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Title: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Ben on April 2, 2005, 03:24 AM
What do you think of the figures you bought?

So far I've only opened Obi-Wan, Anakin, Padme, and Grievous, and I'm actually having a blast with these action features I so professed to hate.

I think that by making the features activated by squeezing legs makes these far more enjoyable.

Anyway, I gotta open the rest of my stuff.

Thoughts?
Title: Re: Impressions?
Post by: CHEWIE on April 2, 2005, 05:14 AM
I am 99% happy with the line so far, with having 35 different regular figures so far... can't really complain.

Just wanted to see a bit more out tonight as far as vehicles/playsets and a better selection instead of a ton of #'s 1-12.  Maybe I'll find more variety tomorrow.

 :P
Title: Re: Impressions?
Post by: Jediknight760071 on April 2, 2005, 10:32 AM
I am ecstatic...I didn't buy any obis, maces, R2s, the first Ani, vader, and some others, but overall...these are great!

Title: Re: Impressions?
Post by: Ook on April 2, 2005, 10:49 AM
Dude, deluxe Vader so fun to play with. :D
Title: Re: Impressions?
Post by: Dressel Rebel on April 2, 2005, 02:13 PM


Just wanted to see a bit more out tonight as far as vehicles/playsets and a better selection instead of a ton of #'s 1-12.  Maybe I'll find more variety tomorrow.

 :P

But thankfully clone trooper #6 was in high abundance!

 :D
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: CloneF13Y35 on April 2, 2005, 08:24 PM
My son loves r2 and 3p0, I like thm as well, think they are well done. Thought the paint apps on r2 as far as the 'dirt' is only on the feet but not on the middle leg is a little weird but not distracting.
3p0 is probably the best I've seen.
OPened deluxe anakin vader and he's pretty cool. getting the vader head/cape to stay on requires making sure it is pushed all the way on.
Opened chewie and tarful, look cool and chewies 'wookie rage' feature works ok, he can still pose is arms with articulation at the shoulder, elbow and wrist. the knees can turn but don't bend?!
they can't hold their guns too well though.
Then I opened the anakin color change lishgtsaber and it is the best thing so far. Has a cleat blade and a strong enough light to be either red or blue. simple switch on the handle changes the color.
Still have the clone troopers, obi-wan and grevious and dooku to open.
overall, I'm satisfied. :)
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Jesse James on April 2, 2005, 08:35 PM
i'm pretty content.  Some things are better than I had hoped, and others are about what I expected.

Deluxe figures were a bit "meh" to me...  I did get Greivous though, and he's rather interesting, and fairly poseable too.  A SA Greivous with 4 arms that actually folded into just the two would have been better, especially if the feature could've been kept, but it's ok.

Most other deluxe I'll wait on though, save for the Clone Specialist coming up.

Basic Figs I got:

-Blue Senate Guard (x2)...  This guy kicks a lot of ass.  My gripes would be that his pistol's squished, and his rifle feels like it's made from the same material as a condom.  Beyond that, a fantastic army builder.  No Red Guards in my haul though.

-Count Dooku...  FANTASTIC figure.  Very nice and I love his left hand doing force moves.  He's real close to being a flawless figure.  Wish his saber blade came off and hitched to his belt though.

-Alya Secura...  Another great figure.  Can hold a saber with 2 hands (I wasn't so sure when I saw her arms).  I'm not wild that her arm articulation is limited, especially the left, but she's great to me.  Far superior to her Saga incarnation....  Speaking of, I wholely now expect to do a Geonosis Arena shelf to put my old Saga Jedi on.  I appreciate the pre-posed figs NOW more than I did before.  

This is why Hasbro NEEDS to articulate figures like this.  I think it only enhances the pre-posed one's value to people.

-Ki-Adi Mundi...  Holy hell, he rocks.  His ankles make him a little tougher to pose than some (boil/freeze may fix that), but either way he's great.  His robe is one of the best in the modern line, period.  I love putting it over his cone like he's out in the field fighting the war...  Maybe on a rainy world somewhere.  Just neat to get that.  

-Clonetrooper...  Better than I imagined.  The waist articulation does bite, and I think simply a SA Clone sans feature would've sufficed.  He does have 2 guns though, and he's incredibly poseable and sturdy.  Great figure.

-Tarrful...  Sucky weapon, bad articulation (I don't get it really, he looks like he has articulated knees but he doesn't).  He's probably my only disappointment, but he's still not horrid.  He's average, and for the Saga line he'd have been pretty good actually.

-Mace Windu...  Sink the shoulders in and he's damn near Dooku quality.  His leg articulation bites though of course, and those shoudlers are awkward.  His sculpt is better than I thought, but he does have a shine too.  I dig him for what he is.  A poseable Mace.  His feature's not bad either.

-Luminara Unduli...  More Jedi greatness, and in a gausey skirt!  Very poseable, very cool.  Can't complain.  I don't think her saber hooks to her belt though.  :(  I dunno why some this feature is there and others it isn't.

-Lava Vader...  He's an exclusive...  He looks nicer than I thought, but if i wasn't a completist I'd have slept in Saturday morning.
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Jedi Idej on April 2, 2005, 10:40 PM
What the hell is up with C-3PO's nubby left thumb and the 10-degrees-below-zero erect nipple on the battle droid?
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Jeff on April 2, 2005, 11:57 PM
What the hell is up with  the 10-degrees-below-zero erect nipple on the battle droid?

It is for you to attach the "blast effect" to make it look like "he done got shot"!

Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Diddly on April 3, 2005, 12:06 AM
I've only opened the Clone, Dooku, and Grievous' Bodyguard.

Not much to add about the Clone and Dooku. They're both GREAT figures, simply great all around.

The Bodyguard is a good fig overall, but improvements could be made. I think we could use an SA version later down the road, because this thing would be great with leg articulation. I like the arms how they are, but the wrists should be articulated without an action feature for a perfect version. ;)

I was also talking with Famine earlier, and he suggested that a varient bodyguard be made with the cape over the left soldier, just so the guards would be in allignment with Grievous when guarding him.

Also, let me say that the action features are FAR better than they were 3 years ago.
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Scott on April 3, 2005, 12:16 AM
Color me more than impressed, even with the Collection 1 stuff.  I was a little worried after reading Brent and Jared's thoughts on them.  I passed on almost half of the first 12 but I think I bought everything else through 32.

The great...The Jedi.  Great figures all around, even Mace.  I'm mad they didn't include a Cloak.  But he's even a nice figure.  The other semi-duds are Plo Koon and Saesee Tiin.  They should have cloaks like Ki Adi.  But even so, they are all great.  And its a welcome sign, especially after the crap fest that were Saga Jedi figures :-X  Saesee gets further demerits for mixing plastic and soft goods in two different colors in a BAD way.  If you are going to do this, do it in the same color so it doesn't look goofy

The best of the bunch though is Agen Kolar, he's IMO the best figure of the first 32.  Great robe AND a soft good application underneath with tons of articulation.  

I'm also really digging The Emperor and Chancellor Palpatine.  I'm a little worried about Dooku and Palpy clogging pegs along with Padme and Mon Mothma in a few months but these figures are amazing.  Also high on my impressed list is Dooku, he's amazing and shows what can happen when they spend some time on something (LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE FOR M WINDU ::))

The good...I actually think the Clone Trooper is OK.  The shoulder has the same crap that the Mace does, but its not horrible.  I also dig the two Blue and Red guards  C-3PO is good too, probably the best, but still not what we all want :-\  Tarful is also a nice HUGE figure.  I'm not the wookiee nut most of the rest of you guys seem to be but he's great.  I don't like the painting they've done on the Wookiees though across the board.

The OK...Mon Mothma, Grievous and Guards, Padme, the guy from NYPD Blue, they are boring but decent.  

The bad...R2, the only figure I didn't really care for at all.  I wasn't going to buy it but I couldn't resist for some reason.  It sucks, IMO.  Stupid action feature and a bad paint job (yellowish highlights)  

That's not bad, and to be honest, for the most part I'm pretty easy going on stuff.  I have the Jedi lined up on my computer desk and all of the lightsabers sticking up all over is a neat effect. :)
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Darth Broem on April 3, 2005, 10:44 AM
I bought all of the Jedi except for Anakin 1, Kenobi 2, Yoda 1, and Mace Windu.  I actually screwed up and bought Spinning Yoda, Kenobi 1, and forgot about Windu.  I will have to go back and get those later. 

I really like all of the Jedi.  I am not disappointed at all with any of them.  They look solid to me. 

I like the Clonetrooper much more than I thought.  I bought 2 of them.  Chewbacca and Tarful are fine with me.  Vader is much better than I thought as well.   Sidious is nice to.   

I just don't have any complaints with what I bought.  Granted I have not opened them yet.  I may save some for autograhps at C3.  I have not decided that yet.  I don't really want to plunk down money for the photos when I have something for them to sign allready.

Anyway, they were all good to me.  I stayed away from the BD, SBD, R2-D2 and several others.  I may go back later in the year or get them on Ebay someday. 

All in all I really like the ROTS figures.  Much more so than AOTC or Ep1.  Even the Lava Vader was better than I though. 
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Vator on April 3, 2005, 10:50 AM
I'm loving everything I've gotten so far, not a single disapointment. Way to go Hasbro, way to go.
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: DoctorPadawan on April 3, 2005, 02:40 PM
Amazingly, both versions of Yoda have been the only disappointments with the Basic figures for me.  Everything else has been either really good (as in every last one of the Collection 2 figures I have), or better than expected (every other Collection 1 figure).  Yoda just falls short.  The first one looks ridiculous (and Yoda with a Big Ass Cannon is funny in and of itself), and the second one is awful. 

As far as unintentional humor goes, the "Jedi Kick" Obi-Wan has been the source of much laughter this morning, and the "Wookiee Slayer Concert" Chewbacca is fun as well.  And no matter how hard I try, I can not figure out why Mace is pouting.

The Obi-Wan Deluxe figure, on the other hand, is simply horrible.  This has Force Flipping Saga Deluxe written all over it, and I really hope they don't ship anymore of them, as this is going to be the only Deluxe figure that won't sell to anyone with a passing interest in the film.  Anakin/Vader is a lot of fun, although I still can't figure out why his Anakin cloak is so huge.  Grievous is very cool with a lot of posability despite the feature, and Sidious is awesome.  It took me a while to get the head to work right (it was apparently offline inside and I had to fiddle with the arms to get him to look straight ahead with either face), but once I did, it's been nonstop fun.

So, taking into account the first 28 figures and the first four deluxe figures, Hasbro's done a great job on all non-little green man figures.  Thumbs up!
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Diddly on April 3, 2005, 07:12 PM
Both Super Battle Droid and Battle Droid legs are still real bendy. Thankfully the BD comes with a (really cool) base. That's the only real disappointment in the figs so far, along with lightsabers being a little bent.
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Jim on April 3, 2005, 07:32 PM
I have 1-32 opened and I am really only disappointed with two figs really.  The Super Battle Droid and the Battle Droid.  These are exactly as previous releases correct?  Somebody mentioned the material used.  I wont be army building with either.  I am happy will the other 30 figs though. 

My other complaint is the Barc Speeder.  Biggest POS to date IMO. 
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: speedermike on April 3, 2005, 11:26 PM
I'm pretty happy with these as well.  This is, by far, the best movie year collection ever.  And I like the TPM figures.  I'm really hoping these do well and we can get some more ROTS stuff next year.  Unfortunately, I saw one TRU that had dozens of pegs with 1-24 only.  I'm worried that misguided distribution of the initial waves will hurt later waves.

Reagrdless,  these are great, great figures!!   Hasbro stepped up to the plate and nailed it this time!
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Jediknight760071 on April 3, 2005, 11:39 PM
I got up to #40...not including the Gunner and Medical Droid.

I have to say the only figure I don't like is Padme, but she's a far better figure than any EP1 Padme. This line gets high marks in my book.
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Scott on April 3, 2005, 11:43 PM
I should note that I passed on SBD and the BD as well as spinning Yoda, Obi-Wan #1, Chewbacca and I would have passed on Obi-Wan #2 but I bought him by mistake.  I have enough Battle Droids and SBD and hearing these new ones are no better than previous ones is a dissapointment
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: evenflow on April 4, 2005, 02:48 PM
I am really enjoying the figures. Palpatine #35 is just awesome. I love extra head and hands.
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Brian on April 4, 2005, 02:53 PM
So, for you openers, did you just rip everything open as soon as you got home with it, or are you spacing it out?  I didn't really have a chance to get around to it this weekend, and have only opened up a clonetrooper so far (only fig I have an extra of at this point).  I'm debating whether to just dig in tonight and start opening, or spread it out over days/weeks.  It seems different having to go to the stores to look for stuff more regularly again, it seemed like quite a dry spell overall there so far.  Also, to keep this on topic ;), the Clone I opened seemed pretty cool...and to be honest, the "squeezing legs" action feature doesn't bother me that much.  Reminds me of Super Powers toys.  If we have to have action features once in awhile, I'd much rather have this than buttons/wheels/etc.  I'm really looking forward to the SA one coming later on, but this one isn't too bad either.  I think I like the helmet design of these troops a little better than the AOTC version, probably because they are more "Stormtrooper like".
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Jediknight760071 on April 4, 2005, 05:51 PM
I opened up all of them before Sunday Morning. :)
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Darth_Anton on April 4, 2005, 05:52 PM
I'm very happy so far. I got every figure except 33 -36 and have only opened three: The Clone Trooper, At-Et Gunner and the Red Royal Guard. I do have issues with the guard, but he's still a good figure.

As for the rest, I'm dealing with space issues, so I 'm hoping to get some of those resolved so I can bust them open because they look sweet.
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: amarsella on April 4, 2005, 06:35 PM
Cracked all my figs open as soon as I got home from MM. I'm really loving all these figs. The updated EP2 Jedi (Luminara, Fisto, Shaak-Ti, Plo, Tiin) are AWESOME. I hope hasbro comes out with a Windu, Anakin and Obi with articulation like these. Dooku and Emperor Palps are also great.

Overall I'm pretty impressed wioth Hasbro so far on these. I passed on 'Hunching' Mace. That's one fig that Hasbro need to do some real work on. We need all Jedi with VOTC articulation.
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: CloneF13Y35 on April 5, 2005, 12:59 PM
I opened up most things saturday with my son. R2 and 3p0 first, Gave him chewie and tarful sat night after going to walmart.
Then I opened up grevous and the clone troper and they are with me at work.
Overall I am very satisfied with them.
I still have obi-wan, dooku and the 2nd clone trooper to open.
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Brian on April 6, 2005, 09:04 AM
Finished up opening my basic figures yesterday, and overall I'm pretty impressed with this line.  No real terrible figures as far as what I have, and some are quite well done.  I'm particularly impressed with the "background" Jedi figures, pretty much all of the Jedi outside of Anakin, Obi, and Mace.  Those figures are all very well done I think, and worlds better than their AOTC counterparts.  Although the Anakin, Obi, and Mace figures aren't awful, I really wish we could see them done in the same manner as the rest of these Jedi.  Mace is probably one of the better ones we've seen, but for some reason I'm having trouble getting past those shoulders.

I also like the Clonetroopers, even with the action feature.  I can't wait to see what the superposeable version is like in person, and hopefully not nearly as tough to find as the Clone Wars version.  Other favorites:

Chewie and Tarfful - Always fan of the wookiees, but was a bit concerned about them after some of the pics online.  Blonde highlights seem to be slightly overdone, but the Chewie I got actually looks pretty nice.  Maybe I just got one with a toned down paintjob.  Tarfful is good as well, although not quite as spiffy as I expected.  I do like them both though.

C-3PO, Padme, Bail...well, pretty much all of Coll 2 - Great figures.  Maybe one of the best 3POs we've gotten, if still under-articulated.  Padme is one of the favorite Padme figures we've seen too.  The face seems closer than most we've gotten.  Bail is good for what he is, as can be said for the majority of Collection 2.

The Rest of Collection 1 - These figures to me are not too bad, but nothing spectacular.  I do like the Emperor figure (loads better than the Saga version to me), and Vader is alright too (although VOTC is a bit better).  Grievous and his bodyguards are pretty cool too.  I didn't pick up R2 yet, since it seems that he isn't a big hit with those who have him...and from the poster it looks like we'll be getting another one down the road.

Overall, I really like this line.  I think it is one of the better ones we've seen for awhile, particularly among the PT "movie" lines.  To be honest, it really makes me realize how much crap we got during the AOTC craze.  I kind of wish I wouldn't have gotten so much during that time, as so much of it pales in comparison to these and other figures we have gotten since then.  Probably why much of it is packed away.
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Scott on April 7, 2005, 11:30 AM
Opened the #32-40 figures last night...here's my thoughts:

Clone Commander  Very cool figure with loads of neat weapons.  Double Holster!  I like the visor deal and the shoulder pauldron but the figure looses a few points by not having the stuff be easily removable (and in the case of the helmet visor, if you do take it off there are two large pegs there)

Clone Pilot  Seems to be oddly proportioned for some reason.  I love the OT life support box on the chest and its a definitely cool and neutral posed figure.

Palpatine  Odd variation aside, its not a good as I thought it was going to be.  The head swap is cool but for some weird reason, the "evil" head is stuck at a weird angle.  Suffers from salt shakeritis as well with no real legs.  I bought two of the black robed Palpatines (one for my OT display) and I just gave this guy the extra saber. 

Grievous w/ Guts  A complaint I've had about all of the Grievous figures is the lack of consitency on the paint.  This one is almost Bone white again.  The exploding feature is alright but the overall figure is about as floppy as a wet noodle.  Neat concept, poor execution

AT-TE Gunner  I'm a little disappointed in this guy too.  Lots of articulation EXCEPT for the elbows which are cut.  Otherwise he would have been a lot better.  I didn't try to remove the shoulder pauldron but hopefully thats easily removable.  The removable helmet and added helmet armor is neat.  Its a good figure that could be a bit better.

Mas Amedda  Lots of neat stuff.  The overcape is a little too big, they could have probably have done some soft goods.  Nice bonus with the Gene Simmons tongue.  Removable cloak and helmet deal are also nice touches.  He's good for what he is (and a future pegwarmer I'd guess)

Polis Massan Pretty bland, sort of like a podracer in looks and figure quality.  I'd think they could have done 2 for 1 (with a droid or another Massan) on these but they didn't and for that when you see him, you'll feel slightly cheated. 

So, not as good as I thought they would be but certainly on par with the rest of the ROTS figures.  I find it hard to believe that in APRIL we already have 2/3rds of the figures already.  16 figures spread out over the next 7 months is not very good planning I think :-\
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Brian on April 7, 2005, 03:29 PM
Congrats on the finds Scott, really looking forward to those Clone figures (as is everyone).  Might be time to head out hunting again, since we tend to run somewhat similar to you guys in MN sometimes.  Target might be the place to go though, as our Wal-Mart is most definitely stacked to the brim with April 2 product still.  Anyways, for those of you who have picked up the R2-D2 figure, what do you think of it?  I didn't think that it was receiving real favorable comments, and I passed on it initially thinking I could just wait for the "electronic" one coming later this year, or even just sub in a different R2 from elsewhere in my collection.  For some reason it just bothers me having C-3PO stand there without his astromech buddy ;).  Anyways, I initially passed on R2 and Mon Mothma, planning on getting them later, and was wondering if the figure(s) were worthwhile?  I also passed on the different Battle Droids available, but I don't have any interest in those really.  I have enough of them from the other two movies.
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Ben on April 17, 2005, 03:33 AM
I've opened several blue and red Guards in the past couple of weeks, and the damn robes puff out huge when the figure is opened. It's almost as bad as VOTC Obi-Wan.

So I've taken to using the clear bands from figure packaging and putting them around the Guard's legs. It scrunches up in back, and might not be good for a long term display, but it works for now.

I also used one of these bands to put around #36 Grievous so he'll stay together. I like him a lot better this way. :)
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Brian on May 26, 2005, 04:06 PM
Thought I might bump this one back up.  Now that many people have seen figures #1-44 (and 45, 46, 47 starting to pop up apparently), what are your overall impressions of the line so far.  We basically have 9-12 figures remaining that are announced (depending on your finds/area), so we have a pretty good sampling of the overall line.  Which figures are your favorites so far?
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: CloneF13Y35 on May 26, 2005, 04:32 PM
Most recent figs I got are the clone pilot, clone commander and #35 red palpatine.
I really like the comamnder with all his gear, 3 guns, 2 holsters, the grappling line and he just looks really cool. He is very posable even with the soft plastic skirt-thing. I also dig the flip up visor but if I'd have a choice, I'd have pegs on the visor going into little holes in his helmet.
Pilot is cool, nothing special but nothing bad either.
Palpatine looks really cool, I usually have him as evil plaptine with the lightning on his hands. I'm not a big fan of these new saber molded with hands design but it's not bad either. I can't see why they had to make him - as he's been called a salt shaker - with no actual body under the hard plastic robes. the slashing attack is not impressive but at least his arms are still posable.
I give the Commander 4.5 outta 5 stars, pilot  3 outta 5 and palpatine 3.5 outta 5 stars!
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: grievousfoe on May 26, 2005, 05:29 PM
The Anakin on Mustafar is horrible. The picture shows a pretty cool Anakin being burned, but the figure with the robe is terrible. The face looks nothing like Anakin. I'm very disappointed with Hasbro on this tuy, but I guess not everything tuy can be great. At least half the purchase will be worth it.
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Dressel Rebel on May 26, 2005, 05:40 PM
Agreed about Anakin Mustafar - real ****.

The Palpatine really should have been super articulated.  They gave us a salt shaker figure, meanwhile in the movie he's posed like 100 ways during the fight scene.  It should be soft goods with 14 points of articulation, the one we got is a real piece of **** incapable of being posed.

Whoa I swore twice there.  Such passion.
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: CloneF13Y35 on May 26, 2005, 05:52 PM
I agree that we fans do need a super posable palpatine, becasue he gets all funky in his fighting stances with mace and yoda.
I'd like a deluxe palpy with exploding senate pod, lightning extensions and movie accurate saber.
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Gatillo on May 26, 2005, 08:36 PM
One word:  Clones.

Commander, Gunner and SA.   ;)
Title: Re: RotS Figure Impressions?
Post by: Darth_Anton on May 27, 2005, 02:27 PM
Now that the movie has been released, and viewed, I'm finally opening my figures. So far i've opened the first 20 and over all I'm very impressed. The only stinker so far is the #7 R2, it's just not done very well at all.