JediDefender.com Forums
Collectibles => Past Hasbro 3.75" Lines => Saga '02-'04 => Topic started by: max_one on February 25, 2003, 12:20 PM
-
i was flipping through a toy fare mag and came across a Biran's Star Wars ad and under the vehicles portion of the ad it had a Saga A-wing coming out this month,does anyone have any info on this?
-
I think that would be this one.
http://www.galactichunter.com/absolutenm/templates/full_article_template_1.asp?articleid=270&zoneid=7 (http://www.galactichunter.com/absolutenm/templates/full_article_template_1.asp?articleid=270&zoneid=7)
-
thanks for that bit of info DSJ.
-
Your Welcome. ;)
-
looks cool
i just hope it has a nice figure and not some repaint
-
Check it out...
New boxed pics, repaint of Arvel Crynyd
(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/5-03/awing.jpg)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2476&item=3132397168
-
It looks cool. Nice display box & windows all the way around. Can't wait for it to come out.
-
Looks pretty good! Another nice window box, with some cool new paint apps on the fighter and pilot. I'll definitely be adding several of these into my collection!
And if wai's right about the 12" Speederbike Leia already being out overseas, then maybe this A-Wing here will hopefully be bumped up and released a little earlier than the October/November time frame estimated by Hasbro. That would allow them to get their butt's busy with finishing off more important vehicles like the Sandcrawler and Bespin Cloud Car!
-
I'd love to have 3 of these for a small flight of the Green Squadron ship.
With how Target is though, I may only wind up with one, if that even. They're an unreliable store in my area, as far as exclusives go.
The Arvel figure is nice and unique... He'll go nicely on the shelf with the old Arvel figure.
Either way though, I still want a PROPER Arvel Crynyd released on the card... With the proper uniform, with proper chest box, and proper helmet... And the proper race.
Arvel was just a white dude, not the Asian chap Hasbro's mistakenly made... The first pack-in pilot had poor details on the uniform (got the color right though) and the second pack-in is based off the improperly named/designated Y-Wing pilot from ROTJ that came in the 3-pack.
Ship looks great though... I wonder what the white box is that the helmet is on though. That's odd. Could it be some generic Hangar accessory? Or just cardboard and part of the packaging?
-
Aw crud. I like how that thing looks. I had myself pretty much convinced that I was good with just the POTF2 version, especially since I have a spare pilot too.
Target exclusive? Aw crud.
-
Hey Brent, if that Target store opens here in Edmonton, well you know. ;)
-
Dude, you're seriously confused. Winnipeg is the test market. The cheapest, most walmart loving city in the world (also probably the first place that walmart employees will unionize) is the ideal test market. If you can survive here without everything being on sale, you can survive anywhere. :P
But I appreciate your generosity of spirit. I promise to return the favor ;D
Of course, if Canuckada doesn't score a target store in either city... ;)
-
With our luck, they would probably open a Target up in Nunavut. ;D
-
the A-wing was neverr my choice of ship, especially that old kenner piece of **** i went through two of em and hated both. instead of a new vehicle we are given another rehash.
-
I'm surprised you didn't care for the A-Wing in any incarnation Dimetrodon...
I've been happy with all of mine actually.
It's to-scale (My biggest complaint of SW vehicles)
It has great detail, even for a modern vehicle (Seat pads in the cockpit, poprivets on the armor plating, etc...)
It has working landing gear that don't collapse under its weight, and the cockpit functions well (with a hidden button).
And both of the modern versions have a figure... Albeit neither has a great figure, but the new one's figure is not too shabby.
I'm pretty content with that... I'm not into lights and sounds myself though. I just want something accurately scaled (It's possible, just look at XD's to-scale WW2 vehicles), and detailed well.
How'd you break two vintage ones? Yikes! There goes a hundred a piece now, haha. ;D
-
I have to agree with most folks here, this ship looks very nice. Since there are so many Targets in Southern California, I might be able to actually find one.
Time will tell.
-
after seeing pics now i really can't wait until the A-wing is out!
-
I'm surprised you didn't care for the A-Wing in any incarnation Dimetrodon...
How'd you break two vintage ones? Yikes! There goes a hundred a piece now, haha. ;D
well i like my micro machine A-wings.. lol
i had a POTF2 and vintage A-Wing.
the vintage i got when i was a little kid alogn with various vintage figures like nein umb and skiff lando..
that one lasted till i was about 12 and it ..yeah it blew up..
the POTF2 oen i bought to replace it when it came out later on...
i realised then why i hated it to begin with and sold it a while back.
i forget who, but it was off nomads old forum.
-
I recently nabbed one of these puppies from Singapore and got it in this week.
I got to say this is a pretty nice piece. Even though it wasn't in the movie I find it far better than the A-Wings first incarnation.
Hasbro did an incredible job on the paint aps for this piece, and shows to me what they are capable of.
Of course these types of things are just money pieces for Hasbro since every single thing is rehashed, but that aside it's worth the moolah.
I don't have a TIE Fighter yet, but from what I've seen this one will knock that one out the box.
Hopefully this won't be another Target nightmare ala' Skiff and Y-Wing. Although with another Y-Wing due to come out some people might be a little happier in the future... Well, that is if you don't mind it in a different color... ;)
-
Cool! Glad to hear you like it. Is the pilot cool?
Really? Is the Y-wing being re-released? I wish it was, I really like that ship and it was too hard to find before. I did nab one at Target, but never saw one again after that.
:P
-
I would love to get my hands on a Y-Wing. Never had one as a kid, and I still don't own one. It was definitely one of the coolest fighters out there.
-
The pilot is pretty cool but nothing more than a rehash and head swap with repainting. I'd at least liked to have a new head... but ahhh I'm still liking this piece a lot.
The Y-Wing that is "due" to come out will just be in a different squadron color (i.e. red, blue...). I haven't heard much about it yet, just that it has been on internal Hasbro lists.
There are a few goodies on internal lists right now... thing is will they see the light of day...
-
Back up for pre-order at Target.com (http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/ref=br_1_6/602-1439992-2853431?asin=B00009R613) :-*
-
This is THE vehicle I'm looking forward to most this year... A repaint, but a worthy one. EU, but believable as a real deco... A neat re-pack/retool pilot (Is his head really different? I heard he was just the 3-pack asian pilot's head).
I'm hoping to nab 3 actually, because I'd like a flight of them... I just hope they're easy enough to find. Target's notorious for making things NOT so easy to get. :-\
-
Well mine arrived from Target.com (well Amazon really) yesterday. I have to go with Jimmy on this - the paint apps are fantastic. The hull is dirtied and weathered with probably the best detail I've seen on any vehicle out of Hasbro. There's a lot of carbon scoring there... I think the ship's seen a lot of action. :P For being EU, it has much more of a "just off screen" feel to it, and I'm a pretty die-hard cannon or nothing kinda guy.
The figure is pretty suprising as well. Its made of better quality plastic than is usually used for pack-ins, and he has a nice weathered paint design. The head is Arrvyl Cynard (sp?) though from the Cinema Scene. The helmet is a bit disappointing since it lacks a clear visor.
BTW, packaging from Amazon was TERRIBLE. I ordered 2 and they came in a giant box, thrown into the bottom with bubbles on top. They got tossed all around the box and were pretty dented up. Sigh.
J