jawfin

Sent an email to DST customer service on 3/27/10, requesting a missing pistol for wave 27 Nick Fury - no response. Sent an email to DST customer service on 5/15/10, requesting the missing whips and one hand for Iron Man 2 Whiplash - received a reply from mchris@diamondselecttoys.com saying, "We'll get something shipped out this week." Nothing was ever received. Sent follow up emails both to mchris and DST customer service on 6/3/10, 6/10/10, and 7/8/10, perhaps more. No responses to any of my emails and no replacement items received. :sad:

I'm in Modesto, Calif. and the TRU here got wave 7 last week. There were two Hulkbuster packs and two Lockjaw packs and I grabbed 'em. I only need one of each, and I've been drooling for a wave 28 Deadpool. Anyone want to trade W28 Deadpool (with accessories, of course) for the two two-packs? PM me if so. p.s. Sorry if this should instead be in the want/have section - I just thought people who were hunting for these specific mates would be more likely to see this here. UPDATE - Someone has now spoken for the 2 two-packs. Thanks for your interest!

I've gotten a lot of parts and sets from bricklink (dot com). It's a community of individual sellers each with their own stores. You'd probably have to buy from a few different people, but you can search everyone for the part(s) you need. I've purchased hard to find and missing parts, minifigs, and complete sets from bricklink, and while a couple of transactions took longer than I liked, every transactions worked out good at the end. Jawfin

I agree, the movie was very good. Don't expect very deep, emotional plots, though. This show is being aimed at a young audience. As long as Star Wars fans go into the movie (and the following tv series) with that in mind, and are prepared to accept "tween" age-ranged stories, then you should be able to enjoy the action packed ride with a number of "Yee-Haa's" and "All Right!'s" thrown in along the way. Honestly, I loved the movie. I was more excited and engaged in this movie than most of the prequel movies put together (some notable, obviously important prequel scenes excepted, of course). I give it a thumbs up! Jawfin

I got my son one of the V-19 sets on Saturday, Aug 16th, after going to see the movie with him. The middle wing wasn't remaining flush against the underbody of the ship, hanging down slightly. I inserted one of the spare blue 4274, Technic, Pin 1/2's into one of the holes in the swinging edge of the wing so that when the wing is in the down position the little bit of technic pin grabs just enough of the underside of the ship so that the wing stays in place, for the most part. You can't tell any difference, but the wing doesn't droop any more. It's a very nice ship and both my son and I like it very much. Jawfin

I'm in support of some non-minimate subforums. Lego (definitely), Kubrick, Palz, Hasbro Minifigs (galactic heroes, etc), perhaps even DC Pocket Heroes (...avoids tomatoes and rotten fruit being thrown...) Jawfin

I got a red Spiderman from SM3! I see the email address to Limited Edition on the back of the top label, but do they have a webpage? I think that might have made more sense. Anyway, this is going to be a nice collectable with both L.E. and MMMV references on it. I think it looks real cool! Many thanks to Limited Edition, Shanester and MMMV! Jawfin

The Marshalls in Modesto, CA has one UCS Batmobile for $29.00 and one Arkham Asylum for $39.00. The Batmobile appears unopened, but the Asylum has been torn open, bags have been opened, and there are clearly pieces missing. They also have two Avatar - Fire clan boats, but I forget how much they were. Jawfin Well damn, I spent all that time getting into these and they cancel the goddamn line. What a fing waste. I really love these little guys too.

Yeah, I was thinking this was just a STTNG lineup at the start. So I was thinking, "okay, Picard and Worf, there must be Data and Dr. Crusher somewhere..." But Dr. Crusher and Polaski didn't fit. In the second section, I had initially thought Captain Picard, but couldn't find anyone beginning with "I" and only four letters in the TNG universe. "Admiral" also took a while to come up with. But when I saw a picture of the STTMP Admiral Kirk, I thought, "Decker?" Then Ilia made sense. Once I got "engineering" then "sick bay" wasn't far behind. I wonder which "Admiral Kirk" it's going to be? DST has all the uniforms from four motion pictures to choose from. And Scotty, as well. We might have a white longsleeve with black vest Scotty for engineering, and the red uniform for dress. OR they might make the dress version of TOS and the STTMP for the engineering version. So many choices and variations!!! An incredible line-up with many many many customizing options! Picard and Borg just scream Locutus! Jawfin

Hurray for me! I had Picard and Worf, too, initially. When I saw JMWII didn't get it with that, I was thinking, "What the heck is wrong?!?" I'd almost given up after searching for different "guls" when the BORG attacked my mind! The next step was trying to actually POST the comment. I had to register with MySpace...but wait! I'd already registered about a year and a half ago (I'd realized that after they said my email address was already in use...). SO, I had them send me my password, copied JMWII's answer so I wouldn't have to type it all over again, changed Worf to Borg, and voila! Well, actually I kept checking back to see if I was right, and MySpace did eventually DELETE my post, but the good folks at DST had seen my post and I won! Thanks for the contest, DST! Jawfin

Cinderalla almost got my vote (due to the shower scene ), and Sleeping Beauty was way up there (due to the beautiful and stylistic artwork), but Night on Bald Mountain, Sorcerer's Apprentice and dancing hippos gets my vote! Jawfin

The newer SD Gundam models make cute companions for minimates. The plastic Gundam action figures make for some cool custom minimates. In particular, various shoulder pads and head can be used to customize your minimate. On a side note, the Rescue Heroes Micro Adventure playsets and vehicles work pretty well with minimates, also. I've used a Rescue Hero Micro Adventure space fighter as a makeshift Viper for Apollo until something better comes along. Jawfin

I'd pick up a couple sets as well. Good luck! Jawfin

I can't view it through the link, either. Using Windows Vista Business with Internet Explorer version 7.0.6000.16546. Jawfin

Just wanted to drop word that the FYE on McHenry Ave in Modesto, CA has about half-a-dozen Modern Cylon 5 packs on clearance for $12.99 each. Jawfin