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Title: Altha Prime?? whaaa?...
Post by: Mitsukara on April 8, 2006, 02:37 PM
According to the beloved Rebel Scum (http://www.rebelscum.com/potf2euimperialsentinel.asp), the Imperial Sentinel seen in Dark Empire is takenfrom an unused concept sketch for the Emporer's Royal Guard. I can buy that, but it's what they say next that has me scratching my head:

"The Imperial Sentinel  was almost made as a vintage figure named Altha Prime,, in a series of toys designed to continue after the Classic Trilogy. Altha Prime and his Clone Warriors would have been a new challenge for our heroes, but the line was never developed past conceptual designs."

Is this true?? ??? Granted, my knowledge of vintage figures is overall a bit limited and my knowledge of preproduction figures even more so (though I have heard and seen pictures, IIRC, that they had working prototypes of Chewbacca's family for the holiday special and for some reason a Luke figure clad in long jedi robes resembling Anakin's and Obi Wan's), but I found this quite interesting. If it is legitimate, does anyone have any further information on this unproduced line, or any others?
Title: Re: Altha Prime?? whaaa?...
Post by: Jeff on April 8, 2006, 02:54 PM
Yes, it is absolutely true.

As is the case with many many things about the Vintage line, the answer can be found at www.ToysRGus.com (http://www.toysrgus.com/index.php?action=disp_item&item_id=47404).

If you've never seen it, head over there and read the 1985-1986 Line Extension Feature (http://www.toysrgus.com/images-speci/85LineExt/index.html) that they have over there.  It's a really cool look at what might have been if the line had continued...



Title: Re: Altha Prime?? whaaa?...
Post by: HWR on May 11, 2006, 06:23 AM
It's also confirmed in Steve Sansweet's book The Action Figure Archive.