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ManaByte · May 6, 2005

The 501st parade into Indy for Celebration III.

siege · May 6, 2005

...and each one of them will die alone.

impirius · May 6, 2005

That picture serves only to strengthen my belief that most museum curators are, in fact, clone troopers

ManaByte · May 6, 2005

Elvis Trooper rules over all.

whytemyke · May 6, 2005

haha... "What is that, a Korean guy under there?!"

MrPing1000 · May 6, 2005

I bet if they all shot at you at once they'd still all miss

mrklaw · May 6, 2005

thats probably more stormtrooper costumes than they used in the actual film, what with them mostly being CG.

ManaByte · May 6, 2005

mrklaw said:
thats probably more stormtrooper costumes than they used in the actual film, what with them mostly being CG.

Uh...thery were suits in the original trilogy.

If you're talking about the Clone Troopers in the prequels, they are 100% CG. There wasn't a single suit made for either Episode II or III.

Lucasfilm used the 501st to build the first real Clone Trooper suit that Lucasarts used at E3 last year for Republic Commando.

Rorschach · May 6, 2005

Cool...did they make that MARCH MARCH MARCH sound with their feet as they were walking down the street?

bud · May 6, 2005

Sad, so sad...

borghe · May 6, 2005

Bud said:
Sad, so sad...

how excactly is that sad? no more sad than historical battle recreations?

the entire concept of the 501st is pretty cool. a bunch of guys who all have the same interests and they group together to do what they couldn't as individuals, aka make a huge battalion of stormtroopers.

Shinobi · May 6, 2005

MrPing1000 said:
I bet if they all shot at you at once they'd still all miss

:lol

ElyrionX · May 6, 2005

MrPing1000 said:
I bet if they all shot at you at once they'd still all miss

The sad thing is that more than half of them don't even have a fucking gun.

FeedMeAStrayCat · May 6, 2005

ElyrionX said:
The sad thing is that more than half of them don't even have a fucking gun.

The Empire doesn't feel like spending much these days.. :lol

belgurdo · May 6, 2005

Bud said:
Sad, so sad...

Yeah, because your hobby of posting on A VIDEOGAME MESSAGE BOARD ON THE INTERNET is a thing of glory

Saki · May 6, 2005

belgurdo said:
Yeah, because your hobby of posting on A VIDEOGAME MESSAGE BOARD ON THE INTERNET is a thing of glory

Oooooooooooh buuuuuuuuuuuuurn!
But oh shit, you dissed us all

Lucky Forward · May 6, 2005

Big pic of the 501st here:

http://www.rebelscum.com/toys2005/501stgroup1.jpg

shuri · May 6, 2005

I think that's pretty damn cool actually. I would have loved to see them walk around in parade :lol

Newduck · May 6, 2005

Check out that one idiot in a white outfit towards the right, looking to his left. Theres always one.

MrPing1000 · May 6, 2005

Lucky Forward said:
Big pic of the 501st here:

http://www.rebelscum.com/toys2005/501stgroup1.jpg

NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDSSSSSSSSSS

Jacobi · May 6, 2005

one the one hand - yes it is really nerdy. but one the other hand I'd really like to see them walking throught the streets (and the reactions of the people) :lol

aoi tsuki · May 6, 2005

Lucky Forward said:
Big pic of the 501st here:

http://www.rebelscum.com/toys2005/501stgroup1.jpg

For a second, i thought the guy in the middle was Ed from HG. :/

FeedMeAStrayCat · May 6, 2005

Who the hell actually cares if it's "nerdy"? I've never seen the problem with nerdy/geeky.

I'd prefer to call it "awesome". :lol

Pochacco · May 6, 2005

They look like a bunch of terrorists. I would've called the police.
Imagine if someone didn't know what a Storm Trooper was - they would've thought that their city was being invaded by some iPod army or something..

temp · May 6, 2005

Lucky Forward said:
Big pic of the 501st here:

http://www.rebelscum.com/toys2005/501stgroup1.jpg

How many Darth Vaders did they need?

Kung Fu Jedi · May 6, 2005

Everybody wants to be Vader.

You can't help but be impressed with the detail and effort that went into making those suits. Very cool imho. If it's nerdy, so be it. I've been a Star Wars nerd since I was a kid, and it's never going to change.

The Emperor didn't want all of those troopers having guns, considering how well the can handle their weapons. Someone remind them to watch for low haning doors while we're at it.

Spike Spiegel · May 6, 2005

Blasters aren't issued to every Stormtrooper, it's Empire policy. Those without a blaster are instructed to wait until they are able to appropriate one off their nearest dead comrade.

...

They don't have to wait long.

Manics · May 6, 2005

More fun with lightsabers around the home can be found here:

Lightsaber uses in the home

Lucky Forward · May 6, 2005

Kung Fu Jedi said:
Everybody wants to be Vader.

There's quite a few Boba Fetts in the back left, as well.

I guess I can understand somebody who's really into Star Wars wanting to make themselves a cool Vader or stormtrooper uniform, but who the hell decides "I wanna be an Imperial bureaucrat!"

Manics · May 6, 2005

Lucky Forward said:
There's quite a few Boba Fetts in the back left, as well.

I guess I can understand somebody who's really into Star Wars wanting to make themselves a cool Vader or stormtrooper uniform, but who the hell decides "I wanna be an Imperial bureaucrat!"

Some people just like to put in the 9 to 5 job and not have too much pressure.

FeedMeAStrayCat · May 6, 2005

Manics said:

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

Shig · May 6, 2005

Very cool.

The Stormtrooper outfit is IMO the best piece of design to come out of Star Wars.

Apharmd Battler · May 6, 2005

ManaByte said:
The 501st parade into Indy for Celebration III.

I was there, it was absolutely insane!!

Aruarian Reflection · May 6, 2005

Lucky Forward said:
Big pic of the 501st here:

http://www.rebelscum.com/toys2005/501stgroup1.jpg

I literally burst out laughing seeing all the Vaders :lol :lol. (Not that I find it nerdy or anything because I'm a Star Wars geek myself, it's just that I can't shake the image of a dozen Vaders being cloned)

ohamsie · May 6, 2005

Haha, there aren't many good guys in that group, if there are any at all

ManaByte · May 6, 2005

ohamsie said:
Haha, there aren't many good guys in that group, if there are any at all

501st is Imperial. The Rebel Legion is where you'll find the Rebels/Canon Jedi.

Triumph · May 6, 2005

Lucky Forward said:
Big pic of the 501st here:

http://www.rebelscum.com/toys2005/501stgroup1.jpg

Want to hear a spoiler?

You will die alone

So, which one of those buttons calls your mom to pick you up?

LakeEarth · May 6, 2005

"http://www.rebelscum.com/toys2005/501stgroup1.jpg"
HAHA, look out for those brown stormtroopers!

Socreges · May 6, 2005

borghe said:
how excactly is that sad? no more sad than historical battle recreations?

belgurdo said:
Yeah, because your hobby of posting on A VIDEOGAME MESSAGE BOARD ON THE INTERNET is a thing of glory

Right, same thing!

Jim: Ewwww, you had sex with a goat!
Bill: Uh huh, and I suppose sex with your wife is just all gravy, right?? :rolleyes

robertsan21 · May 6, 2005

Raoul Duke said:
Want to hear a spoiler?

You will die alone

So, which one of those buttons calls your mom to pick you up?

that conan episode was awsome

SickBoy · May 6, 2005

It looks like everyone traded in their Darth Maul outfits after he had two lines of dialogue and got chopped in half.

Full credit to most of them for sticking with original trilogy stuff

I don't see a problem with this, BTW. Not something I'd do, but it's neat.

EDIT: BTW, what's the deal with that little midget Boba Fett in the right side of the picture (just above one of the clone trooper guys)

ManaByte · Jun 21, 2005

Since this old post was about the 501st, this fits here. Some members of the 501st/Rebel Legion took over a small neighborhood on Father's Day when they got together for the So Cal 501st squad leader's going away party:

Even stopping cars: "Can I see your identification?"

Kung Fu Jedi · Jun 21, 2005

This is not the mini-van you are looking for. Move along...

Cool stuff.

Doth Togo · Jun 21, 2005

ManaByte · Jun 21, 2005

Kung Fu Jedi said:
This is not the mini-van you are looking for. Move along...

Cool stuff.

:lol

At one minivan a trooper asked "How long have you had these kids" and got the paniced response "They're not mine!!!!" :lol

Kung Fu Jedi · Jun 21, 2005

ManaByte said:
:lol

At one minivan a trooper asked "How long have you had these kids" and got the paniced response "They're not mine!!!!" :lol

:lol

Doth Togo: Much better choice of pictures!

Late Stage Marxist · Jun 21, 2005

ManaByte said:
Since this old post was about the 501st, this fits here. Some members of the 501st/Rebel Legion took over a small neighborhood on Father's Day when they got together for the So Cal 501st squad leader's going away party:

Even stopping cars: "Can I see your identification?"

That looks fun.

Lucky Forward · Jun 21, 2005

The Parade of Unfortunate Star Wars Costumes:

http://www.capnwacky.com/sw/sw01.html

ManaByte · Jun 21, 2005

trippingmartian said:
That looks fun.

The funniest part was a kid who walked out onto his balcony, saw a group of Stormtroopers walking down the road with Chewie and shouted "HOLY SHIT!"

Mugen · Jun 21, 2005

Doth Togo said:

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