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Title: 2007 #03 Mace Windu
Post by: Rune Haako on August 25, 2006, 03:42 PM
From, http://jediinsider.com/index.php?catid=8&itemid=9753

JI: Will we see a new version of the Mace Windu figure released thats on par (Articulation wise) with the Evolution of Anakin or the ROTS Obi-Wan pilot figures?

Hasbro: An improved Mace is coming early 2007 - with knee ankle, shoulder, and elbows. The only thing he won't have is ball and socket waist but he'll be a great figure. So….stay tuned!
 
:o
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: jedipurge on August 25, 2006, 06:06 PM
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D.  I guess I can scrap that custom I was gonna do of him.
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Artoo on August 25, 2006, 09:43 PM
YAY! ;D
They also confirmed a R2-D2 that's a re-paint of R4-G9! Double yay!
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Darth Broem on August 26, 2006, 01:44 PM
Finally a decent Mace Windu!  Let's just hope they don't ruin it with a goofy smile or constipated face sculpt.
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Artoo on August 26, 2006, 02:11 PM
That would suck, but none of the new figures this year have ****** sculpts! So hopefully Mace dosen't get that type of face.

Now we can play SA Snakes on a Star Destroyer! :P
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Smartypants1635 on August 26, 2006, 02:13 PM
Finally a decent Mace Windu!  Let's just hope they don't ruin it with a goofy smile or constipated face sculpt.

Well, if it does happen, nothing a head swap wouldn't fix, just pop off your fav. Windu head and pop it on the new one. :)
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Artoo on August 26, 2006, 05:39 PM
So he looks like he's about to fall alseep?  ::)
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Roton7 on August 26, 2006, 06:02 PM
So he looks like he's about to fall alseep?  ::)

Actualy if I did a head-swap, I'd use the EP. 1 sneak preview Windu head. But that's just me.
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Matt R. on August 28, 2006, 02:56 AM
SA Mace- YES!!!!!! but is it ROTS Version or AOTC Version ?

R4-G9 sculpt R2-D2 - DOUBLE YES !!!!

If Mace is ROTS Version I hope it comes with the following

Decent Cloak, Removable Arm, Lightsaber Handle, Lightsaber, Detach Lightning.

AOTC Version

Decent Cloak or Burn Cloak, Lightsaber Handle, Lightsaber

EP1 Sneak Preview Mace head, I thought that was the best head sculpt of all Mace Windus, it looked more like Samuel L. Jackson.

Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Roton7 on August 28, 2006, 02:55 PM
I'm hoping it's the AOTC version so that the ROTS version will be able to have a removable arm, because adding a removable arm to a perfect SA figure seems like a bad idea.
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Artoo on August 29, 2006, 08:45 PM
So he looks like he's about to fall alseep?  ::)

Actualy if I did a head-swap, I'd use the EP. 1 sneak preview Windu head. But that's just me.
Does that figure have a ball joint?
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Gatillo on August 29, 2006, 10:14 PM
I doubt it does, it is too old for that.  But a little dremeling goes a long way.  I have made plenty of heads into fully articulated ones with the right attachment and some patience. ;)
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Darth Depressis on September 25, 2006, 10:46 PM
just saw it on theforce.net and i gotta say i haven't laughed this hard in a long time, well atleast 07 is the Kitbash collection instead of straight repacks.....marine,concept trooper & superbattledroid defently and artoo maybe..but otherthan i got HIGH hopes for the rest of next but i'm not holding my breath. as a customizer this looks like gold as a collector i die a little more inside each time i see piolt obi-wan i paid 17 bucks for on ebay back in 05'..lol

http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/30th_Anniversary_Collection_In_HiRez_100452.asp
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Mister Skeezler on September 25, 2006, 10:55 PM
Sooooo...what's wrong with the Mace figure? Looks to be all new to me (other than the robe).
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Darth Depressis on September 25, 2006, 11:41 PM
look a LOT closer its pilot obi-wan molded in windu colors! lame and do they even know what samuel l. jackson looks like? they made him perfect in 98!
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Dressel Rebel on September 26, 2006, 12:02 AM
look a LOT closer its pilot obi-wan molded in windu colors! lame and do they even know what samuel l. jackson looks like? they made him perfect in 98!

I agree, the face/head sculpt does not look like Samuel L.  Hasbro just cannot get this right.
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Jesse James on September 26, 2006, 12:13 AM
I'm looking close as can be, and that's not Pilot Obi-Wan...  Not that I see anyway.

First the boots are a dead give-away that they're Sam Jackson's unique styled footwear and not Kenobi's fairly simple boots.  Next up, the torso is definitely not the same as it's lacking ball/socket articulation completely, so it's obviously an all-new sculpt (or borrowed from some completely separate figure, but I'm thinking new sculpt).

The sleeves, or what you can see extended beyond the outer robe, are concave and billowy.  Obi's are similar, but  not to this extent, and that's definitely new looking to me on Mace....  The tops of the feet feature leather strap looking things that aren't on any other separately sculpted foot as well, so again completely new.

The headsculpt I don't know.  I can't say it's their best likeness but I think they've done far worse in the past, and that this is a passable likeness.  Humans are tough to nail down for any sculptor...  Look how many Han's we have and a lot of people still can't agree which is accurate to Ford.  I think the Jackson sculpt is the prequal version of Han...  Tough guy to get accurate for everyone.  I think it's decent looking myself.  Not perfect, but it works fine for me.

The figure itself though appears to be a 100% all-new sculpt, definitely nothing re-used there that I see.
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Mister Skeezler on September 26, 2006, 01:09 AM
True Jesse, and its harder for Hasbro to nail Jackson's likeness when they sculpt him with his eyes closed and mouth open!  ;D
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Darth_Anton on September 26, 2006, 10:19 AM
I like him. Even if it was jusy a repainted Obi-Wan Body, which it's not, I'd still be excited about this figure. I can agree with the headsculpt, but headsculpts to me are a nice bonus, not the end-all be-all.
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Artoo on September 26, 2006, 06:12 PM
His head sculpt is ok, I hope Hasbro re-packs this as much as the ROTS version. Let's see 80 of those ROTS Maces released so far. ;)
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Nicklab on September 27, 2006, 12:07 PM
It seems that the concept for the ROTS Pilot Obi-Wan was definitely at work here.  It's a great figure and it was extremely well received.  With that in mind I can understand Hasbro using that as a starting point for Mace Windu.

This Mace Windu is obviously a different figure from the ROTS Obi-Wan.  The boots are obviously quite different.  The same goes for the tunic.  It hangs much lower than Obi-Wan's.

As for the face sculpt?  It isn't perfect.  But how many face sculpts over the years have been dead-on?  Especially with the prequels.  There are really only a few figures that I think have captured some of the human characters well.  A couple of the Obi-Wan's have been good, and we've gotten our fair share of Obi-Wan's.  Anakin?  Only a couple have come close to the mark, and that's a pretty low batting average IMO.  Qui-Gon?  Maybe one or two Qui-Gon's have come close to the mark, but for the most part they haven't been great.

When we're dealing with figures of this scale, you're going to have to deal with variations in facial sculpts.  Even though Hasbro might sculpt the heads in a 2X scale and they're working with a face scan of an actor, none of them are ever going to be perfect or APPEAR to be perfect.  I think overall they're much better at capturing droids, aliens and armored characters likenesses when you're working in this scale.
Title: Re: Hasbro confirms new Windu in 2007!
Post by: Artoo on September 28, 2006, 07:48 PM
Agreed!
Title: Re: 2007 #03 Mace Windu
Post by: David on October 10, 2006, 10:39 PM
i actually think this Mace Windu looks like bald serious Bill Cosby :P
Title: Re: 2007 #03 Mace Windu
Post by: Billy Ray on November 13, 2006, 06:53 PM
The head sculpt might look a little iffy at this point, but there is no deinying that this will be the best Mace we have probably ever had.
Title: Re: 2007 #03 Mace Windu
Post by: David on November 13, 2006, 10:12 PM
they fixed the headsculpt...remember?
Title: Re: 2007 #03 Mace Windu
Post by: Billy Ray on November 14, 2006, 07:07 PM
Ah yes...forgot about this pic...

(http://www.hasbro.com/common/images/news/starwars/87238.jpg)

I was thinking about "old squinty".
Title: Re: 2007 #03 Mace Windu
Post by: Artoo on November 14, 2006, 07:22 PM
The Hasbro pic looks like the knees seem to better than Pilot Obi.  :)
C'mon Hasbro release taht one!
Title: Re: 2007 #03 Mace Windu
Post by: Roton7 on November 15, 2006, 07:35 PM
this will be the best Mace we have probably[/color] ever had.

Probably? Probably???

This IS the best Mace ever. Period. Heck, it may even be the best prequel figure ever.

I guess that's just my opinion though. :P
Title: Re: 2007 #03 Mace Windu
Post by: Billy Ray on November 15, 2006, 07:51 PM
Well...I always reserve judgement until I actually have the figure in hand, but I hear ya, it will definitely be the best Mace yet.
Title: Re: 2007 #03 Mace Windu
Post by: Nicklab on November 18, 2006, 04:37 PM
I think that regardless of what the head sculpt on the production piece is like, this will be the best Mace Windu figure that we've been offered.

But here's my question:  they've basically chosen to make a Mace from the duel in Palpatine's office.  It begs the question about when will we get a high quality version of Palpatine to complement this figure.
Title: Re: 2007 #03 Mace Windu
Post by: David on November 18, 2006, 05:18 PM
I think that regardless of what the head sculpt on the production piece is like, this will be the best Mace Windu figure that we've been offered.

But here's my question:  they've basically chosen to make a Mace from the duel in Palpatine's office.  It begs the question about when will we get a high quality version of Palpatine to complement this figure.

i am thinking about that too. i would certainly like an SA palpy.   :)  8)
Title: Re: 2007 #03 Mace Windu
Post by: Dark Empire Luke on November 19, 2006, 04:05 AM
Same here. Palpy's been the underdog when it somes to 'good' figures, unfortunately.

I'll be getting him regardless of headsculpt, though I much prefer the one posted on the 2nd page.