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Title: JD.com Review: Dagobah R2-D2
Post by: Jesse James on March 14, 2005, 03:08 PM

And another one down...  Look for Spirit-O-Ben-Louis soon though!

(http://www.jedidefender.com/reviews/otcdagobah/OTCdagobahr2.jpg)

He's lean, he's mean, he's uh...  dirty.  Well, he's not something you haven't seen before really, as he's actually mostly reused parts and things, but he is something new in the paintjob.  Very nicely new actually.

But is he a good figure?  Well that you have to decide for yourself!  Click Right Here (http://www.jedidefender.com/reviews/dagobahr2.php) to read the whole thing and see what you think. 

Myself, I found the figure lacking the 1-2 punch I needed to make me content with the purchase.  I like the figure as a repaint, and it blows the pack-in R2 away that came with the Dagobah X-Wing...  The problem though?  He's not anything new really, and he came with nothing to make me say that he was worth the $5.

A base is cool, but not a single accessory bit the big one.  A problem with astromechs, but look what we've gotten with others like R2-Q5...  A neat little holo Death Star.

I think Hasbro could've tossed in the Dagobah X-Wing accessories like Luke's luggage, or the Flashback Yoda Lamp, or all of them...  Just to give this guy some oomph as a toy.

Anyway, read the review, get back to us here, have fun.

Title: Re: JD.com Review: Dagobah R2-D2
Post by: JesseVader08 on March 15, 2005, 12:43 AM

Great review Jesse.  I noticed your enjoyment of the "scream" as one of his sounds that he makes.  It's one of my favourites too, but my R2 seems to have a little glitch.  After pressing the button a few times to get to that scream, he will only scream for each subsequent press of the button.  Only after a few minutes of leaving him alone will the sounds seem to "reset" and then I'll get different sounds again. 

Has anyone else encountered this?  It's not that a big deal, since it is one of my favourites of his sound effects, but just an annoyance.

Title: Re: JD.com Review: Dagobah R2-D2
Post by: Jesse James on March 17, 2005, 05:55 PM

Havne't really noticed that on mine...  I only got one though, so I dunno if that's a potential problem.

I know the Saga R2 that used basically the same body and everything had problems like that though...  Some did anyway.  Sloppy electronics inside.