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Re: 6" Black Series - The Force Awakens Wave 1 (SPOILERS)
« Reply #30 on: September 2, 2015, 11:53 AM »
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For twice as much as you can buy them in a couple days!  Um, no thanks.

I just posted for the pictures, not as a good option to buy.   ;)

I know.  I just had to comment on that.  Just funny.  It will be interesting to see if anyone is stupid going to bite

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Re: 6" Black Series - The Force Awakens Wave 1 (SPOILERS)
« Reply #31 on: September 2, 2015, 01:11 PM »
Ebay Seller with all five in-hand for sale

For twice as much as you can buy them in a couple days!  Um, no thanks.

I just posted for the pictures, not as a good option to buy.   ;)

I know.  I just had to comment on that.  Just funny.  It will be interesting to see if anyone is stupid going to bite

And someone did.  The seller had two complete sets, and one sold.  Amazing, since these are going to be everywhere in less than 48 hours.
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Re: 6" Black Series - The Force Awakens Wave 1 (SPOILERS)
« Reply #32 on: September 4, 2015, 12:00 AM »
TFA Wave 1 is up on Amazon now, $19.99 each...
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Re: 6" Black Series - The Force Awakens Wave 1
« Reply #33 on: September 4, 2015, 11:02 AM »
I tore into this wave late last night before falling into a stupor. There were some surprises to me. You think you know what it going to appeal to you but sometimes in hand your opinions change.

Finn is very well done, good sculpt, good paint apps, but ultimately it is a pretty boring figure. Next to Chewie he seemed to draw the least interest last night. I shudder to think about them carrying this guy forward into later waves. The Stormtrooper would be a much better choice.

Chewie is about as expected. Was more exciting the first time around.

Kylo Ren is nice, paint apps around the visor seem to vary, but mine is ok. Unfortunately he has a wonky right foot that seems stuck downward. I'm glad in restrospect I got a couple of these so I can swap him out for a better version. The soft goods work well on mine, but he's not one of the more interesting figures to me somehow.

The FO Stormtrooper is cool, I like the design and all, and the two guns, but the plastic on certain parts of the armor feels cheap and flimsy to me. I don't know how to describe it exactly, but if you hold him in hand next to a regular Stormtrooper you will see the difference.

The unexpected star of the wave for me was Rey and BB8 though. I felt like this would be a boring figure beforehand but mine is really beautiful, I mean they dead nailed the paint apps on the face. It's a great effort. I just wish they had included her headscarf. BB-8 came out very well too, at least IMO. Yeah they could have tweaked a few things with the paint wash and whatnot, but I like the final product. Sturdier than I expected.

All in all, a very solid first wave, the next one looks even better. Hope we get back to the non-TFA figs before too too long though.
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Re: 6" Black Series - The Force Awakens Wave 1
« Reply #34 on: September 4, 2015, 12:42 PM »
Kylo Ren is nice, paint apps around the visor seem to vary, but mine is ok. Unfortunately he has a wonky right foot that seems stuck downward. I'm glad in restrospect I got a couple of these so I can swap him out for a better version. The soft goods work well on mine, but he's not one of the more interesting figures to me somehow.

The way the lightsaber blade is done is odd, too.  Different type of plastic use than the others and all three blades look to be one piece of plastic (I have yet to open it).

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Re: 6" Black Series - The Force Awakens Wave 1
« Reply #35 on: September 5, 2015, 10:56 AM »
I saw all of these while on my toy run yesterday morning with the exception of the Stormtrooper.  It seems like that one, followed by the Rey/BB-8 combo, were the fastest sellers.  I saw Finn, Kylo Ren, and Chewie at all three locations I visited.

Looking at the announced lineup, plus the list of exclusives that's coming out, it looks like Hasbro is really going all in with the Black Series 6" for this year.  It all looks great, but it sure is going to get pricey.

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Re: 6" Black Series - The Force Awakens Wave 1
« Reply #36 on: September 5, 2015, 04:04 PM »
Gotta admit, these all look pretty sharp. Can't wait to crack them open.
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Re: 6" Black Series - The Force Awakens Wave 1
« Reply #37 on: September 5, 2015, 04:54 PM »
Stang.  I Was hoping the Elite figures would match up well with these, so we could pick and choose between them, but the Elite figures are more like a 7" line vs. 6" Black Series.  Captain Phasma dwarfs black series Stormtrooper.  Reminds me a lot of the Marvel Select vs. Legends sizes - just noticable enough not to work.  I'm hooked on the elite figs despite the similar size.  The Stormtrooper, for example, looks a thousand times better in Die Cast and there's tons more atriculation than I expected.
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Re: 6" Black Series - The Force Awakens Wave 1
« Reply #38 on: September 6, 2015, 11:50 PM »
the Elite figures are more like a 7" line vs. 6" Black Series. 

Yep.  Your Marvel Select/Legends analogy is pretty close.  It sounds like they purposely designed them to a 6.5" = 6 foot scale so they would be just different enough from the Hasbro stuff.
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Re: 6" Black Series - The Force Awakens Wave 1
« Reply #39 on: June 5, 2016, 12:06 PM »
Per this Flyguy Instagram post, it looks like there's a running change on Rey & BB-8.  The new version includes the Skywalker lightsaber.  I'm not sure if I'm actively going to pursue this one, since the K-Mart exclusive version also included the lightsaber.
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Re: 6" Black Series - The Force Awakens Wave 1
« Reply #40 on: June 5, 2016, 01:10 PM »
I'll wait until Hasbro releases it for the fourth time with Han's blaster. ;)

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Re: 6" Black Series - The Force Awakens Wave 1
« Reply #41 on: June 5, 2016, 05:44 PM »
What about the 5th release with the First Order Stormtrooper blaster?
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Re: 6" Black Series - The Force Awakens Wave 1
« Reply #42 on: June 6, 2016, 11:26 AM »
Sixth release with Finn's/Poe's jacket  ;)

Note: she is being included in wave 4 shipments with Asty & Hux.
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Re: 6" Black Series - The Force Awakens Wave 1
« Reply #43 on: June 6, 2016, 12:35 PM »
And then finally we'll get Resistance Outfit Rey.

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Re: 6" Black Series - The Force Awakens Wave 1
« Reply #44 on: June 8, 2016, 09:26 AM »
So, I received a wave 1 case from Ent Earth yesterday and it too has the Rey with lightsaber.
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