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Title: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Jeff on July 21, 2010, 11:32 PM
for McMetal - best pic I've seen so far of the ARC TRoopers (http://i.toynewsi.com/g/index.php?mode=view&album=2010_SDCC%2FPreview_Night%2FHasbro%2FStar_Wars&pic=DSC06378.jpg&dispsize=800&start=0).

Looks like one of them might be this guy who was unveiled by sw.com the other day-
(http://starwars.com/fans/events/sdcc_cwfaces/arctrooper_img.jpg)

Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Jesse James on July 21, 2010, 11:35 PM
That is insanely badass.

I'm a little disappointed they're CW3D style (not surprised of course, just was hoping for realistic).  I'll be happy to see ARC Troopers make an appearance in the toon though.  They're overdue by a long time.
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: McMetal on July 22, 2010, 12:06 AM
Thanks a lot, I am psyched to see this as well. It was just in the corner of one of the RS pics, but I could not quite make out the details. Looking forward to some better angles tomorrow...
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: McMetal on July 22, 2010, 09:23 AM
GH had some good shots up of this pack this morning. It looks totally sweet. The Paint Apps on the Red Dude alone are killer. (Sorry, no idea on which colors equate to ranks)
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Jayson on July 22, 2010, 09:41 AM
I think the rank/color designation went out the window a while ago. I think the color is now more attributed to a particular unit/squad.
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Brian on July 22, 2010, 10:06 AM
That is insanely badass.

I'm a little disappointed they're CW3D style (not surprised of course, just was hoping for realistic).  I'll be happy to see ARC Troopers make an appearance in the toon though.  They're overdue by a long time.

Yeah, that does look pretty sweet - and I look forward to seeing them on the toon.  The original ARCs on the prior (Tartakovsky) Clone Wars series were one of my favorite parts of that show.
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: 501ST on July 22, 2010, 12:12 PM
I'm psyched to see ARC Troopers in CW and agree they're overdue.

Good to some moving forward from what was becoming run of the mill character wise in a subject area that could touch on much much more....
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Jabba the Slug on July 22, 2010, 05:57 PM
When I first saw pics of the ARC Troopers BP, I thought Hasbro was releasing 3D versions of the ARC Troopers from the original Clone Wars microseries. Hmm. Too bad.
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Nathan on July 23, 2010, 11:25 PM
So it's the Phase II armor with the extended helmet fin from Phase I? So what the heck is this--Phase I.5?

...and yes, I realze I've become that humorless guy too mired in continuity to appreciate anything new anymore. :-\
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Jesse James on July 23, 2010, 11:41 PM
I've always viewed the armor as somewhat modular...  Attachments are available, the Phase I can be modified to be partially Phase 2 or 3...  Especially for Special Forces, more than other regular Clones who wouldn't necessarilly have all the access to things that Spec. Forces ones do.

I'm cool with it and I like the sort of evolution they're showing too.
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Jabba the Slug on July 23, 2010, 11:45 PM
I think it's great that there's a sort of evolution. I can't picture (in a Star Wars galaxy sort of sense) the clone helmets just going straight from Phase I to Phase II.
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Jesse James on July 23, 2010, 11:48 PM
What's Neyo's helmet supposed to be then, if PHase 1 is AOTC style, and Phase 2 is ROTS style?  ???

Neyo's is way out there...  Then there's the Marine's uniforms.  The "Scout" armor from Kashyyyk...

I think the armor's a constantly evolving thing in the war, ultimately.  New stuff developed for new reasons.  Some legions in the outer rim could be fighting up till the end in the Phase 1 simply because they don't get resupplied as fast or often.  You never know, ya know?

The weirdest thing, to me anyway, was how fast they dropped the color-coding for rank.  That went out the window lickity split and they've never really explained how rank's identified.  I've always assumed it's something that can be seen via the helmet only then, replacing rank because maybe droids are taught to pick off the colored armor first if possible.  Very odd though how that went by the wayside fast.
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Darby on July 24, 2010, 11:39 AM
That guy is awsome and so is the rest of the pack.  Looking forward to (yet more) troopers.
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Greg on July 26, 2010, 10:26 PM
What's Neyo's helmet supposed to be then, if PHase 1 is AOTC style, and Phase 2 is ROTS style?  ???

Neyo's is way out there...  Then there's the Marine's uniforms.  The "Scout" armor from Kashyyyk...

I always thought of that stuff as specialist armor. There is a standard Phase 2 armor, and other accessories are added as needed. In some cases, totally different armor is used. Similar to how the Clone Pilots, ARC/ARF Troopers, and Scuba Clones all fall under the Phase 1 umbrella, yet not all of them utilize the Phase 1 armor.

Anyway, I received the Anti-Hailfire Droid Battle Pack today. The Clone Commander in that set has me even more excited about the opportunity to get four awesome ARCs that will probably use the same sculpt and accessories. The new Fordo-style pistols are great.
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Nathan on July 30, 2010, 02:05 AM
I think it's great that there's a sort of evolution. I can't picture (in a Star Wars galaxy sort of sense) the clone helmets just going straight from Phase I to Phase II.

Well yeah, but II is already an intermediary stage between I and the OT. How many additional "missing links" do we need?

What's Neyo's helmet supposed to be then, if PHase 1 is AOTC style, and Phase 2 is ROTS style?  ???

Neyo's is way out there...  Then there's the Marine's uniforms.  The "Scout" armor from Kashyyyk...

I think the armor's a constantly evolving thing in the war, ultimately.  New stuff developed for new reasons.  Some legions in the outer rim could be fighting up till the end in the Phase 1 simply because they don't get resupplied as fast or often.  You never know, ya know?

I'm all for specialization/customization, but it's getting to a point where a lot of new guys like the flamethrower trooper (http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010CW_FlameClonetrooperLoose01_Full.jpg) look nothing like a clone trooper at all, in color or design.

There's meant to be a core iconic look for the Republic Army, and you can't tell me that the average Joe on the street (in-universe or out of, for that matter) would know that that's supposed to be a clone trooper without being told.
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Jesse James on July 30, 2010, 02:46 AM
Certain armor, to me, would be "special" because of necessity...  Underwater Clones for instance would require training a basic Clone couldn't acheive...  Aquatic legions would just be a necessity to train separately.  To me though, these are fewer in number... 

This is a beef I've had with the OT "Troopers" for years now...  Sandtroopers aren't "Sandtroopers".  They're Stormtroopers in their field gear.  At least to me that's how I view them.  The Pauldrons, the modular packs that seem designed to swap out parts for different needs, are what the basic Stormtrooper wears...  No special training needed.  Same with the "Spacetroopers" we see outside the Death Star...  They're Stormtroopers, just using the zero-g capabilities of their armor.  Zero-G training is something a regular Trooper could easily receive... 

Now the elite Spacetrooper legions are, to me, a limited special group...  Like Navy SEALS in space.  They have training far beyond the basic Zero-G training a Stormtrooper goes through.

Likewise, "Snowtroopers", are just Stormtroopers in their coldweather armor to me.

I agree on the "specialized Clones" issue though...  Too many.  I like the Flamethrower Clones, but why are they sporting the special armor?  What's the point? 

I'm looking at a lot of the armor as just things available for Clones, and some batallions adopt them and some don't.  There are far too many, "Special" legions of Clones though, for my tastes.  It gets corny, and becomes more and more a sales ploy and less and less a logical reason for armor differences I think. 
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Greedo The Green Menace on July 30, 2010, 04:10 AM
I do agree that there seems to be way too many flavors of clone armor, and lets face it, it probably is a marketing thing to sell more toys. On the flamethrower troops though, one could say that maybe their armor is different because it's specially designed with heat resistant, flame retardant properties to protect them from high temperatures as well as allowing them to cause high temperatures. Maybe sometimes they're sent on missions to get deep inside an area and light it up from the inside, like maybe sneak inside a Geonosian hive or something and fry it from inside. The special armor could help their chances of escape afterword. And maybe they're reddish because Geonosis is? Might be just a camo for that specific planet to help them blend in better? Of course, one might also question the logic of having a loose piece of cloth like a skirt hanging off you when you and you're buddies are spewing flames every which way.
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: McMetal on September 21, 2010, 10:49 AM
Bump - snagged this badboy earlier today. It's sweet. The helmet paint apps on the commander are a little sloppy, but Rex and the 2 Troopers came out very well. Other than Rex, the other 3 are no names - might have been cool to see Fives and the other dude from Friday's episode as the troopers, and whatsisname as the Comm, but no biggie.
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: shmashwitdaclub on September 21, 2010, 11:23 AM
Couldn't the no-named Arcs in this pack actually be Echo and Fives?  We haven't seen what they look like yet in that armor, so maybe Hasbro did it as an early "surprise"?
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Jabba the Slug on September 22, 2010, 12:35 AM
Hopefully one of the ARC's in this pack are one of the ARC's Asajj gave a little too much, uh, love. :P
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Brian on September 22, 2010, 09:53 AM
I received this and the Mando battle packs from HTS yesterday, and I have to say, it is really pretty well done.  I think pretty much any of these figures are realistic enough to "fit in" as well, for those looking for that.  Really some nice figures.
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Jayson on September 23, 2010, 04:35 PM
I picked this set up today and it's pretty nice. Too bad the red phase 2 ARC Trooper isn't accurate to the cartoon. I wonder if Hasbro's intended him to be Commander Colt, but were working from early reference material without the skull paint job on the CGI skin?
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Jeff on September 27, 2010, 11:22 AM
How different/new is the Rex in this box?  I heard he has a new head, helmet, and gun... anything else?
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Jayson on September 27, 2010, 11:36 AM
How different/new is the Rex in this box?  I heard he has a new head, helmet, and gun... anything else?

The paint job is different and the pauldron sculpt (http://www.yakface.com/TGuide2004/html/TCW10/battlepacks/ARC_troopers.html) seems to be different as well.
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Jabba the Slug on September 27, 2010, 10:43 PM
I think I like the original Rex helmet sculpt better... :-\ The new one seems wider, almost like the TLC Obi-Wan's helmet was to fit on the bigger head sculpt.
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Pete_Fett on October 2, 2010, 01:21 AM
I picked this set up tonight at a WalMart on the way home.

This is a much better set than the Mando Warriors one.

I can't decide whether I like the Red or Blue ARC Trooper better. The ARC Commander is cool too - but I really like the new helmet sculpt that the Red & Blue ARCs have.

I'm definitely gonna see if I can pick up a second one of these to open.

Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Jeff on October 27, 2010, 12:34 PM
I picked up this set on Monday night and finally had a chance to open it last night. 

My first impression of the new ARCs was that they were too busy, but the look is starting to grow on me.  Overall, it's a nice collection of new parts - pauldrons, backpacks, gauntlest, guns - it's really a great set (and even nicer that I was able to get it at the $20 TRU sale price this week :)).
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: ruiner on November 22, 2010, 04:28 PM
Are these plentiful outside of Iowa?

Still haven't seen one in the stores.
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Darby on November 22, 2010, 06:31 PM
Hey Travis, there's one at W'Loo Wally right now.   :)
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: Jesse James on November 22, 2010, 09:19 PM
I've never seen this pack, ever.  So Pittsburgh's at least similar to your area Travis.
Title: Re: CW "ARC Troopers" Battle Pack
Post by: iFett on November 25, 2010, 08:38 PM
Meh...I've seen this a few times in the past month or so.  Wish I had more love for toon figs or $25 BP's.  PASS