October 22, 2010
Photos and Review by Chris Spice (Darth Spice)

INTRODUCTION
The Mos Eisley Cantina is perhaps one of the most memorable scenes for any Star Wars fan that loves A New Hope.  It was one of the many areas of the movie that you would catch yourself frantically scanning the huge screen in every direction. There was just no way you would want to miss a single detail of the various aliens that were enjoying another casual afternoon at a local Tatooine tavern.  The 1:6th line from Sideshow has done a very good job at giving us a fantastic Han, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker. With Greedo soon to follow, this set makes very good sense.  We have to escape our usual format for this line because to sum it up Troopers, you get two chairs, a light-up table and three glasses. Is this enough to warrant you plunking down over one hundred dollars including shipping to add it to your collection?

I've been collecting as much as I can afford of this line, and after taking the plunge on Jabba the Hutt and all of his offerings, I thought it'd make a good edition to my display. While the chairs are both seemingly accurate and the Han Solo I posed looked incredibly accurate, I'd thought they were completely made of polystone. I discovered at the very least they have a wooden base, and at first this brought up quality concerns. However after thinking it over, the wood will stand the test of time better than the fragile polystone and it can't be anything but a good to avoid what the rigors of dusting can create! In any case, they did a great job on replicating the chairs of the Cantina. One other minor complaint is the weathering they did around the bottoms of the chairs. It just doesn't seem to look as much like dust or dirt as it much as it appears to be sloppy over spray. I'm not sure if that's as bad as the folks in distribution that decided this should hit the street before Greedo! Even though Han was on more of a bench in the scene, it looks sort of naked without our favorite Rodian who didn't shoot first.

The table is the third major piece of the set, and by far the most impressive. It's pretty amazing how one little light can add so much to a display. I'm not sure how great a need there were for three glasses, as some of the other figures include them. The only issue I would question of these would be they all seem to be full, and you'd think at least one would be half empty in the heat of Mos Eisley. This is a really nice set, but I'm really searching to see where or what would cause this item to be very close to one hundred dollars. With Jabba's Throne you had quite a bit of polystone, but only a fraction of that material is in this set. Therefore the only thing I find really wrong with it is the somewhat over-inflated price tag. If you were fortunate enough to get your hands on Han, Luke and old Ben, you're probably very excited to add Greedo to this arrangement. Now we have to wonder how long it'll take to get the Droids we're looking for, and Chewbacca in the mix! It does make me wonder if they'll get around to making Wuher and the bar since they're going in this direction. It sounds very exciting until I begin thinking about what they might charge for it! Until then, you'll have to get by on Hammerhead and "Nadon's Nook" that will be hitting first quarter of 2011!

SPECIFICATIONS
Edition Size of the Mos Eisley Cantina is not listed.

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