At the time I wrote the review, I saw lots of Been... Now, not so much. I do see him frequently at K-Mart, KB, and TRU though so he's still warming here, but Target and WM (the mainstays) he isn't... nobody is actually, save for Vader, 3PO, Amidala and a handful of others...
So I'd have to say the status of this figure has changed somewhat on the pegs. I wrote the review a little bit ago, so keep that in mind when reading sometimes...
Thanks for the complements though Snaggletooth.
About the accessory... I'm not so sure the staff isn't visible somewhere, but that aside I think my point on the accessory isn't so much that what we got was boring or anything... A staff is good I think and makes more sense than a rehashed blaster at times even for figures like this. What I am saying though about the lack of accessories is that Been's a relatively simplistic character/figure for Hasbro. His sculpt is about what it should be in detail, his paint applications aren't OVERLY elaborate (they're nice though), and his articulation/construction is certainly simplistic by Hasbro standards (no complex inner-mechanism, no super articulation, etc.) so he's not labor-intensive to put together...
So on figures like this guy I feel Hasbro's got a certain level of room to "make up" for the lacking excitement otherwise. The Senator-esque figures are really good for what they are generally, but they're also a bit lacking in terms of excitement and perceived value to me... Lushros Dofine got a bump up though because he came with that kick-ass terminal from the Invisible Hand and a datapad... If Meena Tills had maybe a datapad, a holographic mini Rodian Senator or something (from Palpy's Office, just to get it), that would be cool, and the list goes on... The little extra in accessories is where Hasbro has an ability to make up room on the simpler figures like Senators, and maybe make them more appealing to buy.
While I can't say I've bought more Lushros figures yet, I'm considering it for the consoles... Then again I've now realized he's actually somewhat an army builder because there's tons of guys like him seen in E1, E2 (I think) and E3, but before that I was considering a 2nd or 3rd of him just for the console... Been's actually a figure you could justify a couple of him because of the fact there are identical dudes around him, but that aside I think some scenery from the Sacred Place would've helped to persuade me to make that buy.
Just thoughts though on how I perceive a lack of value with the figure...
Now, make Been $5, and that's less a gripe for me and we're not having this discussion, haha.
