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Saga '02-'04 / Best/Worst of 2003?
« on: December 24, 2003, 02:05 AM »
Well someone has to start one of these threads and I figure since this was something I was thinking about earlier today I'd kick things off. A slight disclaimer though, I am including anything that was officially released in the year 2003 from the Saga line and it's Clone Wars subline, whether or not it was meant for 02 and came late, or meant for 04 and arrived early.

Best 3.75" action figure: Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker - I'm just a huge mark for Jedi Luke figs and this looks to be the ultimate Jedi Luke. A great sculpt, a copious amounts of articulation, and great accessories, top notch all around.
Runner-Up: Clone Wars Clone Trooper - If the Jedi Luke would have waited just a few more weeks to be released, the Clones would have definitely been the best to me.

Worst 3.75" action figure: Acklay Battle Obi-Wan Kenobi - A horrible sculpt, pathetic looking action feature and no waist articulation make this the worst of the worst.
Runner-Up: Total Control Mace Windu - Aka Lollipop Mace, while I'm sure a fun little toy to play with, it has a horrible implementation and up to this point they had yet to get an AOTC Mace head sculpt to look remotely good.

Best Deluxe action figure: Durge w/ Swoop - Now this IS a deluxe figure, a splendid sculpt with all the articulation one should expect from a $10 figure, all those bada$$ weapons and a swoop to boot!
Runner-Up: I can't say, none of the other deluxe figs this year struck me as being amazing, some were decent like the Spider Droid, but overall just a paltry deluxe year.

Worst Deluxe action figure: Destroyer Droid Launcher Set - Since it's not technically an army builder set, it has to be a deluxe set, and man does this thing just stink. We get the same old Droidekas (standing and rolled up) from different sets and a poorly functioning launcher. Plus the damn things are still clogging shelves 4-5 months after their release.
Runner-Up: Clonetrooper w/ Speederbike - While I like the concept, the poor sculpt on the figure makes him look like he's a pinada and the cheap plastic used on the Speederbike causes severe warping of the front vane. Hasbro was best left to just re-release the set they had in 2002 instead of resculpting parts.

Best Vehicle: Imperial Shuttle - It's the Imperial Shuttle, the ultimate cool in Star Wars ships. Outside of the issues revolving around its supposed exclusivity and price, this toy is just outstanding, especially as its a direct re-use of the 1984 mold, it shows how great Kenner was and how great toys can still be today. It just looks so great in either a landing mode surrounded by your Imperial troops or flying about as you make those engine sounds we're all prone to making now and then. :)
Runner-Up: Hailfire Droid - This is just a great toy, fun to put together, fun to look at, and most definitely fun to play with and looks true to the model in AOTC. All those rockets launching can be a blast, and the big wheels moving about your dining room floor just harken back to a simpler time of playing with toys.

Worst Vehicle: To me there aren't any, despite several repaints, the offering of vehicles this year from Hasbro was top-notch stuff and proves that vehicles can still sell and get the job done with kids and collectors alike.

Best Subline: Screen Scenes - A great concept, if not a bit high-priced based on the amount of toys received. But where else would we get such obscure characters as San Hill or Yaddle. Mostly great sculpts, with a couple of questions on articulation (namely Mace Windu, but hey at least they got his head sculpt right for once!) and a great set of accessories. Hopefully more will come down the line now that the Xmas rush has cleared most away.
Runner-Up: CW Army Builder 3-packs - Sure the lack of articulation is questionable, but for the average of $10, you get 3 nicely sculpted figures that will look great in any diorama you make. Due to them being placed in the same assortments as the aforementioned Droideka Launcher sets, its been hard to find them for many, but its apparent everyone wants them.

Best Move By Hasbro: Getting rid of the action features and putting an emphasis on detailed sculpts and articulation.
Runner-Up: Adding extra accessories and/or stands to the basic figure line.

Worst Move By Hasbro: Using cheaper and softer plastic on their toys has caused many to become easily warped and damage, i.e. the Clonetrooper Speederbike.
Runner-Up: Continued wackiness in case assortments. Continuously putting out Droideka Launcher sets (yeah I keep harping on it, but it's such a good example) with successive army builder cases had for months covered the pegs with stuff no one will buy until xmas when its a late push for gifts. Same thing goes for the CW Anakins and Yodas.

Well those are my thoughts on the Best and Worst for 2003, what about you? Anything else catch your eye that maybe most others have overlooked?

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Star Wars Universe / Color Description of Jaina Solo's R2 unit
« on: November 25, 2003, 11:30 PM »
hey all, does anyone know if the color scheme for Jaina's R2 unit Cappie (R2-B3) has been mentioned in the NJO series. I'm in the middle of the final book Unifying Force, and I got to thinking since I made a custom of Jaina as a X-Wing Pilot, I should go ahead and give her her R2 co-pilot. I know she had at least 2 other R2's previously in the series, but I'd like to do this one. Anyone have any info on Cappie's coloring? thanks!

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Star Wars Action Figures / Some new customs
« on: November 25, 2003, 10:39 PM »
I recently put out a small page highlighting some of my newest customs until I can get around to actually updating my site one day...

The customs added are:
Luke Skywalker (The Last Command)
Mara Jade (Visions of the Future)
Mace Windu & Roth Del-Masona (Battle of Geonosis)

You can check them all out here:
New POTC Customs for 11/16

Hope you enjoy them, any and all questions, comments, suggestions ARE appreciated.

Thanks and happy customizing!
Jason

Edit: Link fixed, thanks joka!! :)

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It's been awhile since I've been able to post, but I wanted to bring this up for the forumites. I'm sure everyone has already seen the news Matt posted for FFURG in regards to our December Casting Call: Vintage Power Of The Force, well her's a quick recap:



Following on the heels of last week's vintage Critique of the Week, FFURG is proud to announce the final installment in our Vintage Casting Call series with the Vintage Power Of The Force Casting Call. In 1985 when Kenner introduced the Power of the Force line it was a way to envelope the nature of all three Star Wars films and their characters into one toyline. This Casting Call is quite similar, in that it will envelope the nature of all things Star Wars not from the Original Trilogy, that being the Prequels, the Expanded Universe (novels, comics, games, cartoons, etc...) and Fan-Fiction. So get your vintage customs from Attack of the Clones, The Thrawn Trilogy, the Droids cartoon, or whatever story that isn't the Original Trilogy and get ready to submit them to us at jason@ffurg.com.

The Vintage Power Of The Force Casting Call will debut on December 20th so if you want to beat the X-Mas rush get your vintage customs in today! Also don't forget you can always send us submissions for any of our other Casting Calls, including the Vintage ones based on the Original Trilogy.


I hope to see some submissions from you all...

Happy customizing!


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TV-9D9 / Clone Wars toons to be 5 minutes long?
« on: November 2, 2003, 02:16 AM »
I just saw a commercial for the Clone Wars premiere on Friday and the commercial said "the 5 minute episodes begin this friday".

So is this a known change, or are they adding in 1 minute for the intro and another minute for the credits. Is the first ep just goin to be 5 minutes?

Anyone know?

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Vintage Kenner / Best vintage deals you've gotten
« on: September 24, 2003, 09:22 PM »
I couldn't find a thread talkin about this so I thought I would bring it up. What are some of the greatest vintage deals you've gotten over the years, something to give us hope for the future. There was a time when I could get a great deal on something on ebay almost everyday, now i find it quite hard, but letsee what you've gotten that could be deemed a "greal deal!"

Here's some for me...

1.) Loose, mint, and complete (LMC) blue saber Jedi Luke for $15 at a time when this guy was going for $50 easy in that condition
2.) Loose, near-mint and complete w/ box Death Star Space Station at of all things a baseball card convention. EDIT: hehe oops forgot to mention I got the set for $50.
3.) All 3 POTF mini-rigs, LMC for $30 in 2 seperate deals on ebay
4.) 12 LMC figs for $70 that equated in getting me a great EV-9D9 and Green snake Yoda for less than $6 a piece!

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Saga '02-'04 / Best AOTC Anakin EVER!
« on: September 5, 2003, 05:45 AM »
WHOA! I just picked up the Secret Ceremony Anakin and by gawd its the best Anakin figure made. The likeness is pretty close to Hayden and the pose and articulation is top notch. No gimmicks either, no action feature, action pose, or magnets, just a pure well sculpted figure. I was originally going to pass on this one, I thought, why get another Anakin, I already have several POS Anakins, whats another one going to do for me, but when I saw the figure today I was blown away. Why couldn't Hasbro have made this Anakin first???

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Vintage Kenner / Oooh oooh Yellow Shirt Leia!!!
« on: August 19, 2003, 09:09 PM »
Now you too can get that rare, hard to find, highly sought after Princess Leia with Yellow Shirt from 1977!!! Yes an amazing deal has been found on ebay where for only $8.49 (current price) you can get this awesome figure....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3141833666&category=2475

I sooooo can't believe anyone actually made bids on this, I don't know who is more of an idiot, the guy who put up the auction or the goofs who made bids. This is right up there with the blue saber Vader I could have gotten for only $50.....

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Newbies / Darn you JJ!!!
« on: August 11, 2003, 02:40 AM »
You've gotten me to sign up to yet ANOTHER forum, hehehe  ;D

Anyways, I'm Jason from FFURG  and been in this whole collecting and customizing thing forever. I hope to get in on some good discussion here and spread the figurative sw love  :P

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