Okay, I came across a slew of these at Target today, here's my thoughts on each one:
Yoda/Kashyyyk - Passed. This should have been a better rendition of Yoda, since they have it, and a Kashyyyk trooper like we saw in the movie. I am not paying money for this under any circumstance.
Thire/Palpatine - Bought 3. Half good. The Palpatine figure sucks because it's a salt shaker. The Thire is great. I love the Evolutions sculpt, and I love that you can take the kama off and paint the belt red to make it a removable helmet shocktrooper.
Obi Wan/AT-RT driver - Passed. The AT-RT driver makes no sense and should have been an Airborne Trooper in Utapau scheme or a clone 41 in Utapau scheme. And the Obi Wan was a horrible rendition, and should have been either the Saga2 pilot or the new 30 AC version. Both figures are pointless. They have better Obi Wans, why use the old sculpt? Stupid. "Yeah we have a bunch of better version but here, take this ****** one." Not paying money for it.
Vader/Bow - Bought 2. Love the Evolutions Vader, what a bargain at this price. Best Vader figure ever, perfectly scaled in height, he's taller than other characters like he's supposed to be! Outstanding. And Bow is cool. He's non-movie, but you can remove the kama and binocs and you have a nice 501st grunt. This probably makes this the best of the 6 offerings.
Mace/Galactic Marine - Passed. The Mace is an abomination. 1" too short, horrendous sculpt, poor likeness. There is not one saving grace about this figure. Should have been the new 30 AC sculpt. I love the Galactic Marine, but not in this paint scheme. I do have 20 of the movie paint scheme already, and probably will buy more even. But I had to pass on this because of Mace. It killed this set.
Anakin/501st Airborne -Bought 1. Admittedly, I changed my mind on this one when I saw it in person. I'm normally not a fan of EU, non-movie clones. At least I'm pretty sure this guy wasn't in the movie. But the 501st Airborne looked cool enough that I can justify getting at least 1. I'm going to have him serve as an ARC-like advisor to Anakin for the temple raid. I am kinda fighting back the urge to get back in my car and go get a couple more of this, and the only thing holding me back is the fact that the Anakin that comes with it is horrendous, and should have been an Evolutions sculpt.
Let me ask this question, if they can give us the Vader Evolutions, and the Thire Evolutions, why then did we not get the Anakin EIII Evolutions instead of that saltshaker piece of crap they gave us in this set? I can't figure this out. And that's why I had to pass on more Airborne/Anakin sets, because Anakin is worth $0 to me and I feel like I'm paying $10 for the Airborne clone.