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Collectibles => Past Hasbro 3.75" Lines => The Legacy Collection => Topic started by: Scott on December 16, 2007, 06:00 PM
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According to RS, there will be a large Droid Build-a-figure next year...30 total figures.
Star Wars 3 ¾” Basic Figures Assortment
Pushing the action figure pack ins in an altogether new direction, Hasbro will be offering the first build-a-figure promotion in the 3 3/4 “ basic line. The Droid Factory waves is currently planned to include 30 figures in 2008, each with an additional piece that together will create one big droid. Let the speculation begin on this one.
I can't personally think of a droid that big... Perhaps its 4-6 waves of droids,which to me makes more sense than one large 30 piece droid
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Yeah, it makes more sense that there would be multiple waves of droids as opposed to one large 30 piece droid. Unless they did something similar to the Marvel Legends line where each piece helped to construct a larger figure (ala Galacticus). Nevertheless, sounds interesting...
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Part of me is happy but only if the parts are included with new figures and not included with re-releases. If thats the case then i am not happy.
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Hmmm. This definitely gets the wheels turning. As far as large droids go, there are really only a couple that I can think of. The most notable one being the Homing Spider Droid. There's also a droid from ROTS that's just barely visible. I think that was a loadlifter droid.
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this sounds cool. maybe its that huge spider droid?
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I would love it to be the Spider Droid. I love that thing. LOL! But yeah, buying 30 figures to get it? I don't know about that.
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The only other thing I was thinking was something like the Probe Droid but not sure if you could break it up in to 30 pieces.
FX-7 is a possibility but doesn't make a whole lot of sense
The Spider Droid is another good idea but not one I am that fond of...
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I am hoping they made a mistake with it being one massive droid. I would prefer a smaller droid with each wave. It would be a good way to give us a bunch of droids from the sandcrawler.
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Evenflow, I think you're on the money. The wording on the RS page is really odd. I think that there will be one droid a wave. It would take about 6 months to release 30 figures with 30 parts, and people would loose interest. Sounds interesting either way.
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A 30 piece droid does seem like a little bit of a stretch, practically speaking. Making multiple droids, perhaps one per wave of 5 or 6 figures, does seem a bit more feasible than making 1 huge, 30 piece droid.
So if that's the case, I wonder if the droid that you would make for each wave would fit in with the theme of each wave? Certainly, it fits in with the build-a-figure concept that's become very popular with other toy lines. Especially when you look at the concept as it works in the Marvel Legends line. There's one build-a-figure for each wave of basic figures.
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I don't think every figure in a wave will have a piece.
I think 1 figure per wave (5 waves of 6 figures =30 figures), will include 1 piece of droid for a total of 5 pieces to build the figure.
Just like the McQs were a sub-line mixed in with basic TAC, I think BAF will have a stripe near the bottom (like McQuarrie's sig), that says "Droid Build a Figure!"
I thinking a correct scale Grievous....since we've been asking and it'll lead up to the CWs line.
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A 30 piece droid does seem like a little bit of a stretch, practically speaking. Making multiple droids, perhaps one per wave of 5 or 6 figures, does seem a bit more feasible than making 1 huge, 30 piece droid.
I think so too. Head, torso, 2 arms, and 2 legs. 6 parts to make 1 figure. 5 or 6 different figures.
CHEWIE had this idea a while back to include a part to a stormtrooper in each carded figure, and I loved it.
This is lovely news.
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Yeah I've been clamoring for something along these lines since the POTJ line when K3PO came out... I was pissed that they made him instead of a CZ droid, and remember bringing up the idea of build a figure... anyways, I think they said in a Q&A this year that this wasn't in their plans at all. Glad to see they've changed their mind! Thank the Maker!
As for what it could be, makes sense to me that it will be one figure per wave. I'd think one possibility would be the droid that drops 3PO in the droid factory, maybe a new spider droid, perhaps a Grievous, etc.
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Part of me is happy but only if the parts are included with new figures and not included with re-releases. If thats the case then i am not happy.
I couldn't agree more. It would be a pretty lame to include the parts with figures I already have and have no need for again.
Despite that though, I'm rather excited about this sub-line. I'd love to see them create some more astromechs, but you could really only divide them into 4 parts, rather than the 6 you'd get from regular figures.
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I'm intrigued... Not yet excited except at the idea that it could be cool, but I'm guarded for the same reasons others are... If the parts are with repacked figures, I won't be too happy. And somehow I have this suspicion they may just be that. :(
It's a cool idea, and it's a far superior pack-in to stands (unless the stand is an "environmental" thing like with the Episode 2 Bail Organa or Techno Union guy), holo figures, or even the coins (which I must admit, are addictive little collectibles themselves). It's also one of those ideas though that could be frustrating, much like the coins have been at times.
I'm hoping for smaller figures than larger ones. A Homing Spider Droid is a fair size thing, so while I'd dig getting one, I'd much rather get it as its own stand-alone toy. I have this feeling what they would put together with one on that would fall fairly flat.
I loved the process with the Hot Toys Snap Kits though of building a Queen Alien, so this is really cool to me... Anxious what comes of it now.
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Star Wars 3 ¾” Basic Figures Assortment
Pushing the action figure pack ins in an altogether new direction, Hasbro will be offering the first build-a-figure promotion in the 3 3/4 “ basic line. The Droid Factory waves is currently planned to include 30 figures in 2008, each with an additional piece that together will create one big droid. Let the speculation begin on this one.
My guess would be the figure it makes is the Corporate Alliance tank droid. It's big and a droid so it meets both requirements to match up with hasbro's description. It would also go along pretty nicely with the at-ap and at-te comming out this year.
Also based on the fact they said it builds one big droid, i doubt its General Grievous. He's a cyborg so he's not really a droid. Plus they specificly said each of the 30 figures come with a piece that will combine together to form one big droid. I don't know why people are saying they think it will be otherwise since hasbro layed it out to us pretty clearly.
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Star Wars 3 ¾” Basic Figures Assortment
Pushing the action figure pack ins in an altogether new direction, Hasbro will be offering the first build-a-figure promotion in the 3 3/4 “ basic line. The Droid Factory waves is currently planned to include 30 figures in 2008, each with an additional piece that together will create one big droid. Let the speculation begin on this one.
My guess would be the figure it makes is the Corporate Alliance tank droid. It's big and a droid so it meets both requirements to match up with hasbro's description. It would also go along pretty nicely with the at-ap and at-te comming out this year.
Also based on the fact they said it builds one big droid, i doubt its General Grievous. He's a cyborg so he's not really a droid. Plus they specificly said each of the 30 figures come with a piece that will combine together to form one big droid. I don't know why people are saying they think it will be otherwise since hasbro layed it out to us pretty clearly.
Whew boy, I can only imagine how big those pieces have to be to make this thing:
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S0204WpGZHBnoB40.jzbkF/SIG=12sg3iibl/EXP=1197995414/**http%3A//img274.imageshack.us/img274/2196/corpratealliencetankdroid2mo.png)
I think it's really really unlikely, but I'd welcome it for sure if it were true.
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I hope it's not going to take 30 figures to build it. What about the areas of the country that seem to miss certain waves of figures? Hasbro needs to also consider that.
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Ok, I didn't see anyone else post this, but what if it's the Large flying droid in the droid factory that carries 3PO on a platform for awhile?
That's one droid that's huge and would fit the profile.
Thirty pieces to make it?
Maybe not, but other than the load-lifter, Homing Spider droid or tank droid, I can't see there being much else left. Besides, it is marked as being from the "Droid factory" so my suggestion has merits.
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Plus they specificly said each of the 30 figures come with a piece that will combine together to form one big droid. I don't know why people are saying they think it will be otherwise since hasbro layed it out to us pretty clearly.
Well, the wording is very limited, actually, and this was not an official Hasbro statement. I seriously doubt this will be one item made from 30 pieces. One big droid is relative- I would call 6 pieces making a Probe Droid a "one big droid" from several smaller pieces. Still, it's just speculation at this point.
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Ok, I didn't see anyone else post this, but what if it's the Large flying droid in the droid factory that carries 3PO on a platform for awhile?
Sounds like a good candidate to me...
As for what it could be, makes sense to me that it will be one figure per wave. I'd think one possibility would be the droid that drops 3PO in the droid factory, maybe a new spider droid, perhaps a Grievous, etc.
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I like the idea of them doing the build-a-figure thing finally. Droids are a good topic since they are background characters for the most part and most folks could live without them if they don't buy everything.
I'd prefer the "1 per wave" idea, but the 30-piece mega-droid sounds interesting as well (provided of course, the excecution was well done). I guess we wait until Toy Fair for that one.
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The one per wave might get to be excessive, but one or two waves like this per year might work.
Certainly one wave next year to test the waters. Hopefully it will sell well enough that we do get more waves like it. Not neccessarily droids either.
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They could do this for a lot of things.
Dagobah Wave - build your own knobby spider
Hoth Wave - build your own Wampa
Tatooine Wave - build your own Eopie
etc.
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They could do this for a lot of things.
Dagobah Wave - build your own knobby spider
Hoth Wave - build your own Wampa
Tatooine Wave - build your own Eopie
etc.
lol, "give birth to a wampa," "give birth to an eopie" promotion.
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I saw this thread and all I could think of was the vintage droid factory. :D
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Super Articulated Probe Droid!
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Has it been stated that it is definitely going to be over the line and not the wave which means one wave equals 4 to 6 figures then next wave.
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I hope it's not going to take 30 figures to build it. What about the areas of the country that seem to miss certain waves of figures? Hasbro needs to also consider that.
Cough* Canada*cough
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I don't see how it can be over the the 30 figures seeing how we've already seen wave 1 and partial wave 2 packaged. Maybe it starts with wave 3, which is why we haven't had conformation beyond wave 2 yet.
Okay, one can obviously see that I failed to comprehend the collective meaning of the words printed in the report. The 30 figure are part of the program. :P
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I have been going back and forth over being happy for this news and being frustrated by it...
...happy because at last it is a pack-in that makes absolute sense, and is something I have lobbied for in the past...
...frustrated because it has been quite some time since I have bought all the figures in a single wave, let alone 30 figures over multiple waves...
...hopefully it will be a prequel droid like the spider droid, so I don't have to worry about how I'm gonna get all the pieces. In fact calling them "Droid Factory" waves would point to the "one big droid" being the big droid in the factory in Episode II that has already been mentioned. Might even tie in with Clone Wars, since it's in that era. If that's the case, I'll take what parts I get as droid junk pieces and actually be pretty happy for it.
If it turns out to be an OT droid I just gotta have (Probe Droid is really the only thing that might remotely fit the bill, but those would be thirty small pieces. Like, halves of arms or claws or antennas or what not.) then I'll have to weigh the costs of buying all the figures and trying to sell/trade the ones I don't want away, or trying to trade for or buy needed droid parts.
I guess in the end it is a happy dilemma. Can't wait to find out more about it!
I saw this thread and all I could think of was the vintage droid factory. :D
Me too...I was actually hoping they were gonna make a modern version with some buildable Sandcrawler Droids. I still think it would be a huge seller!!
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I went back and re-read the original text:
The Droid Factory waves is currently planned to include 30 figures in 2008, each with an additional piece that together will create one big droid.
So my theory about a series of droids for every wave seems to have been shot down. At least by the original report. So I started thinking again about BIG DROIDS. Here are the ones that come to mind:
This one caught my eye right off the bat. It's the SRT autonomous short-range transport (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/SRT_autonomous_short-range_transport). You would probably recall it from the Geonosis droid factory, as C-3PO falls and is caught by this self-same droid. An AOTC C-3PO would be an interesting add-in to this particular droid. The fact that this droid is found IN the Geonosis Droid Factory leads me to believe that this could be our prime candidate.
(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/0/0c/SRT-droid_negtd.jpg/586px-SRT-droid_negtd.jpg)
And there are a few large droids that I could think of from REVENGE OF THE SITH. One is the IW-37 pincer-loader droid (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/IW-37_pincer_loader). It made the ROTS visual dictionary, but it didn't really get any screentime in REVENGE OF THE SITH.
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/3/3d/IW-37.jpg)
And another is the CLL-M2 ordnance lifter (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/CLL-M2_ordnance_lifter). Again, it was in the visual dictionary but I don't think I saw one in ROTS.
(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/4/4a/Ordinance_lifter.JPG)
Another possibility are some of the Seperatist Droids.
First there's the Heavy Missile Platform (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Heavy_Missile_Platform) or as it's more commonly known, the Droid Gunship.
(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/2/25/HMP_Sticker.jpg)
Next is the previously mentioned Homing Spider Droid (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/OG-9_homing_spider_droid). It's definitely a large droid, and I know that a good number of collectors have been calling for one since 2002. But I think it might be a better fit in the Assault Vehicle line. Nevertheless, here's an image.
(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/e/ea/OG-9_CG.jpg)
And there's also the Droid tank (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/NR-N99_Persuader-class_droid_enforcer). Again, this seems more likely as an offering in the assault vehicles line.
(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/e/ec/NR-N99_Persuader-class.jpg)
As far as large OT droids, I think there are only a few candidates.
Here's one of the Binary Load Lifters (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/CLL-8_binary_load_lifter) that C-3PO mentions but we never saw in the movies.
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/7/7a/BinaryLoadLifter.jpg)
There's the Imperial Probe Droid (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Viper_probe_droid), but I'm not sure how likely that is given the fact that we already have one.
(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/5/53/Viperprobot_negtd.jpg/492px-Viperprobot_negtd.jpg)
Those are really all of the large droids that I can think of. So I think these might be some of the options we have in this particular case.
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I went back and re-read the original text:
...This one caught my eye right off the bat. It's the SRT autonomous short-range transport (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/SRT_autonomous_short-range_transport). You would probably recall it from the Geonosis droid factory, as C-3PO falls and is caught by this self-same droid. An AOTC C-3PO would be an interesting add-in to this particular droid. The fact that this droid is found IN the Geonosis Droid Factory leads me to believe that this could be our prime candidate.
(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/0/0c/SRT-droid_negtd.jpg/586px-SRT-droid_negtd.jpg)
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This is the one I mentioned in this thread earlier. This is what I'm guessing we are getting. For the pure fact that it's a BIG droid IN the factory.
Thanks for posting that link and pic!
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Guys, I don't think you can analyze a sentence written by an RS reporter and get a clear explanation of what to expect ;). I think Hasbro would be insane to release 30 different pieces for one BAF- it would be a logistical nightmare for them. I still think there won't be more than 6 pieces in any given BAF.
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Next is the previously mentioned Homing Spider Droid (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/OG-9_homing_spider_droid). It's definitely a large droid, and I know that a good number of collectors have been calling for one since 2002. But I think it might be a better fit in the Assault Vehicle line. Nevertheless, here's an image.
(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/e/ea/OG-9_CG.jpg)
This seems the most logical choice for me. I know this thing is huge, but if Hasbro makes the center at least as large as the Destroyer droid shield, they can probably get away with breaking it up into 16 - 20 pieces.
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Guys, I don't think you can analyze a sentence written by an RS reporter and get a clear explanation of what to expect ;). I think Hasbro would be insane to release 30 different pieces for one BAF- it would be a logistical nightmare for them. I still think there won't be more than 6 pieces in any given BAF.
Yep, and I think the BAF droid will have to be a pretty recognizable character (Probe Droid, Homing Spider, Dwarf Spider, etc.) at least at first, then if the concept is successful, produce more background/offscreen/EU droids.
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I just don't see why the Homing Spider Droid isn't in the $20 vehicle assortment already?
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I just don't see why the Homing Spider Droid isn't in the $20 vehicle assortment already?
This is what I've been saying for YEARS now...
Cripes it's just four legs, a ball body and a couple of satellite dishes for crying out loud. The legs are all the same, so that's ONE mold set for four legs. Essentially the body can be two exact halves with holes in them that the legs attach to the side and the dishes attach to the top and bottom.
This is such and EASY toy to develop. It could be packaged in a relatively small box too!
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Guys, I don't think you can analyze a sentence written by an RS reporter and get a clear explanation of what to expect ;). ...
Granted.
Call it wild speculation or fanboy wonder at this point. LOL
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Guys, I don't think you can analyze a sentence written by an RS reporter and get a clear explanation of what to expect ;). I think Hasbro would be insane to release 30 different pieces for one BAF- it would be a logistical nightmare for them. I still think there won't be more than 6 pieces in any given BAF.
Agreed.
If there are 30 figures that will be part of this sub-line concept. Then I think that will mean we will end up with anywhere from four to six droids (if you get all 30 figures)
They have had BAFs in Marvel Legends that span across 8 figures - but all eight of those figures/pieces were still self-contained to a specific wave. So perhaps one wave might have seven figures and therefore the BAF will be made up of seven parts and then in a smaller wave of only five figures, that BAF droid will be made up of only five pieces.
These pieces plus the stands will be the gimmick that replaces the coins that appeared in this year's figures.
This is a pretty smart move, they're counting on idiots like me who filled two coin albums to want to build at least two of each BAF so that means getting more money out of us per each wave.
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Watch them give us the Saga Legends Battle Droid. Collect all 5 to build one of the crappiest figures of all time! :D
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Watch them give us the Saga Legends Battle Droid. Collect all 5 to build one of the crappiest figures of all time! :D
Funny I was JUST thinking this before I read your post.
Now if it was the EPI mold, I'd be okay with that. I prefer the thicker limbs and added articulation. At least they can stand on their own.
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We are on the same page lately. (BTW, Thanks for agreeing with me on the Hasbro hand slap release)
I love the POTJ version that figure was sturdy! all he need is a backpack hole and that is the ideal BD. I am sure they will do something very cool with this, I was just joking with the BD. I would not mind seeing an update to the Probe Droid as someone pointed out.....
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Here's two other good large droid candidates, the Ultra Battle Droid and Scorponok Annihilator Droid.
(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/7/7a/B3_ultra_battle_droid.JPG/378px-B3_ultra_battle_droid.JPG)
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/4/40/Annihilator_NEGD.jpg/722px-Annihilator_NEGD.jpg)
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Scorponock Droid looks pretty. Never knew about that one. What make that Battle Droid Ultra? His rib gun and spurs?
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Scorponock Droid looks pretty. Never knew about that one. What make that Battle Droid Ultra? His rib gun and spurs?
Looks like he also has a shoulder canon.
I would be psyched with either of these as BAFs.
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I want the Annihilator Droid as a deluxe... love that design.
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What make that Battle Droid Ultra? His rib gun and spurs?
If I recall correctly, he not only has the second set of arms on his torso, the spurs, a big ass shoulder cannon, and a flashy red dot on his forehead, but he's also about four times as big as a regular SBD. The story he was first shown in was in the Clone Wars Adventures digest comics (the ones done in the style of the CN cartoon) and Mace and Saesee Tiin made pretty short work of him. Apparently they have some kind of mass disruptor that makes it nearly impossible for a Jedi to use a Force Push on them.
The Annihilator Droid, btw, is based on discarded concept art from AOTC. Initially Lucas vetoed any other droids for the end battle besides the BDs, SBDs, and Droidekas, and the Annihilator was axed pretty early on. Then Lucas decided to have the art department make more droids (Dwarf Spider, Homing Spider, Tank Droid, etc), but for whatever reason, the Annihilator never made the film.
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I really just want small simple sandcrawler droids. Little random droids we would not normally get.
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Watch them give us the Saga Legends Battle Droid. Collect all 5 to build one of the crappiest figures of all time! :D
Take it one step further to the Transformers (Devastator) route, build 5 droids that combine into one super droid. ;)
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Oh that Annihilator droid is sweet! And a fairly easy custom. Two S.T.A.P.s, and a modified spider droid can account for most of that. Just the rest of the body to creat and bam, it's done.
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Why don't they just rerelease the old droid factory (maybe with some new droid parts) and be done with it?
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(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/4/40/Annihilator_NEGD.jpg/722px-Annihilator_NEGD.jpg)
When I first heard about this promotion, this is the droid that immediately entered my mind. I think this could totally work. The thing about this droid is it could be divided into six big pieces (the midsection, the two big guns and the three legs), or I'm sure if Hasbro tried they could make it into thirty smaller pieces. I think this is a great candidate.
Watch them give us the Saga Legends Battle Droid. Collect all 5 to build one of the crappiest figures of all time! :D
*shudder* Don't say that! :P
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The thing about this droid is it could be divided into six big pieces (the midsection, the two big guns and the three legs), or I'm sure if Hasbro tried they could make it into thirty smaller pieces. I think this is a great candidate.
We'd be missing a leg then, this puppy's (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Scornpenek_annihilator_droid) got 4. ;)
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/3/3e/Annihilator_negtd.jpg/610px-Annihilator_negtd.jpg)
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actually if you look a little closer they both have four legs, its just harder to see in the first picture.
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actually if you look a little closer they both have four legs, its just harder to see in the first picture.
Yep, I just posted different angle. "This puppy" was in reference to the first pic ;)
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gotcha :)
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I was reading through the Figure of the Day feature at GH, and noticed this part of the review of CZ-4:
The figure has a unique undocumented feature which, from the look of things, was entirely intentional. It can be pulled apart at the waist, and there's a peg that looks like it was meant to be seen by fans. In short, it seems like Hasbro designed this figure to be dismantled, perhaps for future torture rack use, build-a-figure possibilities, or some other reason.
With the recent rumblings that the BAF waves will involve astromechs and protocol droids, could this be a sign of things to come? Perhaps parts of CZ-4 are going to be used in these future pack ins, or maybe not, but hopefully we'll see this weekend.
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I was reading through the Figure of the Day feature at GH, and noticed this part of the review of CZ-4:
The figure has a unique undocumented feature which, from the look of things, was entirely intentional. It can be pulled apart at the waist, and there's a peg that looks like it was meant to be seen by fans. In short, it seems like Hasbro designed this figure to be dismantled, perhaps for future torture rack use, build-a-figure possibilities, or some other reason.
With the recent rumblings that the BAF waves will involve astromechs and protocol droids, could this be a sign of things to come? Perhaps parts of CZ-4 are going to be used in these future pack ins, or maybe not, but hopefully we'll see this weekend.
I'd definitely say that is a possibility. I never knew CZ-4 even pulled apart like that, I'll have to check that out on mine next time I'm down home. If that is a sign, hopefully that means we can expect some nicely articulated BAF droids. :)
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I really love the BAF concept and am happy that Hasbro seems to have finally adopted it into the Star Wars line. It seems like all we will be getting is Droids though. If all of the BAF will be Droids i hope they make a wide variety of Droids and not just protocol and R2/R5 base figures.
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I bet the protocol droid will be the C-3PO with Battle Droid head version.
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Rune
Oh I hope so, I have been wanting that figure for so long now a didn't want to resort to paying ebay prices on that gem. I hope all the parts are included in army builders so I can make a few of them for myself. not you got me all excited about the BAF wave. NOT
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You guys have this all wrong.
We'll get:
K-3PO w/Battle Droid Head
E-3PO w/Battle Droid Head
R-3PO w/Battle Droid Head
U-3PO w/Battle Droid Head
Battle Droid w/TC-14 Head
It will be great!
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Pete_Fett
I figured they stretch the out over the next few years. so we have something to look forward to. Before they release them all SA. and in shadow form
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Oh - yeah, I totally forgot the Shadow versions.
THAT is the figure, I'm really looking forward to - Shadow C-3PO! ::)
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I still think build a stormtrooper or a SA battle droid would have been cooler, and more useful.
I'm not too stoked about this promotion.
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Build a battle droid would have been better IMO. Especially if it was an EPI mold. Thicker and better articulation.
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How about assembling our own pizzas. Hasbro could get together with Freschetta for a star wars charater pizza crusts. Imagine "Three Cheese P.O", that would ROCK!
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How about assembling our own pizzas. Hasbro could get together with Freschetta for a star wars charater pizza crusts. Imagine "Three Cheese P.O", that would ROCK!
WOULD WE GET A SHADOW ONE TOO?
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How about assembling our own pizzas. Hasbro could get together with Freschetta for a star wars charater pizza crusts. Imagine "Three Cheese P.O", that would ROCK!
WOULD WE GET A SHADOW ONE TOO?
Only if you ask nicely.
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I think the concept might actually translate well. If you think about it, this scheme could generate collector interest in droids that might otherwise pegwarm. Especially if they're going with somewhat obscure droids that barely had any screen time at all. For instance, can anyone name the astromech from Watto's junkyard? Probably not without consulting Wookieepedia. But making that droid a build-a-figure might get some people interested in it, and that's what is giving it a better shot at being made into a figure.
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How about assembling our own pizzas. Hasbro could get together with Freschetta for a star wars charater pizza crusts. Imagine "Three Cheese P.O", that would ROCK!
WOULD WE GET A SHADOW ONE TOO?
Sure, just leave it in the oven longer to burn. There you go, instant shadow pizza.
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Hasbro's Latest Media Release (http://www.jedidefender.com/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1203034179,77860,)
It looks like Hasbro has finally confirmed this "build-a-figure" pack-in, and we'll be able to assemble 7 different Droids from 30 figures on the pegs. So is this going to be incorporated into the "Classic" line of figures that is supposed to parallel the Clone Wars line?
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It certainly sounds like this is going to be what's been informally referred to as the Saga line. I can't see Hasbro offering the Droid Factory line, plus Clone Wars, plus a Saga line. That just seems silly. It seems like we'll have Clone Wars & Droid Factory as our basic figure lines.
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Okay I think I've disected the info and come up with a very plausible guess as to the build a droid figures. Not specifically whom, but what kinds.
Simply put, more Astro droids and Protocol/biped droids. (Biped being the likes of CZ-3 or Death Star droid etc. for instance)
Why? 30 total figures to make 7 B-a-D (Build a droid) figs.
That means 4-5 figures to make a droid.
For the Astro droids that's 2 outer legs, 3rd legs, and body/head combo. (4 total figs to buy to get these)
For the protocol/biped droids-two legs, two arms, body/head combo (5 total figs to buy to get these)
So that leads me further to believe we'll actually get some OT droids from this. A new Silver Protocol droid. Sure it's the same as TC-14, but can be marketed as E-3PO (Bespin protocol droid) As well, we can get the Yellow R5 Astro droid seen on Tatooine. CZ-3, since he's so close to CZ-4.
Now if this is true, then we as consumers can mix and match parts to come up with our own designs as well. So it's a customizer's dream. If this is the case, then I can see this portion of the line being a winning proposition for everyone.
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So is this going to be incorporated into the "Classic" line of figures that is supposed to parallel the Clone Wars line?
It certainly sounds like this is going to be what's been informally referred to as the Saga line.
Yeah, this is what Hasbro was talking about a few weeks ago when they said that the "old" Clone Wars cartoon wave was "picked up and moved to the new Fall basic figure line". The "30AC" line ends with the TFU wave and then this "Droid Factory" line starts up after that, though there is no word on what the card will look like.
Like Nick was saying, Hasbro has indicated that the "Droid Factory" line will take over the 30AC pegs and the "Clone Wars" line will take over the TSC/Legends pegs.
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Yeah, this is what Hasbro was talking about a few weeks ago when they said that the "old" Clone Wars cartoon wave was "picked up and moved to the new Fall basic figure line". The "30AC" line ends with the TFU wave and then this "Droid Factory" line starts up after that, though there is no word on what the card will look like.
Glad to have that all straightened out. Perhaps rounding out the carded 30AV line wouldn't be so bad after all.
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I was reading through the Figure of the Day feature at GH, and noticed this part of the review of CZ-4:
The figure has a unique undocumented feature which, from the look of things, was entirely intentional. It can be pulled apart at the waist, and there's a peg that looks like it was meant to be seen by fans. In short, it seems like Hasbro designed this figure to be dismantled, perhaps for future torture rack use, build-a-figure possibilities, or some other reason.
With the recent rumblings that the BAF waves will involve astromechs and protocol droids, could this be a sign of things to come? Perhaps parts of CZ-4 are going to be used in these future pack ins, or maybe not, but hopefully we'll see this weekend.
I'd definitely say that is a possibility. I never knew CZ-4 even pulled apart like that, I'll have to check that out on mine next time I'm down home. If that is a sign, hopefully that means we can expect some nicely articulated BAF droids. :)
I snapped some pics of this previously unknown feature this morning and it sure looks like a deliberate effort was put into sculpting the peg.
http://www.yakface.com/TGuide2004/html/tac/26.html
(http://www.yakface.com/TGuide2004/ActionFigures/tac/26/lf8sm.jpg) (http://www.yakface.com/TGuide2004/ActionFigures/tac/26/lf13sm.jpg)
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I wouldn't mind another CZ Droid. But if there's any droid I REALLY want to see from this promotion, it's R5-X2.
(http://www.jedidefender.com/spearson/podrace/r5x2.jpg)
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Hmm, I guess I knew CZ pulled apart as I have him in pieces laying in my Sandcrawler area
Pull apart 3PO for sure is one body, the astromech is the one I'm wanting to see. I'm really stoked its this way and not the BS 30 piece droid because its something a lot of people have asked for for a long time
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I'm glad to see they're trying something like this, I just hope we do get some very cool droids with it. Perhaps things like these -
(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/9/95/YVH1-NEGD.jpg/250px-YVH1-NEGD.jpg) (http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/9/96/3D-4X_Administrative_Droid.JPG/250px-3D-4X_Administrative_Droid.JPG) (http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/9/9d/WED-treadwell_negtd.jpg/613px-WED-treadwell_negtd.jpg)
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Is that first one a Terminator? ???
I must have missed his cameo in a Star Wars movie... :D
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Chew,
Where are you getting those pics from?
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Maybe we'll get Bail Organa's server droid from the ROTS deleted scenes?
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Here you go JACK - 8)
YVH 1 Droid (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/YVH1)
3D-4X Droid (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/3D-4X)
WED Treadwell Droid (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Treadwell)
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I'm wondering - and I suppose we'll (hopefully) find out this weekend - are the Clone Wars (realistic/previously Wave 3) wave and the rumored ROTJ (Sandstorm figures/Yarna) part of this 30 figure count for the BAF waves? Just curious, as that would probably leave about 15 or so figures for the rest of the year (that we don't already know about) in this line.
Oops, thanks Jeff....nevermind :-X
Yeah, this is what Hasbro was talking about a few weeks ago when they said that the "old" Clone Wars cartoon wave was "picked up and moved to the new Fall basic figure line". The "30AC" line ends with the TFU wave and then this "Droid Factory" line starts up after that, though there is no word on what the card will look like.
Like Nick was saying, Hasbro has indicated that the "Droid Factory" line will take over the 30AC pegs and the "Clone Wars" line will take over the TSC/Legends pegs.
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Sounds like BOTH of these droids (an R7 and R4) are in the ROTJ wave :)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2404/2267890234_63a7d39c70.jpg?v=0)
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2404/2267890234_63a7d39c70.jpg?v=0)
I love this one... It's EU, correct?
And that's TWO astro's down now. ;)
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if both thowse astro mecs are in the ROTJ wave and we have only seem 7 figures from the wave..who will hold the last piece for one of these droids :-X
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if both thowse astro mecs are in the ROTJ wave and we have only seem 7 figures from the wave..who will hold the last piece for one of these droids :-X
Original rumors included a three-piece removable helmet Vader in the ROTJ wave.
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if both thowse astro mecs are in the ROTJ wave and we have only seem 7 figures from the wave..who will hold the last piece for one of these droids :-X
Original rumors included a three-piece removable helmet Vader in the ROTJ wave.
According to WizardUniverse.com this looks to be that Vader:
(http://www.jedidefender.com/news/images/1-08/nytfswdroid71.jpg)
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The fact that we're getting an R7 droid as part of the droid factory ROCKS. I've always wanted to see them make figures of the new model EU astromech droids. The B-A-F method helps this out immensely.
Also, as was predicted, it looks like you'll be able to mix-and-match parts should you want to create unique droids.
So I wonder how the Protocol droids will break down - will it take five or six figures to make one protocol droid?
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If those pictures are any indication, it looks like each astromech is 4 parts.
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(http://www.yakface.com/Features/toyfair2008/hasbro/tease/02.jpg)
(http://www.yakface.com/Features/toyfair2008/hasbro/tease/03.jpg)
;)
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Jeff also said Waves of 8 figures will have 2 astromechs, Waves of 6 will have a Protocol Droid
So...doing the math
ROTJ 8 Figures
Clone Wars 8 Figures
Wave 3 6 Figures
Wave 4 8 Figures
30 Figures...sounds like only 2 more waves of Legacy are left to be revealed
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Are those the walmart sets?
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Is that supposed to be C-3PO from the Clone Wars? Asking because he has something on this forearms.
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If you look close it says its C-3PX. He is a bounty hunter / assassin droid.
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He is a bounty hunter / assassin droid.
C-3PO the bounty hunter/assassin droid. That's kind of a lame concept... :P
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He is a bounty hunter / assassin droid.
C-3PO the bounty hunter/assassin droid. That's kind of a lame concept... :P
yeah but its not hasbro creeation. i beleive it was in a comic book or something.
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Yes, C-3PX is from the Droids Comic book series that was put out by Dark Horse.
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Okay I think I've disected the info and come up with a very plausible guess as to the build a droid figures. Not specifically whom, but what kinds.
Simply put, more Astro droids and Protocol/biped droids. (Biped being the likes of CZ-3 or Death Star droid etc. for instance)
Why? 30 total figures to make 7 B-a-D (Build a droid) figs.
That means 4-5 figures to make a droid.
For the Astro droids that's 2 outer legs, 3rd legs, and body/head combo. (4 total figs to buy to get these)
For the protocol/biped droids-two legs, two arms, body/head combo (5 total figs to buy to get these)
So that leads me further to believe we'll actually get some OT droids from this. A new Silver Protocol droid. Sure it's the same as TC-14, but can be marketed as E-3PO (Bespin protocol droid) As well, we can get the Yellow R5 Astro droid seen on Tatooine. CZ-3, since he's so close to CZ-4.
Now if this is true, then we as consumers can mix and match parts to come up with our own designs as well. So it's a customizer's dream. If this is the case, then I can see this portion of the line being a winning proposition for everyone.
Well at least I was right about them being Astromechs and Protocol droids...
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Ohhhhhh, okay then.
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Yeah, C-3PX is a protocol droid reprogrammed to be an assassin. Basically C-3PO's evil twin. :P
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/C-3PX
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/a/ad/C3-PX.jpg/445px-C3-PX.jpg)
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Basically C-3PO's evil twin. :P
Yeah, lame. Still, since I'm probably gonna end up getting all the WM sets for the droids included anyway, I'll end up having him. So whatever.
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No, I remember that droid. I am used to seeing it holding that rifle thing though. I don't remember the crap on the wrists and legs though. LOL!
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No, I remember that droid. I am used to seeing it holding that rifle thing though. I don't remember the crap on the wrists and legs though. LOL!
That's about the only thing that disappoints me about this is that C-3PX should have a few rifles, NOT forearm and leg mounted blasters.
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So what about the these R7 Droids, are these ones cannon or just made up? I know that R7's exist, I just don't recall the pain schemes.
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So what about the these R7 Droids, are these ones cannon or just made up? I know that R7's exist, I just don't recall the pain schemes.
R7's are not canon...they are EU. I'm not up on Comics/Video Games at all to tell if they are EU accurate
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R7's were developed after ROTJ and were used in the newer starfighters out that the New Republic was using...
I think they fit in fine in general, but that's the round-about background on them... The figure looks pretty accurate to any drawing I've ever seen. I'm not positive what fighter(s) they were made for, but I do recall they seemed to be developed for a specific one or two the good guys were now using.
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I'm not positive what fighter(s) they were made for, but I do recall they seemed to be developed for a specific one or two the good guys were now using.
E-wing...
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That's the one, thanks Mike.
I could only thing of that air speeder... The Vwing or something, that appeared briefly in the one Rogue Squad game, but I knew that wasn't it.
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So what about the these R7 Droids, are these ones cannon or just made up? I know that R7's exist, I just don't recall the pain schemes.
R7's are not canon...they are EU. I'm not up on Comics/Video Games at all to tell if they are EU accurate
Humph. Where did I see pictures then? The card game?
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So what about the these R7 Droids, are these ones cannon or just made up? I know that R7's exist, I just don't recall the pain schemes.
R7's are not canon...they are EU. I'm not up on Comics/Video Games at all to tell if they are EU accurate
Humph. Where did I see pictures then? The card game?
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/R7-series_astromech_droid
They also have some at astromech.net (which I can't access for some reason)
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So what about the these R7 Droids, are these ones cannon or just made up? I know that R7's exist, I just don't recall the pain schemes.
R7's are not canon...they are EU.
I thought EU was canon, and the non-canon stuff was Infinities and some issues of Tales...
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Canon changes daily and varries from person to person
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So what about the these R7 Droids, are these ones cannon or just made up? I know that R7's exist, I just don't recall the pain schemes.
R7's are not canon...they are EU.
I thought EU was canon, and the non-canon stuff was Infinities and some issues of Tales...
Hate to dredge up the canon vs. non-canon issue, but... ;)
LFL classifies the films ONLY as canon, and nothing's changed on that as far as I have read anywhere. The EU is considered part of, "The official continuity", but it's all basically sub-contracted story-telling to the overall saga, and so Lucas himself basically reserves the right to run right over any of it. A good case-in-point on this is Lucas basically was begged/pleaded with to call Coruscant, Coruscant... He had other ideas for the planet's name, but Timothy Zahn had established the capital planet's name in his trilogy, so Lucas was persuaded to go with it... Not everything was accepted though and some things have been trampled by the prequals or whatnot.
I've seen people try to apply some hiearchey to the EU (novels outweigh other materials, etc.), however nothing from LFL's ever said that. They seem to lump everything non-film into the EU category, and try to make it fit as best as possible... Things like infinities or whatnot seem to stand by themselves then, separate of the EU. Which is the fun of Star Wars... Lucas does allow creativity in it, and while it's all a cash-cow to him, it gives some entertaining stuff to us (and some crap too unfortunately).
I believe it was Lucas himself who said, "the films are gospel, the rest is gossip". ;) I don't know what that means for the live-action TV series, which he's supposed to be heavily involved in, and this new CW series he seems heavily involved in as well... Moreso than any other project(s) I can think of that he just usually signs off on.
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EDIT: Sorry, I had posted a gallery of press shots from Hasbro HERE (http://www.jedidefender.com/gallery/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Conventions/Toy_Fair_2008/Hasbro_Star_Wars/Official_Hasbro_Images) that I thought was new, but as Scott let me know, JD has had them up for awhile already. Sorry about the unnecessary post :).
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OK, so in terms of design similarities, an R7 is an EU version of R2, and R6 and an EU version of R5. I'm just trying to make sense of this since my knowledge of the EU is very limited.
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More or less it's just the progression of the droid, and to my knowledge the only difference is that triangular eye port thing. It maybe slices and dices, as well as liquifies vegetables.
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(http://imagesource5d.allposters.com/watermarker/17-1733-ZNE3D00Z.jpg)
Bass-o-matic-R7.
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Scum's saying E-3PO with an ESB wave, U-3PO with an ANH wave, and G-3PO with a ROTS wave... Lots of protocol droids, and that's cool I guess. I think I prefer astro's just because they go better with pilots, however I was hoping we'd see a silver protocol droid and that is seemingly what's going to happen.
I don't know who G-3PO is, but hey the more the merrier. Not really sure on E either for that matter.
Anyway, Scum's still claiming ESB and ANH waves as well. Both better have Rebel Troopers in them, each super articulated with removable hats/helmets. >:( Dag nabbit.
EDIT: Also a "female droid" for an unknown wave... Repaint wave? That'd be my guess, but who the droid is I'm curious about.
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E-3PO is the droid that says something snotty to C-3PO at Bespin. Then C-3PO says "How rude!" http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/E-3PO
U-3PO of course is from the Rebel Blockade Runner. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/U-3PO
This is all I could find on G-3PO? http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/G-3PO Not sure if that is what this rumor is about though?
I am exactly a bit geeked for the E and U droids.
I wonder if the the ANH wave will actually give us the SA Blockade Runner soldier? Just guessing that since it would fit in nicely with the U-3PO
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I was thinking E was from Bespin but then I was thinking 2 Chrome droids is a little lame. Not that they wouldn't do that of course, just seemed a little lame.
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Hopefully the female droid is Bail's server droid!
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I was thinking E was from Bespin but then I was thinking 2 Chrome droids is a little lame. Not that they wouldn't do that of course, just seemed a little lame.
There are some slight differences between E-3PO and U-3PO. The most noticeable being that the midsections are colored differently. And I think there might be pistons on the outside of E-3PO's arms.
U-3PO - Tantive IV
(http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/9/9b/U3PO.jpg)
E-3PO - Cloud City
(http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/d/d1/E-3PO.jpg)
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Good choices, especially for the themes. Hope this rumor turns out just as is.
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I think the biggest differentiating factor between the two is that U-3PO is a very pale gold (almost like a washed-out C-3PO) while E-3PO is clearly a silver (sorta like TC-14). Then there are the waist differences as mentioned.
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Think I still might've preferred something a little more "substantial" in difference I think, but either way it's nice to get OT characters wrapped up ultimately, regardless of how slight the differences are.
To me it's like the differences in CZ3 and CZ4 though... Not significant enough for me to really clamor for a repaint right now. Not in a row anyway. Maybe a year apart.
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I think just like the Astro units we seen in the first two waves that they used two different molds to give us four different figures. and that theses waves will be the same. same molds painted differently to give us different figures
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These sound pretty good to me. Two of them (E and U-3PO) are at least droids that were on screen, and will be nice additions. I'm just glad to see that two of the waves are rumored to be OT-based. I like all of Star Wars, but I've been starving for some more OT goodness. With these rumors (along with the UBPs), it might be shaping up for some nice stuff towards the end of the year. I'm with Jesse (and others), I really hope we get SA, "ultimate" Rebel soldiers with each of these waves. Personally, I'm kind of excited for this whole Build-A-Droid concept. I buy pretty much all of the figures these days anyways, so its nice to get an extra figure for our troubles. I'd rather have these than the holos or coins at this point I guess.
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Good choices, especially for the themes. Hope this rumor turns out just as is.
I agree. I want a voice chip in the E-3P0 so it can say "Echuta!". I know it won't happen but one can dream. :)
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Build-A-Droid is the only thing making the price bump more palletable to me actually... It's a cool idea, it's giving us stuff that ultimately we're happy to buy (at least most of us) on its own, and when Jeff broke the pricing down, the accounting instincts came to life in me and reminded me that it's really a better deal and ultimately all on stuff I'd buy anyway.
BaD has really been a good thing to offset that $8 a figure price for sure. Only problem is army building and having a ton of parts I probably won't need. :-\
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I want a voice chip in the E-3P0 so it can say "Echuta!". I know it won't happen but one can dream. :)
What a great idea! Hey, if R2 can have electronics, why not a 3PO too? 8)
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I want a voice chip in the E-3P0 so it can say "Echuta!". I know it won't happen but one can dream. :)
What a great idea! Hey, if R2 can have electronics, why not a 3PO too? 8)
Good point. I love the idea too.
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This seems very cheesie to have two silver droids in the build a figure packs. I already have a TC-14. Why can't they be blue and green? Those characters are way to close to make two different figures.
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If we're getting two movie accurate protocol droids, how come we're not getting all movie accurate Astromech's then? That's what keeps me up at nights.
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This seems very cheesie to have two silver droids in the build a figure packs. I already have a TC-14. Why can't they be blue and green? Those characters are way to close to make two different figures.
To be fair, it's a pale gold and a silver :P. I see your point, but I'd rather have production versions of 2 film protocol droids than ridiculously-colored versions. (I'm not aware of any EU protocol droids that are blue or green, etc, but if there are, that's pretty ridiculous IMO :-\). Anyway, this is the first outing and Hasbro always seems to have a strange introduction to things: I'm remembering the first wave of POTJ and 30AC as being headscratchers.
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havent any one seen the pics yet its a brown coloured plo koon and an astromech in 1 pak with a leg or something
and the droid that is created is the droid is a bounty hunter the same 1 like c 3p0 if you get me honest there is pics ill send another message when i remember the page
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Good lord, that's hard to read. Would you mind using some punctuation? This is a forum, not an instant messenger. Thanks.
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Too bad the droid factory figures aren't out yet. That way I can build a protocol droid to translate what master windu said.
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Too bad the droid factory figures aren't out yet. That way I can build a protocol droid to translate what master windu said.
haha very funny im only 13 you know
and any way its yakface.com that the pictures are on so go on over and check it out
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I know I am. Don't get me wrong here, I love me some droids, whether they are Astros, Protocol, or Battle. I think getting a fifth figure after buying four is pretty cool as well, and the obscure droids look awesome. I am, however, pissed off at the way Hasbro is slotting the droid pieces with the figures. I realize that Hasbro is a business, and trying to maximize sales/profits is there ultimate goal. But, they could have made this Droid Factory better for casual collectors and/or kids. Hasbro seems to be slotting the Droid Pieces in poorly just to make some additional completists for the line. Take Wave 1 for example:
R7 Droid
Ak-Rev
Bane Malar
Yarna
Darth Vader
R4 Droid
Ewok with Wokling
Han Solo
Luke Skywalker
Chewbacca
I'm a big fan of aliens/obscure characters from the OT. I'm kinda annoyed that if I want to complete one droid from this wave, I have to buy yet another Darth Vader. I was planning to buy Yarna, Malar, Ak-Rev, and the Ewok. My Droid Factory collection at that point would consist of a headless R7 Droid and an R4 torso. How fun.
Now, I am aware of the idea of swapping pieces with other collectors. However, that might be a bit difficult for kids or casual collectors. They probably don't frequent message boards and such. Hasbro loves to talk about how they 'need' to put main characters in every wave for kids. Yet, they spread the Droid parts between the obscure and main characters. Seems really kid friendly. Even if kids are into the aliens only, parents probably won't be overly enthusiastic about buying another Vader so little Billy can complete his Yellow and Black R2-D2.
This Droid Part issue seems to carry over into Wave 2. From what I've seen, the Droid parts are split between army builders and the main characters. If I wanted only army builders from that wave, I'd end up with a couple of incomplete Droids. I could mix and match the pieces, but unfortunately the right legs for both droids only come with the Jedi figures. The good choice would've been to pack one droid amongst four army builders, and the other droid split between the 'Hero' figures and fifth army builder.
Now, Hasbro has said that some figures will be carried forward into future revision cases with new Droid pieces. This could be a nice alternative for me to fully complete droids, but I feel I shouldn't have to take time to read through every case breakdown on EntertainmentEarth.com to find what figures to buy and when. This Droid Factory thing seems like a planned cash grab on Hasbro's part. Seems to be even worse than the TAC Coins if you ask me.
This year I was planning to purchase about half/two-thirds of the Legacy Collection, a small of Clone Wars figures, and a bunch of vehicles. Until Hasbro fixes the Droid Factory thing, I'm going to support only the things that Hasbro is doing right. That means no Legacy collection for me. Hasbro could have handled the placement of Droid parts a whole lot better, and I hope they fix the situation eventually. I'd hate to pass on all of those rumored ANH figures, but I will if the Droid parts are spread among figures with seemingly no logic applied.
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things would of worked out alot better with the ewok having the r-7 piece and the vader in the r-4 set. looks like i'll end up with another vader as well just to finish off the r-7 :/
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I think however Hasbro packed them they are bound to tick someone off. if they do it they way you suggest, What happens when some one only wants a few of the army builders??? they are then in the same situation an incomplete droid. What I would really like Hasbro to do is to offer the parts to us maybe online or something. So we can get the parts we need to complete the droids without buying another Vader or characters we would otherwise pass on
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We'll have to see how it pans out, but it sounded like Hasbro was making an effort to put droid parts in figs from similar scenes or grouping by main characters versus secondary ones. I'm going to get them all, so don't really care. Think about this though - how pissed would you be if the droid parts were just randomly inserted with each figure? So you could buy every one of the BAD figures and still not be able to build the droid - or have all of the same droid piece. :P Just saying - it could be a lot worse.
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Yeah, it could be worse. It won't be quite as big of a deal to me if the price of figures stays at $7.00, but I don't want to be paying $8.00 +tax for a droid piece.
I still feel that Hasbro could be handling the situation a lot better. I don't expect them to offer the pieces online, as that would cost them figure sales. However, I think they should work harder to group the Droid bits by more of a theme or common trait between the figures. They repeatedly recognize what figures are aimed at collectors in each wave and which ones are not. If Hasbro tries to make everyone a completist with the BAD concept, they might lose sales on other items.
I'm hoping that the cardback pics on Jediinsider.com are not final, because I really want to enjoy the Clone Wars wave army builders and the Wave 1 background characters without having one-legged trash cans on my shelves. If they are final, then hopefully Hasbro can really impress me with Wave 3.
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I'm not really bothered by this because these BaD things are EU, and I'm not worried about figures that weren't in movies. I also am selective about the figures I do buy, so I'll probably give my pieces up to local Defenders who need them.
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You know we're going to get the BAD figures in some kind of Legends/Greatest Hits offer a year or two down the road anyway.
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Yeah, it could be worse. It won't be quite as big of a deal to me if the price of figures stays at $7.00, but I don't want to be paying $8.00 +tax for a droid piece.
It's probably going to be a big deal, then.
I still feel that Hasbro could be handling the situation a lot better. I don't expect them to offer the pieces online, as that would cost them figure sales. However, I think they should work harder to group the Droid bits by more of a theme or common trait between the figures. They repeatedly recognize what figures are aimed at collectors in each wave and which ones are not. If Hasbro tries to make everyone a completist with the BAD concept, they might lose sales on other items.
It's probably best to view the build-a-droid as a marketing concept much like the mail-in offers. This is done to sell more product, not to reward collectors. With Marvel Legends, it was pretty much the same way-- you want to own a giant Sentinel? Prepare to shell out some cash for the whole wave. One good thing they're doing is including parts with some of the repacks, which, if you're an army builder (or if you know army builders) could be a very good thing when it comes to actually completing the droids. (I know it'd be easier to just pack them in the way we'd each prefer, but it'd be easier still to just ditch the build-a-droid concept and sell the figures outright. Ideally, the solution to make everybody happy would just be to drop the program entirely, although I don't think we'd end up with quite as many astromechs if they did this and I do love those little guys.)
The thing that raises my eyebrows the most is the whole (as I understand it) "we're making the droid for one wave only, if you miss the wave 1 droids during wave 1, then they're not going to be around in wave 2." As a marketing tool, this is a great idea, but it seems limiting the droid parts you can get might be a bad move for people out there who aren't always so lucky to find figures during their first shipments. Hopefully they'll consider cycling them back if there's-- and this probably reads as silly as it sounds in my head-- significant collector demand for more of an R2 unit's left leg.
My hope is that the whole build-a-droid thing furthers the whole "community" angle and helps to build the online network of fans willing to trade and deal with fellow collectors, which has been and should continue to be a good thing for everybody. While not a HUGE fan of networking myself, I'll do my best to try to make sure fans can get the parts they need of I have extras, and I hope everybody else will as well.
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Speaking as a "retired" army builder (who still builds squads of 5 of troop/army type figures), I can say that I'll readily have extra droid parts. Not all of them to complete a whole droid, but some of them. I'll most certainly trade parts or outright sell them to people who want them who don't have anything in trade. Cheap of course. I'm not out to make a profit.
Tentatively I'll say $1.50 for each part plus shipping. Definitely not more. Maybe less depending on the price of figures in my area.
I'm not taking orders for these, so please no one call dibs until I know which parts I'll have extras of. I can say I'll have several extras from the Legacy Clone Wars wave as I want multiples of the Quarren, Mon Cal and Scuba Trooper. So whatever parts they contain, I'll at least have a few extras of. (Again no calling dibs though until I get those parts and post that I have them for trade/sale.)
People for whom I've traded with in the past will receive preferential treatment. Sorry, but it's only fair to them, since I've received good deals from them. One hand should wash the other, so to speak. Though it won't hurt to ask me even if you've never dealt with me before. Who knows how this whole build-a-droid thing is going to succeed or not.
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There are alternatives to missing pieces. You could trade with others on the board. You could cast your pieces or find someone that can do that for you.
What worries me is how secure these parts will be in the packaging. I can already see figures that will be pillaged just for the droid part. We saw this with the UGH stickers. We saw this with the coins and will will see this with the droid parts and the gun boxes.
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Just to confirm, was the final verdict that none of the wave 1 or 2 build-a-droids were in any of the movies? I'm finally to the point where I need to figure out where to put them in the shelves...
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Just to confirm, was the final verdict that none of the wave 1 or 2 build-a-droids were in any of the movies? I'm finally to the point where I need to figure out where to put them in the shelves...
I think that technically R4-D6 and R4 I9 are the same figure (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/R4-I9) as when hasbro made R4-I9, they produced it as a black droid when in actuality is was supposed to be blue (like the current R4-D6). The D6/I9 droid was seen on the Death Star and in the Yavin Hanger, the same droid was used for both scenes.
As for the others, I think they are post-ROTJ EU astromechs.
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Thanks - that's good to know.
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Any idea as to why there is a leg hole on the bottom half of the astro droids? Is that for a really tall astro? Or a 4 legged astro? Or is there some other add on piece or an old mold thing? Just curious if anyone has any ideas.
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Any idea as to why there is a leg hole on the bottom half of the astro droids? Is that for a really tall astro? Or a 4 legged astro? Or is there some other add on piece or an old mold thing? Just curious if anyone has any ideas.
I think the consensus is tthey were designed with an extra hole on purpose to add a little flexibility and "playability" to the Droid Factory droids. Adam Pawlus had pics up of a Frankendroid he assembled out of Astro and C-3PX parts...basically you can build your own droid with astro legs in the bottom holes and protocol arms in the top.
I'm not gonna get much of anything out of waves 1-4, so I'm probably going to wind up with my own funky Frankendroids.
And I really hope Hasbro carries the same peg size forward on any newly sculpted droids (like the new WED droid next year) so the parts can swap out for all sorts of fun.
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Thanks for the info. I see the potential for lots of fun droid buiding. All we need now is to re lease the old droid factory set! ;D
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Just to confirm, was the final verdict that none of the wave 1 or 2 build-a-droids were in any of the movies?
If they were (which they probably weren't), and you blinked, you would've missed 'em.
I'm finally to the point where I need to figure out where to put them in the shelves...
What's wrong with putting them where they look good and completely disregard which movie they may or may not have appeared in? I think they display nicely blended in with my OT droids, but that's me.
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That's just how I roll. Things that actually came out of the films get better real estate.
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I tend to give droids to Pilots... So they wind up on Rebel shelves, or around Jawas which are loaded with droids right now on my shelves (Star Tours was the beginning, and it's spiraled).
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I must say that I find the whole BAD concept pretty awsome so far. I can live without the R7 droids as I don't follow the EU, But everything else is totally cool. It looks like except for the R7 droids, everything made or announced so far has been in the movies. I found this excellent site with pictures of all the background astromechs left for Hasbro to make, and that also shows where R4-J1 and the upcoming R2-N6 are in the movies:
http://www.angelfire.com/droid/astromechs/
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Is there anything else to that link? Unfortunately, the page comes up pretty much blank. Could be a safari thing.
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It works for me. It's a little slow and has some popups since its an angelfire site, but its the only place to see all those obscure droids and screenshots that I'm aware of. Anyone else having problems?
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I get the site just fine on my ****** old computer running Explorer...
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Perhaps in the future, Hasbro could include parts of a new FX-7 medical droid, a 2-1B with his computer chair, C3po and R2D2, some droids from Jabba Palace, etc. 8)
This promotion encourages buying action figures with proper blisters.
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I found this excellent site with pictures of all the background astromechs left for Hasbro to make
It must have been hard to find that site considering it's your own website... :P
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I found this excellent site with pictures of all the background astromechs left for Hasbro to make
It must have been hard to find that site considering it's your own website... :P
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I doesn't work for me either.
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I found this excellent site with pictures of all the background astromechs left for Hasbro to make
It must have been hard to find that site considering it's your own website... :P
I *founded* this site - ;D Anyway, I think its useful to see what else is out there for H to put in the B-A-D line.
If you are aware of any droids I left out, let me know. I'm not sure why soem people are having trouble and others aren't. Maybe try again later, or cut-n-paste.
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I haven't had money this year to buy many TLC figures--I've got a few droid pieces, but none that go together. But then the Target bogo packs come in & so I just finished my first droids: R3-M3 and R5-C7.
I'm sure this has been discussed already, but what's the point of the extra joint hole toward the bottom of the astromech figures?
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Targeted more toward the younger collector and meant to "sell" the whole Droid Factory gimmick, the holes are there as an option to add another set of legs or to move the existing pair lower on the body (http://www.yakface.com/TGuide2004/ActionFigures/TLC/R3M3/lf13.html). They allow you to frankenstein your own astromech by mix and matching legs from other astros or arms & legs from protocol droids as well.