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Collectibles => The Vintage Collection => Topic started by: Jeff on February 3, 2010, 01:21 PM
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So, according to info from Hasbro we should be seeing another (*groan*) RotS themed wave this year...
Thoughts on who you'd like to see show up? Have any line-up guesses based on Q&A answers?
Since Senate Duel Palpy showed up in the fan poll, I'd like to think they would finally give us him... but based on recent history with RotS waves, I'm expecting an Anakin of some sort and some other useless figures I don't really need. ::)
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Funeral Padme with floating coffin
Vader and his medical pod oh wait, no pack-ins... or do accessories count?
Dooku's pilot droid.
Fembot (seen in some of the council and opera scenes)
Bail Organa (Airspeeder pilot outfit)
I dunno, just don't think there realy are too many characters I "need" from the movie.
Maybe some of the Speratist leaders not already made.
Oh, the OTHER Utai wrangler!
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- Upgraded Anakin with ball jointed arms
- Senate Duel Palps
- Recolored Utapau Trooper with ball jointed hips and darker Orange to match the Cody
- Cin Drallig
- Spider Grevious
- Shaaki Ti resculpt
- Grevious BodyGuard resculpt
- Obi-Wan Refresh with a new Head/Torso to lose the (FrumPy-Wan Kenobi look)
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I GUARANTEE we get a rerelease of the TLC Grievous with a new cape. And as much as I would complain, I'll buy it for the cape. :-[
But yeah, we don't need more from ROTS, except for Senate Duel Palpatine and an updated Office Duel Palpatine. Maybe an updated Yoda. We'll probably get a Sith Eyes Anakin (which I wouldn't mind if they use the Evolution body with new arms) and judging by the ESB wave, probably a Tarfuul resculpt.
Ooh, I wouldn't mind a redone Magnaguard.
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I'm with the general consensus here where I'd like to see the Senate and Office Duel Palpatines the most. I think ROTS is fleshed out pretty well for the most part otherwise. I'd also like to see the MagnaGuards get a re-do (the CW ones are better than the ROTS ones I think), and there are always Padmes to be made. I wouldn't mind seeing another Wookiee Warrior here or there as well (like Merumeru). I too think we'll see an Anakin in this wave. I think that Hasbro has dropped hints before on "upgrading" the evolutions version, primarily meaning ball jointed elbows. Of course, the way things have been looking lately, they'll probably completely resculpt him instead - which really isn't necessary. I'd be fine with ball joint elbows on the Evo Anakin. I could definitely see Grievous w/cape included here as well.
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Some things from ROTS I'd like to see...
-Anakin's arms get updated to ball-joints.
-Anakin & Obi-Wan with scorched burn marks on their outfits from Mustafar (yeah, I'd buy them again).
-Spider Grievous (I like that idea a lot).
-A new Neimoidian guard (I'm probably one of two people who'd like to see his articulation improved)
-Cat Min release with sturdier plastic for the legs.
-Senate Duel Palpy
-Office Duel Palpy
-A new Royal Guard (SA him?)
-Hangar Clones (unarmored, jumpsuited Clones seen in the background)
-SA Cody Clone like mentioned
-Commander Bly (the accurate deco with a removable helmet, perhaps reflecting how he looks from the cartoon even?)
-Shaak Ti resculpted to SA
-A new smaller built Wookiee Warrior
-501st Trooper with pluggable saber hole for Yoda's impaling scene
-New Tarrful
-Larger platform for Obi/Ani to duel on
-V-Wing Pilot
-Floating Medical Capsule w/Ani
-Small Crab Droid
I'd like to see some of that stuff so I've got hope a ROTS could be good... I just think it's going to be a lot of things I think are kind of lame, but whatever. Maybe a couple of those will slip in there somehow.
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I'd like to see:
Senate Duel Palpatine
Senate Duel Yoda
Tarrfull
Wookies in general
Cin Drallig
Padme's et al
Med Capsule Anakin
That's about it.
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I hope it's some of the following:
Senate Duel Sidious
Senate Duel Yoda
Buns Style Hairdo Padme
Upgraded Anakin
Burnt to a Crisp Anakin and Medical Capsule
Spider Grevious would be nice
Office Duel Sidious
I am not really wanting any but I am sure we'll get a few clonetroopers.
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My own predictions for this wave?
Darth Vader - Sith eyes
Darth Sidious - Senate duel
Tarfful resculpt
GH-7 droid
Cin Drallig
Magnaguard droid
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I would echo a lot of what has already been said, so I won't - but one figure I don't recall seeing as I scanned the posts above is Merumeru (or whatever that Wookie's name is). I would be down for him.
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Yeah, I can't think of any real "wants" from Sith, as many of the original 2005 figures were pretty great. Oddly, I'd like some of the strange opera guests, but that's just me.
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My prediction
Senate Duel Palpatine
Senate Duel Yoda
Cin Drallig
Anakin Skywalker / Vader (TAC version w/ new arms and head)
Magnaguard Droid
Wookiee Warrior (possibly Tarfful)
Grievious (TLC repack)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (TAC repack)
Destroyer Droid (TAC repack)
Utapau Clone Trooper (TSC repack w/ new paint job)
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The only figure I'd like to see from this movie is a great senate duel Sidious.
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Senate Duel Sideous
Senate Duel Yoda
Anakin
Utapaun Clone trooper
Cin Dragill
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My predictions/hopes for the ROTS wave...
TOTALLY NEW:
-Senate Duel or Office Duel Palpatine (either would be fine with me)
-Wookiee Warrior
-Utai (the second one that hasn't been released)
-Padme Amidala (Peacock Gown)
-IG-100 Magna Guard (properly scaled and SA)
-Emperor's Royal Guard (with Force Pike)
PARTIALLY NEW/RETOOLED/REPAINTED:
-Anakin/Darth Vader (repack of 2008 30AC version with Sith Eyes and ball-jointed elbows)
-General Grievous (repack of 2008 TLC version with new arms that don't split into 4 and a cloth cape)
-Utapau/212th Clone Trooper (repaint of 2006 TSC version with subdued orange to match Cody)
-Battle Droid (Target Geonosis SA version repainted in ROTS colors)
STRAIGHT-UP RECARDS:
-Galactic Marine (2007 30AC)
-Commander Cody (2009 TLC)
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Taking in the STAN report my predictions/guesses for TF:
New
Senate Duel Sideous
Senate Duel Yoda
Anakin (with ball jointed arms)
Cin Dragill
Obi-Wan Mustafar Duel
Tarrful
Refreshed
Utapaun Clone trooper (Darker Orange)
Arc Pilot Redco
501st Clone Trooper
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A little bit of news thanks to the Q&A over at HH (http://hanshideout.blogspot.com/2010/03/hasbro-star-wars-q-session-24.html):
** EpIII is the theme for Wave 2 of Vintage, with eight figures will be brought in (seven from EpIII and one from EpIV). Of the seven, four will be upgrades of previously released characters (including an all new Senate Duel Darth Sidious) and the others are "greatest hits" style figures.
Also from the Q&A, there is a picture of the General Grievous from this wave over at JTA (http://www.jeditemplearchives.com/content/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5986/#details).
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Now I'm curious... How will they do this Sidious? Or an Office Duel one? Hmmm...
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Four "upgraded" figures...
Senate Sidious ,Senate Yoda,Anakin and maybe Grevious bodyguard or New Secura?
As to how they will do Sidious, i'm thinking seperate plastic hood and shoulders part of robe with soft goods for rest of robe -something a bit like the last palpatine.
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...Also from the Q&A, there is a picture of the General Grievous from this wave over at JTA (http://www.jeditemplearchives.com/content/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5986/#details).
Now THAT is a good looking Grievous figure. I'll likely get a few of it, providing it's the correct scale. If it is again too short, then it's a one time purchase for me and then only for the cape and weapons.
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I'm assuming it's the Legacy Grievous we already have, with his robe... maybe a better paintjob.
I like the cape's added pockets for saber hilts, that's neat. The cape may be a tad short though, more like it's made for the shorter Grievous figures. :-X
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I love the new cape, I have three of the WM version but this one has pockets! Hopefully it will sport the tribe logo too so it two ups the WM one.
I am hoping the Senate Duel Sidious is a combo to make the Office version too since that is what is underneath the robes. Give him an alt head, soft good cloak and the plastic shoulder pad as mentioned above and you have a killer figure. Two Palps with one stone. Doubtful but worth hoping for.
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The cape looks a little short on that Grievous but maybe if he can hunch over it might not look too bad. I like the pockets . It looks like he's got some swivel wrists this time, I wonder what else is new in there.
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I hope the Sandtrooper reissue in this wave is the Dewback version done dirty. (insert joke)
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I'd kind of like more of him either dirty or clean, but I see a case for both of them getting put back out there. Dirty's probably the ideal for the Dewback though. I just know I'd like 10 of them for just some extra poseable regular troopers.
I remember a time I'd have wanted 40 of just that one trooper type... I must be getting old.
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I'm really digging the new head. I thought the TLC version didn't really capture enough Grievous' real look. The paint job on the armor is also a vast improvement, but what I'm hoping Hasbro does update are those flimsy hands. The TLC figure was barely capable of holding the lightsabers with 2 fingers (when the arms are split apart). The cape, although nice, is just too small. :(
Overall though, it's a nice figure, but it's obviously gonna require some tweaking to the plastic bubble.
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I hope the Sandtrooper reissue in this wave is the Dewback version done dirty. (insert joke)
I'd agree, but he'd need a holster.
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Palpatine sounds pretty neat/fun as Palps figures go according to our Q&A (http://www.jedidefender.com/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1270756833,58423,) this week.
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Palpatine sounds pretty neat/fun as Palps figures go according to our Q&A (http://www.jedidefender.com/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1270756833,58423,) this week.
Sounds like they knocked out two figures with one slot, hopefully he will have an unmelted head too. doubtful but I can always dremmel out the pepper shaker version until they get to it. This is great news. So far I am very happy with this and the Oola news.
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Palpatine sounds pretty neat/fun as Palps figures go according to our Q&A (http://www.jedidefender.com/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1270756833,58423,) this week.
Sounds like they knocked out two figures with one slot, hopefully he will have an unmelted head too. doubtful but I can always dremmel out the pepper shaker version until they get to it. This is great news. So far I am very happy with this and the Oola news.
Wait - Hasbro is (unless I'm wrong) cranking out a Senate Duel version (vs. Yoda), not the Office Duel version, which was against Mace Windu.
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Hasbro says this cat has soft good robes. After the duel with Mace he slapped on that grayish/black robe. So underneath should be an office style outfit. so as long as the hood comes off you should be able to at least customize him enough to make the office duel version.
Thoughts?
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He puts that on after the duel with Mace, but when he's dueling Yoda in the Senate there is no red under the robe it appears... I guess he changed clothes sometime between the two timeframes. So I wouldn't count on a two-fer with this one.
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JJ beat me to it.
Post Office Duel:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4503813665_21b4a4d9d4_o.jpg)
Pre Senate Duel:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2763/4504446050_911dd1bbd5_o.jpg)
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From what I can see, he has 2 very different outfits on. True, after his duel w/ Mace he puts on a black robe over his office outfit, but he is wearing a different outfit for his duel w/ Yoda (which Hasbro has said is the version we're getting).
So, Hasbro, can we soon get an Office Duel (against Mace and Jedi) Palpy?? Huh?? ;)
If not, I'm guessing it'll be a number of ROTS waves before we finally get the Office Duel version. :(
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We've seen the Grievous figure and JD got some nice details about Senate Duel Palpatine (http://www.jedidefender.com/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1270756833,58423,). So, how about some details on Anakin and the Magnaguard (http://hanshideout.blogspot.com/2010/04/hasbro-star-wars-q-session-26.html)?
- Anakin has a new head and arms with Sith eye deco (insert molded shoulders and elbows and pivot wrists).
- The Magnaguard is essentially all new, including new highly articulated legs (from a cancelled exclusive Droid Factory sequel); new torso from the waist up insert shoulder, elbows, hips, waist, knees, ankles, pivot wrist, ball neck); and a fabric cape.
Color me very, very happy to hear that we are finally getting an SA "Sith Eyes" Anakin - great news that his arms are finally being upgraded! And very cool beans on the all-new Magnaguard - most folks were guessing it would just be a retool of the new Clone Wars figure so it's nice to hear that's not the case. :)
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That is very cool news indeed, looking forward to both of those figures. It will be nice to have a SA "sith eyes" Anakin, and a new MagnaGuard is long overdue. Nice that it is going to be mostly/all new.
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Wow, yeah I'm pretty geeked on that Magna Guard, and Anakin's been much needed I think as well... I've got lots of the Evo figure, so I doubt I stock up too much, but I'd take Sith Eyes, Sith Eyes with "burn damage" to his outfit, and then a non-Sith Eyes version all from Hasbro if they offered all 3 decoes. I'm a sucker, what can I say?
The Magna Guard sounds simply spectacular. I hope it's everything that was being described.
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Sweet. Count me in for at least 4 Magnaguards. I'll probably snag two Anakins, using the second to swap heads with the Evolutions version for an SA "regular" Anakin.
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No Utapau (212th) Clone Trooper (http://www.yakfaceforums.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=125&p=83206) for this wave (or Legends) :(
Back in our 12/10/09 QnA (http://www.yakfaceforums.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=5045), you stated that you were working on getting Commader Cody's 212th (Utapau) Clone Troopers back into the pegs. With last week's release of the Vintage and Legends line up, it was revealed that there is an EpIII Clone Trooper in both the Vintage line as a "Greatest Hits" figure and the Saga Legends line. Will one of these clones be that much requested Utapau Clone, if not which EIII clone is it?
A2: The 212th will not be coming back out in Saga Legends. Instead, it will be the 501st, Shock Trooper, and White Clones that still remain in high demand. We will look for ways to get the 212th back out there, though - we realize the demand to get this one and some others from EpIII back out there in circulation. Meanwhile, some great 212th figures show up in one of the latest Comic Packs, including a new grappling hook blaster.
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I can actually see them upgrading the basic white clone with more wrist articulation and deco to make it newish and closer to the CW clone articulation. They may even use ball jointed hips investing in a new clone tool.
Just think how many of these they can sell if they upgrade the basic clone. They milked the other so much now seems a perfect time to go for it plus it would help increase sales/demand.
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But Hasbro already confirmed in the Q&A that the Ep3 Clone in this wave is just a "greatest hits" repack, so I'm not expecting any changes...
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But Hasbro already confirmed in the Q&A that the Ep3 Clone in this wave is just a "greatest hits" repack, so I'm not expecting any changes...
Most likely that is the case I did not see that reply before. However they can always use Legacy Cody's hands with new deco, they would fit. If they do not even add some battle wear deco that really is weak because you can buy the legends one with battle gear and for less money..
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Wait - Hasbro is (unless I'm wrong) cranking out a Senate Duel version (vs. Yoda), not the Office Duel version, which was against Mace Windu.
Well, Palps was sitting in the chair when Yoda arrived to do some battle.
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Is the Utapau clone really in that much demand still?
I scooped up everyone I could find back when. They were easy to find and I bought many and often from eBay for cheap too. The articulation was/is just fine. I wish the black markings weren't on there, but I can deal with that.
I may pick up more of these if they are released again, depending on what Hasbro changes on the figure.
I'm waiting on the comic pack of these guys.
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The Utapau Clone hit around the time that the "Skittle Clones" term became a common part of the collecting vernacular. And toward the end of the run of 2006's The Saga Collection it was pretty easy to score an Utapau Clone. I certainly won't be army building with this one myself unless it's made on the Episode III Evolutions Clone body or better.
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I had no idea how much in-demand the 212th clone is. I have the 2006 TSC version, which is a very impressive figure - the paint apps even feature battle-damage, which I wouldn't be surprised if Hasbro removed for a future re-release.
Happy for the Magna Guard AND Anakin! I hope he alse includes a Jedi Robe - to recreate the Jedi Temple Massacre!
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I assumed people only wanted a new 212th because the paint on the new Cody is more screen accurate and doesn't match the old 212th figs.
Personally I'm in the boat where I won't be buying anymore Clones until they have wrist articulation and removable helmets and all that jazz.
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I assumed people only wanted a new 212th because the paint on the new Cody is more screen accurate and doesn't match the old 212th figs.
Personally I'm in the boat where I won't be buying anymore Clones until they have wrist articulation and removable helmets and all that jazz.
Although I can see Hasbro adding SA-wrists to clones, I don't think they would ever go to including remvable helmets - Hasbro tends to make their clones unanimous, as there are so many unique personalities under those helmets.
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Anonymous...he ;D
Can't help it, it's the teacher in me.
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Haha...
Fine then! ;)
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Pictures of TVC Wave 2!! (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HS97568B&id=HA-807301583)
These look great - Anakin looks very Sith Lord-ish, Palpatine's face sculpt and softgoods outfit are amazing, and I think we can finally slash SA Magna Guard off our wanted lists - this figure is beautiful! It's cool to see also that Sand Trooper is being released again, but with the new rifle from the Trooper/Dewback set. Grievous should be better since he has improved articulation and the new cape (which isn't long enough).
Unimpressed that Obi-Wan made this wave, considering he looks no different from his TSC (No. 28) release. Hope that Cody comes with an all-new belt that can actually store Obi-Wan's lightsaber (unlike the TLC release), and that it's not upside-down.
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As per our front page...
(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_Wave2_Full.jpg) (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HS97568B&id=HA-807301583)
Entertainment Earth posts Wave 2 Vintage Images First... Clicky!
Pretty nifty stuff I think. I'm glad Palps sports the softgoods, but I'm not hopeful we'll get a non-cackling headsculpt. I'm ok with it as is, but I'd prefer a less animated face be included if possible. Maybe another figure down the road.
Anakin you really can't tell much, same with Obi-Wan... The Magna Guard looks awesome to me. I'm pretty geeked to get a shot at the Sandtrooper from the Dewback as well. I plan to army build him some. I'm ok with the clean deco but I'm sure many would've preferred a dirty one. I'll deal though, and redeco a couple myself.
ROTS is getting fairly tapped for stuff, but I'm glad we're getting some much-needed resculpting going on too like the Magna Guard. That was one of my ROTS biggies that I'll happily check off and buy repaints of down the road if they offer us the other colors.
Cody and another plain E3 Clone are in the wave too... Hopefully there aren't still E3 clones sneaking into the Legends assortments, as that makes no real sense. Cody though, he went pretty fast so I can see them putting him back out.
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Palpy is a little underwhelming at first glance. I'll reserve judgement until I see some better pics. I really want to see the cards, especially that Sandtrooper.
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What part of the Senate Duel was that Palpatine in? That sucks, most people did not vote for him in the latest Wishlist poll because we were told he was coming, he was a high vote getter in the Fan Choice poll and they give us that??
(http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5025/img4uh6.jpg)
I'm a lot underwhelmed by these outside of the Magnaguard...that said, they will look sweet on the cards ::)
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Palpatine's outfit looks significantly black, considering in the movie it was more of a beige/purple color. Hoping that Senate Duel Yoda makes it next ROTS Wave - I can understand him not being in this one due to 4 lightsaber-wielding characters all being in the same wave.
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Senate Duel Palpatine is the one I posted above...brown and black robes. That looks like a good ROTJ Emperor, but not a Senate Dueler. He really only wore the black robe right after he gave Vader his Sith title
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I'm personally getting sick and tired of recollecting the same figure over and over and over and over again with a new sculpt/deco. I plan on being done with this stuff after this new "vintage" line dies - hopefully. Love those vinty cards too much even though the prequel stuff is invading on old school territory. :-\
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Anakin looks like he might have new elbows/arms. Obviously we can't see, but the swivel arms have never looked like that in a cloak (for me at least).
So yeah, definitely buying a few Magnaguards and Sandtroopers. Grievous will be bought only for the cape (::)). Anakin, Obi and Palps will be passes unless there are new features from their past figures (and it looks like there will be for Anakin).
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Here's another image of Palps/Yoda...
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090417195348/starwars/images/3/3f/YodaPalpsduel.jpg)
Definitely a lighter color... Not sure if that's brown or what's doing, but different than the velvety black top.
I'm not going to gripe TOO much on Palps till I see the final figure. I think softgoods have certain limitations, and ultimately I'll take the poseable Palps over the ROTS figure because we really just don't have poseable Palpatine figures yet. Maybe they can re-use this figure to put new softgoods robes on, and crank out each set of robes he has? I think this is an effort at the Senate Duel though, not the latter scenes like Mustafar and things. The darker/velvety top implies that anyway I think.
(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070126121651/starwars/images/thumb/5/58/Sidious_Ready_For_a_Duel.png/800px-Sidious_Ready_For_a_Duel.png)
Another pic...
In this one it looks more to the "black" color but llike the top velvety part is just darker. It's another Hoth Han Coat. Anyone have pics of this from a show? I can't recall if it was on display at Science/Imagination, or if it was at the SW in Concert show or not. ???
EDIT: Pics weren't turning up.
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This one:
(http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5025/img4uh6.jpg)
Is this one:
(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/6/6d/Sidiousspar.jpg/600px-Sidiousspar.jpg)
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Anakin, Obi and Palps will be passes unless there are new features from their past figures (and it looks like there will be for Anakin).
Palpatine is supposedly all-new, Anakin has some new parts, Obi-Wan is a "greatest hits" repack (no changes).
- Anakin has a new head and arms with Sith eye deco (insert molded shoulders and elbows and pivot wrists).
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All the figures look like they're pretty well done, but wow, what a boring wave, nothing but resculpts and reissues, many which we just got in Legends/Legacy just last year. I like the look of Palps and the Magnaguard but the rest are very meh to me, especially Obi Wan. I can't help but think they're just putting a lot of these out for the sole purpose of getting them on the vintage cards. Good for the carded collectors who aren't put off by prequel styled cards I suppose.
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I don't know, I think the size/resolution and overall graininess of the figure's image is a bit deceiving. I've blown up the image and highlighted what I think is the black over dk. brown robes from the Senate Duel. The brown maybe so dark in the image that it is just blending in with the black shoulder mantle.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4645942463_7ebea974f1.jpg)
Granted, it's not the perfect representation of the outfit, but maybe with some minor "tailoring" it can be brought closer to the real deal.
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ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...wow.. How does Hasbro expect to bring back collectors with no "new" product. These look fine, but man...I have most of them. I'm hoping the Vintage line gets a little more colorful becuase so far, it's just a snoozefest.
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ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...wow.. How does Hasbro expect to bring back collectors with no "new" product. These look fine, but man...I have most of them. I'm hoping the Vintage line gets a little more colorful becuase so far, it's just a snoozefest.
I think their reasoning is that they front loaded the first wave with a majority of new figures. The preceding wave was bound to be a little repack/repaint heavy with some new stuff sprinkled in. :-\
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I think they're counting on the packaging being a big draw too... People saying they have to have this or that repack on the old style cards. It's not my habits they're after, but it's someone's.
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By the time TVC finally debuts, collectors will undoubtedly get excited all over again and pull out those wallets - especially with the ROTS wave, since it's the first prequel wave on a "vintage" card, which will definitely give this wave some good sales.
I don't like either, however, that a lot of these waves are getting more and more repacks - it's beginning to be a trend ever since TLC, which is a shame, since TLC is ending. Hasbro eventually will have to make newer figures to keep up with the number of repack figures.
As for the figures themselves, the color of Palpatine's robes is more defined in the blown-up picture. I honestly very much like this figure, I don't see what the fuss is over it considering people have always wondered how Hasbro would deal with Palps in these robes since they would mostly have to be softgoods.
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One new character and one much needed re-sculpt. Pretty disappointing. I can't even say that I'm happy about the sandtrooper re-pack. I was never happy with those hip joints. Sadly, I'll still pick up a couple. :P
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(http://www.brianstoys.com/store/images/products/Star%20Wars/2010/Vintage/Carded/10V_Carded_DarthSidious.jpg)
Brians Toys has a little bit bigger pic...I think you can see Brown Highlights on the hood and arms...I am a little less mad this morning ;)
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I would like Palps more if he had a normal expression head. I'll still buy him, though. I'm hoping that Anakin is SA with non swivel elbows. I would only buy Palpy, GG and Anakin if they were on non Vintage styled cards, but I will end up picking up one of everything.
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The Palpatine is the highlight of the wave for me, if not the past several years. From what I can see this figure is outstanding and a great representation of him from his duel with Yoda.
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I think you can see Brown Highlights on the hood and arms...I am a little less mad this morning ;)
It's so hard to tell - he could be great or he could be all-wrong. I guess I'll wait for better pics to figure out how I feel about Palps.
I'm hoping that Anakin is SA with non swivel elbows.
One more time... Hasbro has confirmed (http://hanshideout.blogspot.com/2010/04/hasbro-star-wars-q-session-26.html) that Anakin has a new head (with Sith Eyes deco) and new arms (new shoulder, elbow and wrist joints).
As a refresher -
ALL-NEW = Magnaguard and Palpatine
UPGRADES = Anakin (new head, arms, deco), Grievous (new articulation, cape)
100% REPACKS = Sandtrooper, Obi-Wan, Cody, Clone
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Yeah, I cannot say I am blown away but the newness in the wave is great! I like the laughing head but would alos like a second non laughing head as well. I am sure we will see that at some point. There is not much left to mine out of ROTS so I am not surprised.
Hopefully the next two waves will be more like the first.
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If they had to do a head that's animated, the cackling is the best. He was a really wild old coot in that battle.
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If they had to do a head that's animated, the cackling is the best. He was a really wild old coot in that battle.
Agreed!
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True, I remember watching the movie back in 2005 and thinking how strange that George Lucas would make a manipulative Sith Lord like him so... wild for a Star Wars movie.
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I always found his wildness rather fitting. This is a guy who's been planning and scheming these events for decades, and to finally see everything coming together and finally taste that sweet victory is sure to make anyone pretty wild. That said, the Palps does look quite good upon viewing the blown up pics, he looks to have the poofy sleeves, which is the one thing none of the ROTS Palps have as far as I know, that's the one detail I was hoping for since they always seem to leave it out.
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True, I remember watching the movie back in 2005 and thinking how strange that George Lucas would make a manipulative Sith Lord like him so... wild for a Star Wars movie.
I agree with Greedo - have you ever seen someone who is SO pleased that their plan came to fruition that they are giddy with excitement?
Well, that's how I always viewed that scene with Sidious fighting Yoda.
Think about how long he's wanted to take on his "little green friend" in battle.
In ROTJ, Luke also picked up on it when he told the Emperor that is over-confidence was his weakness.
Clearly, in the battle with Yoda, his over-confidence is getting the better of him, so much so that he does loose his lightsaber and there is a brief glimpse during the fight when they are shooting lightning at each other that he does look like "oh shoot this isn't going as well as I had planned" and then at the last second, he actually wins by blasting Yoda off the ledge.
Even Robot Chicken picked up on this in their skit where Darth Vader calls the Emperor after the first Death Star blows up, Palpatine is talking with two advisors at the beginning and the dialogue picks up with Palpatine saying "So I threw the whole senate at him. The WHOLE SENATE!" and then laughing.
So for me, I think the head sculpt is perfect, now if we could just get a SA ROTS Yoda that he could duel with I'd be happy. :P
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I like this trend of using a plastic hood... it works just right and looks more realistic compared to a softgoods hood. The TLC ESB Palpatine's plastic hood was also sculpted so realistically and perfectly.
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Although I do think all the figures in this wave look pretty nicely done, it is sort of boring in a way as well. Really, only Palps and MagnaGuard seem "new"...but both look really good. I'm excited for the Anakin as well, as it sounds like it will be the "ultimate" Anakin (Sith eyes) and could easily be made into an ultimate regular Anakin in the future as well. The Evolutions figure was just about perfect anyways, and a few tweaks could get it there I think. The others (like Obi-Wan and Grievous) are already excellent figures, and I can understand putting them out there again. I'm on the fence with whether or not to pick up a carded set of the prequel ones or not. I know I'll be in with the OT figures, and I really like these types of cardbacks, so I might get sucked into these as well. We'll see.
On a side note, we've discussed it before on here, but it really is too bad Hasbro can't jump the gun and put some nicely sized pics of upcoming stuff (like this wave) on their website before it leaks to retailers or fan sites in general. I remember the days of when they actually had product updates over there (even then it wasn't often), but it doesn't seem like they even bother anymore. Not a real big deal I guess, but it would be kind of nice to get some "official" updates now and then, particularly through these big dry spells we've been having the past few years.
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On a side note, we've discussed it before on here, but it really is too bad Hasbro can't jump the gun and put some nicely sized pics of upcoming stuff (like this wave) on their website before it leaks to retailers or fan sites in general.
It's funny because right before I logged on and read your post, I was on Hasbro's website and sighed after seeing their latest product info was a preview of what was to come in 2009. ::)
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it looks that the white sandtrooper in this wave is a repack from tlc dewback and sandtrooper
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it looks that the white sandtrooper in this wave is a repack from tlc dewback and sandtrooper
It is.
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100% REPACKS = Sandtrooper, Obi-Wan, Cody, Clone
Not that I doubt you, but where was it confirmed that the Clone Trooper was a repack? The clone looks different to me for some reason, and it's surprising that the same SL/ROTS picture that has been used for the last 5 years or so wasn't used again here.
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100% REPACKS = Sandtrooper, Obi-Wan, Cody, Clone
Not that I doubt you, but where was it confirmed that the Clone Trooper was a repack? The clone looks different to me for some reason, and it's surprising that the same SL/ROTS picture that has been used for the last 5 years or so wasn't used again here.
The Episode III Clone Trooper was confirmed as a Greatest Hits offering in THIS RS Q&A SESSION (http://www.rebelscum.com/story/front/Hasbros_85th_STAR_WARS_QA_The_Answers_130204.asp). The official photography (at least in the Brian's Toys listing) was a little washed out, so it's tough to make out all of the details on that one.
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The clone looks different to me for some reason, and it's surprising that the same SL/ROTS picture that has been used for the last 5 years or so wasn't used again here.
Just because Hasbro confirmed him as a "greatest hits" repack, that doesn't necesarily make him a repack of the RotS#41 sculpt. They are using the #41 Clone over in the Legends line, so maybe they picked a different Clone for the Vintage?
(http://www.brianstoys.com/store/images/products/Star%20Wars/2010/Vintage/Carded/10V_Carded_CloneTrooper.jpg)
Like Nick said, none of the pics make it easy to tell which clone it may be. Some folks are seeing the Evo sculpt there, but I can't tell which it is.
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Does anyone else get the feeling that Hasbro is really banking on the packaging making this line a success? I dunno, to me it just seems risky to have all these "greatest hits" repacks on top of having them readily available in Saga Legends as well.
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The clone looks different to me for some reason, and it's surprising that the same SL/ROTS picture that has been used for the last 5 years or so wasn't used again here.
Just because Hasbro confirmed him as a "greatest hits" repack, that doesn't necesarily make him a repack of the RotS#41 sculpt. They are using the #41 Clone over in the Legends line, so maybe they picked a different Clone for the Vintage?
(http://www.brianstoys.com/store/images/products/Star%20Wars/2010/Vintage/Carded/10V_Carded_CloneTrooper.jpg)
Like Nick said, none of the pics make it easy to tell which clone it may be. Some folks are seeing the Evo sculpt there, but I can't tell which it is.
The helmet is definitely bigger than the clone 41.
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If the Clone Trooper is indeed a repack of the Evo sculpt, then I'll most definitely buy it! :P
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Didn't the Evo sculpt have a non articulated torso? That image there looks to have the ball-joint torso.
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Didn't the Evo sculpt have a non articulated torso? That image there looks to have the ball-joint torso.
The Evo sculpt has a swivel waist. Not the best, but not awful. The figure pictured does look to have a BJ waist.
The Episode III Clone Trooper was confirmed as a Greatest Hits offering in THIS RS Q&A SESSION (http://www.rebelscum.com/story/front/Hasbros_85th_STAR_WARS_QA_The_Answers_130204.asp). The official photography (at least in the Brian's Toys listing) was a little washed out, so it's tough to make out all of the details on that one.
Thanks for the info. I was hoping that the clone would be a retool of either the Gelagrub trooper or Commander Gree, but that does not look to be the case.
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I was thinking the ROTS Clone looks almost like the Gunship Gunpod Clonetrooper with a removable ROTS style helmet.
It's a SA figure with removable bucket, so it fits all the things people are seeing there I think, and ROTS style removable helmets are available.
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JTWR (http://www.jeditemplewarroom.com/forum/index.php?topic=2601.0) gets a nice look at Sidious in this week's QnA:
(http://www.jeditemplewarroom.com/images/hasbroQA-sidious1.jpg)
(http://www.jeditemplewarroom.com/images/hasbroQA-sidious2.jpg)
Not as accurate as I'd like but it'll do. :)
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It's certainly a better likeness than the Evolutions Darth Sidious. He definitely looks maniacal! But the photos still don't give you a good picture of the articulation. Still, a prior Q&A session said that this Sidious would be pretty well articulated. And considering the fact that he's got all of these softgoods we should expect that much.
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Hopefully they reuse that body when they make a new ROTJ version. It looks pretty solid.
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This is an excellent example of how well Hasbro's sculpting has gotten for TVC! Palpy has individually-sculpted teeth! His face does look creepy, though. This is a great figure.
Although it doesn't look like this figure can do it, I wish Hasbro would have given him an angled wrist (like LC ESB Snowspeeder Luke) so that the figure could actually point the lightsaber, especially since Palps does that a lot.
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Brians Toys has a little bit bigger pic...I think you can see Brown Highlights on the hood and arms...I am a little less mad this morning ;)
Those aren't brown highlights, they're blue. :-X
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So what do people think of our first glimpse at a vintage style Commander Cody card?
I think the card on this figure looks very very cool -there are some apparent improvements to the figure aswell- Belt being one.
I may buy this now ,but i'm still not sure about the figure. I missed even seeing this at retail last year and deco and sculpt still seem a little off. Deco appears too defined and cartoony.
So i would value fellow defenders opinions on the quality of this one.
EDIT Sorry no link -but look in the obvious places
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So what do people think of our first glimpse at a vintage style Commander Cody card?
EDIT Sorry no link -but look in the obvious places
I checked Rebel Scum, Jedi Temple Archives, and Galactic Hunter and none of them had anything about this on the front page that I could see.
Can someone point me in the right direction? I'm keen to check this out...
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Carded Cody (http://lichtgeschwindigkeit.de/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=6823&p=183735#p183735) (it actually looks like the Foiled "UGH" Cody)
I've been waiting for carded pics to turn up as how nice the prequel stuff looks (or how bad it looks) will ultimately determine if I go "all in" on carded collecting this line or not.
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Carded Cody (http://lichtgeschwindigkeit.de/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=6823&p=183735#p183735) (it actually looks like the Foiled "UGH" Cody)
I've been waiting for carded pics to turn up as how nice the prequel stuff looks (or how bad it looks) will ultimately determine if I go "all in" on carded collecting this line or not.
Same here. I'm thinking I'll be picking up a carded set of at least the OT figures, but I'm on the fence about the prequel stuff as well. I'm a sucker for those types of cardbacks, but I worry if I just grab a few I'd want to get the "set". Plus, it would save a lot of money avoiding them ;).
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Looks as bad as I feared. I'll be happy to avoid a carded set of the PT stuff.
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Looks as bad as I feared. I'll be happy to avoid a carded set of the PT stuff.
Revisionist history.
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Looks as bad as I feared. I'll be happy to avoid a carded set of the PT stuff.
Revisionist history.
Ha! It's not history. It's marketing. It's a toy package. It looks fine.
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I don't really think it looks bad, but something is just unsettling about it. I suppose life will go on though....
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Based pics on the back of the other figs though...it looks like only these foiled UGH figures will be in Vintage packaging while the regular figures are going to be on ROTS style packaging...no?
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I think that is just Hasbro's effort to show the "first card" for those figures.
On the ESB figures, the cardback shows the modern/2010 loose figure standing in front of the original Kenner card (on in the case of Han and Dack, who are new, the 2010 cardback) for comparison purposes.
So, on the RotS cardbacks then, you'd have the 2010/Vintage Grievous standing in front of his original 2005 card for comparison purposes.
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Don't feel bad Scott, I got a half dozen questions asking me if Hasbro had gone mental and reissuing ROTS style packaging. :P It is confusing by the cardback style though - I can't imagine a kid being able to grasp was he was suppose to look for in the toy aisle when these officially hit.
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It is confusing to look at, seeing as that almost all of the figures in this wave had their own ROTS card in 2005, and here on the packaging you see Commander Cody from 2006 in different packaging (from TSC).
I'm not one of those people who believe that only the original figures belong on Vintage cards, but I think Cody looks weird on that card. I dunno... there's just something weird about the final product.
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I think showing the original release of the character is very misleading. They should have treated all of the PT figures as "First Issues" like they did with Dak and Echo Base Hangar Han Solo. Technically, none of these figures had ever been issued on this type of packaging so using the "First Issue" designation makes sense.
While I'm excited to see the PT characters on these style cardbacks, I think showing the 2005/2006 packaging ANYWHERE on the card-backs of these is just odd.
As far as the front is concerned, I'm okay with it - I just wish they had put "Star Wars" all on one line above the movie logo like was what originally done on the Return of the Jedi cardbacks - so as to be consistent for the Return/Revenge of the Jedi/Sith cards.
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I for one have been looking forward to these, so I'm glad to say I like the fronts. The backs... I agree that the use of the ROTS cards is confusing and breaks the uniform look of the line.
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The backs... I agree that the use of the ROTS cards is confusing and breaks the uniform look of the line.
I agree that the cardbacks are very out-of-uniform, considering how organized they usually are. However, there is more color to the cardback, and it also gives it an interesting quality, because now you can see (for someone who just started collecting, for example) what the older cards looked like.
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In the days of the internet, there's no need for that. I agree that the backs are confusing, and should make it very clear as t what other figures a collector should look for at that moment.
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Had to wait til I got home to view this...not horrible, not great. I definitely don't think it looks as sharp as the current wave.
I agree they should have treated all those guys like "First Issues" - makes much more sense, IMO.
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Thing is though the cardback back's for the vintage collection are not that great to begin with -and are there many of us who don't own Sansweets Action Figure Archive?
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So what's all this talk about Cody being a "chase" figure? Something to do with silver foil on the cardback? What's the deal?
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So what's all this talk about Cody being a "chase" figure? Something to do with silver foil on the cardback? What's the deal?
Yes, Cody will have a standard release (non-foil embossed) card as well a "chase/Bounty Hunt" version.
Vader, Han and the Mangaguard will have them as well with others to be revealed.
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I agree with the cardbacks not being hot in general. I never liked the backs of the VOTC series and I'd rather see something that harkens back to the original backs. The 25th Anniversary Joe line did it, I don't know what the big deal is here. I actually think connecting these back to the original line (and now the original ROTS line) confuses and limits new customers. It's a history lesson, sure, but I think the line should be as much about the new as the old (PT cards - yes!), so let's not see the original figures/cards and focus on what's going on now.
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I agree, I sort of wish they would have went ahead and done an "old school" back as well with the Vintage Collection. Sure, these match up with the VOTC/VTSC cards, but since we're covering the entire non-CW Star Wars universe in this line now, they could have changed things up a bit. Having a big "collect 'em all" picture, or even individual figures in the color backgrounds (from earlier in the vintage line) would have been pretty cool. Granted, toy making/marketing/etc. is a bit different these days - and much of that info is considered national security level clearance it seems - but it would have been neat. It is a totally different world, but I do sort of remember fondly the times of looking at those cardbacks to even know what else was out there, or was coming out soon. Not as feasible these days, but it was cool. For some reason, the pictures of the ROTS figures looks strange to me too. I understand what they are going for, but it just seems off.
All that said, who is picking up a carded set of the Vintage line? Are you sticking to only the OT characters, the whole works, or none at all?
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I have decided for better or worse to go carded on these, which I have never done. I don't know. Some of my friends are only doing figures never on vintage cards before (Dak, etc.) which I kind of like.
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Carded Cody (http://lichtgeschwindigkeit.de/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=6823&p=183735#p183735) (it actually looks like the Foiled "UGH" Cody)
I've been waiting for carded pics to turn up as how nice the prequel stuff looks (or how bad it looks) will ultimately determine if I go "all in" on carded collecting this line or not.
Same here. I'm thinking I'll be picking up a carded set of at least the OT figures, but I'm on the fence about the prequel stuff as well. I'm a sucker for those types of cardbacks, but I worry if I just grab a few I'd want to get the "set". Plus, it would save a lot of money avoiding them ;).
I would like to buy a complete set of all vintage carded figures, but figures like Zuckuss, Leia, and Han that just don't enthuse me I will not be buying. So I'll probably pick up like 75% of these carded and just hang all of those on the wall. No point in displaying the figures I don't like just to be a completist, I gave that up in 1999.
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All that said, who is picking up a carded set of the Vintage line? Are you sticking to only the OT characters, the whole works, or none at all?
Preliminary intention...
"Vintage" Collection Wave 1 - The Empire Strikes Back
2010 VC01 Dengar - 1 carded, 1 loose
2010 VC02 Cloud Car Pilot - 1 carded, 4 loose
2010 VC03 Leia (Hoth Outfit) - none
2010 VC04 Han Solo (Echo Base Outfit) - none
2010 VC05 Luke Skywaler (Bespin Fatigues) - 1 carded, 1 loose
2010 VC06 AT-AT Commander - 1 carded, 4 loose
2010 VC07 C-3PO - none
2010 VC08 Dack Raltar - 1 carded, 1 loose
2010 VC09 Darth Vader - none
2010 VC10 Boba Fett - none
2010 VC11 4-LOM {repack} - none
"Vintage" Collection Wave 2 - Revenge of the Sith
2010 VC12 Darth Sidious - 1 carded, 1 loose
2010 VC13 Anakin Skywalker - none
2010 VC14 Sandtrooper {repack} - 1 carded, 10 loose
2010 VC15 Clone Trooper {repaint} - none
2010 VC16 Obi-Wan Kenobi {repack} - none
2010 VC17 General Grievous - 1 carded, 1 loose
2010 VC18 Magnaguard - 1 carded, 4 loose
2010 VC19 Clone Commander Cody {repack} - 1 carded
"Vintage" Collection Wave 3 - Return of the Jedi
2010 VCxx Wooof - 1 carded, 1 loose
2010 VCxx Luke Skywalker (Jedi) - none
2010 VCxx Endor Rebel Commando - 1 carded, 5 loose
2010 VCxx Wedge Antilles (Rebel Pilot) - 1 carded, 1 loose
2010 VCxx Gamorrean Guard - 1 carded, gotta see it next to POTF2 before I decide loose
2010 VCxx Admiral Ackbar - 1 carded, 1 loose
2010 VCxx R2-D2 (Pop-up Lightsaber & Drink Tray) - none
2010 VCxx Wicket - 1 carded, 1 loose
2010 VCxx Yoda (with Hover Chair) {repack} - none
"Vintage" Collection Wave 4 - Attack of the Clones
2010 VCxx Zam Wesell - 1 carded, 1 loose
2010 VCxx Anakin Skywalker (Peasant Disguise) - none
2010 VCxx Padme Amidala (Peasant Disguise) - none
2010 VCxx Jango Fett - 1 carded
2010 VCxx Kit Fisto - 1 carded
2010 VCxx Senate Guard - 1 carded, unknown amount loose
2010 VCxx Obi-Wan Kenobi {repack} - no
2010 VCxx Mace Windu {repack} - maybe carded
2010 VCxx Super Battle Droid {repack} - maybe carded
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Preliminary intention...
"Vintage" Collection Wave 1 - The Empire Strikes Back
2010 VC01 Dengar - 2 loose
2010 VC02 Cloud Car Pilot - 4 loose
2010 VC03 Leia (Hoth Outfit) - 4 loose
2010 VC04 Han Solo (Echo Base Outfit) - 1 loose
2010 VC05 Luke Skywaler (Bespin Fatigues) - 4 loose
2010 VC06 AT-AT Commander - 3 loose
2010 VC07 C-3PO - 1 loose
2010 VC08 Dack Raltar - 4 loose
2010 VC09 Darth Vader - none
2010 VC10 Boba Fett - none
2010 VC11 4-LOM {repack} - none
"Vintage" Collection Wave 2 - Revenge of the Sith
2010 VC12 Darth Sidious - 1 loose
2010 VC13 Anakin Skywalker - 1-4 loose if it is a straight head swap with EVO Anakin
2010 VC14 Sandtrooper {repack} - none
2010 VC15 Clone Trooper {repaint} - none
2010 VC16 Obi-Wan Kenobi {repack} - none
2010 VC17 General Grievous - 1 loose
2010 VC18 Magnaguard - 2 loose
2010 VC19 Clone Commander Cody {repack} - none
"Vintage" Collection Wave 3 - Return of the Jedi
2010 VCxx Wooof - 2 loose
2010 VCxx Luke Skywalker (Jedi) - 1 loose
2010 VCxx Endor Rebel Commando - 4 loose
2010 VCxx Wedge Antilles (Rebel Pilot) - 1 loose
2010 VCxx Gamorrean Guard - 6 loose
2010 VCxx Admiral Ackbar - 2 loose
2010 VCxx R2-D2 (Pop-up Lightsaber & Drink Tray) - 1 loose
2010 VCxx Wicket - 2 loose
2010 VCxx Yoda (with Hover Chair) {repack} - none
"Vintage" Collection Wave 4 - Attack of the Clones
2010 VCxx Zam Wesell - 1 loose
2010 VCxx Anakin Skywalker (Peasant Disguise) - 1 loose
2010 VCxx Padme Amidala (Peasant Disguise) - 1 loose
2010 VCxx Jango Fett - none
2010 VCxx Kit Fisto - none
2010 VCxx Senate Guard - unknown amount loose
2010 VCxx Obi-Wan Kenobi {repack} - none
2010 VCxx Mace Windu {repack} - none
2010 VCxx Super Battle Droid {repack} - maybe loose
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JTA has pointed out that ROTS wave Clone Commander Cody's belt has been fixed (http://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=http://www.rebelscum.com/2010/TVCcodyfoil.jpg) (the original LC release had an upside-down belt).
Although, being that I already got him in LC, I'm not gonna buy this one again just to have a correct belt.
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I have decided for better or worse to go carded on these, which I have never done. I don't know. Some of my friends are only doing figures never on vintage cards before (Dak, etc.) which I kind of like.
That's what I'd like, ones that were never on Vintage cards before.
cb
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I have decided for better or worse to go carded on these, which I have never done. I don't know. Some of my friends are only doing figures never on vintage cards before (Dak, etc.) which I kind of like.
I've been doing carded since 01, but I plan on being done doing that once this line runs its course in 2 years or whenever. Was happy to finally get the mindset to ditch carded Legends and CW so - one last Hooorah for me and then I'm out.
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Since I have a complete MOC collection, I will definitely be getting one of each Vintage Collection figure to keep MOC.
I might pass on straight-up re-releases, but if even those re-releases have fixes - like the Commander Cody w/the correctly oriented belt/ammo packs makes the figure "different enough" for me to justify having one open. :P
Even the Clonetrooper in this wave is "different enough" for me to want to get a couple of open - so far we don't have a plain white ROTS Clone w/ball-jointed hips, there are enough places in vehicles and whatnot where I would definitely like to put this clone, so I might be picking up more than one to open.
For the Magnaguard, I'm definitely down for at least four of those to open.
With the rest of the waves after that, I'm definitely down for at least 2 of each (one to open and one to keep MOC) and any extras or army building will be dependant on whether or not I like the figure when I see it.
This is one of the reasons why I like SDCC so much - it pretty much gives me an indication of how much I need to budget through the holiday shopping season to keep up with collecting the line.
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VC Wave one
Dengar
Hoth leia
Bespin Luke
Boba Fett
and if i can find them -Dak and Cloud Car pilot
Wave 2
Senate Sidiuos
Maganagaurd
Sandtrooper
Wave 3
Lets just say i won't be buying Yoda with Hover chair.
Wave 4
Zam
Jango
Padme
I would be less picky if it wasn't for money and space.
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Little surprised no one has commented on these, but the ROTS cards look great. The Magna Guard looks good, Sidious is... I don't know. I would have preferred they didn't do soft goods, but he's fine. The cards turned out very nice and I'm excited to add them to my collection.
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overall the wave is good, Sandtrooper is the best one (love the card). I think the cards are great (anakin and obiwan are the best PT cards so far). I agree with Darby on Sidious, prefer plastic than cloth. Does anybody know if Anakin has new arms ?
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I like the ROTS Clone's very "Luke Stormtrooper" look on that card for some reason.
I think all the ROTS cards are fine, and I'm geeked for Palpatine. He's easily my favorite. Give me articulation any day over a salt shaker. Sorry. :-\
The Magna Guard's a close second, and I'm set to buy redecoes of this figure if they're willing to do them since they came in a blue flavor as well.
Lots of good stuff. The ROTJ wave's kind of overshadowing ROTS's wave, but I think it's a pretty well put together group of figures.
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I think the ROTS wave looks pretty good as well. I like Sidious, from what we can see, and the MagnaGuard is a much needed upgrade. As far as the cards go - I'll still admit that it still seems strange seeing PT characters on these types of cardbacks - but they do look nice. Either way, still the best packaging of the modern line for me. There is the nostalgia factor (particularly with the OT figures), but I've always just liked the big picture of the character - as well as the smaller blister (if we can't have larger accessories that is). Looks nice, and as has been the case lately, not really a stinker in the bunch. Hasbro has really been doing a nice job with figures lately.
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Why is there silver foil on Anakin's card? UGH again?
(http://www.rebelscum.com/sdcc10/Hasbro_Star_Wars_01/IMG_0204.JPG)
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Why is there silver foil on Anakin's card? UGH again?
Yup
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Why is there silver foil on Anakin's card? UGH again?
Yep, there is Han, Vader, Cody, Luke, Anakin, Boba Fett, Obi-Wan (so far).
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Of Cody, Anakin, Fett, and Obi-wan are any straight repacks?
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Cody - they fixed his belt (turned it right-side up)
Obi-Wan - they added his pilot head gear
Anakin - new head with Sith eye deco and new arms (insert molded shoulders and elbows and pivot wrists).
Fett - has a revised "even more accurate" paint deco
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Thanks Jeff, I'm thinking I'll pick up Cody and Anakin... maybe Fett. I'll need to check the pictures, but unless the headgear is molded to Obiwan, the accessory isn't enough for me to pick that up.
Now that I've seen this helpful list... should Fett be labeled as repaint?
http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=20182.0
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Yeah, the head gear look to be the same as the one that came with the various ROTS #55 "Pilot" Obi-Wans that have been released.
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JTA has an interesting report about the Anakin figure - that regular versions (as shown in the loose figure display) will have a normal "Anakin" headsculpt, but the UGH version (as shown in the CARDED sample) will feature Sith eyes and alternate headsculpt. This really angers me. I had noticed at first that the head sculpts seemed a little different, but I just assumed it to be a trick of the light. In fact, the regular versions has a sort of smile, while the UGH version has a frown.
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UGH in general is annoying. A unique headsculpt for UGH's extra annoying so I'm with you on that. Not cool.
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Was this UGH-variant confirmed by Hasbro? Or is it like Toy Fair where rumors started about Cloud Car Pilot variants because the carded had a moustache and the loose one didn't... which turned out to be just an error. Or Boba Fett at Toy Fair - loose one on display was RotJ Fett, but the carded was ESB Fett, which is what we ultimately got.
Couldn't it just be the difference between the hand-painted loose sample and the final production carded piece? I'd like to at least hear that it was confirmed by Hasbro directly before getting all upset about a chase variant. ;)
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Was this UGH-variant confirmed by Hasbro?
Check the photos. You can see VERY clear differences between the two Anakins.
Carded UGH (http://www.jeditemplearchives.com/swexperience/sdcc10/july21/hasbro/pages/01Vintage003.html)
Alternate closeup (http://www.rebelscum.com/sdcc10/Hasbro_Star_Wars_01/image70.asp)
Loose standard issue (http://www.jeditemplearchives.com/swexperience/sdcc10/july21/hasbro/pages/01Vintage030.html)
Loose standard alternate shot (http://photos.sirstevesguide.com/basic-3-3-2f4-22-figures/p33927-hasbro.html)
It's interesting that there really was no comment from Hasbro on this topic in the presentation though.
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Is one a production piece (carded) and loose a pre-production paint sample though? That might explain the difference.
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Normally I'd be on board with that train of thought. Especially in light of all the glossy paintjobs on the ROTJ figures. But with these it looks like the face sculpt may even be different, with the Dark Side version almost scowling in comparison with the lightside version.
I've got a message into someone at SDCC in an attempt to verify this directly from Hasbro.
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Check the photos. You can see VERY clear differences between the two Anakins.
And like I said - sometimes that happens at shows (like Fett and CC Pilot at Toy Fair - both of those had differences between the loose and carded figure on display). Just because there are differences does not automatically mean there is a variant.
Look at Palpatine. Loose figure (http://www.rebelscum.com/sdcc10/Hasbro_Star_Wars_01/image30.asp) = brown hood. Carded figure (http://www.rebelscum.com/sdcc10/Hasbro_Star_Wars_01/image68.asp) = gray hood. VARIANT? Or just the difference betwen hand-painted prototype and final production sample?
If Hasbro confirms it, great. If not, great. My only point is there is no point in folks panicking about a variant that may not be real... I look forward to hearing if they can get that variant theory confirmed or denied. ;)
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I'm hopeful that they just do a Sith head on the figures and call it a day. I'll swap a regular one then to the new articulated sculpt, but I hate the thought of an UGH Sith variant.
The differences between hand-painted prototype though could be all the explanation. I'm surprised nothing has been asked on this yet. The impression I was getting was that Hasbro HAD said this, so that was the only reason I was dreading it. I didn't realize it may just be a prototype issue too.
I'll be very happy if the non-sithy head is not going to show up.
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According to Darryl, it's the Sith head only - no paint variants for the UGHs.
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That seems to settle that then, thank you Jayson for clearing up whatever the cluster of confusion was then.
I'm very pleased it's a Sith-head-only deal then... It'll be easy to just swap on an Evo head and have both.
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Whoo, cool! I don't very much like the head sculpt on the loose display figure, if it was a different sculpt. I very much like the Sith eyes better.
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I definitely prefer the Sith eyes. It seems very odd that they would show such a radically different Anakin as the loose sample. Glad to get some clarification on this though.
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Check the photos. You can see VERY clear differences between the two Anakins.
If Hasbro confirms it, great. If not, great. My only point is there is no point in folks panicking about a variant that may not be real...
Then again, that's pretty much the whole point of the internet.
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YakFace is reporting that Anakin is going to have a variant with a "more accurate" Darth Vader nameplate on the card. Blasphemy!
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Well...the nitpickers would be mad if it did not say Darth Vader. Let's face it...he is Darth Vader at that point during the film.
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When was wondering why the card said "Anakin Skywalker" on it. But oh well. While "Darth Vader" makes more sense to collectors and fans, it'll cause confusion for kids anyways. But I'm happy with the change.
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Out of costume = Anakin
In costume = Vader
But that's just my "messed up" way of looking at it. :)
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i read they are changing it to darth vader and i must say the sidious and vader look great in this wave,i love the look of these figs and the cards are great
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We just received a nifty Wave 2 Carded Magna Guard image...
(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_Wave2MagnaGuardCarded01_TN.jpg) (http://www.JediDefender.com)
Clicky to check him out!
This and Palps are my favorites from the ROTS wave, though Anakin's right up there too since I've wanted an update for him for a while now.
Love the Magna Guard though. He was among my top ROTS resculpts I wanted done.
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Ooooh, purty. I don't get the inclusion of ANOTHER droid blaster, though. I like the spiffy new electrostaff - electricity at the end was a nice touch. It's definitely better than the original puny ones.
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I like the blaster... First for play value, and in general any extra value as well... But I also envision the Magna Guards being skilled with both weapons. The electro-staffs don't do them well against certain enemies except Jedi, so the blaster's a cool addition I think.
Not a necessity, but appreciated.
I'm easily picking up a dozen of these I figure... I'm hopeful they'll do variants as well, or at least the movie blue variant anyway.
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In some of the magna guard images the energy effect looks like the right color, but on this new image and the loose sample it looks red. Which do you think the final production piece will have?
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In some of the magna guard images the energy effect looks like the right color, but on this new image and the loose sample it looks red. Which do you think the final production piece will have?
I noticed that too. Considering this is a final packaged sample, my best gues is that the energy effect will look red. :(
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I will probably buy one to replace the one "piloting" my magnaguard fighter.
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In some of the magna guard images the energy effect looks like the right color, but on this new image and the loose sample it looks red. Which do you think the final production piece will have?
This image is a production sample, so it's probably a pretty good indicator of what you'll see on shelves as far as deco and whatnot.
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It would have been neat if they could have packed in the other colored shoulder pads with the Sandtrooper. I'm no army builder, but I would have gotten a few extra just to have one of each color with the ball hips. Imagine the sales from the army builders.
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In some of the magna guard images the energy effect looks like the right color, but on this new image and the loose sample it looks red. Which do you think the final production piece will have?
I noticed that too. Considering this is a final packaged sample, my best gues is that the energy effect will look red. :(
It's a shame if it is. I saw a packaged image with the correct color as well, but it didn't have the UGH look that this latest sample has. I know there's not supposed to be any difference between UGH and non UGH but maybe in this case.... here's hoping anyway.
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Following up on our complete line-up of Wave 2 figures, we have a couple close-up shots of the upcoming Commander Cody and Magna Guard (carded) for your scrutinizing eyes!
(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_Wave2CodyCloseupCarded01_TN.jpg) (http://www.jedidefender.com/image.pl?http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_Wave2CodyCloseupCarded01_Full.jpg) (http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_MagnaGuardCloseupCarded01_TN.jpg) (http://www.jedidefender.com/image.pl?http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_MagnaGuardCloseupCarded01_Full.jpg)
Clicky each image to check 'em out!
Cody appears to just have that belt fix... That's disappointing to me. I really had hoped they'd up the scratch paint details on this figure over his BAD incarnation since they're there. :(
The Magna Guard is a thing of beauty, even rocking the plastic scarf bit it appears. I hadn't realized that. The electricity's looking much redder though, than purple, so yeah... Oh well. I'll live as I still love that figure. One of my favorites of the wave, without a doubt.
Also note the staff's ends are clear plastic simulating the sorta glass looking tubes on the ends. That's pretty badass.
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That magna guard is the star of the wave for me but I think Cody looks great on the vintage card If I was a carded collector I'd be snapping him up. I held off buying this version of him as I liked the previous one, and went to some lengths to ensure I got him... but maybe now is the time.
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Following up on our complete line-up of Wave 2 figures, we have a couple close-up shots of the upcoming Commander Cody and Magna Guard (carded) for your scrutinizing eyes!
(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_Wave2CodyCloseupCarded01_TN.jpg) (http://www.jedidefender.com/image.pl?http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_Wave2CodyCloseupCarded01_Full.jpg)
Cody appears to just have that belt fix... That's disappointing to me. I really had hoped they'd up the scratch paint details on this figure over his BAD incarnation since they're there. :(
Cody's belt is still wrong.
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Yeah - in that pic, the belt looks the same as the 2009 Legacy figure.
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See, that goes to show how well I know my Cody's I guess. :-X I never cared much about the belt flip-flops on Clones, so I missed that. Could be Cody's belt's going to be exactly the same then, no fix at all. I believe this is a production figure... Let the rampant speculation begin.
I was totally fine with the last Cody even with the belt, but this could annoy lots of folks I guess if it isn't fixed. Thanks for pointing that out though guys.
I thought this was something that was being reported as being fixed though? ??? I know I read that somewhere.
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I have the LC version, but I don't care very much that the belt is wrong. It's still a great figure. But it's true that initial reports and pics were of Cody with a fixed belt. The very 1st pic released of carded TVC Cody showed him with a correct belt. So I guess this means that Hasbro hasn't fixed the shallow plug for Obi-Wan's lightsaber?
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Seems to, at this stage, likely be the case... no fixed belt.
Which all goes back to why you never trust pictures and product at toy shows like SDCC or Toy Fair... That stuff's usually put together by hand, and in some cases it's even cast resin parts I've noticed, not even injection molded plastic.
Kinda like Anakin's head issue, it seems Cody's Belt may very well be upsidedown for production figures rather than what's turned up in Hasbro press photos and at the shows.
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(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_ROTSWaveMagnaGuardCardedUGH01_Full.jpg)(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_ROTSWaveGrievousCardedUGH01_Full.jpg)(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_ROTSWaveAnakinCardedUGH01_Full.jpg)(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_ROTSWaveKenobiCardedUGH01_Full.jpg)
(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_ROTSWaveCodyCardedUGH01_Full.jpg)(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_ROTSWaveSidiousCardedUGH01_Full.jpg)(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_ROTSWaveCloneTrooperCardedUGH01_Full.jpg)(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_ROTSWaveSandtrooperCardedUGH01_Full.jpg)
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Seems to, at this stage, likely be the case... no fixed belt.
Which all goes back to why you never trust pictures and product at toy shows like SDCC or Toy Fair... That stuff's usually put together by hand, and in some cases it's even cast resin parts I've noticed, not even injection molded plastic.
Kinda like Anakin's head issue, it seems Cody's Belt may very well be upsidedown for production figures rather than what's turned up in Hasbro press photos and at the shows.
Hard to say, maybe we'll get both as this link (http://lichtgeschwindigkeit.de/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=6823&p=183735#p183735) Jeff posted before shows the belt in the proper orientation.
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Love Grievous' little 'courtsey' pose just to get him in the bubble.
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It'd be ideal to get the belt rightside up for those who found it an issue... I don't think I cared enough to buy him again myself, but I can see how it's annoying to some. I'm very unobservant to that kind of stuff though, I'll admit. :) I never notice saber hilts unless it's a HUGE difference though either. Some guys that annoys them to no end, and I can't blame them I guess.
I honestly wouldn't know Luke often has the wrong saber hilt if it weren't for people pointing it out all the time, ya know?
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Love Grievous' little 'courtsey' pose just to get him in the bubble.
I was shocked by how much space the bubble takes up on that card! That's a snazzy little pose he's in to fit him inside the bubble... his legs appear to be crossed. Odd for an evil general like him. :P
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Love Grievous' little 'courtsey' pose just to get him in the bubble.
I was shocked by how much space the bubble takes up on that card! That's a snazzy little pose he's in to fit him inside the bubble... his legs appear to be crossed. Odd for an evil general like him. :P
Guess that's the same size bubble the pig will be coming in. Nice to know that we can get some of the larger figures on these cards.
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Yep, these huge bubbles and they can't/won't put Wicket and Kneesaa on one card. :-\
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A couple more images...
(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_RegularWave2KenobiCarded01_TN.jpg) (http://www.jedidefender.com/image.pl?http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_RegularWave2KenobiCarded01_Full.jpg) (http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_RegularWave2AnakinCarded01_TN.jpg) (http://www.jedidefender.com/image.pl?http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_RegularWave2AnakinCarded01_Full.jpg) (http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_RegularWave2CloneTrooperCarded01_TN.jpg) (http://www.jedidefender.com/image.pl?http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010Vin_RegularWave2CloneTrooperCarded01_Full.jpg)
Clicky each image to check 'em out!
Also if you're note the Anakin headsculpt compared to the UGH figure, they're the same, so this just helps to confirm what Hasbro told Jayson over at Yakface during Comic-Con, that Anakin appears he'll share the same headsculpt regardless of the cardback.
I like that the Clone uses the ball-jointed hips, and a removable helmet. I may pick a few of him up... And if he were repainted I'd pick him up again I'm sure. I won't go nuts army building him as I have plenty already, but I'd buy probably 2 of any color they put out.
Obi-Wan's a snore unless they're hiding paint aps there. :( Anakin rocks socks. :)
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When are these due to hit?
cb
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I was thinking waves were scheduled 6 weeks apart through 2010? ??? I'm not positive on that CB, but I believe that was what came out of SDCC... So, assuming 8/6 isn't the exact date that 6 weeks should've started from then I think we could see Wave 2 as early as late August or early September.
In general when production images begin surfacing I've found a 1 month waiting period is pretty common. So I'm betting on September then, though earlier wouldn't surprise me.
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Yep, these huge bubbles and they can't/won't put Wicket and Kneesaa on one card. :-\
They can, but they'd get a lot of complaints by modifying the vintage card front.
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I was thinking waves were scheduled 6 weeks apart through 2010? ??? I'm not positive on that CB, but I believe that was what came out of SDCC... So, assuming 8/6 isn't the exact date that 6 weeks should've started from then I think we could see Wave 2 as early as late August or early September.
In general when production images begin surfacing I've found a 1 month waiting period is pretty common. So I'm betting on September then, though earlier wouldn't surprise me.
thanks for the info.
I'm keeping my eyes open for these and future vintage.
Wish they were all like this.
cb
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It looks like Hasbro might have the correct color on the MagnaGuard's staff after all.
http://www.rebelscum.com/C5/Setting_Up/image39.asp
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^ I did notice that, and hopefully that's the final color. But after a closer inspection of Anakin's headsculpt, I personally don't like it very much. I just don't think it's a good likeness. I will give props, though, for the Sith eyes.
There are also shots of the cardbacks from the ROTS wave... they're a mess - seeing "Vintage" (Palpatine), ROTS (Grievous, Magna Guard, Anakin, Obi-Wan), TSC (Cody), and even POTF2 (Sandtrooper) cardbacks all together look very un-uniform.
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Just in time for C5 I guess, some loose images of Anakin from Wave 2...
Very bitchin' looking!
(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/010TVC_AnakinVaderLoose02_TN.jpg) (http://www.JediDefender.com)
Clicky to check 'em out!
He's a perfect Jedi... tons of articulation, saber and saber hilt which clips to the belt, a cloth cloak... The ideal stuff a Jedi should come with, and be designed as.
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Looks like I'll be getting two, although that's if the older Anakin head fits on the new body. I tried a headswap with the new TVC Boba and the Evolutions one and there was some looseness for some reason, which is retarded considering it's the same figure.
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There's sometimes some shrinking that takes place during cool-down with plastics, and sometimes it varies if a different plastic is used, so that's a possible explanation there. It can be very slight, but make all the difference, and thus the head it was designed to have/manufactured with shrank at the same rate and fits right, while the other doesn't.
That's just a possible explanation on that anyway.
Also I'm not so sure yet that I'm buying that they got the electro-staff colors right for the Magna Guard. I'm hopeful too, but as we've come to see over the years, what's on display at conventions isn't necessarilly a good gauge of what you'll see at retail in terms of colors and whatnot. :-\ I hope I'm wrong on that though, as the ones on display now look better than the previous images, but those previous images may be production figures and what's on display may be a packaged prototype.
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I picked up this wave this morning on my way into work and instead of going to lunch, I'm opening them up at my desk.
The Anakin and Sidious are the gems in this wave - to me at least.
The cape on Grievous is a nice touch, but frankly, the cape should have been present in the TLC release and why give us eight slots for unlit lightsabers and only two unlit lightsabers - I would have preferred four unlit lightsabers instead of the blaster.
The Magnaguard is an articulation improvement, but the figure seems still too small and a bit too fragile. I was gonna army build this figure, I might only grab another one to open now that I've actually gotten to fiddle with it.
The belt on my Commander Cody figures are fixed - so that's a good thing with this re-release.
The Clonetrooper and Sandtrooper are nice army builders, gonna definitely have to pick up some more of them.
The lame duck of the wave is Obi-Wan - nice figure, umpteenth re-release, nothing really new here, makes sense though - if you're gonna put ROTS Obi-Wan on a Vintage style card, this is the figure to go with - unfortunately, both of the ones I found were smashed, so I still need one of these for the MOC collection.
So overall, it's a nice wave, could it have been a bit better? Sure, but that's the case with every wave in my opinion.
I have to wonder, so now that these are out, are the only other Vintage figures coming out between now and the end of the year the ROTJ wave figures? It seems like calendar-wise there's plenty of time to fit in the ROTJ and AOTC waves.
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Found these today at TRU in NY. I wasn't really expecting them yet.
At $9.99 I was selective. Had to have the Palps and Anakin though. And then Grievous. And then the sandtrooper.
Figured I'd just hold the receipt until I find them at Target or Wally. I dunno.
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Found these today at TRU in NY. I wasn't really expecting them yet.
No ****! How's the new Walrusman?
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I have to wonder, so now that these are out, are the only other Vintage figures coming out between now and the end of the year the ROTJ wave figures? It seems like calendar-wise there's plenty of time to fit in the ROTJ and AOTC waves.
the way I heard Curto's interview it sounded like Hasbro is very hopeful that the AOTC wave will be out right around Christmas time - and the wave following that could be out shortly after (perhaps within a week!)
Also, what are your thoughts on Anakin's arms? To me they looked to long in all of the pics I have seen. How does he look in hand?
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Found these today at TRU in NY. I wasn't really expecting them yet.
No ****! How's the new Walrusman?
No need to be a smart-ass, it's my fault, I started the trend - I saw "Vintage Wave 2" and I thought this thread was for the ROTS wave.
Just take Dressel and me out and shoot us for this horrible breach of web forum etiquette!
::)
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No need to be a smart-ass, it's my fault, I started the trend - I saw "Vintage Wave 2" and I thought this thread was for the ROTS wave.
Just take Dressel and me out and shoot us for this horrible breach of web forum etiquette!
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Jokes, Pete_Fett. Jokes.
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Found these today at TRU in NY. I wasn't really expecting them yet.
No ****! How's the new Walrusman?
The aqualish is a perfect replica of you, Virex.
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Was I just served? I think I was just served. Ouch.
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Found there yesterday at TRU as well.
Anakin, Sidious and Magna Guard are fantastic... I got two Magna Guards and didn't have any problems with them being sturdy.
Anakin is a huge upgrade over the previous version, really love everything about this figure.
Sidious is great too, but I actuallty already took mine apart for a custom. Just making him look a bit different, I want one with a plastic "skirt" rather than cloth. I picked up a second one though to not customize.
Passed on the Clone - I prefer the 2005 sculpt much more. Don't really need any Sandtroopers either I don't think, but that could change. Might get a Grievous eventually but pretty content with my Legacy one.
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As tempting as finding this wave may be, TRU's pricing is keeping me from buying Vintage Collection figures in their stores. The only way TRU may rope me in is if it's easier to find the Bounty Hunt foil cards there. Well, that or they finally lower their prices.
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@Pete_Fett: Does the Obi-Wan lightsaber hilt actually fit onto the belt, unlike the LC version?
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@Pete_Fett: Does the Obi-Wan lightsaber hilt actually fit onto the belt, unlike the LC version?
Nope - I still can not get the Obi-Wan lightsaber hilt to fit on Cody's belt - so I opted to just put the hilt in Grievous' cape.
Speaking of Grievous, the cape isn't the only thing new about the figure.
They have added "wrist joints" to each of the four arms - so there IS a difference between the actual figure in the Vintage release and the Legacy Collection release.
This probably won't matter to most, but I just wanted to point it out....
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Hmm, thanks for pointing that out! This gives me even more reason to buy this Grievous without feeling bad... but I sure do hope he can hold those lightsabers with the split hands. On the TLC figure, the hands (when split apart) could barely hold the lightsabers.
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After observing some pictures of Anakin over at GH, I noticed that his hair is an entirely separately sculpted piece from his head. It looks like his sideburns are painted onto the head, with the hair glued on. I'm not sure if I like the look much, because I think the 2005 Evolutions head sculpt had a better look.
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I picked up this wave yesterday... can't get Grievous or the Magna guard to stand up. Their legs are way too flimsy.
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I picked up this wave yesterday... can't get Grievous or the Magna guard to stand up.
That's what she said.
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Saw this wave on the pegs this morning at TRU, along with the Legacy of the Darkside 2-packs and the Rise of Boba Fett UBP. (Yep, major new swag all of a sudden)
I hate to say it, but I had to hop off the TVC bandwagon. I even went home and gathered up most of my Wave 1 figs and returned them to TRU. It was a hard call, I really like most of the figures and the whole vintage homage, but frankly I had to draw the line someplace. Space is becoming a serious consideration, not to mention the looming spectre of The Wife.
Good looking wave though, I may consider picking up a few openers here and there, if only for the UPC's.
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Saw this wave on the pegs this morning at TRU, along with the Legacy of the Darkside 2-packs and the Rise of Boba Fett UBP. (Yep, major new swag all of a sudden)
I hate to say it, but I had to hop off the TVC bandwagon. I even went home and gathered up most of my Wave 1 figs and returned them to TRU. It was a hard call, I really like most of the figures and the whole vintage homage, but frankly I had to draw the line someplace. Space is becoming a serious consideration, not to mention the looming spectre of The Wife.
Good looking wave though, I may consider picking up a few openers here and there, if only for the UPC's.
You can eliminate the looming spectre and create space by simply relocating the wife.
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Saw this wave on the pegs this morning at TRU, along with the Legacy of the Darkside 2-packs and the Rise of Boba Fett UBP. (Yep, major new swag all of a sudden)
I hate to say it, but I had to hop off the TVC bandwagon. I even went home and gathered up most of my Wave 1 figs and returned them to TRU. It was a hard call, I really like most of the figures and the whole vintage homage, but frankly I had to draw the line someplace. Space is becoming a serious consideration, not to mention the looming spectre of The Wife.
Good looking wave though, I may consider picking up a few openers here and there, if only for the UPC's.
You can eliminate the looming spectre and create space by simply relocating the wife.
If you do that half of your collection will disappear with her. On the plus side, you will have more room for new stuff.
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Saw this wave on the pegs this morning at TRU, along with the Legacy of the Darkside 2-packs and the Rise of Boba Fett UBP. (Yep, major new swag all of a sudden)
I hate to say it, but I had to hop off the TVC bandwagon. I even went home and gathered up most of my Wave 1 figs and returned them to TRU. It was a hard call, I really like most of the figures and the whole vintage homage, but frankly I had to draw the line someplace. Space is becoming a serious consideration, not to mention the looming spectre of The Wife.
Good looking wave though, I may consider picking up a few openers here and there, if only for the UPC's.
You can eliminate the looming spectre and create space by simply relocating the wife.
If you do that half of your collection will disappear with her. On the plus side, you will have more room for new stuff.
You can let her take monkey leia and the rest of the POTF2 stuff. She won't know the difference.
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I found a foil card Magna Guard today, what a great figure. I had no qualms tearing it open, 10 out of 10 on this guys, articulation to paint ops it's outstanding.
I was hoping BBTS would have gotten these in now as I have them on preorder. what happened to online stores getting stuff in first?
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Well, BBTS is processing my order so I am eating my words. I cannot wait for the rest of the wave.
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I found a foil card Magna Guard today, what a great figure. I had no qualms tearing it open, 10 out of 10 on this guys, articulation to paint ops it's outstanding.
TRU?
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I found a foil card Magna Guard today, what a great figure. I had no qualms tearing it open, 10 out of 10 on this guys, articulation to paint ops it's outstanding.
TRU?
Yes! The also had x2 Clone troopers, Obi-Wan, a Foil Vader and Han which no one gave a rats ass about. The Guard I found was also foil.
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Sigh...alone with all my toys. It's kind of a sad image really. :'(
Seriously though, if I was still single my collecting budget would probably be triple what it currently is. I actually know of a local collector around here who has a climate controlled mini-warehouse for his stash because it won't even fit into the house anymore. Yep, single dude.
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I actually know of a local collector around here who has a climate controlled mini-warehouse for his stash because it won't even fit into the house anymore.
Haha so now we know why we can't find anything at retail.
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Well, BBTS is processing my order so I am eating my words. I cannot wait for the rest of the wave.
I'm too lazy too look at the moment, but how much are you paying for this case? I've NEVER paid extra on anything that I can find at retail....just curious I suppose....BBTS is awesome though! I used to live right across the street from them when they relocated to Somerset - WI back in the day.
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I'm too lazy too look at the moment, but how much are you paying for this case? I've NEVER paid extra on anything that I can find at retail....just curious I suppose....BBTS is awesome though! I used to live right across the street from them when they relocated to Somerset - WI back in the day.
$104.99. 12 figures which breaks down to about $8.75 a figure, case fresh. It's so worth it, you save the time, energy and money that you would spend hunting. They come in a case that you open, you can also combine and hold your stuff to save on shipping until you are ready. I have a huge order that's only $12 to ship. I do not mind paying the few extra bucks to avoid the hassle so it depends on your preference. They usually got stuff in before retail too, so far their TVC record is not very good on that though. This wave at least came in at the same time so it improved.
The only thing I am peeved about is my 3 extra mangaguards are still on preorder despite me ordering the day the offered them back in June. I may cancel those if I can find the extras I want, they were $10.99 each. I want 6.
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I took a trip to the across the town Wal-Mart today, in search of the Jabba pack (no luck), and found the ROTS wave on the pegs there. Of course, it comes one day after my BBTS order is "ready to ship", but oh well. I did pick up a few I wanted extras of (Sidious, MagnaGuard, Anakin) and also grabbed a "foil" Boba Fett just because. I'm not really after the UGH stuff, and never have been, but since I saw the Fett anyways, I went ahead. Side note - there were probably 4-5 other silver foil figures there too, so I'm not sure how rare these are. I've decided not to go carded with the PT stuff, so I passed on any extras of the rest.
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Found this wave at my Wally as well. Got everybody but Grievous and Anakin (both were foil, and since I want only carded versions of them, I'll wait).
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Saw Grievous, Magnaguard and Sandtrooper at Wally today. Passed on them for now...
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I picked up Sandtrooper and poopa-papa-Palpatine tonight... I like both a lot, and Palps is fantastic to me, aside from having a non-cackling headsculpt packed in extra.
The Sandtrooper's nice to have another one of too. I like having the extra articulated Stormie around.
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Does Obi-Wan look like a recycled figure from the 2005 ROTS wave to anyone.
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He is a straight re-pack, but from 2006.
I got to crack open the Palpatine, Clone trooper and Grevious. Don't think I can add any more insight to what's already been said. That Palaptine head sculpt is rather intense though. Might pick up a second clone trooper.
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Is Hasbro planning on fixing the Clone Trooper helmet paint issues? Every one that I've seen thus far (about 6 total between two separate Wal-Marts) leaves the black stripe above the "eyes" unpainted, and the "vent" details on the sides of the helmet unapplied. With the emphasis on "Doing it right" in the vintage line-up, I'm a little surprised that such a paint app misstep made it out so widely.
Outstanding wave, btw. The MagnaGuard might be my favorite figure of the line so far, and blows any and all other previous versions (film and animated) away.
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I was watching ROTS on Spike last night, and it got me thinking that the head sculpt on Palpy is pretty necessary/accurate. I don't think there's a moment in the entire duel when Palps doesn't have that ridiculous grin on his face.
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I found myself thinking the same thing. The head sculpt has grown on me, as the figure has. The soft goods aren't as bad as I thought, but I swapped out the hood with the one from the bust up, and I recommend everyone to do this if they have one around. It makes a huge difference.
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Saw this wave at Wal*Mart yesterday...and I have to admit, seeing the Sandtrooper on a Vintage Star Wars cardback was almost enough to make me buy it, just because that's something I dreamed about as a kid. Didn't get it, and now it occurs to me the picture on the card is actually a '97 special edition addition, so that wouldn't have been it back in the day, anyway.
But, man, that Vintage card stuff is really working for me, especially the straight up "Star Wars" look...can't wait to see more of those.
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Saw this wave at Wal*Mart yesterday...and I have to admit, seeing the Sandtrooper on a Vintage Star Wars cardback was almost enough to make me buy it, just because that's something I dreamed about as a kid. Didn't get it, and now it occurs to me the picture on the card is actually a '97 special edition addition, so that wouldn't have been it back in the day, anyway.
But, man, that Vintage card stuff is really working for me, especially the straight up "Star Wars" look...can't wait to see more of those.
That's something I really like about this Vintage Collection line as well, seeing some of those OT characters on the vinty cardbacks - particularly ones we could have/should have seen back in the original line. I actually sort of hope that at some point we see repacks like Stormtrooper Han, Slave Leia, etc. on the new cards as well. That would be kind of nifty if we have to see repacks anyways.
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Saw most of this wave today. I picked up the Vader (along witha Saga Legends Bossk). Cool looking figure....I think the sculpted hair makes it stand out. Too bad the Evolutions ROTS Anakin didn't have ball and socket elbows as well.
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Does the Evo figure's head fit the new figure's body, or was this answered already and I'm not seeing it? I'd like to headswap I think.
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The Evolution ROTS Anakin Head is a little too small. Shame.
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The socket on it's a little small? That's ok then. It can be hollowed out a little. I'd like to transfer one head to the new better articulated body and have a nice plain Ani.
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It's funny to read so many people finding so much of this wave, yet here in LA, I found exactly one case so far.
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Zilch here in NW Indiana. But I am not too worried, I am thinking I am only going to get Sidious and a Magna Guard or two.
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Saw the wave at Wally last night.
Got the Sandtrooper and Clone on non foil cards.
Wanted Anakin and Ben , but had to pass for now.
There were foils of Magna guard and Cody.
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Of course as soon as I open my mouth they turn up. Last night at WM I grabbed Sidious, Magna x2, Grievous, and Anakin.
I was on the fence about the last two but I ended up getting them anyway. Grevious is pretty flimsy but I like what they did with the lightsabers/hilts - they seem a bit thicker to me. I also like his cape.
My main gripe about Anakin was that his arms looked really long in the photos I saw online - while that still may be true he looked good swinging on the peg and the arm issue doesn't looks so bad with the robes on, plus I think the head sculpt turned out alright - so I grabbed him too.
Now, where are my wave 3 case assortment breakdowns???
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I picked up most of Wave 2 tonight that I hadn't gotten yet, which was most of the wave... I'm still missing the Magna Guard however, which sucks since he's who I wanted the most, but such is life.
Anyway, some thoughts overall on this wave...
-Palpatine... An outstanding figure all around. It's some of the cooler softgoods Hasbro's ever done because they make the complexity of the outfit, while still giving the figure a wide range of articulation without much of a compromise at all. The outfit though, I really thought was going to impede this figure's potential coolness. I thought for certain Hasbro would cut something down because I just couldn't see them going softgoods and pulling it off. They did though.
I really would've liked a non-cackling headsculpt though. It's really about the only gripe I could find besides him having a saber hilt as an extra accessory. He's going to look great next to Mas Ameda though, and a couple Royal Guards (which I just happened to pick 2 up cheap at the Toy Show last month, so cool beans there).
This was my favorite figure of this wave, thus far.
-Clone Trooper... Surprisingly a delight. It's a nice, generic, uber articulated Clone... I'm a bit of a sucker for the improved articulation I guess, and I'd probably re-buy some army builders of different colors with this sculpt. At least the movie Clones anyway, like 212th, and 501st Troopers.
The only disappointments to me were that his eyes are again staring upward... Will Hasbro ever fix Clone eyes? And the helmet lacks a LOT of paint details, as do the treads of his shoes. It's actually noticeable, and kinda lame that they're omitting details like that IMO.
-Sandtrooper... A great army builder Stormtrooper, and I love getting more of the rifle he comes with. I'd love to pick this figure up with a worn deco and maybe a unique pauldron.
-Anakin "Darth Vader" Skywalker... Badassery. The articulation is fantastic and a HUGE improvement (I'm even suprirsed how much it helps him), and the likeness is spot-on. I love the change in the hair sculpt. I'm going to still get a 2nd of this figure to put a non-Sithy headsculpt onto though. A very good figure, and a Jedi with a hilt for his belt? I love it, and I wish ALL Jedi had the hilt accessory to clip to their belts.
-Cmdr. Cody... Mine has fairly loose hip joints, which is a bit disappointing, as I really was on the fence on buying Cody again anyway since I don't feel the fixed belt is a huge deal. The paint details seemed slightly better though, and the antenna was silver, so I caved. I sorta regret the purchase now though because the hips are quite loose on mine.
-General Grievous... An insanely pleasant surprise. He isn't super sturdy, but mine stands just fine, and I've had him in some pretty cool positions. I like putting his hands behind his back like he's pacing the bridge of his ship or something.
The cape though, takes the cake... I had gotten Palpatine ahead of the rest of this wave, and then tonight I got Grievous, and his cape is maybe my favorite softgoods accessory of any figure, ever. The pockets are nicely sewn, and each side holds 4 sabers. The design is on the back of the cape, which I wasn't sure we'd get, so I was really glad to see it there... The weight makes the cape hang nicely, and it's of course got the red lining... It's really one of the finer pieces a figure has ever come with, hands down.
Grievous only comes with 2 sabers and 2 saber hilts, so I guess we're to fill the other pockets with other sabers. I'm thinking of adding a Nahdar Vebb hilt or something. I'd rather they included more sabers rather than his blaster pistol, but that's ok I guess.
His articulation upgrades are nice. The arms lock better, but still not great, and I think my figure needs his arms run under some hot water so they form to one another better. The package warped them slightly. Still though, the wrist articulation is a help, and the pins/holes seem deeper too, so I like that they were really trying to improve the 2008 figure. Also, his color seems better. Grievous is easily my 2nd favorite figure of the wave, behind Palpatine right now. I'd say the Magna Guard will trump them both, but I don't have it yet to be sure.
I got a number of the figures tonight as the Foil Carded versions, as that was all there was. I was thinking there would be foil and non-foil in the same case, but maybe I'm wrong. I can't see someone passing on the foil ones, but whatever. I opened them as the foil stuff doesn't matter. I'd like to salvage the cards, but I kinda dislike the foil enough that I doubt I try salvaging these.
Anyway, good wave... Anxious for about 6 or 8 Magna Guards, and hopefully an easy blue repaint of the same figure.
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This wave is already falling off the pegs at my Walmart and I've spotted it at both TRU and Target once each.
I think my Walmart must have put out like 12 cases or something this week. I was equally excited to see the Skrull Soldiers in the Marvel Universe waves on the pegs right next to it though.
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I hadn't even heard of this wave hitting Target yet. Seems lke Target is going to be my only hope to get it.
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Wave 2 is currently in stock at Entertainment Earth. Not the revision cases, or at least not all of them, but they updated the assortment. When I first ordered my wave 2 case there weren't foils in it. Now there are. Magnaguard, Han, Vader and Cody are the foils. I'd have preferred no foils. The only foil I really want is the fett and that's just to flush out a fett focus. Wave 1 is still showing in stock too.
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MY local WM seems to have a bunch of these, so much so that Magnaguards and Sandtroopers sit around a bit. It makes up for the lack of Jabba. Anyway, I bought a few of these for the carded collection- Sidious, Magnaguard, Clone Trooper, and the insanely cool Anakin and Obi-Wan. I guess I'll have to keep looking for Cody and Grievous, since the ones at my store had slightly damaged cards, wonky sticker placement, or misapplied bubbles.
It seemed like there were more foil cards sitting around than regular ones, which I thought was bizarre until I remembered the UGH idea was pretty stupid.
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This wave's been htiting here at WM in a somewhat predictable pattern, but I've still not got the Magna Guard, and after at rip out this afternoon it appears that most WM's that had this wave now no longer have it, including figures like Obi_Wan and the Clone who were the only ones to linger much.
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same here (in NC) the same Wally I first saw the RotS wasve at a week or so ago now only has one clone and a Obi left. plenty of ESB though, well 3P0's, Hoth Hans, a couple Leia's and some Bespin Luke.
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I got this wave via BBTS this afternoon (although I have seem them at retail twice too, but I already had this in my "pile of loot"), and it really is a pretty nice wave. I can't say I was overly excited about it when it was first announced, but the figures do look pretty nice. I haven't gotten a chance to open them yet (hopefully tonight or tomorrow), but it is good to hear that some of the "repacks" like Grievous, Cody, Clonetrooper, etc. at least have some minor improvements.
I saw plenty of the foil versions when I spotted them at retail too, and got a couple more (Cody, Magna Guard) in my set from BBTS. I don't really plan on keeping carded versions of the PT figures, but I thought I'd keep one of the Anakin and Obi-Wan from this wave because I think they look kind of spiffy (plus, I really enjoyed ROTS the most of the PT). I'm on the fence with which "set" to keep carded, foil or non-foil, since I happened to end up with one of each of Ani/Obi.
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I just found out (thanks Yakface :P) that the outfit on Palps isn't 100% accurate. Oh well, it's a great figure anyways. Apparently he has another robe that's supposed to go underneath that shawl. But that would've probably made the figure too expensive to produce.
I like how he can grip the lightning. The TLC CP Clone Palps had lightning that clipped onto his wrist, which made it look like it was shooting out of his sleeve. This Palps can actually hold the lightning, so now it actually looks like its shooting out his fingers.
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At JTA's Q/A Hasbro addressed the Cody belt-swap/belt fix this way:
A. We did make note of Cody's belt being upside down and checked off samples that were correct. However, since there were two versions (foil and non-foil) the message didn't get attached to both versions.
They make it seem as only the foil (UGH) versions got the corrected belt. So do the non-UGH versions still have the "error" belt? If I recall correctly, when the 1st pics of UGH TVC Cody came out, his belt was corrected, but non-UGH pics showed him with the belt uncorrected.
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Since these figures are out, that's a pretty easy question to answer if you can find them.
My Commander Cody was a non-UGH and had a fixed belt. I saw UGH and non-UGH today both, and both had fixed belts. I'm guessing any that got out with the wrong belts are few.
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Found Ben yesterday.
No other on the pegs.
Would like to get Anakin.
cb
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I just found out (thanks Yakface :P) that the outfit on Palps isn't 100% accurate. Oh well, it's a great figure anyways. Apparently he has another robe that's supposed to go underneath that shawl. But that would've probably made the figure too expensive to produce.
I like how he can grip the lightning. The TLC CP Clone Palps had lightning that clipped onto his wrist, which made it look like it was shooting out of his sleeve. This Palps can actually hold the lightning, so now it actually looks like its shooting out his fingers.
Yeah the outfit for Palls is terrible, brown 'skirt' and black' shaw and the soft plastic hood is another color all together. IT's weird mistakes like this that make you pull your hair out! Come on Habro, you get so much stuff right, then let a blunder like this out - it's maddening LOL
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Sidious was one of the main figures I have been waiting on since ROTS. I like the headsculpt but unfortunately the clothing really looks bad IMO. But I love the cardback and will just have to "deal" with it until they release another version in 2017.
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PoopaPappaPalpatine is my favorite only behind the Magna Guard in this wave... The robes are a bit complex, but I thought the shawl thing looks fantastic (I got mine to look great anyway), and I can sort of give them some leeway on the outfit's accuracy for the articulation and cost. I've thought about trying to make another "layer" to it myself, but probably won't even bother.
The Magna Guard's a thing of beauty though. Just fantastic.
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Found my first opener magna guard. Definitely one of the best figures in the wave.
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Found my first opener magna guard. Definitely one of the best figures in the wave.
Yeah my son wants one or two of these plus "Darth" Anakin, Grevious and maybe Obi. Is it this Vintage Grevous or the Legacy version that is so rubbery it's legs are bent beyond hope?
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Yeah my son wants one or two of these plus "Darth" Anakin, Grevious and maybe Obi. Is it this Vintage Grevous or the Legacy version that is so rubbery it's legs are bent beyond hope?
It's actually both - but if you want good play value, Vintage Grievous is best, because that one comes with a cape, blaster, and 2 unlit lightsaber hilts.
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I got a couple more Magna Guards last night at the local Wally after I picked up Halo Reach at Best Buy.
This figure's truly outstanding.
He rocks ball/socket hips, hinged knees, hinged ankles, ball/socket shoulders, ball/socket elbows, swivel wrists, ball/socket torso, and ball/socket neck.
While ball/socket knees are nice, I'm happy with how they did them. These thin droids just need a hinge to be more stable I think (Though... IG88's fantastic and stable).
The cloak is superb, as is the one Grievous comes with. Some of the coolest softgoods work Hasbro's ever done, plus they feature their patterns on the outside! I figured they'd skimp on Grievous' cloak getting the design on the back, at least.
The removable scarf around the head of the Magna Guard is great, his electro-staff is fantastic, he can hold all his gear. The sculpt and paint aps are superb too. This is truly one of the better figures Hasbro's put out IMO, in a little while. That speaks volumes about its quality I think since they've been knocking many figures out of the ballpark lately.
I can't wait for paint variations of this figure. I'd gladly buy a blue movie deco... Hell, they could go "Shadow Magna Guard" route on this guy and I'd love picking up a number of those too.
If I had one complaint, it would be that I wish you could remove the head and the neckpost so it looks like it was decapitated since they can still fight that way it seemed.
Otherwise, this is just one fantastic figure. I'd like 6 of them so I'm halfway to where I want to be. I may wind up with more though, as time rolls on.
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My local Target finally seems to have these - but they only had TVC Obi-Wan on the pegs. The rest was ESB.
Has anyone ever run into that, when there's only one figure on-shelves from a new(ish) wave? I doubt that it's because the rest of the wave sold out, but because for some reason employees only put up one figure from a newer wave. In this case, the rest of the pegs were full 100% w/ ESB wave, SL, and TCW, so I doubt there was any room to put up the rest of the ROTS wave.
Anyways, this Obi was a nice preview of what my local Target undoubtedly had in the stock rooms. I need to frequent that place more. I can't miss out on Palps! He's my most wanted of this wave.
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I saw the Magnaguard for the first time tonight on the pegs at Walmart. Not really as cool as I had been led to believe, maybe this was just an off-version though. Just seemed kind of cheap and rubbery.
The Obi-Wan from this wave is one hell of a peg-warmer so far around here.
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Saw them all at Toys R Us today. Of course, the store where they are $10. Didn't buy any. Noticed the one ROTS clone trooper left had a pre-yellowed helmet, saves you some trouble of exposing it to the elements. :P
Saw remainders at a Meijer (Anakin/Vader, Obi Wan, Cody and Sidious), considered Sidious, but...I've never been a big Sidious/Emperor fan. Anakin Vader looks like he's wearing a wig. Really annoyed me, because I went to two Meijers yesterday when they had the 20% any toy coupon and found no ROTS wave or battle packs or newer vehicles. This one had all three.
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I found Palpatine in Toys R Us last night.
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Finally got the MagnaGuard...for those who don't collect both lines, the cape is the exact same one from that line.
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Vintage Grievous is awesome, but he suffers from the same problem as the Legacy Grievous: rubber leg. I need to figure out a solution for posing this guy. I'm thinking of making some sort of wire stand for him that holds him around the waist and takes all his weight off his flimsy legs.
Hasbro really needs to give us some harder plastic for these guys...the kid-friendly excuse doesn't really work with a collector-focused line. Their choice in plastic is a cost-saving move.
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Snagged Anakin, Palps and Grievous last night. Palps and Anakin are both fantastic, but they both have flaws.
The elbow joints on my Palpatine are kind of hard to move, due to the outfit. I'm really paranoid about stuff breaking, so I'm having to be extremely careful as to not rip the soft goods. I recall Jayson at Yakface posting a custom Palpatine with a more film accurate costume, which can be achieved if you have an extra brown Jedi robe. I might give that a shot. Love the expression a lot more than I did when I saw the prototype. And unlike the 09 Monkey Face Palpatine's hood, this Palp's hood is the perfect size, so it doesn't jostle around because it's not oversized.
Anakin is my favorite articulation wise. I always thought the Evolutions/TAC version was "good enough" but man, do ball jointed shoulders make a difference. My only complaint is with the hair, it just looks like it could pop off at any moment. Looks like they also could have sculpted a teeny tiny bit more hair around the ears/sideburns. Other than that, it's a great figure. Love the headsculpt/eyes.
Cape with free Grievous... basically the same Grievous we got 2 years ago but with a new cape! Actually the new articulation is pretty cool in the wrists, especially since the hands kind of easily pop off. Not sure if that was intended (probably not, but the fig is kind of fragile) but it's cool if you want to recreate The General getting his hand cut off. And to echo the earlier thoughts about the cape, probably the coolest soft goods ever produced by Hasbro. Honestly I'd buy one more Grievous if he came with new arms that you can't pull apart. Gonna have to do a headswap with the old one too, since the "ears" on mine are warped. Overall, a great figure, but too "rubbery." He's sturdy enough, but too rubbery.
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The paintjobs are pretty significantly different between the two Grievous figures so you may not dig a headswap much. Heat it in some hot (hot as you can get it) water under the spicket, and the ears should retake their natural shape.
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This wave should be hitting any day over here. I'm not planning on picking up that many, but that could all change when I see them in person. Anakin, Grievous and the magna guard are on the list but I'm on the fence with Sidious due to that granny shawl.
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I really think the Palpatine's among my favorites... I've never quite followed why everyone hates it that much. Mine looks fantastic. The shawl thing allowed for poseability and I was able to make it look good on the figure. The slight inaccuracy with the costume doesn't bother me either I guess though.
People practically have pitchforks and torches out at a certain other site I guess. :)
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The paintjobs are pretty significantly different between the two Grievous figures so you may not dig a headswap much. Heat it in some hot (hot as you can get it) water under the spicket, and the ears should retake their natural shape.
Yeah I seem to recall the 08 Grievous being a lot more dull (maybe... I don't have mine with me at the moment). I'll give the hot water a try.
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Yeah I thought they'd be the same color too but they're really different. I was checking them when I got home. :-\
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Found a Cody the other night.
The card is to cool to pass up...now I need to find Anakin.
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This wave has just been spotted in Canada, so more loot on the pegs for us Canucks!
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Uuugh and still no sign of this wave but with the reports of the upcoming Target endcap display going up, maybe my Target will use this as an opportunity to restock shelves.
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In the UK, Toys' R Us are just getting these now. For some reason each outlet just gets one case to start and then the bulk order seems to come about a month later. I only have one outlet nearby, so the odds are pretty slim that I bag it. Due to the small amount of product, it's hard to tell if the wave has been and gone or yet to arrive.
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I've been seeing this wave more regularly at WM and Target locally, and although they are selling - they don't seem to "sell out" either. Somewhat surprisingly, I've seen Cody hanging about a bit, but that may be that it really isn't too different from the previous release. I just hope TVC is doing well sales-wise, as it is a really nicely done line even if a little light on "all new" stuff.
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I have found the wave at 4 different stores here the past few days. Mainly at Wal-Mart, Target, and TRU. Big surprise right?
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Found Anakin at Target.
Now just wait for the nest wave.
When is that?
cb
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Man...I love the articulation upgrade on Anakin but the head sculpt and glue on hair suck ass...it doesn't even come close to looking like him, the painted on sideburns suck and my hair almost fell off.
Good news is that most of the older versions head swap rather easily to this new one...
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Man...I love the articulation upgrade on Anakin but the head sculpt and glue on hair suck ass...it doesn't even come close to looking like him, the painted on sideburns suck and my hair almost fell off.
Good news is that most of the older versions head swap rather easily to this new one...
Did you notice the excessively long monkey arms?
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No...I left the robe on, how hard is it to make properly scaled arms?
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I don't like the new Anakin at all. :( His neck looks too short in proportion with the larger hair, which makes his neck look stubby. I hope Hasbro redoes Anakin completely, but I doubt it.
The one point I will give to this figure is, whether Hasbro meant to do it or not, that the right gloved hang, without the lightsaber, looks like its in a Force Choke hold. To no doubt demonstrate on Padme! :D
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I picked up the Magnaguard in Toys R Us on Monday.
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I did resist a strange urge to buy a UGH Anakin. I just don't want to go down that road again ::)
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does anyone know if they are ever going to do a running change with the anakin card to darth vader?
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does anyone know if they are ever going to do a running change with the anakin card to darth vader?
Hasbro indicated at CV that they intended to make this change/fix at some point, but I wouldn't be looking for it now in the shipping ROTS cases.
Anakin is included in all of the Vintage Wave 3 cases (I believe) so I suppose it's possible the fixed cardback could be in that wave, but that might be too soon to expect the change to show up. It all depends on how long before CV they had decided to make the change I guess...
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I wouldn't be surprised if at this point Hasbro just said, "Ah, forget it," and never make the running change. Not to be negative, but it seems like they're pouring more effort into the other waves right now. But hopefully the name change will be seen on the mixed case assortments.
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Can't believe I did it, but dished out $17 for a Sidious figure at an art store known for it's uptight employees. I know, I know, but this is the first and ONLY time I've seen TVC ROTS figures - my local Target is filled to the brim with leftover ESB and TCW figures.
Has anyone noticed the figure seems to have a belly? I guess this what happens to Sith Lords pretending to be Senators/Chancellors for over 10 years.
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I saw scads of this wave this weekend at a couple Target stores... Even the Magna Guard, I saw quite a few of.
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I already have Palpatine, the Magnaguard, General Grievous, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Anakin Skywalker.
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There've been a lot of these out up here at Walmart and TRU. Saw each of the UGHs several times too. Passed on each and every one. Only Palpatine crossed my mind as a possibility and he does sell quickly.
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We had the Wave 2 aisle display at WM, but that only lasted a couple days and they sold extremely fast. I've seen nothing anywhere else, so it's good to know they're on their way.
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I saw this wave for the first time at Target yesterday. Two Sandtroopers, one Obi-Wan, and one Magna Guard. I would of snatched that Magna Guard, but, being it's the day before Halloween, there were so many shoppers and I would have been at the registers for hours.
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I was at Target the other day and noticed at least 3 ROTS clones on vintage cards where, instead of the white "yellowing", the helmets on these clones were "greening". is this widespread? I would recommend inspecting the clones carefully when purchasing.
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Scored TVC Anakin (Vader). There was only one Anakin, and two Obi-Wans from this wave. I can't figure out for the life of me if I like this figure at all. I for sure don't like the headsculpt, but I hate the hair. The likeness doesn't very much look like Hayden Christensen, and his neck seems too wide, which inhibits head movement. His arms also seem too long. But if there is one thing I do like, it's the value: cloak, lightsaber (lit), plus unlit hilt (which I think I just lost). :-[
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I was at Target the other day and noticed at least 3 ROTS clones on vintage cards where, instead of the white "yellowing", the helmets on these clones were "greening". is this widespread? I would recommend inspecting the clones carefully when purchasing.
I've actually noticed this on just about every Clone I've seen in the past month or so, at all three of the major retailers (Target, WM, and TRU). It's very noticeable, and I wonder if it was just a bad batch of plastic on the second run (my still-carded foil Clone and the Clone I opened when the wave first hit still have white helmets). I seem to recall someone in the last Q&A with Hasbro mentioning they had a similar problem with some animated Clones recently, but this is the first time I've seen a discoloration on a new figure be so widespread upon initial release.
On another Clone Trooper note, and this is a heads-up to anyone who was waiting on this sort of thing, I went back to the Target I got 6 of the 7 ROTJ wave figures from yesterday, and found a Clone with the corrected helmet (black stripe above the eyes, blue vents on the sides of the helmet) and the properly positioned belt (at long last) on the pegs. I picked him up, but I wanted to let everyone know that apparently the ones reshipping in the ROTJ cases are the screen-accurate, corrected helmets. Oh, and mine's helmet was white instead of greening, so maybe Hasbro's already caught that, too.
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I'm late to the party, but finally got some ROTS figures last night and I'm really pleased with them. I felt like a putz buying a figure that has trouble standing for the sake of a cape but by some miracle this Grievous actually stands better than my previous version.
I haven't picked up the Sidious yet, but fully intend to. That fabric doesn't look anywhere near as bad in person. Not sure about the Cody, but if I was a carded collector he'd be a must.
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Picked up Magna Guard today. Woot. Awesome-looking figure, 2nd time I've ever seen in the wild. He's one of the better sellers.
Interested to see the 'Darth Vader' running change in place of Anakin, and, expecting to see the Clone Trooper with correctly-painted helmet that is said to ship with the 'Vader' variant, I was shocked to see that all the Clones there were the originals.
NO ROTJ figures. I'm worried now because AOTC should start hitting any day now, and I've barely even seen the ROTJ wave before.
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Scored Grievous, and I love this version so much more than the TLC release! His legs are a LOT more rubbery than that release, but the rest isn't so bad. What I love is the brighter paint application... I hated the dark gray/silver on the TLC version. This one has a cream color that is more accurate to the film, and his lightsabers are even brighter (in color), which brings out the bright colors more.
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I just say the clean version is from the Invisible Hand and the dirty is from his time on Utapau.