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Gentle Giant Bust Ups!
« on: February 14, 2004, 08:27 PM »
Well, our friends at www.rbelscum.com have pictures of the new Bust-Up toys...busts...things, and Ive got to tell you, I am not passing up if I see these. They all have fantastic detail! How about you all?


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Re: Bust Ups!
« Reply #1 on: April 9, 2004, 03:56 PM »
GalacticHunter has an article up detailing the first wave of these (for preorder at AFX apparently).  Although they might not have the detail of the slightly larger "mini busts" from Gentle Giant, this does look like it could be a neat little line...and much more affordable.  Haven't decided if I'm going to get them or not yet, but they don't look too bad.  The first wave is "Heroes of the Rebellion".  You can check out the article here:

GH's Bust Ups Article

Here's a look at Wave 1 (Ceremonial Han, Ceremonial Luke, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, Yoda, and C-3PO)


Anyone else interested in these?  I've always liked the other Gentle Giant busts, but have never gotten any due to the price of them.  The size of these, along with the lower price point makes them tempting to me.  However, I have these Unleashed "statues" sitting here as well, so maybe I don't need more :).
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Re: Bust Ups!
« Reply #2 on: April 9, 2004, 06:29 PM »
I'd get the 3PO, but the others I'm not so sure about.

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Re: Bust Ups!
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2004, 03:38 PM »
the only thing that bothers me about these is that they are going to be blind packed, like the kubricks  ::)

so i guess there's gonna be a lotta tradin' going on to get a full set....

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Re: Bust Ups!
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2004, 12:10 AM »
and i have just learned that there is a "chase" version of leia, 1 in 24  ::)

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Re: Bust Ups!
« Reply #5 on: May 5, 2004, 04:21 PM »
GH has a picture of the Zuckuss Bust Up...trying hard not to like these, they seem like Kubricks in a way, plus they are tiny...Damn


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Re: Bust Ups!
« Reply #6 on: May 6, 2004, 09:30 AM »
Rebelscum has the Darth Vader Bust Up and SSG has the new Royal Guard as well

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Re: Bust Ups!
« Reply #7 on: May 9, 2004, 02:20 PM »
I'm thinking about collecting these. Real bad bug, I have.

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Re: Bust Ups!
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2004, 02:57 PM »


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Re: Bust Ups!
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2004, 05:52 PM »
There's a decent spread on Series 2 in the new issue of Lee's as well.
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Re: Bust Ups!
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2004, 06:06 PM »
Funny, but I was just flipping through that magazine about an hour ago at lunch, and was going to mention the same thing in here Nick, but in all my senility - already forgot.

Great layout, and some pretty cool little mini-busts there.  Tempting, indeed.  It's also got 4-LOM pictured in it (but not the Zuckuss above), so I'd wager that an IG-88, Bossk and Dengar aren't too far behind...

$5 a pop, but blind packed.  I'll have to think about it, and see what the rest of the gang here decides.  If there's a good trading network in place here, making it easier to put together a complete set, I may just go for it.
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Re: Bust Ups!
« Reply #11 on: June 11, 2004, 06:16 PM »
Seek and ye shall find.....

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Re: Bust Ups!
« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2004, 06:17 PM »
The Bossk is basically a scaled down version of the Mini-bust.  Somehow the Boba Fett got cut out of the pics.  Drat!
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Re: Bust Ups!
« Reply #13 on: June 11, 2004, 06:18 PM »
Oh yeah...  Forgot about that shot from your TF coverage.  Cool, thanks Nick.

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I'm sure I'm gonna cave on these though.   :-\
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Re: Bust Ups!
« Reply #14 on: June 12, 2004, 07:46 PM »
Might just collect the OT line. There are just too many other things out there for these to come along.