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Collectibles => Past Hasbro 3.75" Lines => The Clone Wars '08-'13 => Topic started by: David on February 11, 2009, 11:48 AM
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Looks like there's a new octuptarra droid on its way!
From http://www.jedinews.co.uk/:
You can now pre-order the Octuptarra Droid from site sponsor Play.com, which is due to be released on 30/04/2009 priced at £37.99.
Among the advanced combat droids flanking General Grievous in his secret headquarters on Utapau are the octuptarra droids.
The stilt-legged spider-like automatons have large balloon-like heads atop their thin stalk bodies, armed with laser turrets. Their rotating multi-jointed assemblies allow them to change facing almost instantly, and it is nearly impossible to get a drop on the droids as all sides conceivably face "front." A larger cousin to the octuptarra droid, the tri-droid, was used in campaigns on Mygeeto.
Hopefully we'll get a picture at Toy Fair! I can't wait to add this to my Mygeeto bridge diorama. ;D
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AWESOME! Both vehicles have been at/near the top of my wishlist for a long time. :)
This is gonna be great:
(http://www.rebelscum.com/2009/IMG_8542a.jpg)
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Those legs still look mighty flimsy though...
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I hated the octu droid for what it was, and I'm not looking forward to a larger version, but I'll buy because I'm stupid like that. Bring on the snail. :-\
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Those legs still look mighty flimsy though...
Yikes....I sure hope they don't end up being as flimsy as the basic figure release. THat was terrible and ruined an otherwise awesome figure. :-\
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I guess that answers my question about the scale of the "Tri-Droid." Both look nice and I will most likely pick both up.
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I don't know if I missed it, but what size battery is that? I can't tell if its a "AA" or "AAA".... :-[
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That's a AA battery.
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That's a AA battery.
Meaning those guns are roughly the size of the sandtrooper rifle? Wow, that's pretty big.
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I was thinking it was double A too, as Ryan noted, but there's a stubby battery that looks like a double A (or triple A) but it isn't. It's possible that is the type of battery in the photo, and it's just tough to tell because there's nothing really comparing it to something everyone is familiar with.
I'm guessing it's a double A though like Ryan mentioned. Making that one big Octuparra droid.
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I'm gonna say the battery is AAA. It looks a bit too slender for a AA, but then again the whole picture is kinda off.
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I'm gonna say the battery is AAA. It looks a bit too slender for a AA
I thought the same thing when I saw the pic and I still think it is. Too bad they couldn't have turned the battery the other way.
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If it matters here in terms of establishing the scale of the Octuptarra, AA are 1.988" long and AAA are 1.752" long - a difference of less than .25" (.236") :P
To me it looks like a AA
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nerd ;)
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There's nothing worse than a big limp Star Wars toy.
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There's nothing worse than a big limp Star Wars toy.
I can think of at least 1 thing.
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I'm pretty sure that's a AAA battery guys, making the toy 12-15% smaller than it would be if it were a AA.
It's not like I can pick it up anyway, after the 10 tank droids I'm getting.
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I'm pretty sure that's a AAA battery guys, making the toy 12-15% smaller than it would be if it were a AA.
It's not like I can pick it up anyway, after the 10 tank droids I'm getting.
It's nice they'd put something in there for reference, but why a AAA battery? They're way more rare than AA, and since they look the same if you don't know the scale, why bother? Just stick a quarter or dollar bill in there, or even *gasp* a ruler!
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Okay, I've made the determination that it's an AA battery and not the smaller AAA version. How you say? By looking up pictures on these two sizes of Duracell specific batteries, I've found the that text "Duracell" on the AA battery matches, while the AAA text is smaller and does not go as close to the "negative" side of the battery.
Now since we know that AA batteries are 1.98 inches in height, we can reasonably extrapolate the size of this new tri-droid.
See the pic here for the size. I used the vanishing point tool in Photoshop to do this. It's a rough estimate. I think this toy is about 28-30 tall!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2231/3530499291_3d6fee3691_b.jpg)
Mind you this is not with the legs fully extended and two of the legs are on a lower plane. Still 28-30 inches is HUGE. I'd be ecstatic if this was a $20 toy. THough I think it's going to be more in the $30-40 range. Price will dictate my buying multiple. I only want up to 3 of them. If they are $20 I'll get three, if $30 I'll get two, if $40+, then it's only one for me.
And yes, I'm a proud graphics and math nerd! (even if slightly inaccurate....lol)
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Wow, impressive work! I'm liking this thing more and more each time I look at it. I don't think it will fit in the box for the $20 assortment, since that line has a size determinate as well. Maybe in a new $30 range with the upcoming retooled TIE?
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It could fit in a $20 box. The legs do fold up nicely and would no doubts be detached from it to fit better in the box.
Thanks for the kudos.
I'm expecting this to be a $30 toy (or less). I really hope not more.
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Huge! Cool.
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I like that Hasbro is trying to tackle things like the Octuptarra droid. The main body is small enough to fit in the starfighter assortment box. And those legs will fold up nicely.
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Looks like this is going to be a Walmart exclusive... box front (http://www.yakface.com/2009/july/odboxfront.html) and box back (http://www.yakface.com/2009/july/odboxback.html) images from Yakface.
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Exclusive, huh? That's kind of a surprise. Especially considering it's an all-new Clone Wars mold.
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MMM, I'm itching to get some of these. I wonder how much they will cost though. I want 4, however cost WILL DIRECTLY impact how many I buy.
I'm only going to spend $80 on these. So however many that gets me for that money is how many I'll own. So if $20 then 4, if $30 then 2 (maybe three...), if $40 then 2. I"m not accounting for tax in this, just the base price.
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Exclusive, huh? That's kind of a surprise. Especially considering it's an all-new Clone Wars mold.
Yeah, it has been surprising to me too seeing these new or new-ish vehicles, beasts, etc. becoming exclusives. We've got this headed to WM, as well as the apparent new Dewback/Sandtrooper set, plus we've had some things rumored (like the new AT-ST) that are supposed to be exclusives as well. It used to be that the vehicles were just repainted versions of something we already had (often making it easier to pass on), but if we're going to be seeing all-new stuff as exclusives now, it could make it more difficult (especially with WM getting so many of these exclusives).
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I'm thinking that if the exclusive product is new, higher quantities might be ordered, and therefore they will be easier to find. Most exclusives have a bit of a ho-hum element to them because they are mostly recycled product. I think this is an interesting way to create consumer interest.
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Geeze. How many exclusives is WM getting? Stinks with how inconsistent mine are getting exclusives.
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Did anyone else hear/read any body else saying this was found?
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Did anyone else hear/read any body else saying this was found?
Not personally. But I just checked the slideshow from Hasbro's presentation, and it said that the Octuptarra droid would be out for September 1st.
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Did anyone else hear/read any body else saying this was found?
Yes, one of the posters on Jedi Insider's forums claimed to have picked this up recently at a Walmart in Chicago. I have asked for additional details (pics, sku#, etc) but so far no response.
I think 9/5 was the release data on the display case placard at SDCC...so hopefully these start showing up soon.
I have wanted one of these bad boys since Ani jumped on top of one in the CW movie.
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I picked up 2 on Friday, they are all over Chicago now. All I have to say is WOW!!! You will never believe how big this guy is until you take it out of the box and assemble it. This is one of the most impressive vehicles to date and in my opinion the most formidable looking separatist vehicle. I think I may bUy 2 more to have 4 to take on the AT-TE's.
At first I was lukewarm on this but that has changed, one of my favorite SW vehicles to date. I highly recommend plunking down the $35, it's really worth it!
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I'm hoping for two... I'll be ok with that. They seemed to travel in pairs.
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I'm hoping for two... I'll be ok with that. They seemed to travel in pairs.
Jesse, for someone who is really into scale I think you are going to like this one. I cannot wait to get two more to have an army of four. While vehicle prices are sucking lately and deco is less than before the current vehicles are getting better in terms of sculpt/function and quality. I was at first turned off buy the $35 price point but when you see this out of the box it's impressive and justified.
As a Toy Designer I am really impressed how this is packed out. The package designer and engineer deserve a major kudos. While most here cannot appreciate (or even notice) how much work goes into the pack out this one is a home run in terms of keepinp the same footprint as the regular assortment.
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ugh, I want this thing SO badly...ZERO sightings here in VA though. I am hitting up 3 Wal-Marts at lunch with high hopes. This looks every bit as cool as it did at SDCC!
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Snagged this here in KC yesterday. Man is it frackin' cool, and huge, too....
(http://www.coreplanets.com/forums/imagehosting/44aa59e3d14a9a.jpg)
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Holy Crap!!!!!! That's awesome!!!!!!
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Holy Crap!!!!!! That's awesome!!!!!!
What he said. :o
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I found this earlier today at one of my local Wal-Marts, and it's every bit as impressive as the photo Ghost posted makes it out to be. Very tall, very sturdy (at least initially), and the action features (firing guns and "cockpit") don't detract at all from the appearance. I try to restrict my army building, and I've never done any army building with a "vehicle" before, but between this and the Vulture Droid, it's really hard not to do so.
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Yeah... definitely down for two of these. Nice picture.
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Wow.
That thing is huge.
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Wow! :o
Impressive, most impressive.
Can't wait to get one of these!
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These have supposedly hit around here, but with the Evo's also hitting, I'll probably pit off buying this for now.
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Queston - are these being stocked right on the shelf with the other starfighters? Or are they part of an endcap display?
I figure with the increased price they would have their own section on the aisle, but I haven't seen a single WM around here clearing space or putting a price tag out for this yet. We seem really behind the curve.
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I've heard they have their own space, like on an end cap.
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It'd be nice if these WM exclusives were all out at the same time instead of a smatter here and there, but it's WM. I'm just lucky enough to have found the eVo packs last week.
Looking forward to this beast though - if I can find one.
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I picked up my third one and I think I will stop there, I have a feeling this will be out again in a new spiffy color within 2 years or less. I was leaning towards four but three settles well with me.
I think you will be able to find this no problem, just give it a little more time. Every store I go to has and end cap with spill over into the regular aisle. Evolutions and the CW 2pks are another story.
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I had sort of planned on passing on this, simply because of there being so much to keep up with at the end of the year here, but seeing that picture makes it more tempting. It looks pretty spiffy there, and a lot taller than I expected.
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It really is a massive looking toy. It's amazing how Hasbro's figured out some of this stuff is "just air" with the spindly legs and all, and that it can be made to-scale or incredibly close. This one's just huge though. Just look how it dwarfs the Turbo Tank. That's pretty sick looking. I'm so happy at the scale of it I'm actually excited for this piece.
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It really is a massive looking toy. It's amazing how Hasbro's figured out some of this stuff is "just air" with the spindly legs and all, and that it can be made to-scale or incredibly close. This one's just huge though. Just look how it dwarfs the Turbo Tank. That's pretty sick looking. I'm so happy at the scale of it I'm actually excited for this piece.
I hope there is a ROTS deco version in our not-too-distant future.
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I'm betting so, but will it be exclusive? I hope not.
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I finally found one! WOW! I was really hard pressed not to buy TWO...they had several to choose from and it looks awesome! The thing has some heft!
The funniest thing is, it showed up at the last Walmart I would have expected..the extra ghetto location near my office.
Keep looking - if it's made it here it should be everywhere soon!
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I saw a couple of these at our local WM today, just stocked with the regular "Starfighter Assortment" vehicles (these are priced higher though, right?). I passed for now, but might have to check back after pay day to see if there are any left. I noticed that Wal-Mart (at least ours) now has a Clone Wars "feature" section (where the Joe movie toys used to be) up, which was packed full of red carded Clone Wars figures, and a few red carded Saga Legends, with the starfighter vehicles down below. Still no space for the larger vehicles though.
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I opened this up and put it together yesterday, and it's always dangerous to label a figure or vehicle "one of the best ever" after just getting it, because you're still in the lust/honeymoon phase, but I can only think of a handful of vehicles so far as good as this one:
Homing Spider Droid
AT-TE
Hailfire Droid
B-Wing
Correctly scaled TIE fighter
Republic Gunship
ARC-170
Corporate Alliance Tank Droid
Imperial Shuttle
I'm sure a bunch of you guys would add a few to that list like the BMF Falcon and others, but I think most of us would put this octuparra in the Top 10%.
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This will end up in my home. My son is all about it and his birthday is coming soon.
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I stick by my statements of one of the best vehicles ever. I have been with this since 91' and I do not get the honeymoon thing personally. However in general I do not disagree with your analogy. I really love this vehicle!
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Just picked mine up. Excuse me for being to lazy to go back one page and give the right person credit, but if it wasn't for those awesome pictures posted showing this thing relative to the ATTE and Tank, I would think I just spent $35 on a regular, not so exciting vehicle. Thankfully I know how huge it is.
My point being that I think Hasbro really missed the boat for selling more of these by not showing how big it is or stating some dimensions on the box.
Once again thanks a lot for those pics on jd!!!!!!!!
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The size of this vehicle is pretty impressive. I also had a lot of fun putting it together, you don't get to do that a lot these days.
You have to wonder if a slightly larger/better Sith Infiltrator could have been had if they had thought of a way to have the customer spend a few minutes "building" it first.
I agree with Nick - if they had put this in a larger box, people would be more inclined to think of it truly as a "bigger" vehicle and therefore justify paying the $10 more...
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Hmm, seems I was pretty close to the mark to with my photoshop analysis (posted on 5/14/9) considering I wasn't taking into account the full extension of the legs.: http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=18829.msg425346#msg425346
I found this last night as well. Haven't opened it up yet, but I'm looking forward to doing that tonight.
$35 seems a little steep, but at that size I think it will be worth it. I've decided on just buying one though of this deco. I'll wait for the inevitable movie tan/brown/dirty gold deco to buy more. Then, I'll buy two of that deco for my Geonosis diorama.
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Another one I'm sitting on the fence regarding buying or not. It's a pretty droid, but $35 pretty? Hrm... :-\
I think my hard sell is the fact I picked up two BMF's last Jan at Target for $35, albeit on clearance but... I might stay on the fence unless I see this going somewhere, but as of now a few stores have sold a couple each and the rest are sitting.
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Another one I'm sitting on the fence regarding buying or not. It's a pretty droid, but $35 pretty? Hrm... :-\
I think my hard sell is the fact I picked up two BMF's last Jan at Target for $35, albeit on clearance but... I might stay on the fence unless I see this going somewhere, but as of now a few stores have sold a couple each and the rest are sitting.
I still think you just need to go back one page in this thread and look at those pics and you will be more than willing to shell out $35 for the Oct Droid.
I also got my BMF for $35, but it is a totally different scenario when you get something at final clearance price.
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Another one I'm sitting on the fence regarding buying or not. It's a pretty droid, but $35 pretty? Hrm... :-\
I think my hard sell is the fact I picked up two BMF's last Jan at Target for $35, albeit on clearance but... I might stay on the fence unless I see this going somewhere, but as of now a few stores have sold a couple each and the rest are sitting.
I've gotten super selective lately, because I think that the prices in this hobby, particularly on exclusives have gotten completely out of hand. (Exceptions for Walmart so far this year).
But the octuparra droid is way bigger than a normal $20-25 vehicle and it is one of the best 10 vehicles ever. Pull the trigger, even at $35. I don't think you'll regret this one, it has the value for it's pricepoint, and even a little beyond.
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Picked up the Octuptarra Droid yesterday! This thing is HUGE and OUTSTANDING! Easily the best vehicle since the BMF, and totally worth every penny. 8)
(http://www.echobaseforums.com/stuff/octuptarra.jpg)
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Does it stay standing up? Does it slouch at all? I keep thinking how cool this is, but the legs have to sag.
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Does it stay standing up? Does it slouch at all? I keep thinking how cool this is, but the legs have to sag.
This one is firm and sturdy, good quality plastic.
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Yeah, I've been pretty impressed so far with how stable this beast is. No slouching or sagging this time!
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I did the site to store thing and picked mine up this weekend. Very nice, but haven't opened it yet. Still awed by the pictures of this thing. Even though this isn't in the general Starfighter assortment which is where it might have ended up - makes you wonder what's next in that realm, but we'll probably have to wait for Toyfair so that means a nice break.
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Now $28.00 on WM.com (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=11962950)
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Now $28.00 on WM.com (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=11962950)
Awesome, if I see it in a store for that price I am buying another one and breaking it out of the box!
Heck, I'm probably going to do that anyway but it's a lot more palatable closer to the regular vehicle price.
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You can always get it shipped Site To Store for your convenience.
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I think I'm going to give this one a try for $28.00.
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I might get a second at this price... hopefully it starts selling better now. I think it was hurt some by being crammed into a small box - a lot of people probably think it's just an overpriced exclusive and don't realize just how enormous and awesome this thing is.
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Yeah I may send one to the store too after payday. See how things are going by then. Probably not much more to buy now for a while.
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I think I'm going to give this one a try for $28.00.
It's a neat toy, even though it's mostly air. I got my three for about $20 each, so I think it was a great value, but I can see how $35 was a bit steep. I think I would've been content with getting this for $30. I hope you enjoy your purchase. At the very least this Tri-Droid is better than its smaller cousin.
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...At the very least this Tri-Droid is better than its smaller cousin.
Yeah, now if Hasbro would do this in Movie Deco...
The movie deco is what is known by more people. (not just kids)
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...At the very least this Tri-Droid is better than its smaller cousin.
Yeah, now if Hasbro would do this in Movie Deco...
The movie deco is what is known by more people. (not just kids)
I gotta disagree with you on that. Though getting movie deco would be cool, I'd say the CW deco has more screen time and therefore more exposure. Either way, the droid is still a rather obscure design that probably has under a minute of screen time total (CW 3D series and movie, and ROTS) and hasn't appeared in any comics or novels. We will be extremely lucky to ever see this mold again. Hopefully the current sales pick up, as I would gladly pick up two in the ROTS colors.
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I agree with your point on the decoes Greg. These were pretty prominent in the Clone Wars toon at the beginning, and the ROTS deco is not quite as prominent. Much less screen-time whereas it's almost a set-piece for the scenes it is in during the CW movie because of Anakin using them to kill one another and cutting them down, and so forth.
I couldn't honestly say off the top of my head what the details of a movie deco one would be other than I'd assume it's just what the little ones are like, only larger. :-\ I'd rather have a movie deco one though, ironically. But that's the collector in me... I am happy with what I have though and if I see one cheap I may nab a 2nd. They seemed to wander around in groups. Movie deco would've been nice but ain't happening I guess.
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Last week two Octuptarras knocked on my door, thanks to fellow scummer MAF. He kindly offered to pick these up for me at his Walmart for $20 each, ex.tax, whereas these babies are priced at roughly $60 each here in Holland. Even with priority mail shipping they still were a helluva lot cheaper!
I must say I am utterly impressed by this "vehicle". The size is incredible and it looks very detailed. From a modeller's/customizer's point of view, I'm not too happy with the hobo like cannons, but I can easily fix that. Of course I understand the play value of these missile launchers, which fire a missile quite hard!
Great product by Hasbro. Here's a couple of clickable thumbs from one of the two:
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/incomT65/Star%20Wars/th_f9a97d7a.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/incomT65/Star%20Wars/?action=view¤t=f9a97d7a.jpg) (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/incomT65/Star%20Wars/th_f803ca0d.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/incomT65/Star%20Wars/?action=view¤t=f803ca0d.jpg) (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/incomT65/Star%20Wars/th_cf69a48c.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/incomT65/Star%20Wars/?action=view¤t=cf69a48c.jpg) (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/incomT65/Star%20Wars/th_57db1c02.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/incomT65/Star%20Wars/?action=view¤t=57db1c02.jpg)
:)
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Very nice pics!
While I understand the argument about the CW deco, it was first seen in the movies. Repaints ARE Hasbro's thing. I find it very odd they wouldn't elect to reissue this one, but in movie deco.
While the price was okay for this and the deco was neat. I only bought ONE. I'm not a CW collector, unless it can fit in the realistic line. These can, but I have no need or desire to own more than one of them since there is so very little realistic CW stuff.
However, if the movie deco ever cam out I'd buy at least 3 of them if they are the same price. The deco is MUCH simpler for the movie too, so there is no reason that version should be more expensive. If the thing were molded in that muted goldish color then there are very near to no paint apps required. Look at the detailing of the blue/gray CW version. Lots of paint apps there. More difficult and definitely more expensive.
Yes, the CW one has had more exposure, but the movie one shouldn't just be ignored.
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I scoped this out earlier today at my local Wally and it still had the $35 price tag.
I definitely want another, but I think they are bound to drop even lower than $28 if I hold out.
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While I understand the argument about the CW deco, it was first seen in the movies. Repaints ARE Hasbro's thing. I find it very odd they wouldn't elect to reissue this one, but in movie deco.
While the price was okay for this and the deco was neat. I only bought ONE. I'm not a CW collector, unless it can fit in the realistic line. These can, but I have no need or desire to own more than one of them since there is so very little realistic CW stuff.
However, if the movie deco ever cam out I'd buy at least 3 of them if they are the same price. The deco is MUCH simpler for the movie too, so there is no reason that version should be more expensive. If the thing were molded in that muted goldish color then there are very near to no paint apps required. Look at the detailing of the blue/gray CW version. Lots of paint apps there. More difficult and definitely more expensive.
Yes, the CW one has had more exposure, but the movie one shouldn't just be ignored.
The movie deco would be cool and just a repaint, but if the current toy isn't profitable I see no reason for Hasbro to do a repaint. I think another mark against a ROTS Octuptara is the special price point that limits its release to an exclusive.
And regarding paint apps, I think they would be the same if not more involved for a movie repaint. I find the CW toy to be rather bland looking and lacking in details, especially on the legs. A ROTS repaint would require a more complex paint scheme on the legs, as you can see in the image below. In addition, I think more detailing would be required to make it look accurate to the film, such as painted guns and some weathering.
(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/5/5b/Tri-droid-CHRON.jpg)
I will agree that a ROTS/ "realistic" repaint would be awesome and I'd welcome it with open arms. I think many of the new vehicles (V-19, Tank Fighter, Gunship) could use repaints with some "battle damage" paint apps to deliver a more worn and used feel to better fit in with the movie figures.
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I could actually see doing a custom paintjob on the WalMart Octuptarra Droid in order to make a ROTS version. Testors makes some great metallic paints that would probably airbrush on quite nicely.
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An amazing toy from the big scale of vehicles... hope Hasbro continues its work with classic vehicles and ships, like the long waited
big At at, star destroyer (Vader Executor), or a new Death Star playset.
A big Slave I with an evo Boba is a want for most of us also.
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I could actually see doing a custom paintjob on the WalMart Octuptarra Droid in order to make a ROTS version. Testors makes some great metallic paints that would probably airbrush on quite nicely.
Just beware of Testors paints Nick, some are acrylics, others are enamels. If I had to suggest, I'd go with Tamiya Gunmetal. It's a pretty spot-on match and with thinning they airbrush fantastically (never tried Testors in an airbrush).
I'm a self-admitted Tamiya biased person though too. It has a flex to it that I like, for lexan RC Car bodies.
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Found two of these on clearance for $15 the other day. . .after I bought one online for $25.