The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with a timely addition: the 2010 SDCC Exclusive Visionaries “Old Wounds” Comic Pack featuring Cyborg Darth Maul and Owen Lars.
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The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the next addition for the 2012 “Darth Maul” product line. We continue with the Tusken Raider (11 of 12) from Walmart’s exclusive “Discover the Force in 3-D” collection.
PROS: The Tusken Raider from 2006 gets back to the market for those that might have missed him previously. Soft goods are superior in texture, weight and overall esthetic to many other modern figures that feature fabric accents. The deco update addes variety to the Tusken ranks as they all should look different from one another in that respect.
CONS: Swivel elbows are a reminder of how spoiled we are with most of today’s super-articulated figures. Forearms have a tendency to pop off when posing the figure dynamically.
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The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the next addition for the 2012 “Darth Maul” product line. We continue with the Destroyer Droid (3 of 12) from Walmart’s exclusive “Discover the Force in 3-D” collection.
PROS: Hasbro revisits the upgraded Destroyer Droid from the TAC line with a slightly different paint job and a recast of the deflector shield remedying its transparency issue to some degree.
CONS: You still can’t “transform” the droideka into is rolling mode and you only get half of the deflector shield. The figure’s interaction with the shield is a bit clunky but overall it serves it’s purpose. Despite Hasbro efforts to recast the shield in a more translucent plastic, it might have been better to carry the previous shield color forward to avoid having mismatched complete shields.
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The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the our next Blu-ray deleted scene figure addition: Princess Leia (Sandstorm Outfit) from The Vintage Collection.
PROS: Hasbro goes to the popular “Slave Leia” well one more time with this release. This figure features an improved paintjob over the previous releases giving her a much softer appearance which makes this a far superior version in terms of likeness to the TLC and VC64 releases. The combination hard/soft goods work well here for the deleted scene attire as they keep the figure relatively unencumbered.
CONS: A great figure for the most part, but the plastic hair braid forces the head to always look to one side. Maybe Hasbro in the future can try to implement real hair akin to what they did in the POTF2 line’s Princess Leia Collection.
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While photographing and reviewing the Walmart Exclusive G8-R3 a couple weeks ago, I noted that the power harness for the figure did not match the other harnesses included with the Royal Astromech Droids in terms of paint details/color.
After looking on ebay and reviewing similar image galleries at both Jedi Temple Archives and Rebelscum, I thought I might have inadvertently photographed the wrong harness for the toyguide since I gathered all of the related Naboo astromechs for a group shot.
I solicited my friend Paul at JTA for assistance as he happened to have a few G8’s on card to see if he spotted a variant amongst them and sure enough there was!
As you can see in the side-by-side image, the details on the harness “arms” have different details on the hub section and there is also a different red/green light configuration on the front of the harness arms (not visible in the carded photograph).
You can count on us adding this variant to our G8-R3 entry as soon as I can track one down for myself as all of the versions in my area have had the missing paint details (shown on the left).
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The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the our next Blu-ray deleted scene figure addition with Lando Calrissian (Sandstorm Outfit) from The Vintage Collection.
PROS: Hasbro releases the definitive Skiff Guard Lando (aka “Tamtel Skreej”) while knocking out a cool deleted scene figure as well. The all-new sculpt of the figure is top-notch with a great amount of detail and texture captured in the skiff guard outfit. The combination of soft and plastic goods for the sandstorm gear works here as it leaves the articulation unencumbered.
CONS: Oddly, this version of Lando is substantially shorter than the General Lando figure released a few months ago. The skin tone is way off as well – it is far too light as compared to Mr. Williams. To me, the helmet seems a little small when placed on the figure’s head but that can easily be remedied by using one of the helmet sculpts from any of the 2004 or newer figures.
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The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the our next Blu-ray deleted scene figure addition with the Rebel Pilot (Mon Calamari) from The Vintage Collection.
PROS: Instead of phoning in a quick head and arm swap on an existing A-wing pilot body, Hasbro goes that little extra and tools a substantially new figure for this release, only recycling the legs from the TLC B-wing pilot (Ten Numb) figure. The new tooling really works here as the flight suit looks very good and the new Mon Calamari head and forearms are equally as impressive. He’s got all the necessary articulation, even ankles, so he can fix in virtually any cockpit you put him in.
CONS: None really, but watch out for wonky eye paint apps.
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The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the our first Blu-ray deleted scene figure addition with Colonel Cracken (Millennium Falcon Crew) from The Vintage Collection.
PROS: A great sculpt and upgrade to the previously unnamed figure from the Saga Collection. The figure has all the articulation we’ve come to expect in the Vintage line.
CONS: Despite being are really nice sculpt, Hasbro misses the mark in terms of utilizing an incorrect sculpt for the torso. The shirt for Cracken is all wrong (note the collars/lapels – he shouldn’t have them) when compared to both the outfit in the film and the custom artwork created to the figure’s portrait on the card. The joints for the shoulders are mis-matched in terms of color and stand out quite a bit against the “sleeves” of his vest. No helmet or comlink accessory are a letdown as is the superfluous big honkin’ gun that doesn’t seem to fit quite right in the Vintage line.
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The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with a “two-for-one” special since they are both so closely related. We continue on with the addition of Ric Olie (9 of 12) and the Naboo Pilot (10 of 12) from Walmart’s exclusive “Discover the Force in 3-D” collection.
PROS: Hasbro makes the most of its tooling budget here with two “all new” figures. While Ric “Captain Obvious” Olié was a great figure in 1999, this new version is simply great, especially the likeness of actor Ralph Brown. The generic Naboo Pilot is no slouch either. He features a completely nondescript portrait making him the perfect army builder for any Naboo display or hangar diorama so you’ll want a few to pilot those new N-1 starfighters due in a couple weeks, but they’ll work with the original 1999 vehicle just fine. Finally, the inclusion of the soft goods overcoat completes both of these figures nicely as does the removable helmet, both of which are unique sculpts to each figure.
CONS: Having two virtually identical figures as separate, concurrent exclusives seems like a odd move, but the line has to pay for all those other repaints and repacks some how, right? The color of the plastic coat seems a bit too brown when compared to the on-screen costume. In another strange move, the Naboo Pilot, not Ric Olié, will be making his way to the Vintage Collection – everybody say it with me – pegwarmer!
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The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the next addition for the 2012 “Darth Maul” product line. We continue with G8-R3 (4 of 12) from Walmart’s exclusive “Discover the Force in 3-D” collection.
PROS: Hasbro knocks one of the final Naboo starship astromechs off the “to-be-made” list with G8-R3. Since this droid uses the build-a-droid sculpt, you can incorporate/interchange its components with other B.A.D.s to create custom astromechs. For added play value, G8-R3 includes the droid power station accessory that is compatible with other astromechs and the 1999 Naboo Royal Starship vehicle/playset.
CONS: It utilizes the build-a-droid mold so it has those superfluous holes in the body, which some find unsightly. This figure is exclusive to Walmart and, as of yet, there are no plans for its release elsewhere. Its limited availability may prove to be difficult for for some collectors to find.
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