost a lot less than Medi's and aren't as fragile. I see so many broken Medi figs, the only ones I have are Boba &Jango and I'm scared as hell to move them

Nice lightsaber, Al

I'm trying to find the Obi Wan padawan one thatjust came out

 

[ai for mvp]

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Lucas Calls for Star Wars 3D
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The bearded one says Avatar has finally made it possible.
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by Jim Vejvoda
January 19, 2010 - George Lucas thinks the time has come for Star Wars to get the 3D treatment. 

Although the filmmaker has been looking for a way to revisit the trilogies in 3D for some time now, it appears that the phenomenal success of the 3D sci-fi epicAvatar has finally pushed it closer to becoming a reality. 

"[I'm] happy it's so successful, and worked very well in 3D," Lucas told Access Hollywood at Sunday's Golden Globes after party. "Haven't been a big fan of 3D, but that movie definitely improves in (the field of) 3D." 

Lucas added, "We've been looking for years and years and years of trying to take Star Wars and put it in 3D ... But, [the] technology hasn't been there. We've been struggling with it, but I think this will be a new impetus to make that happen."

 

[jaypesoz]

Mandalorian + black lightsaber =

http://www.youtube.com/v/GhagNBVpV40?f=videos&app=youtube_gdatahttp://www.youtube.com/v/GhagNBVpV40?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata http://www.youtube.com/v/GhagNBVpV40?f=videos&app=youtube_gdatahttp://www.youtube.com/v/GhagNBVpV40?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata

 

[stackjaxx]

Originally Posted by JayPesoz

Mandalorian + black lightsaber =

http://www.youtube.com/v/GhagNBVpV40?f=videos&app=youtube_gdatahttp://www.youtube.com/v/GhagNBVpV40?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata http://www.youtube.com/v/GhagNBVpV40?f=videos&app=youtube_gdatahttp://www.youtube.com/v/GhagNBVpV40?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata

Im not a purist. but that is ##+@*#$#. i mean i know the mando'a have jedi, see the jacen/jaina arc for proof, but the dimensions of it are trashy. it looks like a vibroblade just black and glowy. the show is such garbage, just gimme the Yuuz'han Vong arc in 3 3D movies and im good. cancel this halfhearted crap.

 

[urn0tlike]

The first star wars trilogy is easily 3 of the best movies ever made. I could watch a new hope 1 million times and still love it. Its one of those movies i wish i could forget so i could be stunned for the first time all over again. Classic. Cant say the same for the 2nd trilogy. I disliked all 3 of them.

 

[modzzilla]

Wow. Didn’t know we had a SW thread.

Resident expert has arrived.

 

[modzzilla]

New garden gnome.