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True... He merely could've lifted the equipment in the chaos that ensued. An opportunist.
I could very well see that the Han and Yoda could have been in a higher price point of the Ultra/Deluxe line, but If we do see a return on this line, I want to see more offered for the price than what we have seen in the basic line. The line will fall flat if not, even if the Han with rack cost the most to produce. If they can't top that I can see the end of the Ultra/Deluxe line all together.
I gotta respectfully disagree with that. Truth is, unfortunately, we showed Hasbro that we'd pay just about anything for a Star Wars figure. $13 at Target for (bad) basic figures like Lava Obi Wan, Lava Anakin, black clone, grey and purple clone, a Saleucemi clone that wasn't even in the movie, then we go to conventions and pay $15 for a basic figure and will wait in line all day to do it, if necessary, then $17 for a basic Grievous figure at SWShop.com.
A basic figure on an Ultra card for $9.99 is not going to kill the line. Not when we've already established that we'll pay $13-17 for a basic figure in many other situations.
It certainly does make you scratch your head a bit, huh? Well, I spoke with Hasbro's Derryl DePriest about that very subject at Celebration 4. And he said that there are a number of figures in the Basic Figure line that could easily go over to an Ultra/Deluxe figure card or price point. The ones that we spoke about included Han Solo with torture rack, Yoda with Kybuck and Hermi Odle. But because of the needs of the line those figures were put in the Basic Figure assortment. And keep in mind as well: those figures cost more to develop and produce. Hasbro averages out the costs of each figure across the line, and Han Solo with torture rack was one of the most expensive figures to develop in the 2007 line.
The thing that is keeping Hasbro from doing a Deluxe figure line is the VTAC line. Those figures are priced right where a Deluxe figure line would be. Also, you need to factor in the fact that the VTAC line takes up space in the retail planogram that a Deluxe figure range would occupy.
Now with news via the Q&A process revealing that the Vintage figure line is on hiatus in 2008, we may very well see the return of a Deluxe figure line. Hasbro is shifting the focus of their premium sculpted figures to Evolutions. And the Evolutions line occupies a different price point as well as a different location in the retail planogram. Given those factors, we might have Deluxe figures back in the mix next year.
What, in your world nobody's allowed ice cream? You commie.
. Not so much that don't allow ice cream, but I think it needs a more Star Warsy name before I would allow a character to be "ice cream man" 
.I'd happily pay $10 for two $7 figures and a $5 comic in contrast to a $17 figure with a clamshell.
I blame that on the store more than the manufacturer... I have a feeling SWS's just dicking around the consumer because they know they can. Same as Target and their exclusive prices. They jumped from $10 figures to $13 or so at one point if I recall... Just a little squeeze to see how much more they can make. Very dickish.
Agreed Jesse.
It's why I haven't pulled the trigger on the Greivous yet. I'm thinking they are going to choke on that fig and end up selling it at a big discount. If it gets down to $12 or less, I'll bite. But really, I'd rather pay the $7 that's it's worth and no shipping charge.
It's funny how the comic sets really kind of tear your opinion from one side to the other. On one hand, $5 a figure is great (the comic is irrelevant to most of us, let's face it). On the other hand some figures are a little weaker than others... And yet again you get some truly outstanding figures as well (look at Het/Darkwoman. It's like night-and-day with the two figures). The comic packs are NEAR perfection to me. Hasbro just needs to tweak something here and there with any of them, and bam they're amazing! I mean, the Luke/Mara set would be much more outstanding if Luke had articulated knees over articulated ankles. That alone would have garnered no major complaints from me on that set.
If Hasbro were to just do a little fine-tuning to their design of the sets, I'd be in figure heaven with them.
As it is, I'm really not disappointed with them, they're good generally... I just wish they were that notch better is all, because clearly they could be. Of course though, if you dislike EU they suck regardless.
Or Character X was last seen in Jabba's Palace during Luke Skywalker's infamous visit to rescue his friend, Han Solo, from the Hutt's vile clutches. Presumably died during the "Battle" of Carkoon.
Rather than:
Character X was an undercover Rebel agent working as a skiff guard in Jabba's palace, trying to prevent a secret operation by a group of skiff guards smuggling tibanna gas to the Empire.
After assisting Luke Skywalker at the famous Battle of Carkoon, Character X led a snowspeeder patrol on the Endor moon, looking for the shield generator. After Character X spotted the generator, he alerted General Solo. If it weren't for him, Solo's strike team would never have found the shield generator and the Rebels would have failed at Endor. For his efforts, Character X was awarded the Kenobi Medallion by Mon Mothma, who was later revealed to be his twin sister.
Shortly before the Yuzzhan Vong invasion, Character X passed away peacefully in his sleep, but his spirit will live on.
. They look more like a band of mercenaries that raided an Imperial surplus depot. . Or to put in a different way, just respect someone else's opinion as the world would be very boring if everyone had the same likes and dislikes .Commando's good for what it is, has some flaws, but the story more than gameplay is what drives KOTOR.
KOTOR 2 isn't nearly as good however... Not that it's bad, it's just a lot of duplication of the first I'm afraid.
As far as figures go, I'm all for more... I feel if they're going to delve into an EU property, Hasbro should cover more than 2 or 3 figures from said property. I think it'd be really great if you were able to, somehow, get a figure that was slightly "customizeable" to make a close approximation of your character from the game, however I don't see how it would be possible.
I'd be cool with getting some of the main party characters though, maybe a Sith/Republic Trooper, a Sith/Republic Officer... Maybe an alien or two from one of the planets you visit since their designs are quite Star Wars-ish and fit in.
I wouldn't go overboard at once on KOTOR figures, but mixed in here and there and I"d love to see quite a few actually.
