by Rogue. » Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:01 pm
I'm not finding very many new figures, so I'm considering ordering sets or cases of the figures instead of being disappointed in finding last year's figures every time I go out. This is ridiculous... my area has never been so bad. I did get the following today though:
Obi-Wan & Alpha comic pack
VTSC Leia and Han
The VTSC Han in Hoth gear has to be the second worst offering in the VOTC style line of figures. The winner of that contest is C-3PO, whom I will never regret passing on. Besides, I ended up with four of the bastard toy since he was repacked a few times last year. I hate the fact that Han has super-articulated legs, but his jacket wasn't designed "smartly" to allow the legs more movement. And who had the brilliant idea to give Han a removable hat that can't fit on at the same time that the hood piece is around his neck? And whose binoculars are those? The Wampa's? I'm just glad I only paid $8-something at Target for Han.
Love the Ep2 / Clone Wars style Obi-Wan... I always hated those skinny, mal-formed legs (sculpted by the same person I suspect also sculpted the Death Star Trooper) from that Ep3 Obi-Wan figure, but it's nice to finally have a decent looking Ep2 Obi-Wan. I'm thinking about buying another comic pack so I can head-swap him with a spare Ep3 Obi-Wan that I have.
ARC Trooper... God, never put his helmet on unless you enjoy spending five minutes trying to remove it. Great figure otherwise, though I wish Hasbro bothered to make the rangefinder on the helmet swivel down. I mean why not, it's already a separate piece!