although the figures sound good  there has to be some sorta accessory to make this set worth it. or even a vehicle. The other two UBP's had a vehicle and an accessory plus a handful of figures. thats what made them a great value. all this set has is 8 figures and what? a stack of wood so vader can be place. hopefully there is something that Curto missed.

I'm hoping that they both contain small playset-like pieces - like for the Endor Celebration Set, I'm sure we'll get a pyre to put Vader on, but I also think there should be the deck and at least two huts to represent a piece of the Ewok village.

With the Death Star Escape, I'm hoping that it will include the tractor beam control assembly. They'll probably put the figures in a hangar-like display, but it will be constructed of cardboard.

The droid is slightly painted, but nothing significant other than the colored bar-arms (not quite sure what else to call them) that run horizontally beneath the dome. That's it. There are no other pre-applied decals, so the interior of the cockpit is decal-free.

It does make this ship look rather "plain".

Believe or not....There is absolutely NO sticker sheet included with this ship.  I just found this out tonight at our geeky SW meeting, so this was news to me.  I guess there's lines painted on the droid, but that's all you get.

I'm still buying one though.   

This was a surprise to me as well. At first I thought I was missing the sticker sheet, but then when I saw that there weren't sticker label places indicated on the instruction sheet for the ship, that's what tipped me off to the fact that there weren't stickers at all.

Seems kind of odd, but oh well...

Has anyone ever seen the Mouse/Basso set where Basso DOESN'T have the should pauldron?

I saw that Rebelscum posted an update to their photo gallery on this set saying it's a variation, but once again (like with the Clean Black Pauldron Saga Legends Sandtrooper that has yet to surface) - we're dealing with a sample obtained from Hasbro for the original photoshoot and then the production piece has the pauldron.

WOOKIEES - I think there's a solid idea here, but I have a different lineup that I think would be stronger
-Zaalbar - KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC video game
-Tarfful - REVENGE OF THE SITH - SA, proper blaster (The ROTS version wasn't that good)
-Chewbacca - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - SA w/ breath mask, tools & bowcaster

I don't see anything wrong with this line-up, I think it's a really solid mix of three wookies.

I think that these Evolutions sets are probably going to be our best bet for getting more figures from the KOTOR era.

My comment was with regard to the toy line failing. Not the series or the airing of the first few episodes in theatres. I have no doubt that both will do extremely well.

Hasbro would be foolish not to be taking note of the luke-warm response the style change has received. Perhaps sales might indicate differently, but based on collector feedback I've seen, I don't see collectors factoring in to the success of this line. In order for this line to succeed they're going to need buy-in from kids. Hopefully Hasbro has plans on advertising the line during the show itself.

So what is their excuse reason for the substantial price increase?

If this is the new regular price for each 12" figure, I think I may have to drop out of this line, I just can't justify spending $90 on something that should be in the $40 - $50 range. I was willing to accept the jump from the Hasbro $20 price to the Sideshow $50 price based on the better detail, better bodies, better scupting, etc... but a 450% increase in price from what we used to pay in 2005 to now is a bit much.

You almost want to tell them to get off their high-horse, increase the production runs and bring the overall cost of the figures down.