Galactic Heroes Thread

[evenflow]

I am pumped for the Dewback and Rancor, cant wait to see pics.

[Scott]

Next couple of 2 Packs..

Plo Koon and Clone Pilot Jag
Shaak Ti and Grevious Bodyguard
Slave Leia and R2-D2 Sail Barge
Destroyer Droid and Jar Jar Binks
Padme and AOTC Red Clone Trooper
Anakin and AOTC Clone Trooper Blue
Kit Fisto and General Grevious
R2-D2 and Super Battle Droid

[Jeff]

I am pumped for the Dewback and Rancor, cant wait to see pics.

Unfortunately, you'll be waiting a bit.

The rancor and the dewback sets were shown during the presentation and were not in the showroom to be photographed. 

Hasbro is sending out images, when we get them, we'll post them.  In the meantime, check out Vader's TIE and the Ep2 Starfighter sets:

[evenflow]

Sucks they were not there. As for the 2 vehicles tey are passes for me. I was afraid i would want the figures included but it seems to have worked out well.

[The Stolen CCG License]

Lots of things to be excited about.  Even more than I was hoping for.

I gotta say though, Jar Jar/ Destroyer Droid may cross a new line for Galactic Heroes.  I'm happy all those Cinema Scene exclusives are trickling out in the two-packs.  I also had no doubt Hasbro was openly lying about the prospects for Jar Jar coming out in a two pack any time soon, and made my peace with it (for some reason) long before I dropped $25 on him at TRU.  But announcing three months later that he's about to be handcuffed to a NEW figure?  Come on, Hasbro, years of following the plight of 3.75 collectors taught me not to expect much, but I know you're bigger than THAT.  Seriously, how late do I have to stay up tonight before seeing pictures of Qui Gon/ Watto ?

ETA:
Per Jeff's post below...  REDACTED!!!!

[Jeff]

Just to clarify, the JarJar in the upcoming 2-pack is not the same as the Cinema Scene version.

This new one has a "boomer" thingy weapon and a new head sculpt...

[Scott]

Pics!

[Dan]

If the dewback and rancor go as well with kubricks as the jabba, I am beyond stoked!

[Jeff]

We don't have the slides yet, but 'scum was able to get a copy early.  Here are the Dewback and Rancor sets....  dewback should be a wide release, the rancor is TRU exclusive.

[Dan]

They look super- thanks for the pics Jeff!

[evenflow]

Very cool, i like these sets.

[King_Maul]

The new figures look nice as usual especially the vehicles.  These are so fun and cool to collect, and I gotta admit at least for me, Hasbro is making it hard to stop collecting this line.

[Brian]

The new stuff looks pretty cool.  I'm really stoked about a Rancor in the GH line, and hope it won't be too tough to get a hold of (being exclusive).  Overall, it looks like a pretty prequel-heavy year for the GH in general (which is expected I guess), but there's still some nice stuff on the way.  I guess Hasbro is seeing that its not just a "kid's line" with figures like Slave Leia making an appearance now .  Nice to see some new ships as well, I hope they do well and they'll continue.

[iFett]

I knew I missed something in all of those Toy Fair photos.

Lovin the Rancor and the Jedi Starfighter.  Nothing wrong with Slave Leia & Bar2 either. 

[ruiner]

Nothing wrong with Slave Leia & Bar2 either. 

Agreed, but there IS something wrong with those cinema sets.  I don't like to complain (and most don't want to hear it) but Hasbro could stand to put a little more effort in regards to repaints. 

I don't mind 'new' sandtroopers if they have different pauldrons that we don't already have - Blue Snags was cool as were the Cantina Band guys with new instruments.  But these new sets leave a lot to be desired.

*Endor Set - two new Ewoks

*Mustafar Set - new Padme and Commander Thire

*Dewback Set - new Dewback and Luke (what is that, three Tatooine Lukes?)

*Geonosis Set - worst set yet - only new character is the Nexu. 

*Falcon - absolutely nothing new here outside of the Falcon (assuming you missed it the first time).

The vehicles sets are a little easier to swallow (we know the TRU sets will be $25+) because they are newly tooled vehicles and they make up 80% of the set.