Nice review, bangs. I saw him at Walmart earlier this week. You're right, he looks awesome - especially the paint.

I passed at the time because Jabba's palace never did too much for me. I might need to reconsider that in the future though.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

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Best of luck to everyone! Looks more like 1 in 10 than 1 in 3.

Either that or two other people already beat you to the store and did the 25 degree trick as well.

Nice Pic by the way.

That's funny. Actually, I did consider that another iTunes wrangler had beat me to the cooler... But I don't think so based on the location of the bottle and stuff.

I've been having fun taking pics the last couple of days. It just dawned on me that i have a camera and a place to host them. I put a couple of reviews up here and here.

A funny by-the-way... I posted the picture above originally with the code unblurrd, then got paraniod some of the people here who are already going to H - E - double hockey sticks would steal my free song before I had a chance to redeem it... But I've taken care of that now. Oh yes.

I managed to pick up Antilles, Dodonna and Gold Leader at the front of the wave vs. the back. I’m usually trailing most other collectors, so to celebrate and share the love I’m writing reviews for each.

Gold Leader



Overall, I’m really happy with the new Gold Leader figure. Hasbro has packed some nice detail into this sculpt. There are a few details here that I suspect were test runs of things we’ll see in future figures as much as they are natural progression of the line and the ability of it’s designers. The transparency and refraction of the visor plastic is an improvement over Porkins and Luke.

Ultimately, this guy was sculpted to shoot stuff and then be posed to make everyone stand around and hear about it.



His articulation is great. I was surprised that his knees both bend and swivel. A mild annoyance is that the strap sometimes pulls out of his back when rotating his hips to a sitting position. This can be avoided by holding the straps securely in his back while bending his legs. It’s not nearly as annoying as loosing the Ventress head, which my 15 month old manages to pop off daily. Ah well, as long as he doesn't swallow it.

The leg movement allows for great dance moves that were unheard of for vintage figures from my childhood.



His right arm has elbow and shoulder articulation, and his left glove and shoulder also rotate. The left glove is a little awkward, the opening seems exaggerated.

Another odd choice is the up/down neck movement in addition to the left/right (think the new Hoth Luke). Odd because the movement is so minor here as to be nearly unnoticeable. This is picking nits, but I would have preferred a working holster added to the flight suit (think Han Solo’s leg strap version) instead of head nodding action.



Perhaps it helps him spot bogies coming at him at 10 o’clock. If anyone were come after the Gold Leader figure, he could spot them a mile away. His eyes, and head, are huge. Also enlarged is his weapon. Gold Leader, Antilles and Dodonna all sport new and improved side arms. These three pack a little more punch than our friend the Rebel Fleet Trooper.



Bigger guns are good, because like I said earlier, this dude is built tozap baddies and talk up his exploits to anyone that will listen.



I recommend picking one up. At the very least, he’ll tell all your other figures stories while you’re at work or school all day.

I never win stuff like that. You know how you're supposed to get free "I-tunes" with Pepsi? I haven't even won one of those yet. I swear the odds would say I should have one, but nope.

Still conflicted here with my love of the idea about free music. I stumbled across this on the web tonight:

How to WIN iTunes from Pepsi



It's worth the read. My favorite part was: "Pepsi has stated they believe they will have to pay for about 1/3 of the 100 million songs it's giving away. That means 2/3 of the people that win don't care about iTunes. So I say, let's let them have the unlucky caps. They weren't going to cash them in anyway."

Perhaps our luck is changing!

you know to me it looks like Captain Antilles was a repaint from a Rebel Trooper and a little touch-ups but thats it, that is what i think.

Hey mainland05, I can see how you might think that, but they’re not even close. Everything is a new cast.

A side by side comparison shows:

RF: Cast on helmet strap, glued on helmet
CA: Removable helmet and strap, ball and socket head, extending neck.
RF: Button collar
CA: Open collar
RF: Short boots that rotate
CA: Tall boots w/no articulation
RF: Pockets on pants and cast holster
CA: Working holster
RF: Overpainted helmet
CA: Antenna on helmet.
RF: Swivel knees, rotating shoulders
CA: Swivel elbows, rotating hips – hey watch it now!
RF: 3 7/8” Tall
CA: 4 1/8” Tall

Oh wait, they “might” have the same belt buckle. He’s different. Add him to the “pick up” list.

8th layer of hell baby,yeah!

That's working it. I'd ask how you got there but the details would scare me and serve as a road map for your peers.

i am going to the 6th level of hell...i thought i was a pretty good person

Ditto.

Anyone else with me in Purgatory? Will it be lonely at the top?

Maren Jensen - BSG

She's still attractive 20+ years later, but she looks outfitted to write parking tickets more than fight Cylons! ;)