Defender Wish Lists 2004: The Empire Strikes Back

[SilverZ]

1.   Hoth Rebel Pilot (head-swaps)
2.   Imperial Snowtrooper SA
3.   Hoth Princess Leia (resculpt)
4.   General Veers
5.   Imperial Probe Droid
6.   Bespin Guard (head-swaps)
7.   Bespin Luke SA (that’s up to par with Dagobah Luke)
8.   Carbonite Han Solo
9.   Medical Frigate Luke
10. Medical Frigate Leia

Of these, the only ones I'm really, really pulling for are a new Hoth Rebel Pilot, General Veers, and an improved Bespin Guard.

I'd like to see the Hoth Rebel Pilot be released as Wedge so he finally has a card, with a ball-socket head and removable helmet. Then I'm asking for an ultimate Bespin Luke, and for them to plan ahead enough to realize you can pop the ballsocket heads on Bespin Luke and Wedge for an instant custom.

[Vator]

Captain Piet Resculpt

Captain Needa

General Veers (with armor)

Snowtrooper Resculpt

Admiral Ozzel Resculpt

Hoth Rebel Infantry

Hoth Rebel Officer

Bespin Security (white)

Bespin Security (black)

ICMG

[roron corobb]

1) 4-Lom (resculpt, more articulation, and detail paint)
2) Snowspeeder pilot (resculpt and super articulate)
3) Captian Piett (resculpt with removable hat)
4) Snowtrooper (resculpt and super articulate)
5) Hoth Rebel Trooper/Officer (resculpt and super articulate)
6) AT-AT Driver (resculpt and super articulate)
7) General Veers (resculpt with removable hat, helmet and armor)
Toryn Farr
9) Wilrow Hood, the Ice Cream Maker Guy
10) Bespin Security (resculpt and super articulate)

[Bespin_refugee]

Original List:
(May 7, 2003)
1.    Dagobah Luke w/ Yoda 2 pack
2.     Lobot (redo)
3.     Imperial Probe Droid (redo w/out missle)
4.    Gen. Carlist Rieekan
5.    Toryn Farr w/ tracking screen
6.    Jeremy Bullock as Imp. officer
7.    Rebel Hoth Soldier (redo)
8.    Han Solo w/ Bespin torture device
9.    Luke and Leia Medical frigate garb
10.  Rebel Snowspeeder Pilot (w/ head /helmet variants)

Updated list:
1.   Star Destroyer/ Death Star Trooper variants (redo)     
2.   Imperial Probe Droid (redo w/out missle)
3.   Lando (Corellian Uniform)
4.   Toryn Farr w/ tracking screen
5.    Imperial Officer variants (incl. Jeremy Bullock as Imp. officer )
6.    Bespin Guard variants
7.    Rebel Hoth Soldier variants (redo)
8.    Han Solo w/ Bespin torture device
9.    Luke and Leia Medical frigate garb
10.  Rebel Snowspeeder Pilot (w/ head /helmet variants)

[Jesse James]

1)  Super Articulated Hoth Pilot...  With generic/Dak and Wedge Antilles head/helmet variants.

2)  Super Articulated Hoth Han Solo Resculpt...  Cloth hood, removable hat/goggles.  No action features or craptacular stances for this one folks!

3) Super Articulated Hoth Footsoldier...  This is a must considering all previous attempts.  head variants, removable hat, working holster w/sidearm, and rifle.  Head variants would be nice (bearded, clean shaven, and a black dude).

4)  Super Articulated Imperial "Snow" Stormtrooper...  If the Rebs are sporting a SA trooper so should the Empire.  Cloth face-mask, cloth skirt, working holster with blaster rifle.  Just a nice vanilla Snowtrooper with tons of articulation.

5)  Hoth Technician...  Good articulation, removable techs cap (with the ear flaps), tools, etc.  Articulation like VOTC Leia or something could work.

6)  Ultra Gen. Veers...  Removable armor, removable helmet, removable goggles, removable officer's kepi hat, removable belt with working holster, side arm, and articulation like VOTC Leia at least.  Holo mini-Vader would rock as well.

7)  Ice Cream Maker Guy...  Good articulation (VOTC Leia or so), Ice Cream Maker accessory, maybe a blaster?  A nod to Scott on the card too.

8 )  Super Articulated Han Carbonite...  The Ultimate Han Carbo, with "hybernation sickness", and normal heads, a new carbo block that would completely encase the figure, "dissolving binders", and a light-up block would be neat.  Sort of ROTJ, sort of ESB, but I'll vote for it now.

9)  Imperial Commander...  Generic, super or VOTC Leia style articulated figure with removable officer's kepi hat (with head variants).  Black uniform variant and grey uniform variant.  One head has to be Jeremy Bulloch as the Officer in ESB. 

10)  Major Bren Derlin...  Rebel Officer sculpt with good articulation, and of course the John Ratzenberger likeness.  A variant with a more generic head would be cool as well.

HONORABLE MENTION:

-Rebel Scout with Taun-Taun
-Torryn Far:  Ion Cannon Controller
-Hobbie (Snowspeeder Pilot)
-Luke Skywalker (Snowspeeder Pilot)
-Rebel with Tri-Pod Cannon
-Snowtrooper with Tri-Pod resculpt (collapsable, more to-scale)
-"Snow" Scouttrooper (EU)
-Luke Hoth, retooling (new arms/legs on Saga sculpt) without "damage
-Leia Hoth resculpt
-New Bespin Guard (with closed jacket, and head variants)
-SA Luke Bespin Resculpt
-SA Luke Dagobah Resculpt (with cloth pilot's jacket)
-SA ESB Boba Fett

[Darth Broem]

1) Luke Medical Frigate
2) Drelin (aka Cliff Claven from Cheers
2) Lando (Smuggler outfit)
3) Torryn Farr
4) ICMG
5) E-3PO
6) Gen Veers
7) Captain Needa
Hoth Soldier - Brown Coat version this time
9) Zev
10) Dak (Because I don't wanna pay for the Crashed Speeder to get him)

I have to admit.  If none of these get made I won't be too disappointed.  Even ICMG.  Although that would be hilarious if he does indeed get made someday.

[Angry Ewok]

My list for 2004 :

1) General Riekaan
2) Admiral Ozzel
3) Major Derlin
4) Gen Veers (snap on armor)
5) Rebel Hoth Trooper
6) Torryn Farr
7) Zev Senesca
8) R-3PO (red protocol)
9) Ice Cream Maker Guy
10) Lobot

My new list for 2005 :

1) Han Solo in Carbonite (lit panels!)
2) Major Derlin (Rebel Officer - Hoth)
3) General Veers (snap-on/off armor)
4) Rebel Hoth Trooper (let's try and get it right this time)
5) Torryn Farr (Hoth Technician)
6) Zev Senesca (Snowspeeder Pilot)
7) Snowtrooper (again, let's try to get it right this time)
8) Ice Cream Maker Guy
9) Black/White Bespin Guards
10) Dak (Snowspeeder Pilot)

[Scott]

1 - Hoth Rebel Soldier (Brown Vest ala vintage figure with 2 or 3 head sculpt
variations)
2 - Bespin Security Guard (Running change from black to white guard)
3 - Major Derlin aka vintage Rebel Commander
4 - Lando Calrissian (End Of ESB)
5 - Luke Skywalker (Medical Frigate)
6 - Princess Leia (Medical Frigate)
7 - Luke Skywalker (Snowspeeder Pilot) (Running change from clean Hoth
version to dirty Dagobah version)
8 - Torryn Farr
9 - General Veers (Removable armour & helmet, with mini holo-Vader)
10 - Star Destroyer Crewman (Grey jumpsuit and 2 or 3 head sculpt variations)

[Scott]

1)    Black Bespin Guard
2)    Ugnaughts (New sculpt)
3)    Major Bren Derlin
4)    General Veers (Officer's uniform - neutral pose)
5)    Luke Skywalker Snowspeeder Pilot (New sculpt - neutral pose)
6 )   Han Solo Hoth (New sculpt - neutral pose, i.e. no ridiculous bandy
legs or
       rubbish action feature)
7)    Probot (New sculpt)
    Han Solo with Torture Rack
9)    Leia Hoth (New sculpt - neutral pose, correct height)
10)  Bossk (New sculpt.  Film-accurate neutral pose with closed mouth and no
bandy
       legs)
 
 

[Scott]

1. Death Star Trooper resculpt(3 head sculpt variants)
2. Imperial Officer green outfit with tunic(3 head sculpt variants)
3. Boba Fett(vintage sculpt TESB paint job-green wrists etc.)
4. Bespin Guard resculpt(3 variants: 1 alien-from publicity photo, 1 black skinned, 1 white skinned)
5. Snowtrooper resculpt
6. Hoth Rebel Soldier resculpt(4 head sculpt variants: bearded, clean shaven, goggles over eyes with beard, goggles over eyes clean shaven)
7. Hoth Rebel Soldier brown vest(2 head sculpt variants: bearded, clean shaven)
8. Major Bren Derlin
9. Toryn Farr
10. Ice Cream Maker Guy

[Scott]

Major Bren Derlin
Hobbie
Zev
Wedge New Sculpt
Luke Medical Frigate
Moff Jerjerrod
Admiral Piett New Sculpt
General Veers New Sculpt
Captain Needa
Ugnaught New Sculpt

[JediMAC]

I think you're voting way too many times there dude!   

Do any of those lists, presumably e-mailed in to you, come with someone's name?  I think I should make you forward all of those e-mails to me just so I can verify that you're not flooding the ballot box...   

[Jesse James]

You can tell it's not Scott.  Not enough ICMG votes. 

[Scott]

All I got for names are...

S Pearson
S.W. Pearson
Scott P.
SWP

Weird

[Jeff]

Well, I've been mulling it over and here are my picks...


The Empire Strikes Back
1. Derek "Hobbie" Klivian (Snowspeeder Pilot Gear)
2. Maj. Bren Derlin (Echo Base Officer)
3. General Veers (Imperial Officer) - aka no armor
4. Zev Senesca (Snowspeeder Pilot Gear)
5. Lt. Wes Janson (Snowspeeder Pilot Gear)
6. Captain Lorth Needa ("Apology accepted, Capt. Needa"  )
7. Black Bespin Guards (PotJ Head Variant)
8. Cal Alder (Echo Base Officer)
9. 4-LOM (resculpt)
10. Ice Cream Maker Guy - for Scott