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03-22-2017, 06:40 AM | #3101 |
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For four times the price of the TBS6" version you would want there to be no competition. But sculpt quality seems broadly the same, and are articulation too aside from TBS Phasma not being able to sit. The main difference is the chrome finish, which is superior. But $60 more for some paint and the ability to sit is a lot.
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03-22-2017, 07:15 AM | #3102 |
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Mafex comes with more (and better produced) accessories that I think justifies the $60 price. BS version isn't a bad figure at all-I actually like it quite a bit-I guess I just consider mafex to be the "ultimate" version of the character
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03-22-2017, 08:21 AM | #3103 |
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If budget is a concern, black series Capt.Phasma is just fine- it's a great toy. But for me that chrome makes enough difference that Mafex is a must have for my case. Doesn't mean I'm going to go swap out my 10+ Stormtroopers for Mafex- but on a character like this... that chrome just makes too much impact to not to have it properly represented. Last edited by Bo Ttef; 03-22-2017 at 08:26 AM.. |
03-27-2017, 07:06 AM | #3104 |
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Are the SWB 6-inch 40th Anniversary figures available at retail? Just found out about these.
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03-27-2017, 07:55 PM | #3105 |
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Even though I'm not much into the Black Series, I really want a Kylo Ren and the new Stormtrooper. Idk why, they just look really nice.
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03-27-2017, 08:52 PM | #3106 |
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Figures like the Kylo Ren (with his helmet) and any of the troopers are what make the Black Series great. The actor likeness based figures tend to drag things down with minimal or just sloppy paint that do no favors to the figures themselves. The sculpts are there as some customizers have shown that with a pro paint job they can look awesome but Hasbro doesn't put that much effort into paint on faces. The characters in helmets though, and the few aliens/droids we've gotten in the line, are what pulled me into the new scale. They aren't Hot Toys level of course but for the msrp we're paying they look pretty great. Boba Fett, the Stormtroopers (and Sand/Snowtroopers), the TIE and AT-AT Pilots, Bossk, hell even Greedo, all the First Order troops, etc. do fantastic jobs of being 6" scale versions of what we saw in the movies and all sport probably more than enough articulation on average for what you need them to do. I mean let's be honest barely anybody (nobody really) in the OT besides Luke was doing any backflips or whatever.
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03-27-2017, 09:03 PM | #3107 |
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The new Target-exclusive AT-ACT Troopers have finally begun hitting stores !
After buying multiple 6" SWB Death Troopers and numerous Scarif Stormtroopers, as well as the Hovertank Pilot, I just can't rationalize picking up any more Rogue One Stormtroopers. However, I nearly gave in and picked up a couple of these AT-ACT drivers, but since I haven't even picked up the Original Trilogy AT-AT Trooper, I couldn't justify buying these guys.
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03-27-2017, 09:10 PM | #3108 |
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Not yet that I've heard of and the only people that have gotten them in hand are the people who were lucky enough to get them when Hasbrotoyshop had their early access offering. April sounds like the mass release on those and I'm not seeing any reasons why retail stores wouldn't get them.
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03-28-2017, 03:10 AM | #3109 |
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For four times the price of the TBS6" version you would want there to be no competition. But sculpt quality seems broadly the same, and are articulation too aside from TBS Phasma not being able to sit. The main difference is the chrome finish, which is superior. But $60 more for some paint and the ability to sit is a lot.
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03-28-2017, 07:34 AM | #3110 |
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Actually it is about even. The BS version has thigh swivel where Mafex doesn't and Mafex has the bicep swivel and toe articulation while BS doesn't. The key thing is that Mafex is better engineered so that it has better range of motion than the BS figure. Which is why Mafex Phasma is able to sit down.Plus the cloth cape frees up a lot of movement as well (my major gripe with the SHF Phasma articulation-wise).
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03-30-2017, 05:26 AM | #3111 |
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03-30-2017, 08:52 AM | #3112 |
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I still haven't found the Revan wave at retail. I'll probably never get Revan.
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03-30-2017, 09:09 AM | #3113 |
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03-30-2017, 12:22 PM | #3114 |
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The only store I've ever actually physically seen this wave at was a Thinkgeek and even though I was there when they unboxed them they didn't have any Revan or Sabine on hand. This wave has been frustratingly online only so far even though it was never intended to be online only. Even though I locked down Revan through BBTS (thankfully) I'm still kinda pissed at the distribution or really the lack thereof. Revan won the fan poll by a more than healthy margin, he shouldn't be this hard to find.
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03-30-2017, 02:09 PM | #3115 |
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Canada's Wal-Mart seems to have oodles of 6" Sabine figures available through the website. (Revan sold out quickly.) Online sales seem to be the new focus, as local stores haven't received any new inventory since before Christmas, when somebody made the decision to fill the aisle with a special display containing hundreds of K2SOs, Old Hans, Jangos and Death Troopers.
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03-30-2017, 05:53 PM | #3116 |
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Canada's Wal-Mart seems to have oodles of 6" Sabine figures available through the website. (Revan sold out quickly.) Online sales seem to be the new focus, as local stores haven't received any new inventory since before Christmas, when somebody made the decision to fill the aisle with a special display containing hundreds of K2SOs, Old Hans, Jangos and Death Troopers.
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03-30-2017, 06:17 PM | #3117 |
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03-31-2017, 01:57 AM | #3118 |
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..... Canadian Wal-Mart.
For some reason that made me lol.
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03-31-2017, 02:12 AM | #3119 |
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Desperately want the revisioned Princess Leia. The new headsculpt looks phenomenal.
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03-31-2017, 09:36 AM | #3120 |
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Well, you don't have to COMPLETELY destroy it if you're careful...
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03-31-2017, 11:48 AM | #3121 |
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Yeah I know... but any kind of opening that you can't successfully close renders the collectors packaging obsolete. I like the 40th packaging, it's just such a gyp that Hasbro fixed the Leia face for this version while leaving everyone else with the regular openable Black version being so... not Carrie.
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03-31-2017, 12:19 PM | #3122 |
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Yeah I know... but any kind of opening that you can't successfully close renders the collectors packaging obsolete. I like the 40th packaging, it's just such a gyp that Hasbro fixed the Leia face for this version while leaving everyone else with the regular openable Black version being so... not Carrie.
Though if you want the better one on the shelf, and the less good one to replace it in the packaging(and are willing to not resell it later)...I guess you could try heating up the glue on the side with less card to damage and slide out the protective bubble real quick, do the switch, and put the bubble back in, regluing it into place.
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03-31-2017, 02:58 PM | #3123 |
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Luckily/unluckily I never found the Black series Leia, so hopefully I'll have better luck(unluck?) this time around. Definitely don't want to miss out on her again.
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04-01-2017, 12:51 AM | #3124 |
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Though if you want the better one on the shelf, and the less good one to replace it in the packaging(and are willing to not resell it later)...I guess you could try heating up the glue on the side with less card to damage and slide out the protective bubble real quick, do the switch, and put the bubble back in, regluing it into place.
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04-01-2017, 06:56 AM | #3125 |
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BBTS and DorksideToys have the 40th Anniversary Darth Vader available for preorder.
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