It seems I never commented on your post when you first posted these but these designs are exceptionally well done. Massive kudos.

The actor's likenesses are immediately apparent and I dare say you've done a better job than the Medicom designers that worked on the Kubrick series (although I'm not sure they were going for or allowed to go for realism).

And the best and most outlandish thing you've done is include Ello Asty as a chase! The obvious thing would be a helmeted and hooded Kylo Ren or Finn in bloodied Stormtrooper uniform but it's so left field I could actually see it as something Medicom would have done. Perfect.

But it also makes me a little sad because I would have (not quite literally) killed for a TFA series this well done back in 2015/2016. But at least I don't have to pine for what never was and instead gaze at these wonderful designs and dream

Well this is unexpected.





I stumbled upon this and only missed the news by a couple of months. A new carded Darth Vader from Rogue One and not a straight reissue on a card. This Vader has printed red lenses and new Anakin face printing. It looks to be based on the EpIII series 10 Vader therefore the cloak not over the chest armour is inaccurate.







When I first saw the picture I immediately though it's Vader from the Disney+ Kenobi TV series based on Anakin's head and Medicom recently did a 100% &400% Vader be@rbrick from that series with a similar style face, but nope it's apparently Rogue One from 2016. Possibly because Medicom also recently did a Mafex Rogue One Vader.

Details. It was first available 26th April 2024 from Parco stores around Japan, apparently they were selling new SW merch and if you spent 15,000 Yen you got a free carded Rogue One Vader as a gift with your purchase. I'm not sure how limited in number this edition is. But there's nothing on the card back.



I'm not sure what else there is to say but on a personal note this feels like a super weird trip down memory lane but I'm a little thrilled there's a new promotional Kubrick in 2024 after an 8 year absence. I honestly thought Medicom has stopped producing Kubricks all together, not just Star Wars but for all properties they licensed and while that's mostly true there has been a few new ones listed on their website. I know there's been a several be@rbrick releases over the years, that's how I found the above, by looking at the newer be@rbricks.

OMG Look what I found on Instagram!!



It's a giveaway at the toy exhibition, I'm looking for carded pics......











Ok, obviously I'm lying  Sorry, I made my own about 6 months ago and now seemed like the right time to post it if I was momentarily going to prank people for a couple of seconds into thinking it was legit.

Remember Kubricks?  *sigh*

Lol.

I hope I'm not creating competition for someone who was already planning on bidding on this but zero bids so far so I'd rather see someone here get it:

Hoth Rebel Trooper for $150

^

Thanks.

I've been having all sorts of fun creating different rebel pilots in lego minifigure form, there's more helmet variation in the lego range, and I'd definitely like a Sacul to use as it's a more generic pilot helmet for some extra kubrick pilots but I can't justify it as far as the cost goes, let alone multiples. 

I forgot about the holo Maul, but I wouldn't imagine there would be an issue with the newer releases like Maul, it will be interesting to revisit in a few years.

JediJman - is the cape/s on holo Vader made of a similar plastic to the spirit kubs, or is it closer to the regular Vader kub?

A couple of comedians in here...

In regards to my above question I seem to recall iamsith doing some customs back in the day, I'm not sure if anyone has any knowledge on dismantling or breaking apart kubricks.

Now to the reason for my post, another question. Has anyone noticed the plastic of the outer robe of their Spirit of Obi Wan Kenobi deteriorating?

I was handling the kubrick recently and noticed the plastic of the robe was a bit tacky or sticky but the rest of the figure was fine. Being that the Spirit of Anakin is almost the exact same kubrick I checked that one too and it was in a similar condition. I has to be because of the softer plastic used and its translucentness, as opposed to the hard plastic of the translucent body and the solid plastic used on other kubricks which is fine.

I gave them a wash in warm soapy water and there's been an improvement.

Over the weekend I picked up a few ebay scores.

I had an old ebay 'followed search' for R-3PO and one popped up for £6.99 + shipping. I've already got one from DX 2 but because it is a 1:12 I though why not, it's pretty cheap and it's one of my favourite kubricks.

I looked to see what else the seller had in the way of kubricks to combine shipping and they also had both A and B Cantina band members with instruments as a pair for £9.99 and the white pauldron sandtrooper chase from the same series for £7.99. I never made these particular kubricks my priority in the past because they can get a little bit pricey and are a bit harder to come by but at this price I pounced.

In USD terms:

R-3PO = $11.10
Sandtrooper = $12.70
Cantina Band = $15.90

Plus about £8 shipping. They seller is a UK comic dealer and may not normally deal in kubricks and hence not know prices and rarity.