The VOTC line continues to impress, but as some of you have mentioned, some of the figures (like 3PO and R2), don't exactly make me go "wow, I can't believe it" the way the initial ones did when we first saw them.  However, every single one of this whole line seems to be sculpted very, very well.  I'm kind of in the boat with Jesse, when he said that if Hasbro would only do these figures, in this style (packaging and all), for the main characters, etc....I'd probably be down with paying $10 a piece as well...as long as we could still get them, and they were somewhat limited so I wouldn't have to sell a kidney or something .

Looking at these pictures, aside from articulation on 3PO, and the gadgets on R2...do you think they can make these characters any better?  When we first heard of/saw this line, it was kind of the feeling of "finally, the end all be all versions of these characters".  Seeing the Han, and the Stormtrooper...I think they have done it.  They look to be pretty much perfect.  Chewie looks good as well, and to be honest...I don't know what else they can really do with Chewie to improve it, aside from the removable bandolier.  I think they have gotten the sculpt down pretty well between the Cloud City version and this VOTC one.  The articulation looks to be pretty good on this one as well.  I guess I'm wondering, do you think that these can still be improved on?  Aside from articulation on 3PO, and maybe an "ultimate gadget-tastic" R2, that is.  Overall, I'm quite happy with this line...and this morning I saw that they have shown up at the TRU in town here.  They had 3x Han, 3x Obi, and 2x Leia.  All of them where there, don't know when they got put out.  I picked up an extra Han for now, I'd like to have 2 of each, but my wife doesn't agree.  I got away with the Han for now.  Plus, I'd kick myself if I bought 2 of all of these, to see them released for $5 later on  Seeing the pics of them all on the coverage though, makes me wish there was another wave (or more) coming.  Come on, how about a POTF wave?

This might be a little off topic...but last night we were picking up some supper from a sandwich place in town (Mr. Goodcents), and on the counter above where they make the subs, they had a ML Silver Surfer figure.  Although I only had a couple of comics where he made an appearance (when I was a kid), I always thought this figure was kind of neat.  Seeing it opened, in person, it looked pretty cool to me.  I've never had anything other than Spidey/X-figures, but I'm tempted to go pick this one up if he's hanging out at Target or Wal-Mart.  I've been wanting to delve deeper into the ML line, so maybe this would be a good chance to before I pick up the FF, Avengers, etc.  Anyways, what do you guys think of this figure (if you have it)?  Is it a good pick up?

Hasbro has (finally) updated with their feature on the VOTC C-3PO.  The figure looks pretty nice, but unfortunately is not nearly as articulated as we had hoped (neck, shoulders, hips)

Vintage OTC C-3PO

Thanks Dale, I appreciate it!  I guess I should have looked around a little more too

I collect the majority of my figures loose, but I usually use a knife to cut off the bubble, and then keep the cardbacks.  I recently purged quite a few of those, but plan to keep the OTC and VOTC cardbacks for good.  I was wondering if there was a better way to remove the bubble, without damaging the card, but still being able to get all of the plastic off.  I usually carefully cut them off, which just leaves the little plastic "ring" around the figure, but with these OTC cards, it would be nice to have them removed cleanly.  Can it be done?

That's exactly how they were packed. If they'd have left the stupid air thing out, these might have arrived OK.

Meh. I know I won't order any more VOTC from these putzes.

I had a similar experience with Amazon as well now.  We received a package we had ordered through them yesterday, and while the VOTC Ben, and the other stuff we ordered, arrived just fine....the VOTC Leia was smashed up pretty good.  And like Ben mentioned earlier, even the inside bubble was smashed up.  The "star case" was smashed in on the top and the bottom, and the inside bubble is crushed too.  I guess its ok, it will make it easier to go ahead and open these up (I had been debating), but I think I would say too that if you want a nice, MOC set, you might want to think twice about Amazon.  However, the other two I have received through them (Han and Ben) both arrived in good shape.

You know, I saw 2x of the Yoda/Ki Adi/Qui Gon set at TRU this weekend...and although I do want to have the whole "circle", I just couldn't bring myself to pick it up...yet.  I have spent a fair amount the past couple weeks on OTC/VOTC and some Spider-Man stuff, so money was a little bit of a factor, but the set overall is just not that great from what I can see.  Just buying Episode I figures again, and not even great ones at that.  $20 seemed a little steep at the time just to get more of the circle, but I'll probably pick it up eventually.  Sets like this really are a rip off though, I will admit.