Anybody still collecting SW on here?
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Thank you Garrison, the B wing now has a pilot and is ready for a fight. For those of you that have not seen a B wing in a while, here is a pic for scale.
I love the Star Wars line, but haven't seen much OT stuff lately.
The Vintage Y-Wing is at TRU for 40 dollars, but it's an easy pass since I already have a previous release of that ship.
Christmas 2010 was probably the best time for an OT fan, since we saw a massive number of releases for the Empire Strikes Back series.
I am so grateful to have been on leave and on the hunt then. I found 2-3 of the AT-ST Assault on Hoth sets from Target, and picked up the Big AT-AT also.
Good times then, but it's not the same right now.
Where is the Imperial Shuttle from ROTJ? That sucker is due for a re-tooling and re-release.
The Vintage Y-Wing is at TRU for 40 dollars, but it's an easy pass since I already have a previous release of that ship.
Christmas 2010 was probably the best time for an OT fan, since we saw a massive number of releases for the Empire Strikes Back series.
I am so grateful to have been on leave and on the hunt then. I found 2-3 of the AT-ST Assault on Hoth sets from Target, and picked up the Big AT-AT also.
Good times then, but it's not the same right now.
Where is the Imperial Shuttle from ROTJ? That sucker is due for a re-tooling and re-release.
Thanks SR, I looked up the review in Garrison's thread and gotta admit it's nice, but $40 plus figures?
I thought Y wing and X wing pilots were the same. Guess I need to investigate that one.
Edit: Ok, so they were normal pilots and they switched to this badass guy. Now I want one.
Edit: Ok, so they were normal pilots and they switched to this badass guy. Now I want one.
Hey I collect some Star Wars... Mostly new Vintage Collection stuff from the OT. They are supposed to have a new Landspeeder for Luke from ANH I assume... It's listed that way on Rebelscum. Can't find any info on that though... Anybody heard anything there?
I like most of the new Vintage Collection stuff that I can get... When it is available without paying an arm and a leg...
The latest Imperial Troops, like the Stormtroopers, Sandies, and Scouts just rock... The proportions and sculpts, and articulations there are great... they hold a bunch of different poses well without a lot of trouble or a stand.
My big gripe comes with so many of the Rebel heroes and consistency with the proportions and headsculpts... Too many different heads for Han and Luke and Leia. The last Han I got was the ANH version in the Target 3 pack... Probably the best one I've seen so far. Articulation is pretty good there, but it seems the Imperial troops got him beat there as far as pose dynamics go. Haven't got a new Bespin Han yet, so I don't know if that one is better. Seems they should have used the same head from the one I mentioned previously... Same deal with the Luke figures...
Gotta admit, I'm not a fan of the cloth cape thing. I know there are plusses/minuses with that issue, but I just think the molded soft rubber ones look better. They blend with the sculpting on the figure, and make the whole thing look less like a toy and more like an articulated statue. Yeah the poseability is affected by a molded cape, but oh well. It's probably not gonna ever be perfect in anyone's eyes anyway...
The latest Imperial Troops, like the Stormtroopers, Sandies, and Scouts just rock... The proportions and sculpts, and articulations there are great... they hold a bunch of different poses well without a lot of trouble or a stand.
My big gripe comes with so many of the Rebel heroes and consistency with the proportions and headsculpts... Too many different heads for Han and Luke and Leia. The last Han I got was the ANH version in the Target 3 pack... Probably the best one I've seen so far. Articulation is pretty good there, but it seems the Imperial troops got him beat there as far as pose dynamics go. Haven't got a new Bespin Han yet, so I don't know if that one is better. Seems they should have used the same head from the one I mentioned previously... Same deal with the Luke figures...
Gotta admit, I'm not a fan of the cloth cape thing. I know there are plusses/minuses with that issue, but I just think the molded soft rubber ones look better. They blend with the sculpting on the figure, and make the whole thing look less like a toy and more like an articulated statue. Yeah the poseability is affected by a molded cape, but oh well. It's probably not gonna ever be perfect in anyone's eyes anyway...
I concur 100% with the above statement. I know I will probably take heat for it. The cloth capes just don't hang the way they should because it is a tiny piece of cloth. The only exception is if you want to put a Jedi in his starfighter then you need the cloth cloak.
@CTRL Z that Cad Bane pic is badass!!
I think that is the major problem. Cloth capes are awesome! It's just that they are using the cheap material that doesn't work.
Finally nabbed a Logray & Bespin Han Solo... took forever to find the damn things. Left all the prequel garbage.
Don't suppose ya saw any Rebel Fleet Troopers? I've never spotted them in stores anywhere... They are a little high online...
Don't suppose ya saw any Rebel Fleet Troopers? I've never spotted them in stores anywhere... Online they are kinda high...
They were pretty easy to find here.Don't suppose ya saw any Rebel Fleet Troopers? I've never spotted them in stores anywhere... Online they are kinda high...
I skipped maybe 2 more. They did go fast though.
I need to find some other heads to get some variety instead of clones.
They are hitting TRU pretty hard right now, and I suspect you will see them at Wally World in the next 30 days since they have yet to put this wave out.
Anyone else's walmarts get the shippers full of unpunched vintage figures for the blue ray promos? You know, the displays containing enough pegwarmers to prevent any new or revised htf figures from making it to the pegs for the remainder of the line's run?
I got a question. How much are the ATOTC Geonosis arena play-sets worth? I got one for Christmas back in 2002 and I still have all of it's parts and the box is in fair shape. It was fun to have as an interactive backdrop for the action figures. I even had a few joe battles on it before I started to hate the Star Wars prequels. I know it got some of it's tooling reused for the GI Joe spy Troops cobra mountain play-set.
New ones are around $100 on Amazon. I couldnt find used ones. Prices on ebay are all over the place.
mine did. ALso, did anyone else's get the big AT AT display for the movies? My walmart did and they are holding the AT AT until tomorrow for the manager to come in to see if they will sell it to me instead of putting it up.
They said I could have it after it was over, I said it would be destroyed by kids and I wouldn't really want it. But I would be willing to pay for it now. She said she would wait until the morning when the main manager to come in and I can talk to him about it.
Ummm how can it be destroyed by kids? Usually they put those kind of things behind some sort of locked case. I've never seen any place allow kids to just play with something.
