To be honest, all I really care about is the 3-3/4" line. It's the lifeblood of Star Wars collecting. I hope (and think) it will continue for a long time...
More than anything, I want to see a few large playsets/vehicles... with the Unleashed line supposedly going towards a 2" scale, I think they are making a mistake and slitting their own wrists with that line. If they were to make the Unleashed figures smaller, I think they would be best to make it a 3-3/4" scale line.
About a year or so ago, I opened a thread somewhere here, and was thinking that it would be cool to have the unleashed go in the 3-3/4" direction...
I really thought that some sort of 2-pks priced at the $15.00-$20.00 range would be awesome. Each one would have a cool unique base to display them on... the figures themselves would have limited articulation similar to the current unleashed line...
Also, each movie would have one large scene (almost a playset!) - something around the $40.00-$50.00 range that was a pivotal moment in that particular film.
For instance, here are some ideas for the $15.00-$20.00 range sets -
TPM
- Qui Gon fighting Maul w/ desert environment
- Obi Wan slashing Battle Droid w/ Naboo Forest base
AOTC
- Arena Padme w/ Nexu climbing Arena column
- Obi Wan deflecting shot w/ "hovering" Jango Fett w/ Kamino base
ROTS
- Palpatine fighting Yoda w/ Senate pod base
- Grievous fighting Obi Wan w/ Utupua environment
ANH
- R2D2 and C3PO w/ Tantive IV environment
- Han and Chewbacca sitting in Cantina w/ table and booth
ESB
- Dagobah handstand Luke w/ Yoda standing on him
- Han shooting at Vader w/ Cloud City dining room table
ROTJ
- Han throwing Scout Trooper against tree
- Stormtrooper shooting w/ Ewoks attacking him
Then, there would be a $40.00-$50.00 set for each film -
TPM - Theed Generator room w/ Obi Wan fighting Maul w/ dying Qui Gon on the floor
AOTC - Geonosis hangar w/ Yoda fighting Dooku w/ injured Obi Wan and Anakin lying on floor
ROTS - Mustafar control room w/ Obi Wan fighting Vader and destroyed Battle Droids, dead Nute Gunray on floor
ANH - Death Star hangar w/ Obi Wan fighting Vader
ESB - Bespin gantry/eather vane w/ Vader outstretching his hand to injured Luke
ROTJ - Throne room w/ seated Palpatine and Luke fighting Vader
Honestly, I don't care what the Unleashed line does. As it is now, it's not my cup of tea. I understand that a lot of people do enjoy it, but I don't think that scaling it down to a 2 inch line is a good move. If they were to make them smaller, then a 3-3/4 line would make sense.
This is really the way I see it - the upcoming ATTAKUS Line that is going to have some stuff in the 3-3/4 scale is probably going to be extremely expensive and that Death Star scene is going to be out of the price range of most. If there were some sort of 3-3/4 unleashed line, at least for the first time since the vintage days we MIGHT get some cool playsets/environments.
But WHAT IF the unleashed line could make some sort of playsets like this that the legendary Niub Niub made, but of course with newer figures, even preposed would be fine if they weren't "nailed down" to the playset -
![](http://www.niubniubsuniverse.com/diorama/ep5/bespin/father/secretfront.jpg)
Or as another example the Throne Room that forum member DAGOBAH is working on -
![](http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid175/p8946176d29efff899b7aedacf9b7c930/f372cff4.jpg)
And as an example, here is what ATTAKUS is putting out later, that is probably going to be damn expensive -
![](http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/misc/20050516_picview/img/6.jpg)
![](http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/misc/20050516_picview/img/2.jpg)
![](http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/misc/20050516_picview/img/3.jpg)
![](http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/misc/20050516_picview/img/4.jpg)
![](http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/misc/20050516_picview/img/8.jpg)
![](http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/misc/20050516_picview/img/13.jpg)
Would any true collector that opens their stuff NOT WANT these? We know damn well that Hasbro isn't making any effort to get us playsets with the regular line, so maybe we could get something like this as some part of unleashed Line.
To scale down the unleashed Line to a 2" line is probably a big mistake. If they are to scale it down, they should go with a 3-3/4" line because the 3-3/4" line is the lifeblood of Star Wars collecting, plain and simple.
Thoughts? I know most people want to see the unleashed line stay as it is, but I think this would be A LOT better than going to a small 2 inch line which is what it seems is going to happen.
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