On a side note I think they could do the Map Room as a deluxe figure very easily.

I don't think the swastika will really lose its 'power' until there are no more people that have personal memories of the Holocaust. There are still plenty of people that have memories of the Nazi scumbags and what they did. I'd give it another 20 years until everyone that lived thru the Holocaust have passed on.

Perversely, while there probably aren't as many people that have personal memories of racists doing racist stuff in connection to the Stars-n-Bars; those memories are probably from a more recent time than WWII since lynchings were still going on well up into the 60s. So it'll probably be a longer time until the S-n-B loses its 'power'.

And yeah, if Hasbro somehow happens to have the molds for the Map Room they could very easily simply release it as a $10 deluxe set and I'd very simply scarf one up. I've passed on the other deluxe sets simply because I don't like action features, all I want are diosets and stuff.

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Hum, you know I'm not sure how by the rules to approach the Swastika topic. I mean it is the symbol of a thankfully dead political system so it really wouldn't fall under politics that way. But the symbol is still used by hate groups so it does have some modern context. Yet we can all agree that we should remember so that such evil will never be allowed again and to remember the heroes who saved the world from madness.

I can see though where Hasbro wouldn't want to go near a Hitler figure even if he was in an Indie movie more than some Star Wars toys were in the Star Wars movies.

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I am also scratching my head a bit about the map room. I think a new sculpt of it is in order. The old one is nice, but it is pretty small and 1-piece. I think a modern take on it would be really nice. But map room Indy was already release with the ark....which he was never seen with in that outfit.

Still, I'd like a Map room to be released and would buy a different map room Indy to get it. (I'd also like an ark that has the loops and the bars to carry it)

Uh, someone say an Ark that's carryable? (not as nice of a design as the Indy ark though) http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/ ... 2805|86946

got one on discount from a store that was moving to a new location.

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20 years ago...probably not...however in today's current climate where people who suffer from hang nails have their own lobbying group...probably.

IN fact I remember a few years ago someone made a custom of Cross-Country with the confederate flag on his belt and some people were complaining about it saying the liked the custom but could of done without the flag.

Now I'm a "Yankee" through and through and think the entire "the south will rise again" speech is amazingly stupid, however with that being said I still think that people for the most part nowadays need to chill the frig out.

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I've read a couple of Q&A's on the net, and from what I gather, the reason for the wonky paint apps on the heads is because Hasbro went with a new factory for this line, and there were some hiccups. The way the figures are, you'd kind of expect that they were being made alongside the Star Wars figures, but evidently SW has its own factory. They also had a very short period of time to develop the line. From that, I expect to see some improvements in the upcoming series.

http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=262&itemid=13001

Discusses the Toht figure (2009 ) and also addresses the Nazi insignia question posed earlier in this thread.

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We have to wait till 2009 for a Toht figure

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but Mola Ram is coming by when, fall '08 at the latest?

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Now that's good news.

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Not much of a suprise there, with the Last Crusade and Temple of Doom waves already announced, I can see those easily being all we get for the rest of the year.

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I just picked up the jungle cutter and an extra Russian. I was holding off buying the cutter and more Russians until after I saw the movie. While it did about as much as the flying wing in ROTLA, it's still a nice vehicle in regards to play value. I'm going to do a head swap on the Russian. His neck ball looks to be pretty close to 25th anniversary size.

After getting the cutter out and playing around with it, I can totally see Hasbro borrowing the entire bottom and tracks to make a 25th Wolverine.

I've seen we are getting a Cairo Thug 2 pk. here's where i saw it & here's the link...

http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/ProductsBy ... 22004&PG=1

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