12 replies to this topic

[BaltanII]

I don't care how badass people perceive Boba Fett to be. That figure sucks.

IG-88 for the win, by default.

[GRANDTHEFT]

Boba as a character is so cool , and this figure is one of the better Star Wars sculpts from this line I've seen.
Looks more like a collectable than a common figure.

[Scumdogg]

Yeah Boba Fett can stand there thrusting his hips at me all day, i'm still gonna vote IG-88 on this one.

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

Boba Fett can outsmart 88 all day, and then blow up his ship again and again, but IG-88 is just the better figure for me.

[Scumdogg]

While i sympathize with warped limbs (what toyline *doesn't* suffer from this problem these days?), i just really think IG-88 is the cooler toy here. The "arms straight out" pose really hurts a lot of the Galactic Heroes figures, and it's nice to see one without it.

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

Well, I'm trying to think as a kid as well as a collector. I used to have a ton of small Robot figures when I was a kid....I don't recall standing them up so much as slamming them together and piling them up. If I were a kid, I'd willingly play with the IG-88 more. I mean, a lot of things have changed since we were kids. There are a LOT more cutesy toys around that aren't dolls. I mean when we were kids most of all we had were Action Figures anyways. We didn't have 3 step programs till we could play with Action Figures. I went straight from the Sesame Street piano to Lion-O. So the less cute characters in this line are surely more interesting to me on both levels.

I also agree with Scummy. I have bought plenty of figures over the past couple years that have had standing troubles. It stinks, but I usually just lean the cripple up against a heavier figure in my displays.

[deadfishlake]

Holy shizzlebizzle, IG-88 rocked this vote

I actually really like IG, though he seems to have one fatal flaw-that horrible crane machine arm of his. It doesn't seem to match the rest of the toy, and looks horrible besides. Regardless of his toy machine arm, he still beats out the Boba Fett.

[dankingery]

i voted, but it was mostly a vote against boba fett. i'm not all that keen on the robot, but i can't stand boba fetish.

[BaltanII]

The IG-88 sculpt is nice, but it warps and falls over – even GRANDTHEFT had chimed in with that same problem. I'm surprised that it doesn't seem to matter to people.

There's always possibilities when it comes to a figure that doesn't stand to alleviate the offending issue. By comparison, there's nothing that can entirely fix the awful proportions or pose of figures like Boba Fett. In a comparison like this, I'm certainly willing to risk getting a nice figure with limbs that might not keep him upright than another with aesthetics that I just don't like.

Mind you, I also don't bother trying to justify my choices based on the figure I think children prefer. I am not a child, I don't have children of my own or around to observe, therefore I go by only what I know now as a toy-collecting adult. There is nothing wrong with anyone taking that approach, mind, but I can't do it.