Goodbye, Arizona!

Well, today is my last full day in Arizona. Tomorrow I have my "final outprocessing" appointment at Davis-Monthan AFB, and then it's off to Virginia for a month before I have to fly over to Korea.

Although my wife won't miss it at all I'll have some good "prop geek" memories from my time being stationed in Tucson. It's where my Fett-ness first came out and got me obsessed with all the details of the helmet and suit. Thanks in large part to TDH of course! :thumbup

I got to meet several of you at a couple of different events, most notably the JB Event in Dallas a few weeks ago. If I hadn't been stationed in AZ I don't think I would've been able to go to that, and I would have regretted it terribly! I also got to meet several other TDHers at the Phoenix Cactus Con this past January, as well as several members of the 501st's Dune Sea Garrison.

So to everyone I got to meet in person, it was fun!

I'll still be checking the board, just from somewhere else. After the first week of June, I'll be checking in from far, far away. . . But hopefully I'll have time in Korea to work on prop stuff. I think I'd go crazy if I couldn't do hobby stuff for a year! I shipped 300 pounds of personal effects to Korea already, including my [mostly] complete Boba suit, so I'm really hoping to get to wear it for Halloween! Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Have fun, everybody!

Good luck bro. I hope Korea works out for you

Good luck, Good luck, Good luck

Take some good photos for us to see

Good luck and enjoy in Korea And please, TAKE PICS!

Safe trip bud... and keep lurking the boards?
Don't forget to post pics of that finished Fett bruv...

Stay safe Eric... and you know I'll be in touch...

And was truely great to meet you a few weeks ago......you're a very talented Guy, and I'm sure we'll see much more of your work soon.

I will send you the other "Goodies" as I get them

Cheers..

Alex

Good luck bro. You're really talented, and I know for sure you'll be doing a lot there. Like everyone said....post pics when you get the chance.

Stay safe Eric! And enjoy your new home and foods

Best of luck!!

Have a good one!

Thanks for all the good wishes.
I did have them pack some of my favorite geek stuff to have over there with me. In addition to my Boba costume, I'll have my Master Replicas Han Elite blaster, a fan-made Obi Wan ANH saber, my MR Thermal Detonator (too cool not to take with me ), my R. Coyle Blade Runner blaster, and several different figures and books. I'll have a mini version of my Star Wars shrine over there!

Good luck Eric and Godspeed! I will miss you my friend and hope you will come back out and visit!

Best of luck to you Eric, hope you enjoy your new home. thanks again for selling me your bucket. I have taken good care of her.

Good luck with the move and enjoy your time there. Join the Korean Outpost of the 501st while you're there!

I'm back on the east coast! Got to Virginia last night about 6PM after a 3 day trip of 2350 miles. Sheesh. . . what a hike that was!
I went thru that big swath of bad storms in Arkansas and Tennessee on Friday. Didn't see any tornadoes, but kept hearing about them on the radio all day! It was pretty freaky hearing them say the name of a town where a tornado had touched down and then look at my map to see it was only 10 or 15 miles from where I was.

So tomorrow we'll go pick up the keys to our new townhouse, and then on Thursday the 8th our stuff gets delivered. So lots of really fun unpacking later this week!

hey u can go to celebration asia in japan next july...

Where in Virginia are you superjedi? I'm in Fairfax Station. About two hours away from Richmond..

I don't know if I'll be able to travel around for conventions while I'm over there. I kind of doubt it. . .

DarkeSword, I'm in Newport News. Guess I should change my "location" in my profile.

Superjedi. Where in Korea will you be based?? Seoul? Pusan? or somewhere inbetween?

Also Webchief. Korean outpost of the 501st !! You're joking right?

Sinister, I'll be at Kunsan Air Base.

I wish you the best of luck, Eric! You will be missed.

Originally Posted by SinisterFett

Also Webchief. Korean outpost of the 501st !! You're joking right?

why would he be joking?

http://www.501st.com/members/dsp_gar...?garrisonId=36

there are only 2 folks there now, but it exists!

Take care and be safe Eric.

WOW you're not joking!

I only wondered as I've been living here for the past 5 years and I had no idea.
Hmmm! should I try and get 501st acceptance for the Korean garrison??

Take care Eric, It was my Great pleasure to meet you,:thumbup I'm only sorry that we in AZ lost a really outstanding person and friend. We hope the best for you and your wife, keep in touch.
Jarvis

Originally Posted by Jarvis

Take care Eric, It was my Great pleasure to meet you,:thumbup I'm only sorry that we in AZ lost a really outstanding person and friend. We hope the best for you and your wife, keep in touch.
Jarvis

Hey, thanks, Brian! It was good talking to you the few times we were able to get together.
Glad you got to see the Falcon in person, too!

Well, I'm typing from our new apartment in Newport News, VA! It's total chaos right now. . . but at least I have internet! Our stuff was just delivered this morning, and already we have the living room mostly set up, as well as the dining room and master bedroom. I've already lost track of how many boxes we've unpacked. Sheesh!! What fun.
But as long as I can surf TDH, I'm happy.

Welcome to the East coast brother, glad everyone made it safe and sound.
I'd be happy to ship you a Philly Cheesesteak down there, if you can root for the Flyers up here!!

Kunsan is quite a way south from Seoul so I doubt I'll bump into you. Shame
Still good luck in your new posting and I hope all goes well with the move.

Well, I'm in Korea now. I got here yesterday (June 3rd) and got my phone and internet set up a little while ago.
Still getting used to the new time zone. . . I jumped a whole day ahead getting here! That's pretty wild.
I'll be busy the next few days doing my inprocessing and stuff, and will probably start my actual job the middle of next week.
Man, I'm glad I slept for most of the flight over here!

If you start to miss Arizona we could always see about shipping over a Javelina for ya..

Good luck with the new assignment.

Best of Luck Eric, and thanks again for serving!!!

Good luck and Godspeed brother!