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FINALLY
SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO
Since Revenge of the Sith is over and done with, Star Wars
collectors have been curious to see what would be up Hasbro's sleeve
for the next year. Not too long ago they revealed their first
wave of figures for 2006, the
Battle of Carkoon, which has already started showing up in
stores across the country. The second wave that was announced
was the
Battle of Hoth, and the third wave to follow would be the
Battle of Geonosis.
The latest wave produced by Hasbro is
the
Mos Eisley wave, and below I will give you my rundown of all the
figures from this wave. I'll share with you what I like and
don't like about these figures, and I will give you a rating at the
end of each preview. Five stars mean this is one very well
done figure, and zero stars means it's definitely a loser.
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MOMAW NADON |
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here we have a figure that has been quite a number of times,
but I really think Hasbro did an outstanding job on this.
The sculpt is as incredibly detailed as you can possibly get
on an action figure. The outfit he is wearing almost
looks as if its soft goods, but it's a little too hard to tell
from the picture if it is or not. He comes with a glass
from the cantina and some sort of a staff.
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R5-D4 |
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about damn time that Hasbro did this figure over again, and it
looks like they got it right this time. There is an
enormous amount of detail in this little droid, that it's
making me want this droid in my collection ASAP! Best
yet is that it's the most accurate one done yet, especially
since they added the antenna on top of its head. Great
work Hasbro!
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GARINDAN |
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been done once before, but this sculpt is far superior to his
Power of the Force counterpart. The snout, goggles,
outfit, gloves and boot are as accurate as you're going to
get. The soft goods poncho is a wonderful touch, but I
think Hasbro could have used a little bit thicker material so
it isn't as see-through as this material is. What looks
out of this world is the belt with holster! Check out
the level of detail on it, and you'll notice that it looks
almost as if it's made out of leather. The buckle looks
like the real deal as well. This action figure is a huge
winner for Hasbro, and I just hope they keep coming out with
figures as well done as this one.
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HEM DAZON |
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Wars collectors will be ecstatic to add another new action
figure to their cantina dioramas next year when this new
character hits store shelves. In what appeared to be a
2-3 second appearance in Star Wars: A New Hope, if memory
serves me well, this alien creature was only seen from the
neck up, after Obi-Wan Kenobi took out two thugs with his
trusty lightsaber. Now, there might have been more of
him visible in the cantina, but I only remember him from the
neck up. The detail on the outfit is superb, the color
scheme works well, and I'm curious to learn more about this
character. What planet did he come from? What race
is he?
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HAN SOLO |
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Why
oh why Hasbro? Why couldn't you have come up with a
better figure than Han Solo? How many have you made
since you took over as the action figure manufacturer for Star
Wars toys? There is only one thing I like about this
particular figure, and that happens to be the detail on his
face. It's done fairly well, much better than previous
versions, but I'm not fond of anything else regarding this
figure. What scares me is that he looks like he will
have a hard time standing, as his legs kind of bow out from
one another. Sad effort on Hasbro's part with this one.
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LUKE SKYWALKER |
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Another Luke Skywalker to add to our collection, but
thankfully this one has been done quite well. The soft
goods poncho is a wonderful touch, and the color scheme seems
to be right on target. The hat with goggles that he's
wearing looks accurate as well, but what really strikes me is
the sculpting detail on his face as it is remarkably done
well. This figure stands up nice and straight without
any hint of an action pose. He also comes with a nice
set of binoculars
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SANDTROOPER |
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can't get enough sandtrooper figures, and Hasbro is making
army-building fanatics (like myself) jumping for joy with yet
another terrific soldier to add to our armies. This
sandtrooper, like the one from the Power of the Jedi line,
comes with his pauldron (not sure if there will be various
colors or if they'll only come in black), ammo pouch,
backpack, holster, blaster rifle and what appears to be a
staff for use on a dewback. The weathering effect looks
spectacular, as it doesn't appear to be plastered all over the
figure. What would have been even better, is if this
trooper lost the ammo boxes (two located above each thigh) and
to have a diamond knee plate instead of the stormtrooper
styled one. Doing it that way would have made this a
little bit more screen accurate, but nonetheless this looks
like one of the best sandtrooper figures done to date.
Lets hope that this has super articulation, as it's hard to
tell from the picture on the right.
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