Need a pause in tween animation

I want to use tween animation to move 6 or more images onto a stack in the middle of the stage. (I can do this). When all the images are in the stack, I want the images in the stack to disperse to various parts of the stage.
Can't seem to get a pause in the movement that i need. Anyone know how?
Thanks,,,

if you want to delay the execution of a tween you'll find it easier to use one of the third party tween classes (like greensock's). they all have delay parameters that make staggering tweens especially easy.

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