I'm sending these guys to the Outer Rim planet of Quebec today. Trading them away for a Spacetrooper and a Jawa. Darth Bane obviously doesn't actually wear Clone armour but I never really liked the yellowy gold translucent armour plates he came with. Kind of a lame custom. The droid came with Kit Fisto and is actually the only astromech I have with the swiveling antenna in out thing. And now I don't have any! Oh well. Sometimes you gotta make the trades.
So this guy is a little weird looking, at least for Star Wars. He looks more like he belongs in Lord of the Rings. Although I guess battleaxes are an accepted weapon in the SW galaxy. I looked him up in Wookiepedia to see where he comes from and he is from the Great Sith War of an even longer time ago in that galaxy far, far away. Fair enough, I guess he is the great grandpa of all Mandalorians. Anyways, as figures go he is nicely done, but he just feels out of place alongside the others. He came in an Evolutions pack with Boba and Jango.
I read about Whitey here on one of the collector sites so I knew he existed but the comic-pack he came in was released before I was a collector so I didn't think I would ever get my hands on one. Luckily a Snowtrooper sold me one for five bucks. I don't have the comic it came with so the context isn't there. From what I recall, it was a what-if story where Leia turned Vader back to good without him having to die so he changed his armour to white and was a Jedi again. But then why is his lightsaber red? So basically I got it for the bizarre-factor. You have to admit he's funny! Funny in a good way- fun. Fun is fun! They should make some white royal guards for him to march with. Oddly, the only other Vader I currently have is McQuarrie Vader. Maybe I should get a regular Vader one of these days- there's no shortage of them. Another scenario where this guy would work is Vader enters a tree like the one on Dagobah only this one is a locus of good Force energy and he faces his mirror-self . . . . . never mind.
I'm not a completist or a "gotta have everything" guy. Just because it has the Star Wars logo on it doesn't mean I have to buy it. So the Titanium line I pretty much ignore, as well as Mighty Muggs and stuff like that. On the other hand, if something is cool enough I will get it if I want to. Especially if a Snowtrooper is selling them cheap. Hence these AT-RTs. I just like the RTs and these little guys are soo cute! But they are so little they are hard to photograph very well. At least, get three if them in a shot. They're actually just a touch shorter than a normal figure so if I shot just one it would have turned out fine. Sounds like Hasbro is discontinuing the Titanium line anyways.
