Hey Global,
I guess I forgot to say that the bg's are Photoshop...
umm... i personally don't think i could work with something like toonboom or another 2d package... i haven't tried them, so i can't bash them, but flash is just so friendly to the drawing aspect of animation... it's more responsive.
what freaks me out is our effects guy... that explosion and fire is all done in flash

which makes no sense at all to me on where he gets his ideas
flash just makes everything simpler. that's my opinion. and i love it.