I think Revan is another video game character, maybe Knights of the Old Republic. I haven't played hardly any Star Wars games so I don't know much about that realm of the EU. I played Shadows of the Empire! That was fun. I think it would be cool if they did a game with the same sort of concept as SW LEgo but did it with the old vintage Kenner figures. OR maybe a real time strategy game where all the units are the vintage toys. The only thing that would suck about that idea is you wouldn't have Darth Revan here. And I think he should get to play if he wants to. Anyways, he is a cool figure, great design. Is he like a Mandalorian Sith? Who knows. There were plenty of cool helmets in the Star Wars galaxy so probably not.
One thing I learned as a Canadian collector is it doesn't really pay to buy from the Starwars.com shop. Shipping and duties pretty much kicks you in the kybutt. Although I don't know how else I would have gotten concept Grivous and shadow biker scout. I though this Yoda and kybuck would be hard to find too so I put them in the order, too. Turns out he isn't that hard to get. And would have been a way better deal to just get here, since it is priced as a regular figure. And a fine figure it is, too. Yoda riding his kybuck. Which is a mount that appeared in the Clone Wars microseries and made for some amazing visuals. As such he would have fit in with Legacy Wave 2 but is actually from the Anniversary Collection (TAC). The kybuck is quite beautifully done, with the minor complaint that his feet are really only able to stand in one position. Otherwise he falls and crushes clones left and right.
It's hard to imagine a bounty hunter with C-3PO's awkward gait. But at least 4-LOM looks tougher than 3P0. And he's got a waaaay bigger blaster. As figures go, Lommy there is pretty decent. Got your basic protocol droid body with the waist swivel thing, which is fine. And the cool bug head looks great, as does the paint app. But all he did was stand there in Empire Strikes Back- I guess the same could be said about Bossk and the others. At least you can imagine Bossk chasing down an escaped convict. Oh well. I'm sure 4-LOM captured some bounties in his day. Maybe he does more of an undercover thing.
This was one of the first clonetroopers I got. Maybe even the first one. Over the holidays we watched Revenge of the Sith and I was surprised to see several shots of these guys, though only brief glimpses. For some reason, Pawlus I think, I thought these weren't in the movie. But they were, helping Obi-Wan there on Utapau. And then gunning for him. Silly clones. Anyways, I dig these guys, with their cool helmets. I'd definitely get repaints in different colors.
Turns out there were two versions of this Concept Art trooper, and I got them both from Snowtroopers. The older, from 2004, is clearly the inferior of the two. Less detailing, and his plastic is yellowing. The TAC version is way better, which is why the other troopers are cheering for him to kick stormy butt. Dark Horse should do a comic series using all concept art. That would be cool! As cool as this McStormtrooper. AKA Darth Vader's riot police. Pawlus liked the first version.
Turns out the Star Wars Holiday Special just turned 30 so I have to feature the only good thing to come out of that piece of dreck- Lumpy! No wait, the animated debut of the Galaxy's Kickingass Bounty Hunter. How well I remember that brief cartoon. Actually, I remember it only vaguely but I do remember it. Luckily there's YouTube to aid our memories. As far as the figure goes, it looks great. He can stand with all the other Mandalorians and pretend he's not from ToonTown. I got him the same day as Concept Art Boba Fett and Concept Art Darth Vader, all from the same wave I assume.
Back in 1993 I foolishly sold my entire collection of vintage figures and vehicles for sixty bucks. D'oh! But I kept three- the Hammerhead shown here as well as Bossk and Snaggletooth. For being over 30 years old he's in pretty good shape- a little loosey goosey maybe but his four-toed splayed feet let him stand up fine. His partner there is Roron Corobb, the Ithorian Jedi from the Clone Wars Microseries. He tried unsuccessfully to rescue Palpatine from General Grievous. Maybe that's why he looks so mad.
Shocktroopers This guy here was my favorite Clone until the Legacy Wave 2s. I love the red- hence the Clonie Bear's colors. I got this one at Comic King at an inflated price- 12 bucks I think, and then two others off of a Snowtrooper (with Quick Draw Action as I just discovered from the FotD Blog entry) for 5 bucks each. The non-quickdraw is a newer release- not sure what wave or anything but it had the Captain Rex offer so whenever that was. The quick draw ones have a weird little shoulder pad that comes off. Their guns are different too, I might have switched the older ones around, the new one's gun is tied to his hands.
This figure is what sucked me back into collecting Star Wars figures- I bought one or two for each prequel that came out but that was it. Then I saw this guy and that was it for me. Oh well, it's a better hobby than smoking. Cheaper, too. This figure is based on Ralph McQuarrie's concept art for Boba Fett. I kinda wish they went with this version in the movie- but maybe the color scheme was too close to stormtroopers, I don't know. There was also an "Animated Debut Boba Fett" figure that I got at the same time- but that is an entry for another day. I got two of these guys because it came with two helmets- the other one has some sort of robotic breather and looks pretty cool too. And for some reason his belly opens and there's a gun in there. Here's what Adam Pawlus has to say about him.
