Recent content by monkey_roo

I see a few on evilbay sitting there at 200+ same ones month after month, for me it is still around maybe 120-150 - but who knows... It is a great ship though.

Grrr - missed out on the starship.

Just been booted off their website and can’t get back on. I am assuming the issue is their end since all the other websites I have up are fine…. Think I was winning a bid as well

A lot of TVC figures going in bundles for 100's of pounds - that's a major jump in value

Not really up-up - but a few things are creeping up, I think being the 25th Anniversary also helps as it is playing into a nostalgia thing for the kids that saw it back in the day. I am hoping that starship doesn't go above 120ish - which is annoying as I paid 30 for one back in the day...

Anyone having a bit right now - a few of these are going for serious money... I am tempted for the EP1 Royal Naboo Ship in a bit - mulling it over....

I hope the double stack the last two episodes next week - not sure I want this to drag out any longer. I felt this week was fun in parts and functional in others - really just moving the characters around to where they are needed for the grand final.

AI still has a long way to go to create emotion and deal with complex problems like occlusion, so of folks who work on big shows/films they aren't too fussed right now and some will be using forms of AI within their toolset/pipeline to help them, which is a good use of the tool. For those...

Disney are by far and away the biggest spenders when it comes to films, goodness only knows what the Avatar budgets are and of course the Marvel stuff - it is just out of control - The animation side is no better, every Pixar and Disney animation feature costs hundreds of millions to make - but...

Note sure what feels more middle aged - the fact this thread exists - the fact I read it all - or the fact I am contributing :) We've been renovating a house down south for a while and luckily got the roof on last Aug - since then it has been months of non-stop rain - I spent most of...

Not my work but a very interesting read - https://www.jeditemplearchives.com/2024-04-15-has-disney-made-any-actual-profit-with-star-wars-since-2012/ If even close to the truth it would explain why things are going wrong...

Sadly I was only 1 in in 1977 so never got to the cinema back then, on a tangent the first film I remember watching at the cinema was Ghostbusters in 84, I remember not wanting to leave the lobby because I thought we were all going to get covered in marshmallow gloop :). The first SW film I...

Ha - oddly watchable and amusing on one level - but on another quite a worry that Gen AI tools are quickly reaching the ability to create longer and longer content - although still a way to go before it is broadcast quality

In terms of back in the day stopping, I'm much the same as Edd - late 80's saw an end to being bought SW and a heavy swing to MASK - For me as a kid I remember the play features on the MASK toys being better and the fact you got a figure and a vehicle together was much more fun, also the scale...

For me it is seeing it all in one place and realising just how much there is and wanting a nice display which actually means less items etc. After 25 years of collecting there will be an inevitable rationalisation over the next few. Stuff will still come in, but stuff will also go out - maybe...