James3
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Welcome man! Don't discount the Bounty Hunter! It is a fun costume to do for sure.
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Way cool! And welcome "officially".
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Tony, it would be a WONDERFUL experience for you guys to go do. Besides, you can get a wicked awesome cheesesteak and see some sites. I keep telling ya man, do this kind of stuff while you can.
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Can we PLEASE not get into that debate again? I am a face character in EVERY costume I currently do so maybe my perspective is different but this topic is taking that dangerous turn that the one on the Legion board did. We really don't want to go there.
Bottom line, every Garrison is different. And sometimes there are different ways of doing things for certain events. Jeremy, trust me in that once you get your TK id and troop with your Garrison you will find your "character".
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Sometimes we play "in character" sometimes we are more laid back.
Yeah, That's Tony raising the roof.
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I dig all of it. Simple and clean seems to feel less claustrophobic to me. On the other side, the ones done up with all the fans and padding and mic tip speakers are REALLY cool.
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We are in the Merry Christmas camp in my house but I agree. A happy holidays to all.
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I have been on and off a ton today and yeah, it is bad.
Even with the remember me on, I have to log in every single time I get on. It doesn't matter if it was five minutes or five hours.
ninja edit- I have used Firefox and IE6 for this too.
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I know laws vary from state to state, but here in WA a prop blaster is not considered a weapon unless you hit someone with it , concealed or otherwise.
Nevertheless, I'm carefull. I keep my blaster in the bin with my armor.
I will have to remember to hit Tony with mine a few times on our next troop! -
Back in the 80's I was on the ROTC rifle team. Once we had to transport our rifles and we didn't have cases. The solution? We just wore them on our backs. There's no law saying yo can't walk around with a firearm, but there is that you can't walk around with a concealed firearm. And you know what? No one ever gave us a second look. And we were in civvies.
I believe that America has been hyper-sensitized about guns in the past 20 years, and the police have been overly hyped up on this as well. I don't blame the police, I blame the culture that's gotten so reactive that they've forced the LEO's to be jacked up on any little thing.
Wait 'till you have kids. You'll be driven into fear yourself by the over protective mothering community. Jeesh - they even have special classes for grandparents now on how to deal with their grandkids, as if they treated them how we were raised they'd be in jail. How does that make sense?
Amen!
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Here is a thought. If you wrap a blaster or any firearm up in a blanket or some other such way it is a concealed weapon. Around here, that will get you in more trouble then just having it laying on the back seat.
I can't speak for overseas, but here in the U.S.A. it seems numbers and statistics can be manipulated to suit any purpose you want them too. So to me, they pretty much are meaningless.
Nathan brings up an excellent point. Here is a great example:
There were a few moms talking in one of my daughter's activities. They were discussing Christmas presents and what not, Halo 3 and other assorted "shooter" games were openly mentioned as being gifts, DVD's and toys being purchased were "shooting" and "battle" related. And of course, there have been conversations over time about such shows as CSI, Law and Order, 24, and Prison Break.
When some one asked about the recent shootings, (and let's not forget we are still a bit moody about Virgina Tech) the quick answers were ban all the guns, people are so violent and crazy, and so on.
My children, while are all about having fun and playing "SG-1, shoot the replicators" and other imagination games, they have also seen and heard first hand what my firearms actually do. Milk jugs of water and stuff are very impressive for that. My oldest has not yet been hunting with me but has been up close and personal with Bambi when we have come back home. Yet, they have friends that their only experience is shooting and getting shot in a video game. Reality is lost to them.
Oh, and for what it is worth, until I am able to get a case long enough for my Hyper-Firm MG-42, it sits openly in the back seat. I have enough common sense that if I get pulled over, I will put the car in park, take out the keys, put both hands out the window with the keys.
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That sucks that you have to deal with this kind of indeed, silly crap.
The dude seriously needs to be smacked around like the lil bee-otch that he is.
Messing with a cop has to qualify for a dum-bass of the year award right?
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First problem I see is barrel length. A rifle must have a minimum length of 16 inches. Otherwise you are getting in to Class III stuff.
I bet if you got a Sterling you could use that as a basis for a really nice E-11.
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WOW! Awesome!
And I have to say that to keep going after a problem just makes it that much cooler.
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I think it is way cool awesome. I would have to think that if they say it's one of the actual props then I have little doubt that it is.
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Ummm.....Radioshack?
Seriously, if they don't have them in your local store try online. They still were avaliable like three weeks ago.
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I see you found the must need spot for all that is TK. You will find that there is a ton of great info on here to check out.
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I agree, under certain situations, it is helpful.
I did a Kids walk on Friday, which was for JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), and had so many elementary school kids guessing who I was. At the end of the walk, I was asked to speak to the kids (Since I also have Type 1, or Juvenile diabetes). I asked them if they wanted to see who I was, and they gave a resounding "YES". When I took off the bucket, most were surprised that it was not someone they knew, and I think that helped. I then told them not only was I a Stormtrooper, but I was a Type 1 Stormtrooper, and showed them my insulin pump, and talked a little bit about what they were doing would also help me.
It was very powerful, and the kids were awesome. The school raised almost $4,000 for the walk.
VERY Cool!!
Kudos man! My godson is Type I as well. That is awesome that you talked to the kids and took off the bucket.
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Well, I am chiming in here late but what the heck.
The VD one is just a deal put together for the book. It was never screen used anywhere. The fella in Germany didn't do much good in making my buddy happy when he bought one and was very disappointed. The thing has pretty much fell apart. I will give him a call and see if I can get some pics of it to share.
We have been talking about doing an ANH accurate version but have not actually gotten around to cranking one out.
If there is an ANH accurate one available, let me know cause that has been the one HUGE thing that he has been wanting to finish up his 2nd set of armor.
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Gotta love the thread revivals! Good one to.
I had an Atari when I was a kid but I wasn't very good with it since the outdoors was always more appealing for me.
Now that I have kids we have several consoles and one computer that can handle games and I will have to say that BF I & II are my favorites because my son and I can team up or go at each other for lots of fun on a rainy day. The KOTOR games were neat, it was my first real experience with that type of game.
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Master Chief is cool for sure but I think it is safe to say that Star Wars is going to win hands down.
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The cool thing about the FX for me, is that I don't feel guilty about cutting into it, and playing hard in it
That is a great point! I had a few guys that were just a little sad to see my ANH armor get roughed, painted and weathered to make it Dengar.
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I know the ANH buckets that myself and the other guys in my Garrison have been using are ABS. I myself am still learning all the pros and cons of the different plastics but it seems that ABS is the most popular choice.
Hello from NC!
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Welcome to FISD!
Mabe? That sounds familiar to me.