Once again I must extoll the virtues of the Clone Wars microseries. One of the more striking episodes was when Padme and yoda detour to Illum to see what was up. Turns out some droids were trying to wreck the Jedi caverns where they get their lightsaber crystals! Luckily Padme, Yoda, Luminara Undulie and Barriss Offie take care of them before they can. Snowbunny Padme, as she was called, was one of the design highlights of the series, and really it is just her in her AotC getup with a fur cape. But genius! Hasbro of course released their outstanding Legacy Wave 2 last year and attempted a version of Snowbunny Padme in realistic rendering. Which was nicely done but not quite as arresting as the stylized cartoon version. Too bad they never made her in the little subline of statue figures. OH well. The main issue is sculpting and painting a decent face on a head that is like a centimeter big. So they did good enough! Her cape is well done.
I've said many times how much I loved the microseries, and how happy Legacy Wave 2 made me. And on paper this figure sounds like a great idea, since the visuals of Obi-wan Kenobi wearing clone trooper armour was stunning in the cartoon. In figure form, well, it's best if you leave his helmet on. HIs head looks more like viking warrior in clone armour. Oh well, they tried and I appreciate the effort. It turns out the Clone Wars Kenobi was pretty much perfect anyways. Judging by how many Kenobis I have they might have used him as the basis for the clone army.
Another great figure from my favorite wave, Saesee Tiin all done up in space trooper armour. Remember when he led a bunch of clones out into space and they boarded that Droid ship and kicked ass? That's the general idea here and they did a fine job. Removable helmet so you can get his horned head in full effect if you want. But his helmet looks great. I convinced a small child that he had to buy this figure once and his mom bought it for him. Just doing the good deeds.
So the Mon Calamari and the Quarren are from the same planet and they don't get along too well. The Quarren have hordes of battle droids and other technological wonders to bully around with but the Mon Calamari have Kitt Fisto and the Scuba Clones on their side! Plus giant sea lizard mounts. Which weren't included with the figure but since it came with a million other little trinkets that's alright. Even if said trinkets don't stay on too well- not shown is their water horns. So I love these guys and all the guys from this wave but ten times over on the three figures based on this one episode of the Tartakovsky series, my favorite one. Must be popular with the folks at Hasbro too. I managed to restrain myself and only buy two of them and two quarren but if they go on clearance it's army-building time.
I'm starting to acquire a whole mess of droids, and I have no idea what their names are. I had to look it up for this guy here- R7-T1. He's my favorite astromech so far, just because he's so bright and vibrant. Kind of like a concept R2-D2 or maybe when you have a biopic of people you know and they choose actors who are close but not quite bang on, that's what R7 is. "Now starring in A Droid's Life, R7-T1 as R2-D2!" He came in little bits packed in with the Legacy Wave 2 figures so I have a whole one and a few spare parts. Here's Pawlus' take on the character, looks like we agree on this one.
Quad Gunners The Genndy Tartakovsky Clone Wars series is one of my favorite things about the whole Star Wars universe. Hasbro has released a number of figures based on that series, and recently an entire wave of Legacy figures. I love them all. These Quad Gunners are great- but a bit of a cheat in that they aren't very close to how they appeared in the cartoon. There they were just regular ARC clones, and their guns were a little smaller. Minor details. I actually like this version better as it sets them apart from other ARC troopers. Their helmets are slightly redone AT-RT drivers' helmets. So far I have three! *Turns out they are exactly as seen in the cartoon- gotta go to chapter 21 not 3 which is where I was looking.
