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« on: December 16, 2005, 10:16 AM »
My collecting habits changed around the time of Episode 1/POTJ stuff. I no longer picked up everything, only what I liked. The crap that was Saga/Episode 2 made me cut back even more due to the preposed figures and action features. ROTS figures made me start to like most of what Hasbro was doing, so I bought more Star Wars figures this year than I have in a long time. Now I look at the new stuff they will be giving us and I am not impressed. They are taking several steps back IMO. The figure choices are not good, the articulation is going backwards and maybe I am starting to grow out of Star Wars toys somewhat. I know I won't buy much of what we've seen. I will only buy Leia from the Carkoon wave, the At At Driver, Veers and Major Clavin from Hoth, maybe the orange clone from the Geonosis wave and that's about it so far. I have no need for the other crap they are giving us. Like it would have been hard for them to redo the VOTC Boba and give us an SA Jango for Geonosis. They could have modified the Pilot Obi body and given us an SA Mace and an AOTC Obi instead of that crap 3PO and the other preposed Jedi. They could have given us an SA Hoth Stormtrooper in the Hoth wave. They could have made the Carkoon Han SA and repainted the VOTC Boba for the Carkoon wave. They are lazy and cheap and it will hurt them. As I said in another thread, I have no need of the core characters if they are not SA. We were spoiled this past year with SA goodness from ROTS and VOTC and Hasbro should realize that is what we will want from now on. I will no longer buy any versions of Vader, Yoda, R2, Chewie or Boba unless they surpass the VOTC versions. I only will buy 3PO if he has articulated elbows and knees. I want SA versions of X-Wing Luke, Hoth Luke, Bespin Luke, a Jedi Luke that has hands that can actually hold his weapons and has a cloth skirt that doesn't impede movement, Hoth Leia, Bespin Leia, Endor Leia, Hoth Han, Bespin Han, Endor Han, General Lando, a good normal R5D4 and SA versions of all army builders they don't have plans for. I will pick and choose from whatever else they give us. They are going to have to work hard for my money from now on.