How many SAGA2 Sandtroopers do you have?

[Darth_Anton]

Yeah, they are. There's a Endor wave revision case with the Sandtrooper, DS Gunner, At-At driver and Utapau Clonetrooper.

[MetalJedi]

Picked up a few more in a trade(up to 20 I think). Gonna convert them into Stormies though.

[Kill_Solo]

I have 9, and I'm good with 9.

[Famine]

Picked up 2 upon Dressel Rebels suggestion.

Kevin

[Jayson]

4 for me

[Darth_Anton]

I've been getting a lot of these in trade and have been converting most into regular Stormies.  I just counted last night and I have 70, not including the 3 on the way from another trade

If you must know, I'm aiming to replace my comtech stormtroopers, that's why they're still on my trade list.

[Dressel Rebel]

If you must know, I'm aiming to replace my comtech stormtroopers, that's why they're still on my trade list.

That's interesting that you brought that up.  I was talking with Kevin and I posed this hypothetical.  The POTF2 stormie was an improvement over the Vintage stormie, and the Commtech stormie was an improvement over the POTF2, then the VOTC/SAGA 2 was an improvement over the Commtech.  Is there any way Hasbro can improve the VOTC/SAGA 2 to make a "leaps and bounds" improvement yet again?

Cuz I think we might be near the pinnacle of Hasbro's ability here.

[Darth_Anton]

Cuz I think we might be near the pinnacle of Hasbro's ability here.

I agree, though there are four improvements that Hasbro can make in the Stormtrooper:

1) Slightly larger (more proportional) helmet. - That's for you Travis.
2) DS Gunner like holster
3) Ball joint hips
4) Wider grasping hands

That said, even if all of those improvements are made, I they shouldn't make the VOTC Stormtrooper obsolete as long as the same standard is held to that superior sculpt. In fact, none of those improvements should effect the base parts. The thing that worries me though is how the Tin Sandtrooper turned out. A new upper torso was sculpted to accommodate the human head. For some reason, that piece was slightly larger and the shoulder area wound up looking more like a Comm tech trooper shoulder with black space between the armor strap and the shoulder joint.

[Reid]

Saw two of these at Target but easily passed on 'em.

[Dressel Rebel]

Saw two of these at Target but easily passed on 'em.

Then you gotta make sure you have the $14 on you next time.

[Reid]

Saw two of these at Target but easily passed on 'em.

Then you gotta make sure you have the $14 on you next time.

I had money, I even picked up a Chief Chirpa... I passed on 'em cause I di'int want them. I already have the Evo Sandtrooper and that's good (If not better) than the TSC one.

[Dressel Rebel]

I passed on 'em cause I di'int want them.

Mmm yeah most collectors pass on a top ten figure of all time which also happens to be an army builder. 

I already have the Evo Sandtrooper and that's good (If not better) than the TSC one.

Nope, evo is lacking the waist articulation, making the VOTC stormie (and it's souped up counterpart SAGA2 sandie) superior to the evolutions sculpt.

Even if it weren't for the waist articulation issue, the SAGA2 sandie has both standard stormtrooper and sandtrooper capability, whereas the evo can only be a sandtrooper.

I'd be interested to hear how you think the evo sandie is better than SAGA2.  But I'm afraid this is just another one of your attempts to zero in on an all time great that everyone has at a minimum in their Top 20 of all time, and say you pass on it and don't like it just for the attention, even if it's negative attention.

[Dressel Rebel]

Just to wrap up my thoughts on this subject, from Rebelscum:

Greatest Hits 2007: Fan Favorites Round 1 Results
Posted by Curto on October 20, 2006 at 01:49 PM CST:
In case you missed it:
Because of the continued demand for the basic figures from both consumers and retailers, Hasbro is going to release a line of "Greatest Hits" figures in spring 2007 to run alongside The 30th Anniversary Collection. This will be a series of straight repacks packaged similar to TAC, complete with collector coins and including figures from across the entire modern Star Wars collection.  As revealed in today's Force-Cast, the VOTC Stormtrooper ran away with the lead votes, earning more votes than ANY OTHER FIGURE.

[MetalJedi]

Saw two of these at Target but easily passed on 'em.

Then you gotta make sure you have the $14 on you next time.

I had money, I even picked up a Chief Chirpa... I passed on 'em cause I di'int want them. I already have the Evo Sandtrooper and that's good (If not better) than the TSC one.

Somebody must be mad about everyone dissing the Naboo Soldier.

[Ryan]

I found one more today at a TRU. I think it must have been in one of the revision cases because there weren't many other Tatooine figures there.

I'm up to 33 now. That's 33 more than the Naboo Soldier, and I can't say I'm at all saddened by that.