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'07 | #44  R2-D2 with Cargo Net - Return of the Jedi (Reviewed 3-02-2008) 

Includes:
• Cargo Net
• Transport Restraint
• Commemorative Coin 

Click thumbnail for large image Spice: It is not very clear what happened at the end of wave seven but it is pretty safe to say they were having a brain fart of some sort since this figure would follow right behind the Spirit of Anakin. While we have not seen R2-D2 released with a cargo net or the transport restraint the Ewoks used, it just doesn't seem like this is something they put a whole lot of creativity into. How many times will we have to have the vintage Original Trilogy R2 mold jammed down our throats?

Click thumbnail for large image What is so troubling is they packed him in with the cargo net and other accessories but they failed to include the razor saw that would free the Endor landing party from the net! It's not like they would even have to create new pieces because we know that it was included with the original release. While I really like the sensor scope that pops up and down with the head turning, it just irks me to the point of rage the third leg is not retractable. The only other highlight is the light port which I've always admired when Hasbro uses translucent plastic the right way.

Click thumbnail for large image The only other minor change the made was a simple dusting of green paint along with some speckles of dirt. I did really like the fact the restraints fit just snug enough to work. I really wouldn't have a hard time buying this, if I knew there was some sort of Endor playset down the road that this cargo net would attach to. Until then you might have to find an old Ewok village on Ebay if you have any hopes of hanging up this net and putting it to use. Maybe it's the kid in me that will never grow up, but when I see something like this cargo net, I think of the countless times of snagging many innocent forms of "prey" underneath my old playset , it's too bad the team at Hasbro isn't so nostalgic.

Spice - Overall I just couldn't see paying for this figure unless you were obsessed with having all sixty coins from the basic figures in your thirtieth anniversary collection as I was. Had it not been for the coin pack-in, this would be a very easy pass. If they aren't going to give us every thing they could (like the saw), then put the extra accessories into a separate pack instead of jamming another figure at us for the sake of pushing something out the door.

(Figure '07 | #046, Asst. No. 87500, Item No. 87412, Backing Card P/N 6606729000, Window Insert P/N 6685060600) 

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