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Collectibles => Past Hasbro 3.75" Lines => Power of the Jedi => Topic started by: MR.ROBOTO on February 24, 2005, 06:37 PM
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I would have to say the security battle droid because I love to army build with battle droids.Plus they were perfect for my battle droid control ship diorama.I might have picked the scout trooper if he had better articulation.
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My favorite PotJ figure is still Bespin Han.
Not the best articulation, but it was light years ahead of the PotF2 Bespin Han. I loved the holster and the sculpt of his coat. Definately my favorite PotJ figure.
Jeff
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I agree with Jeff. The "Bespin Capture" Han Solo was my favorite figure of the line. There were a lot of great ones in POTJ, and really very few "stinkers" in the line overall. Being a Han/Chewie fan (and one of my favorite "versions" of Han - the Bespin version), along with the fact that my wife found and gave me this figure as a Christmas present...it is definitely my favorite.
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My choice is an odd one for me. I'm not the biggest fan of Lando, but I think the POTJ Lando is just a fantastic figure. It's a good likeness, the cape is great and I think the pose is really nice.
R2-Q5 is always one of my faves as well. 300th Fett is cool too, but not a fair comparison given it was more of a deluxe figure.
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The POTJ line-up was filled with great figures... Some of my tops are:
-R4 droid (the green/white droid)
-R2-Q5
-FX-7 (best droid ever still I think)
-Jek Porkins
-Bacta Luke
-Amanaman
-Zutton
-Duros
-Bespin Guard (one of the best army builders ever)
-Teebo (Best Ewok ever)
-Mon Cal Officer/Crewman (Great generic army builder)
-K-3PO (Nice repaint, and needed, just needed a hideable damage feature)
-Sandtrooper (again, great army builder short of wrist articulation)
-Tessek (One of the best Jabba's Palace aliens still)
Hell, I even liked the EU guys like Snowbi Wan, and Qui Gon/Obi-Wan Jedi Training Gear figures. The Mauls were just stale though.
And unfortunately POTJ was a sign of things to come with static poses... Eeth Sloth was a great sculpt but an attrocious figure, and Bespin Leia, Bespin Lando, and DS Escape Han all exemplified figures that were nothing more than a statue you couldn't use outside of its one pose. Those sucked to me for their static poses.
However, my favorite figure from POTJ was easily the...
Imperial Officer!
While I think it's been fairly well widdled down that these guys are actually gunnery crewman (IE: Gunners without the helmets like we're used to) after some photo evidence from ANH (or they could be pilots at rest too), the figure was nonetheless an incredible army builder.
Fairly generic, fairly plentiful (could've stood being moreso though, given that he was always the first to sell-out from the later waves he shipped in), and fairly poseable, he was a great figure overall for filling in any Imperial diorama.
The saga headsculpts just added to his coolness then, but he was a must have in multiples for me. I still pick any of them up if I find them for $5 or less. Just got a pile of all 3 head variants not long ago from someone at Scum actually.
The Imp. Officer gets my nod, though all the figures I listed were fantastic and hold up well even against the VOTC quality we're seeing now... Let's just hope that new and better level of quality carries over to future waves of classic figures then though. Even though POTJ was cool, VOTC showed just how much better things can be.
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Bespin capture Han and Jek.
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Thank you for all your opinions!So im the only one who likes the security battle droid?
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I think the Security Battle Droid was light years ahead of the Battle Droids we got in the Ep. I line. Still a good figure.
My favorite POTJ figure is Plo Koon. That headsculpt is wicked, he's not stuck in one pose, and he had a funky lightsaber.
I didn't like the Saga version since it had that stupid pose and some of that Force **** that was so popular with Hasbro in those days.
Runners-up:
Queen Amidala in that red dress she wore at the beginning of TPM
Scout Trooper
Tessek
Amanaman
Luke w/ Bacta Chamber
Snowbi-Wan
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Jek Porkins is my favorite! ;) In fact, its the only one I bought from the POTJ line.
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I liked the ANH Ben Kenobi...the scuplt was awesome on him.
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Dagobah Vader.
Love the removable mask to reveal Lukey Dukey!
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I'm a big fan of the Bespin Han as well. Still a superb figure.
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Jek Porkins. Or possible the Security Battle Droid; I always thought that was a rather good sculpt.
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Dagobah freaking Vader
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POTJ was a spectacular line, and I really like 95% of them. Some great collector-oriented minor characters, and almost no retreads.
If I had to pick just a handful, it would be:
Battle Droid (Security)
Coruscant Guard
Mas Amedda
Tusken Raider (Desert Sniper)
Mon Calamari (Officer)
Plo Koon (Jedi Master)
Sandtrooper (Tatooine Patrol)
Imperial Officer
R4-M9 (with Mouse Droid)
Although I don't personally own all of these.
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I would say Dagobah Vader and the Sandtrooper were the best out of the line. Honorable mention to the droids and EU characters aswell.
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As a Han Solo (modern and vintage) collector, I've gotta go with the Bespin Han. The articulation wasn't the best, but like some have said, light years ahead of the POTF2 line and much of the POTJ line. I loved the holster and the accurate sized Han. I always wondered why the figures never had holsters that worked and was thrilled to see this one. I liked the figure so much I bought three of them, one to customize, one to open and "play" with (you all know you do it!!), and one to keep with my carded collection.
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Nearly the first figure I went after in this line was Teebo, because my g/f wanted me to get an ewok.... I liked the figure so much that I couldn't give it away, despite the jealous glimmer in her pretty little eyes. I still owe her an ewok.
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There were definitely several great POTJ figures. This line ranks as one of my favorites in the modern era. Only the VOTC line beats out POTJ, IMO.
5 - Coruscant Guard
4 - Imperial Officer
3 - Sandtrooper
2 - Han Solo - Bespin Capture
1 - FX-7
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Probably the Imperial Officer. Good articulation, great sculpt, and above all an imperial army builder. ;D
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See, now that's good thinking Hunter! :)
I was thinking how sweet it'd be to have him re-issued in grey (be nice if they tooled some new legs and headsculpts for him too though) so we could build a nice Tech army too. I've come to the conclusion these are Gunnery Officers or Pilots off-duty myself, and would love some grey Army/Tech guys to pile into dioramas since they were like fly-dirt in the film.
It's one of those figures though that, even if he wasn't changed at all, I'd buy another 10 or 20 of him as he is.
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My favs of this line, and what really REALLY stood out to me were the secondary aliens. Take a look again, the paint jobs were just incredible.
Plo Koon was fantastic, the paint detail on his head was phenominal. Also liked Mas Ameeda, Mon Cal officer, Tessek.
When you look at thier heads, hands, etc. they really took the time to get the paint right, very realistic look, and there are soem really nice small details on those figs.
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As much as i love Amanaman, the best POTJ figure without a doubt is Bacta Luke. Its a figure that i thought they woul dhave never made, and they did an awesome job with it.
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I think I already replied to this thread (favorite=Bespin Han), but I was thinking back to the POTJ days the other day, and this really was a nice line overall. I personally wouldn't mind seeing Hasbro return to the same sort of "release" format they used in those days. Around 25-30ish figures per year, 4-5 vehicles, and some larger (deluxe or ultra, whatever) figures sprinkled in here and there. Of course, use VOTC and ROTS style sculpting and articulation, but the general mix of the entire Saga, character wise, and the lighter release schedule would be welcome from me (and my bank account) :P. Great line, and lots of great choices for best figure.
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I liked the lando wave the most if only you can X that JarJar bastard. I like some others like the Duros, Amanaman, and the vader dagobah. Some guy wanted my security BD so bad he traded a McQuarrie stormtrooper right across for it! I had extras but he wanted"this" one so bad because it had some ..0 whatever edition number on the back of the card..what an ultimatist?! K say my FAV was the lando-that cape was awesome!
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My favorite was the Queen Amidala Royal Decoy...Really like the black dress Amidala for some reason, the headdress and the face sculpt was great...okay, okay so the articulation sucked but since I leave mine in the pack, no problem for me...
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Those Amidala's are like Senator figures to me... Articulation kind of becomes a secondary to sculpt because of the outfit. It's tough to criticize Orn Free Tah as a bad figure because of articulation when he's just a big fattie. He came out as a great figure for some dull Senator though. Amidala's are kinda like that.
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My favorite was the Queen Amidala Royal Decoy...Really like the black dress Amidala for some reason, the headdress and the face sculpt was great...okay, okay so the articulation sucked but since I leave mine in the pack, no problem for me...
Welcome to JD (finally), Zach! And thank you very much for the Red Clonetrooper 3-pack you sent down to me a week or two ago (per your bro's instruction)... Now that you're here, I guess I'll get you started with some well deserved feedback (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=8965.0)! Enjoy the site... 8)
- Matt
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You're Welcome Matt!
Also, I really like the BoShek figure from this line, I don't think it has been mentioned yet. The pilot suit looks really good, and the helmet...man...great. I really like that in this line Hasbro introduced a ton of new sculpts and really attempted to please the fans. I believe that the first two fan's choice figures came out in this line, and although the Duros went on to become a peg warmer, the fact that Hasbro started to listen to fans started here. Also, the new FX-7 droid is great, a new update for a background droid.
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I have to say the security battle droid and sandtrooper tie.
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lots of good figs in this line, i agree
i really like droids like fx7 or r2q5
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300th Boba Fett and Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi.