{"id":22032,"date":"2015-01-08T00:28:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T06:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/?p=22032"},"modified":"2015-01-08T00:30:11","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T06:30:11","slug":"toyguide-update-samurai-taisho-darth-vader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/2015\/01\/08\/toyguide-update-samurai-taisho-darth-vader\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyguide Update: Samurai Taisho Darth Vader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakfaceforums.com\/TGuide2004\/html\/bandai\/movie_realization\/samurai_taisho_darth_vader.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22033\" src=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TG_SamuraiVader_previw.jpg\" alt=\"TG_SamuraiVader_previw\" width=\"234\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakfaceforums.com\/TGuide2004\/tgmain.html\">Yakface Toyguide<\/a>\u00a0updates resume today as we take a look at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakfaceforums.com\/TGuide2004\/html\/bandai\/movie_realization\/samurai_taisho_darth_vader.html\">Samurai Taisho Darth Vader<\/a> figure\u00a0from Bandai\/Tamashii Nation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROS:<\/strong>\u00a0The minute I saw this figure previewed back in June 2014, I knew I had to have it and now that it has arrived, it&#8217;s probably my favorite collector item of 2014.\u00a0The samurai armor has been beautifully merged with the Star Wars aesthetic and the result is an\u00a0amazing\u00a0sculpt with ornate details and paint work. The articulation is nearly perfect, allowing\u00a0collectors to set\u00a0a wide range of realistic display possibilities\u00a0and intimidating\u00a0postures. Accessories are plentiful with 3 additional pairs of hands for gesturing or holding the included katana-like lightsaber and\/or hilt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONS:<\/strong>\u00a0Admittedly the style isn&#8217;t for everyone, nor is the premium price for essentially a 6&#8243; scale figure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakfaceforums.com\/TGuide2004\/html\/bandai\/movie_realization\/samurai_taisho_darth_vader.html\">Head to the toyguide<\/a>\u00a0for the full image gallery and to judge for yourself whether this figure\u00a0is worth adding to your collection.<\/p>\n<p>You can also weigh in with your impressions on the figures we add to our toyguide on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Yakfacecom\/202559486798?ref=mf\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and in our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakfaceforums.com\/\">forums.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Yakface Toyguide\u00a0updates resume today as we take a look at the\u00a0Samurai Taisho Darth Vader figure\u00a0from Bandai\/Tamashii Nation. PROS:\u00a0The minute I saw this figure previewed back in June 2014, I knew I had to have it and now that it has arrived, it&#8217;s probably my favorite collector item of 2014.\u00a0The samurai armor has been beautifully merged &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/2015\/01\/08\/toyguide-update-samurai-taisho-darth-vader\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Toyguide Update: Samurai Taisho 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":[9,4],"tags":[788,1306,1479,40],"class_list":["post-22032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collecting","category-toyguide","tag-bandai","tag-movie-realization","tag-samurai-taisho","tag-toyguide-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22032","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=22032"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22035,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22032\/revisions\/22035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}