{"id":1712,"date":"2010-07-03T13:13:11","date_gmt":"2010-07-03T19:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2011-03-26T13:14:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T19:14:45","slug":"vc08-darth-vader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/2010\/07\/03\/vc08-darth-vader\/","title":{"rendered":"VC08 Darth Vader"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1712 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cfsm4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cfsm4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/lf4sm.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/lf4sm.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/lf30sm.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/lf30sm.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakface.com\/tguide2004\/tgmain.html\">Yakface Toyguide<\/a> updates resume today with the addition of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakface.com\/TGuide2004\/html\/TVC\/basicfigures\/VC08.html\">Darth Vader<\/a>: the next basic figure entry in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakface.com\/TGuide2004\/html\/tvc_SL.html\">2010 Vintage Collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROS:<\/strong> A solid enough figure to retire all other Vader versions that feature less articulation than this one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONS:<\/strong> Poor sculpt for the right hand as it can&#8217;t hold a lightsaber unaided. The three-part helmet is a useless feature as the removal of the neck collar accessory exposes a poor face paint job and misshapen head. Silver &#8220;chain&#8221; for the cape still looks ridiculous (Hasbro, please retire it). In short, if you aren&#8217;t planning on keeping this carded, stick with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakface.com\/TGuide2004\/html\/TLC\/basicfigures\/08.html\">2008 TLC BD No. 8 version<\/a> and you&#8217;ll be just fine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakface.com\/TGuide2004\/html\/TVC\/basicfigures\/VC08.html\">Head to the toyguide<\/a> for the full image gallery and to judge for yourself whether this version is worth adding to your collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the addition of\u00a0Darth Vader: the next basic figure entry in the\u00a02010 Vintage Collection. PROS: A solid enough figure to retire all other Vader versions that feature less articulation than this one. CONS: Poor sculpt for the right hand as it can&#8217;t hold a lightsaber unaided. The three-part helmet is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/2010\/07\/03\/vc08-darth-vader\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">VC08 Darth Vader<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[42,39,40,16],"class_list":["post-1712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-toyguide","tag-collecting-2","tag-hasbro-2","tag-toyguide-2","tag-vintage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1716,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712\/revisions\/1716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}