I stopped in at one of my Star Wars stores (sadly there is no such thing but I guess that is actually a good thing) and all they really had were some Galactic Heroes. The Asajj/ Dooku pairing was the most interesting of them. And I really like Asajj so I got it. I like her pose, which is good since there's no changing it, and the two lightsabers is something I haven't yet seen in the GH line. The only thing that really sucks is the photo I took.
Still no proper, ordinary Darth Vader figure, but I do have this kickass GH version. Surely the biggest Galactic Hero of them all, even bigger than the wookie. Plus his mask comes off to reveal his molten scarred face. There was another version that had red eyes and no removable helmet but I chose this one.
These little guys aren't much smaller than the original vintage Gamorrean. Almost as articulated, too! Not quite. But the bonus here is they came with a rancor monster that is only too happy to eat them up/ And Luke as well. Great little set. Also, Rendezvous With Rama is a great book. Its sequels, not so much.
I love the Galactic Heroes line, even though they don't really do anything but look good. They're almost like Star Wars smurfs. Here we have Jango Fett. With his two blasters and jetpack he's one of the bigger heroes. And . . . that's about all you can say about him! I don't even recall who he came packaged with- likely Mullet Obi-Wan, currently acting as my stop signal in my garage. Padme does the same duty for my wife's car. So you see, Galactic Heroes have a myriad of uses!
Still no Chewie but two versions of Tarrful! This one is from the set that also had wee Yoda and a Clone Trooper and an AT-RT. And what else can you say? He is big for a GH, and he does all the things that other Galactic Heroes do- stand there and be cute! Good enough for me. I hope my daughter thinks they're cool in a couple of years.
After Darth Vader dismissed the bounty hunters from his star destroyer, they all went off in different directions. Zuckuss decided to go to the quarry's last known location- Hoth. Too bad for him Boba Fett already had Solo in carbonite. Maybe a wampa ate him! And are Zuckuss and Plo Koon the same species, and Zuckuss is like a beer-drinking redneck member? Who knows. All I know is that in Galactic Heroes from Zuckuss doesn't suckuss.
I was surprised to find out that Shaak Ti hardly even appears in the prequel trilogy at all. Shaaking! A few background scenes, like two, in AotC and then not even in Sith at all. Yeah there was the deleted scene where Grievous stabs her in the back but that hardly counts. She makes more of an appearance in Force Unleashed but also not much better since she meets her doom. Which is a shame because she is a striking-looking Jedi. Ahsoka carries the togruta torch for her now. This is the only figure I have of her, thus far. Galactic Heroes yo! Glad they made her, even if she only got maybe 6 seconds of screen time.
I really dig the Galactic Heroes line, even if Adam Pawlus would say they are not action figures so much as statues. They're really cool statues! And good for younger kids, too. Not really too much else to say about him- I forget who he came packed with, maybe an Imperial Engineer. I took this photo as a response to this drawing by Zimmy. How cool would a Shadow Guard repaint be?
