I think Hasbro is capable of the kind of quality work that 21st Century does.  BUT, I think their motivations are trying to keep the pricepoint low, as well as their costs.  Remember, the Star Wars license did not come cheap for Hasbro.  Lucas got 10% of the company as part of the agreement.

As for the Gunship going on clearance, it's not happening everywhere.  Plus, it had much higher production runs than most 21st Century vehicles.  In that regard, I think that kind of comparison is wrong.  Especially when I still see plenty of Corsairs, Lightnings and Stukas still sitting on shelves.

Quote from: OCB on July 21, 2003, 01:24 PM

I'll third the Jocosta/Youngling pack, wasn't the Padawan with Jocasta in the library George's son???

No, it wasn't.  That young human is the son of one of the other "big wigs."  I can't remember exactly which one, but if you watch the documentary throughout the movie it's specified as to who's son he belongs to.  It's definitely not George's son though.

Liam, the human Jedi padawan in the lightsaber training scene is NOT Jet Lucas.  The padawan who Jocasta Nu walks toward in the Jedi Archives IS Jet Lucas.

The whole lineup rings very similarly to all of the candidates we saw in Fan's Choice Poll #4.  The only figure from that ballot we haven't seen is the Rebel in Scout Trooper dsiguise.

This image shows that Toy Biz is starting to take scale more seriously:



I think scale is definitely an important issue.  However, it also has the potential to be taken to the extreme.  In the case of Hasbro and it's various vehicles, I understand why they've made compromises on the issue of scale.  The Republic Gunship would've been quite a bit larger, and had a reasonably higher price-point had it been exactly in scale with the 3-3/4" action figure line.  The same goes for the Millenium Falcon (which would probably need a pool table as a landing platform), the AT-AT, and the Imperial Shuttle.  As long as there's demand for these large vehicles, I understand that Hasbro is going to have to compromise between movie accurate scale, and making something that's sellable.  In the case of 21st Century, I've seen several of the Bradley Fighting vehicles, and Sherman Tanks they made for their 12" line.  They sat.  So, if there's a choice between the vehicles not being exactly to scale, and making them scale but not consumer friendly ( and hence, not collector friendly in terms of the longevity of the line), I've got to go with the compromise.

It does sound sketchy.  In a lot of cases near me, people cut the cellophane covering the red R2 unit, and took him out.  I'd be surprised if someone actually went to the trouble of buying the Starship, and then switching the R2 units.

Another Jedi youngling set would be cool.  Maybe a human, and another alien.

If we got Jocasta Nu with the young Jedi from the archives, we'd get yet another Lucas immortalized in plastic.  That was George's son, Jet.

I think 4 of the all white sets is all I'm gonna do.  As for the ranked sets...I'm not sure.  Maybe two of each.

My Clone Army is starting to reach proportions I hadn't fathomed.  Hoo boy!  

Just speculating on the Star Destroyer...

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