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The Clone Wars '08-'13 / Will there be a CW Slave I This Year?
« on: April 13, 2010, 06:44 PM »I don't want to be a "Debbie Downer" - but is there a possibility that they could just be planning on re-releasing the updated Slave I from 2002?
I could see them doing that before offering a completely new sculpt. The ship itself in Jango's colors hasn't been out in eight years, so a simple re-release would be cheap & fast (for Hasbro) and they could easily tie it into the appearance in the cartoon.
Or 2004. That one is (was? didn't check lately) quite a collectible and retooled from the 2002 release. It'd have to be an exclusive from what I've seen because as far as I know it can't fit in the normal Starfighter Assortment footprint. Meaning likely TRU...
But I've heard all sorts of rumors and rumblings since like 2008 that a Big Slave I has been in some sort of conceptual development-- which, well, I'm sure everything is from Ackmeena to a Sail Barge. It wouldn't stun me if they had a styrene concept model on the shelf to work from anyway. If we weren't already getting a roleplay helmet voice changer for Boba Fett, I'd probably not even CONSIDER the possibility. But between that answer, the appearance on the show, persistent rumors, lots of Boba marketing, and the 30th of ESB? I gotta say I'm oddly and unusually optimistic.
It's my realistic expectation that we won't get one. Buuuuut... who knows.