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Bonus Pit Droids
JediMAC:
Begun, my Bonus Pit Droid collection has...
I've finally picked up my first couple Episode 1 Bonus Pit Droids via a recent trade, including carded versions of Anakin Pilot with Pit Droid and Obi-Wan with Pit Droid. Since these are foreign exclusives (to the U.S.), they're obviously a little pricey, so I've held off on going after them for quite a while. I also was trying to not consider them as part of the standard line, since they weren't released here in the States, but when it gets down to it, these are DIFFERENT figures than anything else released to date, unlike their counterpart Bonus Battle Droids, which were released in one of those Naboo Playsets here, I believe.
I still haven't decided whether I need both a carded and loose set of these, as usual, but I'm leaning towards just a loose set, since that's technically where the difference in the Pit Droids really lies. I can just write off the different packaging as being "foreign", which I don't really collect. But any distinctly different loose figures are a must for a "complete" loose collection as far as I'm concerned, which is what these Bonus Pit Droids are. There seem to be 6 different loose versions, segregated into two distinct poses (3 of each). No idea how many different carded versions there are, which is where I need some help to determine if I want to collect those as well...
I still haven't completely brushed up on all the intricacies of this Bonus Pit Droid line, which I'll have to do soon. I know Adam May over at GH put together a nice feature on them (in their loose state only) not too long ago, so if you're interested in learning more about them like I am, take a gander. Here's a couple pix from his article...
Wave 1, with Pilot Anakin, Obi-Wan & Sith Lord Maul:
Wave 2, with Naboo Royal Guard and Holo Sidious:
So who else has some/all of these Bonus Pit Droids? If not, are they still on your "to do" list, or are you just brushing them off as "foreign"? I know Tom (Darth Kenobi) was going to start working on a set of them, since he recently finished off his Bonus Battle Droid collection. Anyone else? If so, where'd you find them, and for about how much? Got my first two for about $17 each in trade value...
JediMAC:
(back from my eBay research...)
Geeezz... Now that I've refreshed my memory on these, it looks like there were 5 total figures these came carded with: Pilot Anakin, Obi-Wan, Sith Lord Maul, Naboo Royal Guard, and Holo Sidious. Ani, Obi & Maul came in the "1st wave", followed by the NRG and Holo Sid in the second wave. There were also 3 different Bonus Pit Droids in each wave (6 in total), as seen in my post above.
The crappy thing is that all 3 Pit Droids were apparently available with each figure in their respective wave, which means there's 9 carded variations in Wave 1 between Ani, Obi & Maul, and 6 more carded variations in Wave 2 between the NRG and Holo Sid. That's 15 total carded figures a Carded Completist would have to track down, versus only 6 different loose variants in total between the various Bonus Pit Droids...
It looks like any of the carded specimens from the 1st wave will run you about $20 each. But to make matters worse, the second wave with the NRG and Holo Sid run WAY higher at around $70 - $90. So to put a complete carded set of these together, you're looking at dropping around $660. :o
All six Bonus Pit Droid loose will probably cost you about $300, unless you can find them already loose (and not have to open them off a card), in which case they'd probably be a bit less.
Looks like I'll be sticking to just trying to pick up the 6 of them loose, and laying off these "foreign" cards as being any part of my complete carded collection, which was my original plan all along. Or perhaps I'll just keep one carded specimen from each wave, and that'll suffice for my carded needs...
So, with that said - 2 down, and 4 to go! Thank God the two I received in this trade were actually different Pit Droids from Wave 1, since I never bothered to ask the fella I traded with about that, and they could've very easily been the same Pit Droid with both Ani and Obi... :-\
Phew... Consider my dumb ass informed now! :P
dustrho:
I've been thinking about doing the same thing as you Matt, since I had recently finished up my single-pack carded EP1 collection. But, as you also mentioned it's going to be pretty pricey so i'm just holding off for now.
Jesse James:
I'd love these things loose, but I just cannot justify hunting t hem down and paying the high prices for them right now. A loose set would rock though. Kind of like how the novelty of a loose FF set is... They're not common, and look neat all together.
I'll just have to be happy with my small set of extra's I have, and no Euro Bonus droids for now.
Nicklab:
I've got a few of these. I have two colors of Pit Droids from the first set (with Obi-Wan and Maul), and the third color with the Naboo Royal Guard. I really like these, and I wish they'd seem some sort of widde release in the US. The toolboxes alone are pretty cool accessories.
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