I have no problem at all with this repainted Obi-Wan Kenobi Jedi Interceptor.  It's a far superior paintjob to the original.  Which begs the question of why was the original so messed up?

The rumor mill also has it that Hasbro is re-doing the green Anakin Jedi Interceptor as well.  And the original release on that suffered from the same inaccurate paintjob as the original Obi-Wan fighter.  It's good to see Hasbro making good on this at the very least.

I'm happy to get something of a break on Sports Picks for the remainder of the year.  The only thing I'll be after is the NY Giants 3" team pack.  I saw the Earl "The Pearl" Monroe figure from the new NBA Legends, and while I know a little of the history of that team, I've never really been a Knicks fan.  I was more excited to see the Bill Russell figure, to be honest.

Todd McFarlane has something against the NJ Devils, so I know I won't be seeing any of them in the NHL lineup.  At least I can take it easy until the local MLB players start showing up next spring.  But then I'm a little curious to see what they're going to do with the Roger Maris-Mickey Mantle 2-pack in the Cooperstown series.

I've finally seen a few pieces of NFL 15 in the stores, but nothing so exciting as to make me want to buy one of these figures.  The overall appeal for Sports Picks has somewhat diminished for me.  Plus I don't like the new clamshell design.  It seems like you're getting less for your money, even if it's just a more compact package and the figure size remains the same.

As for the NFL 15 lineup?  Riddle me this:  why yet another Peyton Manning in a passing pose?  This is perhaps the 4th Peyton Manning in a passing pose in a row that McFarlane has offered.  How about Peyton at the line of scrimmage calling an audible the way he does?  Now THAT would be a really interesting new figure.

Beyond that, the Ray Lewis figure is kind of cool.  It's not really my thing, but it captures the guy's essence when he makes his way onto the field.

Bought another Obi-Wan & ARC Trooper comic 2-pack on sale today for $8.90 at a nearby Target.  Nice value, and great customizing potential on the Obi-Wan.

I think that yes, we might be wrong on the troops thing.  I just came back from a store right around the corner from me.  It gets a LOT of collector traffic, and there's also a local collecting shop that supplements their own stock from this store.  And you know what?  It's packed to the gills with army builders.  I can go there and buy at least half a dozen of the following and not make a serious impact:

-AOTC Clone Troopers
-ROTS Clone Troopers
-Galactic Marines
-Death Star Troopers
-Stormtroopers
-Sandtroopers
-501st Clone Troopers

In the past I could understand why people clamored for some army builders.  Back in 1999/2000 the CommTech Stormtrooper was THE army builder.  Part of the reason why is because the sculpt was so much better than any previous Stormtrooper plus the fact that it did not really ship in great numbers.  And the same went for the Clone Wars ARC Troopers and Clone Trooper.  They weren't out in substantial numbers and they got gobbled up.  And in the case of the Clone Trooper there, it was one of the first really super articulated figures on the market, so naturally collectors and army builders were drawn to that figure.

But now?  Hasbro has flooded the market with Clone Troopers.  Just take a look at RS's class picture of the ROTS Clones.  It's an obscene number of Clone Troopers.  And they're almost all great sculpts.

Based on what I'm seeing at retail on a regular basis, it seems like the right time to dial it down a bit on the Imperial troops and the Clone troops.  I know I'd like to see a shift in focus with the troopers.  There are definitely people out there that want to build Battle Droid armies, Rebel armies and the like.  Pegwarming troops are not good for the overall health of the line.  The line needs to have broad appeal so that it will sell better.  So if that means a little less for the army builders...so be it.

Are the Anakin and Obi the same ones Target put out last year as exclusives? I think they should have added the panning droid with those figures, maybe they would not have become peg warmers! Does anyone know how many more waves of the 30th they are going to do before they start TFU figures? OR are those going to be packed in the 30th cards as well? No more coins?   

Whoa, talk about some serious ADD.  Maybe try one question at a time.  

Not one, but TWO hot female Jedi?  WHOA.  Very cool poses, and the sculpts look dead-on. 

Quote from: nheimbigner on October 11, 2007, 07:28 AM

some one ask jedi defender to ask hasbro

I think I posted in the Hasbro Q&A fourm. Bring on Darth Bane!

Darth Bane's already confirmed for the second Sith Evolutions 3-pack.