Scott "Marblehead" is a disgruntled former Hasbro employee, an expert in all things Star Wars, and a finder of rare antiquities. If you would like your question answered by the master, Ask Scott Something! The Prevailing Wisdom Posted by: Marblehead 8-29-01 12:01am Why aren't more people asking you questions?? -bored in Seattle Because I've been living it up well to my adage of this website, ASS! But that's all about to change. I have a well stocked fridge full of Busch, satisfaction from the Old Navy chick and a new Van Halen album on the horizon. All is going as I have foreseen it. German for beer. -Scott How many times a day do you usually whack it? Thanks, R. Jason Coulston rjcoulston@home.com I go to bed around 1-2 am and give it a good whackin' so I can sleep comfortably. The alarm sounds at 7 am on the weekdays and I give it another good whackin' so I can sleep a few more minutes. On the weekends I whack it on the couch while watching TV. I whack it while sitting at the computer. I whack it in the car, it makes everything so clearly visible. Sometimes, if I have quests over, they will whack it. Whackin' it makes them feel more comfortable. When I was younger my mom had to whack it for me because I wasn't strong enough. There have been a few times where I inadvertently stepped on it, then, of course, I just had to whack it. I whack it a few times per night when my girlfriend is here, though sometimes she'll just whack it herself because I'm too tired. I whack it when I'm mad, it helps relieve the anger. I whack it sometimes when I'm laughing, doing so expresses the pent up joy. I whack it when I'm sad and ask, "Why?" I'll even whack it when I'm bored just because it's there and I have nothing else to do. I think I should just buy a new pillow, this one has become rather flat. There ain't no law against it. -Scott Hey Scott Is there any sites where the Bat cave layout is shown in detail ?or maybe Wayne manor? Like the blue prints for the star trek ships? Thanks T Batcave? What the hell are you talking about? This is the Star Wars geek hangout. You need to find another geek forum that deals with Batman and Star Trek. I still think Batman would wipe-out any type of "cling on". -Scott To: marblehead@creaturecantina.com Attn: Marketing Department From: SC AVANS UCROM SRL GALATI Ref.: Romanian Business Opportunity ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Our anti-spamming company policy: NEVER BOTHER YOU AGAIN To remove your E-mail address from the present contact list JUST DO NOT REPLY to this message. If you receive this message by mistake and/or you are not interested in the following brief presentation, please accept our apologies. This is a world-wide promotion campaign. 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The early white, English/European settlers of this land mass, now the United States of America, where given a large sum of money, $100+, for the scalps of any "red man", Indian. Over the next 200 years the white man has let greed control his desire and destiny. Greed for more land, absolute disregard and disrespect for it's natural inhabitants. Greed for more power, physical and electrical. Greed for more possessions, thou shalt outdo thy neighbor. Greed for more money and big business, shut out the little man and the individualism. Greed for more space, the original inhabitants of this planet knew the value of our Mother....Earth. Greed for acquiring what you don't have and what you don't need. Greed to profit for the soul purpose of personal benefit. Greed to destroy others so one may benefit with more money or power. Greed is the destructor of the human race. Have a good day! -Scott I went to Creature Cantina and saw the posting to please ask you some questions, so here's one. What happens to the prototypes from the factory (or where ever they originate) ?? Will we soon see a shortage of past produced figures such as POTF? May be dumb questions, but now you have some to answer, thanks. Kathy Harris The prototypes have many destinations, it all depends on the type of prototype you may be referring. Hardcopies, those that are made in-house at Hasbro, cast from rubber molds directly from the wax sculpting are extremely rare. A very limited number of these are made. Approximately 5 are made for photo samples. These samples are hand painted and used for package art and deco samples. A few more hardcopies are cast for package production. Testing the figure on the card, size of the bubble, placement, etc. These hardcopies samples are all supposed to be ground to micro dust at the end of their usage. Usually a few may hang around for a year as samples but ultimately meet the long arm of the grinder. On occasion one or two of these hardcopies will be liberated into private collections, forever saving a unique part of the development process. If you are referring to the firstshot stage of figures, many more of these exist than do the hardcopies. Firstshots are very early production figures, utilizing the, what will become, production molds. These figures are produced to test the fit and finish of the parts. Any final changes are made to the figure at this time. Firstshot figures are, in most cases, cast in very vibrant and unique colors. These colors are not chosen for any particular reason, the factory is simply using the plastic which it has on hand at the time and casting these figures. A firstshot figure may be red, green and black and another sample of the exact same figure could just as easily be blue, gray and white. These firstshots are produced is a greater quantity, as mentioned previously, than the hardcopies. A good quantity of these firstshots are sent back to the Hasbro for review by the design and engineering department. Changes would be made, if necessary and new samples cast. It is difficult to state a number on the quantity of these firstshots, it could be anywhere from 10 to 50. No matter, these firstshots are still extremely rare and relatively few make it to the collector market. Most of these meet the same fate of the hardcopies, the unforgiving jaws of the history crushing grinder. Shortage of POTF figures? I think we've seen a shortage of those since 1986. Hindsight is always 20/20. I wanna be back in 1987 buying POFT figs for 99cents each! Now, if you are referring to POTF2 figures, no, we will not see any immediate shortage of these figures. The toy market has changed from playing with toys to collecting toys. Millions of people have bought POTF2 figures with the idea that they too will be worth hundreds of dollars someday if they are kept in the original package. Because of this, the supply will most likely always be able to fulfill the demand, keeping the collector price down. The original figures draw a high premium because 25 years ago few people thought that these "plastic things" would be so cherished. For God's sake, they are toys. Again, the supply for recent POTF2 product will fill the demand. For Sale. -Scott