Quote from: Nicklab on February 17, 2010, 11:00 AM

"Old Wounds" was supposed to be set about 10 years after the events of Revenge Of The Sith.  This Owen looks like it was built on the AOTC Owen body, but with more of an OT Owen head.

This is not the AOTC Owen body at all. I have used that figure several times on customs, I know the parts very well. I am 100% positive this Owen does not use a single part from that figure.The only carry over from that figure is the cloth robe. This is a 100% new sculpt, OT style with a slight color change. I am so positive I made this nifty 30 sec Photoshop pic....(He looks awesome!)




I am more excited about him than Maul.

Glad to see that I was wrong.  The coat looks like the only common element between this Owen and the AOTC Owen.  I think I'm probably suffering from a degree of information overload in the aftermath of Toy Fair.  It's a lot to take in over the course of a couple of days.

The limited quantities statement is no doubt a response to overstock that Hasbro has wound up with following some recent cons.  They wound up having the Holographic Emporer with Vader long after the 2008 Comic Con.  And there were plenty of TFU Stormtrooper Commanders left following last year's Comic Con.  It seems that Hasbro is trying to avoid that kind of situation going forward.

Here's my ten.  It's the same from last year:

1 - Queen Amidala - Post Senate
2 - Tendau Bendon - Ithorian Senator
3 - Naboo Royal Guard
4 - PK Droid
5 - Gardulla the Hutt
6 - Tey How
7 - Naboo Security Officer
8 - Maoi Madakor - Captain of the Radiant VII
9 - Mawhonic
10 - R5-X2

Apples and oranges... I'm guessing they started by deciding they needed to fit x number of figures in the head for playability, and once they had that number, making the body to scale would have been insane.

Agreed.  Hasbro said during the presentation that they originally planned to sell the AT-AT at the same price point as the Millenium Falcon  ($149).  And they had to fight hard in order to get the price down to a $99.99 price point. 

The head of the AT-AT is about where it needs to be in order to house as many figures as it can.  With that in mind, how much bigger would the main hull need to be in order to be in proportion with the movie model?  The answer is that it would have to be significantly larger.  Perhaps too large to be affordable to produce.  And too large to get into stores at that $99.99 price point.  It's about making a compromise in order to get something better to collectors.

A very telling question was posed to the Hasbro brand representatives during the Q&A.  They were asked "Do you make toys, or do you make collectibles?"  Every brand rep from Marvel, GI Joe, Transformers and Star Wars said universally "We make toys".  If you want a collectible that's geared towards an incredibly detailed level of accuracy, you should probably look to companies like EFX, Sideshow or Gentle Giant.  And for a footnote from Toy Fair, what did I see around the AT-AT display in the Star Wars section of Hasbro's showroom?  Reporters and photographers swarmed around the AT-AT so that they could take in every detail.  And they seemed universally impressed.

How in the hell is that mold still around?  They're beating it like it stole from them.

Offering these Clones in the comic packs was a calculated business decision.  The low costs of these Clones allowed Hasbro to offer this last wave of comic 2-packs, including the new figure tooling of characters like Exar Kun, Tholme, Ulic Quel Droma and T'ra Saa.  Derryl DePriest commented on this specifically at Comic Con.  Hasbro tried to offer so much in this line in new sculpts and articulation that the cost per figure rose substantially.  Hence the inclusion of figures like this Utapau Clone to help drive the average cost per figure down for his last wave of comic 2-packs.

They've been trucking snow into Whistler.  The situation there is BAD.  They can't even make snow there because there's not enough of a snow base on which they can put man-made snow.  They've had to line the mountain with hay.  Then on top of that they're trying to build a base of 3 - 4 feet worth of snow.  THEN they can actually make some powder to put on top of that.

But there's probably no love for Wedge on a basic figure card.