distraction, relaxation

Wave 7!!

2009-03-30T19:47:00.003+08:00

I have them NOW!!!

WTF!!! Grave news for Titanium

2009-03-21T16:28:00.001+08:00

The DEATH KNELL has been sounded! This just came in on the tri-weekly Q&A of Sir Steve Guide.

SSG: Titanium Series has suffered another indignity by not being included at New York Toy Fair. With recent significant price increases, a continued focus on pointless repaints, a general feeling of lack of support from Hasbro for pretty much the life of the line, canceled and displaced molds (some shown at the '08 Toy Fair), what is happening with Titanium Series? Fans keep asking about the line, and Hasbro keeps saying they will give it more attention at the next venue, only to get shorted again. What does the future hold for this line that is in many ways the only outlet for most Star Wars vehicles in toy form? Are sales at least solid enough that Titanium collectors can relax their fears a bit for the foreseeable future, or is the line considerably weaker than the 3.75" figure line and thus vulnerable in these uncertain economic times?

Hasbro: Titanium is indeed a much less-collected sub line that the 3-3/4" line. In the first year of Titanium vehicles, the line showed promise, but the audience never materialized to grow the collecting base. Since them, we have struggled with the amount of new tooling the line could justify along with the extraordinary number of new/refresh items the line needed to stay productive at retail (an outcome of the smaller batch sizes). While we feel that this year we are giving it some great attention and some exciting new tools, this will be the last year for Titanium. The line will be put on hiatus after 2009.

501st - Imperial Commando

2009-03-19T19:50:00.001+08:00

The official site has a blurb on this new book ... and its a doozie.

The Clone Wars are over, but for those with reason to run from the new galactic Empire, the battle to survive has only just begun....

The Jedi have been decimated in the Great Purge, and the Republic has fallen. Now the former Republic Commandos -- the galaxy's finest special forces troops, cloned from Jango Fett -- find themselves on opposing sides and in very different armor. Some have deserted and fled to Mandalore with the mercenaries, renegade clone troopers, and rogue Jedi who make up Kal Skirata's ragtag resistance to Imperial occupation. Others -- including men from Delta and Omega squads -- now serve as Imperial Commandos, a black ops unit within Vader's own 501st Legion, tasked to hunt down fugitive Jedi and clone deserters.

For Darman, grieving for his Jedi wife and separated from his son, it's an agonizing test of loyalty. But he's not the only one who'll be forced to test the ties of brotherhood. On Mandalore, clone deserters and the planet's own natives, who have no love for the Jedi, will have their most cherished beliefs challenged. In the savage new galactic order, old feuds may have to be set aside to unite against a far bigger threat, and nobody can take old loyalties for granted.

Hard Contact ... Lost Contact

2009-03-10T20:14:00.002+08:00

Finally found my kids Halo trilogy in another Carefour book sale. I was there to find a copy of Hard Contact of the Republic Commando series.

Don't get me wrong, I had a copy but now it just dissappeared from my library. I called up my brother, the only other guy I loaned my books to but he denied having it. Being a completist of sorts for SW novels. Im now in the midst of replacing that lost copy.

Got a couple of TPBs

2009-02-15T21:19:00.001+08:00

My wife was out in town with her mother for some window shopping expedition. Since she was having fun at my expense, I asked her to moosie down over to Kino to have a look-see if there are new Star Wars comics.

My luck came in when she bought for me Vector vol 1 and Legacy 5.

Doing a lot of reading this weekend. hehehehehe

Wave 6 ... where are you???

2009-02-03T15:16:00.000+08:00

I've been searching high and low for this wave. Its like ... disappeared ...

I've been Mugged

2009-02-02T21:12:00.000+08:00

I think its the right time to own up to the world that I have another Star Wars series that I am collecting. Its the Star Wars Muggs series. But I'm only impartial to the troopers of this series. Here is my meagre collection.

I have been poisoned.

Force Unleashed HC on the cheap

2009-01-29T08:35:00.000+08:00

I can't believe my luck. I actually found the Force unleashed hardcover for just $10 dollars.

I was actually trying to find the Halo trilogy books for my kid which they were selling at $6 per novel but it was sold out.

You lose some, you win one.

And the some - Wave 4 & 5!!

2009-01-10T19:54:00.004+08:00

Oh yeah ... Wave 4!!!

and Wave 5!!!

But alas, I'm still missing the Trade Federation Landing Craft and Rogue Shadow from the Force Unleashed series.

New Titaniums - Wave 3

2009-01-05T09:26:00.003+08:00

Its been a long time I updated this blog.

Here's my recent buys;

From Wave 3!