VC37 Super Battle Droid

The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the addition of the Super Battle Droid from the Vintage Collection’s Attack of the Clones wave (Wave 4).
PROS: Decent sculpt with Geonosis specific deco (at least on the legs). “Swirled” plastic helps convey the look of metal. Looks great on the Vintage cardback and the superfluous blaster pistol is great for customs or the parts bin.

CONS: Lacks the ankle joints present on the recent Geonosis Arena sculpt. Shoulder joints are still impossibly tight when trying to position them laterally.

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VC36 Senate Guard (Update)

The Yakface Toyguide updates continue today with the addition of the Senate Guard from the Vintage Collection’s Attack of the Clones wave (Wave 4).
PROS: Best. Soft Goods. Ever. Hasbro’s design team managed to select a fabric to use for the guard’s inner and outer robe that looks like it was sampled right from the costume itself. Even though the underlying figures is 6 years old, the improvements to the articulation, sculpt and deco give it new life.

CONS: Robes are slightly longer than necessary, but nothing a little creative posing can’t remedy

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Update: Alternate cardback images added.

VC49 Fi-Ek Sirch (Jedi Knight)

The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the addition of Fi-Ek Sirch (Jedi Knight); the final figure from the Vintage Collection’s Wave 6.
PROS: Hasbro went “all-in” in addressing the problems of the original Nikto Jedi. This all new figure is loaded with articulation (except ball-joint hips), features an excellent sculpt and has the coolest robe of any Jedi available thus far thanks to Hasbro’s choice of fabric.

CONS: None. Buy it!

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Hasbro Toy Shop Orders Sent in Bubble Mailers

If you have placed any orders with HasbroToyShop lately, you could be in for a bit of a surprise when you receive your order.

Some orders are being split into separate packages, and when this happens, it appears the “second” part of the order is being sent via bubble mailers to save them on shipping costs.

The result? Damaged cardbacks. If you’re going to open these anyway, you should be fine. But if you were planning on them all being on minty cards, you might want to check out the photos provided by Yakface forum member AaylaSecurasMan by clicking here.

VC48 Weequay (Skiff Master)

The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the addition of the Weequay (Skiff Master) from the Vintage Collection’s Wave 6.

PROS: A long time request has been knocked off the must have list of figures. Great sculpt on the outfit which is further enhanced with a light paint wash that makes the uniform details “pop”.

CONS: Odd shoulder joint/sculpt overemphasizes the “poofy” shoulders of the outfit in certain poses. The transition from the jacket collar to neck is oddly sculpted – almost as if a detail was inadvertently left off.

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Episode 287: Vintage Wave 4 Reviewed

While store pegs are still more miss than hit with the latest waves of Star Wars Vintage figures, on this week’s Star Wars Action News Marjorie and Arnie look at one of the newer, hard to find waves — the Attack of the Clones wave. With Yoda, Mace Windu, Kit Fisto, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin, Padme, and others, these highly-articulated figures are full of accessories, soft goods, and new sculpts and tooling. With the recent price increase, and the scarcity of these figures, are they worth hunting down to add to your collection? Listen to find out!

And also this week, listener voicemails, and Justin reports in with Collecting Headline News. All this and more on this week’s Star Wars Action News Podcast!

You can download this week’s show here or use the direct links: Audio Only or Enhanced

VC47 General Lando Calrissian

The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the addition of General Lando Calrissian from the Vintage Collection’s Wave 6.

PROS: A solid update to the OTC version with more than enough articulation, great overall sculpt and use of soft goods.

CONS: Obviously the cape strap is the glaring offender here, but don’t pass on this figure solely because of that. Ball-joint hip articulation seems a bit of overkill and distracts from the overall esthetic.

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