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Re: Why collect prequel figures if you don't like the Prequels?
« Reply #30 on: September 20, 2012, 05:03 PM »
I think CT's bigger flaw was it's a technology that needed more time to improve...  The sounds and voices were neat, but garbled and not really clear.  From a kid's perspective, I imagine things like the light/sound R2 is far more entertaining and interesting than the CT's voices you could barely make out in some cases.
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Re: Why collect prequel figures if you don't like the Prequels?
« Reply #31 on: September 20, 2012, 06:36 PM »
Ah, the commtech reader...what a piece of ****.

I should probably type that up for you as a "forum guest review" on our front page...  you really can't expand on it much further than that, and it's a fair and accurate assessment.

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Re: Why collect prequel figures if you don't like the Prequels?
« Reply #32 on: September 20, 2012, 09:14 PM »
Well, if there's a silver lining to the whole Commtech thing, the chips could be used as figure stands.  Plus, the Commtech Reader came with a ball chain to wear all your Commtech chips.  Not sure what the bonus is to that last part.
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Re: Why collect prequel figures if you don't like the Prequels?
« Reply #33 on: September 21, 2012, 01:16 AM »
I think it makes me look cool when I wear them... errr...  I mean it WOULD make me look cool, if I wore them, and stuff.  :-[
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Re: Why collect prequel figures if you don't like the Prequels?
« Reply #34 on: September 21, 2012, 07:28 PM »
Isn't there an app that makes your iphone look like a commtech reader?
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Re: Why collect prequel figures if you don't like the Prequels?
« Reply #35 on: September 22, 2012, 11:28 AM »
Just a thought...what if figures came with a stand that had a QR code on it.  Then you could scan it and see...maybe  a scene from a movie?  Stats about the character?  I dunno...but I think it's a great idea!
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Re: Why collect prequel figures if you don't like the Prequels?
« Reply #36 on: September 22, 2012, 05:23 PM »
I dunno...but I think it's a great idea!

I agree, it's an excellent idea.
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Re: Why collect prequel figures if you don't like the Prequels?
« Reply #37 on: September 22, 2012, 06:10 PM »
I wish each figure came with some sort of usable diorama accessory... a chair, computer console, etc.

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Re: Why collect prequel figures if you don't like the Prequels?
« Reply #38 on: September 23, 2012, 04:04 PM »
I like that stuff too, and that's a big reason I miss 30AC and consider that the golden age of collecting.  2007 gave us some of the cooler stuff beside a figure that we ever got.

I think those days are largely done though, outside of a larger pack format or "deluxe" stuff.
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Re: Why collect prequel figures if you don't like the Prequels?
« Reply #39 on: September 25, 2012, 10:52 AM »
Im with you on ethe lights and sounds R2, those things are super neat, one of the only cool things to come out of Saga 2002.
I set up my battle of grassy plain last night, all of my battle droids for that scene are 1999 models, with commtechs, so I used teh other characters commstands to stand up my POTJ gungan warriors.
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Re: Why collect prequel figures if you don't like the Prequels?
« Reply #40 on: September 25, 2012, 01:15 PM »
I wish light/sound R2's dome could move...not 360 degrees, but just enough.

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Re: Why collect prequel figures if you don't like the Prequels?
« Reply #41 on: September 25, 2012, 01:50 PM »
Really it could be done with just metal connectors ala a flash light's twist on/off switch.  Have that start it, and it's completely doable.  Twist it another direction and it turns off.  Simple.
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