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Title: Grand Moff Tarkin On Vintage Card at Some Point
Post by: Jesse James on February 10, 2011, 01:05 AM
Seems like Tarkin's now slated for the Vintage Line according to DD in the Force Cast.
Title: Re: Grand Moff Tarkin On Vintage Card at Some Point
Post by: Darth_Anton on February 10, 2011, 09:18 AM
In my best best Monty Burns - Excellent.
Title: Re: Grand Moff Tarkin On Vintage Card at Some Point
Post by: P-Siddy on February 10, 2011, 01:44 PM
Cool! I hope they get Peter Cushings likeness right on!
Title: Re: Grand Moff Tarkin On Vintage Card at Some Point
Post by: GrandMoffNick on February 10, 2011, 01:48 PM
My cat Grand Moff Howie and I are very pleased.
Title: Re: Grand Moff Tarkin On Vintage Card at Some Point
Post by: CHEWIE on February 10, 2011, 02:06 PM
Not the real thing of course, but it sure would rock if they made him look like this custom version by Evergray:

(http://www.yakfaceforums.com/Chewie/020511head2.jpg)
Title: Re: Grand Moff Tarkin On Vintage Card at Some Point
Post by: P-Siddy on February 10, 2011, 03:52 PM
Not the real thing of course, but it sure would rock if they made him look like this custom version by Evergray:

(http://www.yakfaceforums.com/Chewie/020511head2.jpg)

That would be good for me, Chewie. Nice work, Evergray!
Title: Re: Grand Moff Tarkin On Vintage Card at Some Point
Post by: shmashwitdaclub on February 10, 2011, 04:26 PM
(http://starwars.com/theclonewars/look_whos_tarkin/tarkin_img.jpg)

Maybe he is coming real soon...  More info here (http://starwars.com/theclonewars/look_whos_tarkin/index.html)
Title: Re: Grand Moff Tarkin On Vintage Card at Some Point
Post by: Jesse James on February 10, 2011, 04:30 PM
It was mentioned specifically that it's Grand Moff Tarkin, Vintage Collection.

But Captain Tarkin from Clone Wars is cool.

Tarkin's my favorite character, and MY cat, Tarkin, would enjoy any new version I'm sure.
Title: Re: Grand Moff Tarkin On Vintage Card at Some Point
Post by: shmashwitdaclub on February 10, 2011, 04:32 PM
oh yeah I know that, I was just kinda going off idea that Hasbro might not be trailing the figure too far behind his CW debut.  To me it strengthens his release to hopefully be sooner than later.
Title: Re: Grand Moff Tarkin On Vintage Card at Some Point
Post by: Jesse James on February 10, 2011, 04:37 PM
K, I just wanted to make sure DD was actually pretty clear on it being Vinty was all.

I'd gladly buy an animated Captain Tarkin though.  It's the only character I buy "everything" of.  It's the only mini-bust I own.  I'm a big Tarkin freak.  My cat's named Tarkin...  Love Peter Cushing.  I'm curious now how his character is developed in The Clone Wars too now that they've revealed him. :)
Title: Re: Grand Moff Tarkin On Vintage Card at Some Point
Post by: McMetal on February 10, 2011, 07:20 PM
Maybe he is coming real soon... 

Whaa?!?!

Complete awesomeness!!!

TVC or not, they HAVE to do an animated Tarkin. Heck, if they can double-dip for Barriss, they could support Tarkins in two lines as well.

Thanks for that news!
Title: Re: Grand Moff Tarkin On Vintage Card at Some Point
Post by: Scockery on February 10, 2011, 09:41 PM
(http://starwars.com/theclonewars/look_whos_tarkin/tarkin_img.jpg)

Maybe he is coming real soon...  More info here (http://starwars.com/theclonewars/look_whos_tarkin/index.html)

Wow, someone ages badly within 3 years!

(http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8180/53193481.jpg)
Title: Re: Grand Moff Tarkin On Vintage Card at Some Point
Post by: Jesse James on February 10, 2011, 09:46 PM
I didn't care for the way they made up the ROTS Tarkin...  Looks awkward, and just because Cushing was Gaunt doesn't mean he looked like a corpse his whole life.  They really should've attempted to look at him as a young man and duplicate it.
Title: Re: Grand Moff Tarkin On Vintage Card at Some Point
Post by: P-Siddy on February 10, 2011, 10:23 PM
I agree, Jesse. That whole make up was off. It's sad that the CW version looks a lot better than the Sith version. Of course, maybe if Lucas has bought the rights to Cushing's likeness, he could digitally place his head and make him younger for that Star Destroyer scene.
Title: Re: Grand Moff Tarkin On Vintage Card at Some Point
Post by: Scockery on February 11, 2011, 08:41 AM
IIRC, the plan was to use a digitally recreated Cushing, but they couldn't make it look right. Instead they heavily made up Wayne Pygram for what amounts to less than a minute of screen time.
Title: Re: Grand Moff Tarkin On Vintage Card at Some Point
Post by: darth broem 2 on February 11, 2011, 07:47 PM
To defend the makeup though that is a closeup we never actually see in the movie itself.  It's him at a distance in the film.  So, who knows maybe they would have done something different if he would have had a closeup. 

Anyway, blah, blah, blah.  I am verify happy we are getting a Tarkin on a Vintage Card.  Now go make the Cantina Band Member, Han and Luke in stormptrooper disguises, Vader with Sebastian Shaw head, Leia Slave, and some others!  ;D
Title: Re: Grand Moff Tarkin On Vintage Card at Some Point
Post by: Darby on February 12, 2011, 10:40 AM
I am excited to hear this.  Tarkin, along with Wedge, Slave Leia and some others are really the main reason I'm excited about the Vintage line.  I'm much more interested in the figures we didn't get as opposed to the ones we did.  Unless you know, one of those figures is the Gamorrean Guard.

Hopefully we will see Slave Leia, Luke and Han Stormtroopers, and the Cantina Band Member soon.
Title: Re: Grand Moff Tarkin On Vintage Card at Some Point
Post by: Brian on February 12, 2011, 05:39 PM
I am excited to hear this.  Tarkin, along with Wedge, Slave Leia and some others are really the main reason I'm excited about the Vintage line.  I'm much more interested in the figures we didn't get as opposed to the ones we did.  Unless you know, one of those figures is the Gamorrean Guard.

Hopefully we will see Slave Leia, Luke and Han Stormtroopers, and the Cantina Band Member soon.

I feel the same way.  Against my better judgement, I've been trying to keep a carded set of the OT characters in this line as well - at least as long as I can afford it.  I'm in the camp of wanting to see those figures on vintage cardbacks as well, particularly those characters/figures that sort of "should" have been in the original vintage line like Stormie Han, Slave Leia, Cantina Band, Tarkin, RFT, etc.