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[jkaris]

Have you seen the new Boba Fett? Lots of articulation. The best of the SW line yet!

[Tortle]

Hm! I didn't know that you could remove Boba. That would definitely make a difference in the coolness of the piece... But would you have bought the toy yourself knowing this?

Although I've been pretty cynical about the Unleashed figures, I do admit that some of them are pretty cool. I wouldn't buy too many because of their statue-ness, but they're definitely a gigantic step up from that Epic Force crap a few years ago.

I think the two Vaders are nice (I might actually buy the removable helmet one) and the new Leia looks pretty sweet. And if they ever made a cool looking Chewie, I'd buy it in a second!

-Nathan

[Tortle]

First of all, I think your Wampa idea is effing awesome! A Wampa would be perfect for this format. It would probably be out of scale, though... I wouldn't mind myself, but some collectors might wine about it. Your Boba Fett ideas are pretty cool... how about a Boba resting on a fallen IG-88? I'm sure that's not consistent with any movies or EU, but screw it...

For a Chewie, I don't mind having some action happening with the fur (wind blowing or something), just as long as they don't freak out and over-do it. As for the pose, I'd like a "head-tilted back roaring" pose. Or, maybe a "Look out, he's loose!" pose where he's flinging off his chains and backhanding a Death Squad Commander.

I'd love to see a Jabba, but who knows if that would ever happen. Hell, we still haven't seen a ROTJ specific Jabba yet (besides maybe Jabba Glob), so I'm not too optimistic.

-Nathan

[Drtooth]

For a Chewie, I don't mind having some action happening with the fur (wind blowing or something), just as long as they don't freak out and over-do it. As for the pose, I'd like a "head-tilted back roaring" pose. Or, maybe a "Look out, he's loose!" pose where he's flinging off his chains and backhanding a Death Squad Commander.

I'd like a Chebacca that's large scale... none of this G.I. Joe stuff (I never liked G.I.Joes, because they were small flimsy and expensive) I mean, something like the Fozzie Bear figure (Best compairison I could come up with, sorry)

I never did get into Star Wars figures for the same reason I never got into G.I.Joes... too small... I like BIG, Meaty action figures....

[Tortle]

Han and Yoda I'm not too thrilled about. Yoda's sculpt isn't too bad (you're right... he needs to watch the dark side) but that spider-web motion lines look doofy. Han's sculpt is very nice, but his hair seems a bit too weird.

Boba Fett has to be the coolest yet! I love the base, and he's supported without any weird motion lines. Also, Boba's not really distorted like many of the Unleashed figures (like Yoda, Darth Maul, Anakin, etc). I may have to buy this one...

Where's Chewie, dammit?!

-Nathan

[Tortle]

And here we see Hasbro's follow-up to Monkey-Faced Leia... Swoop Bike Anakin!


http://www.galactich...akinswoop_9.jpg

Man... that's rich... What was Hasbro thinking?! "Hey, let's give Anakin a 'soiled pants' expression!"

On another note, here's some pics of the convention exclusives, Boba Fett and Clone Trooper:

http://www.potf2.com...p?TOPIC_ID=2957

I actually think the Clone Trooper looks much better than Boba. Boba has sort of a dull, pewter look. I really dig the shiny silver of the Clone Trooper. Although that silver blast effect has got to go...

-Nathan

[Tortle]

I think the convention exclusives are, feh... okay. I wouldn't go out and seek them on Ebay, but if I was at one of these conventions I'd probably pick up a Clone Trooper. Shiny things fascinate me.

I think Hasbro is just trying to make a convention exclusive that takes very little extra effort to make. And, of course, fans eat this crap up. You're right, there are thousands of things that are cooler that they could do with convention exclusives. Of course, Hasbro is not going to make original sculpts just for conventions, but there's plenty of cool stuff they could do. For example, I thought the Jorg Sacul figure was a pretty cool idea. Or, maybe they could take current figures and plop them on classic-style cards. And not the TF Vader type of card (which sucked nuts, I thought)... I mean a card with a big, huge picture of the character and a logo of the convention.

Maybe for inspiration, Hasbro can look at other lines. Palisades has made plenty of awesome exclusives for its Muppets line, like Disappearing Ink Fozzie. And McFarlane has one of the coolest exclusives ever with its Stealth Predator.

-Nathan

[Tortle]

Once again, this topic rises from the grave!

Okay, I've been seeing the Imperial TRU Exclusive 4-pack, and I've been pretty disappointed. It's great for people who have just started collecting and for kids who haven't had the opportunity to get some core characters, but for me, it's pretty much just the same old crap. I mean, look at that Imperial Pack... a Stormtrooper released years ago (and has already been rereleased as a Fan Club multipack), an AT-ST driver (with no AT-ST on the shelves for the past... what, 5 years?), another Vader that does nothing, and another Imperial Droid that wasn't seen on screen. And, all of these figures have either been released before, or are repaints. Hmph...

But I'll probably pick up that Hoth pack. Even though all the figures are repaints, screw it! It has an open-belly Taun Taun... with GUTS! Sweet! The Chewie looks cool, too... and he comes with a good bowcaster. The other figures are pretty much throwaway figs, but I'll probably keep that Luke for the Taun Taun. Maybe I'll have some good old-fashioned BB-Gun fun with the Leia and R2-Unit.

I suppose Star Wars isn't completely dead for me just yet...

-Nathan

[Tortle]

Well Nate at least one Star Wars fan has a brain:

http://www.galactich...aga12_padme.asp

Ha! I just finished reading this. Yup, this figure is worth me shaking my head ruefully at it, but nothing more...

Frankly, the 12" line as a whole sucks, and has sucked since it's inception. The proportions are horrible, the sculpts and paint jobs suck nuts, the cloth materials blow chunks... I could go on and on. The only 12" toys I thought were cool were the Taun Taun, 14" Electronic Vader, and Electronic Jango Fett. Other than that, the line is pretty much a waste.

Although the basic 12" Jar Jar was pretty nice. Seriously... it had a good sculpt and nice materials. So, Hasbro is capable of 12" coolness... but it's so very rare...

-Nathan

[Tortle]

Yeah, I admit that Gammorrean Guard is pretty sweet. But I'm a bit disappointed in the paint application, especially in the face. There's a bunch of interesting colors happening with the actual Gammorrean Guard costume (especially around the mouth and nose) that the toy does not exhibit at all. That's kind of nit-picking, though. The sculpt is pretty nice and, surprisingly, the proportions are quite accurrate.

I wish Sideshow Toys would get the license for 12" Star Wars figures. Their stuff is so friggin' realistic that it's creepy.

-Nathan

EDIT: I just learned that the Gammorrean Guard is actually a KayBee exclusive. Hopefully, it won't be that hard to find.

[Tortle]

Hey, this is something that I haven't heard anything about...

Ewoks 2-pack

I'm glad that they're releasing new Ewoks (I'm a big Ewok fan, and Hasbro has only released three unique Ewoks so far), but I'm disappointed with these figures. First, they seem to share the same bodies, so they're not unique themselves. That would be fine if the mold for the body was super-sweet, but the sculpting on these figures seems lacking. Second, the top Ewok's face looks pretty good, but Logray looks like crap! And third, we already have a pretty good Logray anyway... where's Chief Chirpa? A decent Paploo would be nice, too.

POTJ Teebo was an awesome figure with an excellent sculpt and good articulation. These two look like garbage compared to him. If they wanted to be cheap-asses and reuse body parts, why didn't Hasbro just use the Teebo body sculpt instead of this crap?

-Nathan