I think the figures look pretty nice. Anakin is a little too preposed for my liking. Gone are the action features, staying are the crappy head leans and preposedness which makes a figure only good looking in one position.
Durge is a Power Rangers toy and leads into my rant...
I sure hope the kiddies like these because I see Clone Wars crap clogging the pegs when EpIII merchandise hits in '05
This may be the Worst Idea Ever next to SOTE...
I'm happy for those of you who want EU figs, but I fear the consequences for those of us who don't.
I really think we will be seeing this stuff forever, the "cartoon" isn't really a cartoon and will create some buzz but is it going to suck in new purchasers...some not masses though
Are these new tricked out designs going to appeal to the kid in the aisle who can only pick out one toy, maybe...
Are the many SW collectors who could care less about EU going to buy these? Nope
So if they are produced in similar numbers to previous Collection 1 figs will the influx be more than the outflux...
I personally believe
Soccer Moms + New Cartoon Veiwers + Completionists + EU Enthusiats < EU Haters + People Not Happy with Saga Product Still + Hasbro's Overproduction Thinking that they will sell thousands of these
The last factor there is the key and is a problem with pegwarming already. If you collected during SOTE you will know what I mean, some KB's
still have Prince Xizors warming the pegs