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Collectibles => The Vintage Collection => Collect All 92! => Topic started by: Scott on May 19, 2010, 10:56 PM
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Last but not least (that's Death Star Droid) of the original Star Wars figures is the Power Droid
This one to me is not done. Yeah they have made a Gonk Droid as seen on the Sandcrawler but the vintage figure is either based on the Lars Family Droid or the Mos Eisley Power Droid...they need to make a new blue one...pronto!
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I've always liked the commtech Gonk, but I've got all mine rubber-banded together at the ankles to keep their legs in a central position so the damn thing stands on its own. Interesting feature to make its legs walk, but it sucks as a toy then to me.
I'd like to see them update the legs to a poseable leg system (I think the body is fine), and I agree that they should do a vintage blue deco one then to really consider this figure "done". To me it's no different than the DSCommander or a Hoth Rebel in a brown vested uniform. They have to be done to the figure/character they're based on to be "done".
I have a ton of the CT figure though, and they make good background filler. I have a number of the repaint too, for the Hoth Gonk droid. I like it even more because it has a customizability to it with the top ports. I have one with 2 of the small black ports, one with a large orange port and small black port, one with neither port... It's a more fun figure in that respect.
If they'd fix the legs, I'd be dandy with its final sculpt. If they'd give us a blue one, I'd be really dandy with yet another vintage figure knocked out by Hasbro.
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I'm cool with what we have now.
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I really liked that Hoth version with the "cap" from a few years back. Yeah, I would take a blue version for sure.
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I HOPE THE NEW BLUE VERSION WOULD DEPICT THE ANTENNA
vIntage power droid seems heavier than comtech version
both version cool, so is the hoth version from TSC.
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Any stills of the blue one at the Lars ranch?
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I have one at home...its black and white though and with the little guy who was inside
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Is this the shot you were talking about? (http://worldfamousdesignjunkies.com/bits/rare-star-wars-photos/attachment/n792155172_5653617_8175-2/) Because no Power Droid thread is complete without it.
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Yeah that is the one
(http://www.jedidefender.com/spearson/lars%20power%20droid.jpg)
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Wow, where exactly was that at in the movie even? It has 1930's/1940's style headlights. ;D
I'd buy it... That's a bit more than a blue paintjob though, in differences.
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He is walking next to Aunt Beru..."Make sure he speaks Bocce"
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There is also this bad boy in Mos Eisley
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Now him I've seen, and I love that deco... He's not sporting the spiffy spotlight/headlights, but still quite cool. I'd really love to see them have a go at some of these power droids... Plus the "Plonk" one from Clone Wars :-X. Something so cool about the simplicity of the design of these that I've always loved them, and would gladly buy more. They're almost as cool as astromechs to me really.
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(http://www.jedidefender.com/jsmentek/bocce.jpg)
Jeff sent this to me
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I think those lights are on the front of the droid there, Jesse 8)
(http://www.jedidefender.com/jsmentek/bocce.jpg)
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Excellent - I remembered the scene, but didn't know if more detailed photos existed. I say we call for a Beru/Power Droid resculpt 2-pack.
Just found another one:
(http://worldfamousdesignjunkies.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/n671305666_1390878_33101-500x395.jpg)
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I never had the vintage version as a kid, but found it a little boring back then. Like others, I do like the commtech one pretty well (the leg "feature" is sort of a pain to get them to stand though), but I'd like to see a new/redeco of the vintagey blue one as well.
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I think we've found the thing to push Hasbro on now that they did ICMG. :-X
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Where do I sign? ;)
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Said before and I'll say it again, LOVE these topics. The Power Droid was easily the biggest "WTF?" figure in the line.
As a kid, I totally remember looking at the back of the card (the way we received our new figure info back then) and seeing this guy for the first time. I literally had no idea what to make of him. Was it a figure, a piece of furniture, was it a misprint, just...what?
As it stands, it will always have that charm associated with it.
I would LOVE, and think we will eventually get, a "Lars Pit" repaint or redo of this guy. While I really like the Power Droid/Jawa pack in, it's still isn't the WTF Droid I know and love.
Keep these topics coming, and now it's on to Fett - which should be VERY interesting.
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