{"id":28803,"date":"2016-04-19T16:26:21","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T21:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/?p=28803"},"modified":"2016-04-19T16:26:21","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T21:26:21","slug":"toyguide-update-emperor-palpatine-mini-bust-2015-pg-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/2016\/04\/19\/toyguide-update-emperor-palpatine-mini-bust-2015-pg-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyguide Update: Emperor Palpatine Mini Bust (2015 PG Gift)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakfaceforums.com\/TGuide2004\/html\/gentle_giant\/mini_busts\/PGM_emperor_palpatine.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28804\" src=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/palpatine_bust_TGpreview.jpg\" alt=\"palpatine_bust_TGpreview\" width=\"500\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/palpatine_bust_TGpreview.jpg 500w, https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/palpatine_bust_TGpreview-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/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 Exclusive 2015 Premier Guild Gift\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakfaceforums.com\/TGuide2004\/html\/gentle_giant\/mini_busts\/PGM_emperor_palpatine.html\">Emperor Palpatine (<em>The Empire Strikes Back<\/em>)\u00a0Mini Bust<\/a>\u00a0from Gentle Giant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROS:<\/strong>\u00a0 Sculpt and paint is well done &#8211; especially the robes &#8211; with a lot of texture and simulated\u00a0cloth\u00a0conveyed through\u00a0the polyresin material. There are no brittle\/thin parts (canes\/fingers) to risk damage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONS:<\/strong>\u00a0It is the most basic of the 3 available gift busts available for 2015 \u00a0PG members. The likeness (while good) is not nearly as definitive as the Darth Sidious but is better than the <em>Return of the Jedi<\/em> sculpt from 2012. The relaxed pose doesn&#8217;t seem fitting for <em>Empire<\/em> more like something you&#8217;d see from <em>The Phantom Menace.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakfaceforums.com\/TGuide2004\/html\/gentle_giant\/mini_busts\/PGM_emperor_palpatine.html\">Head to the toyguide<\/a>\u00a0for the full image gallery and to judge for yourself whether this bust is worth adding to your collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Yakface Toyguide\u00a0updates resume today as we take a look at the Exclusive 2015 Premier Guild Gift\u00a0Emperor Palpatine (The Empire Strikes Back)\u00a0Mini Bust\u00a0from Gentle Giant. PROS:\u00a0 Sculpt and paint is well done &#8211; especially the robes &#8211; with a lot of texture and simulated\u00a0cloth\u00a0conveyed through\u00a0the polyresin material. There are no brittle\/thin parts (canes\/fingers) to risk damage. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/2016\/04\/19\/toyguide-update-emperor-palpatine-mini-bust-2015-pg-gift\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Toyguide Update: Emperor Palpatine Mini Bust (2015 PG Gift)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15,4],"tags":[69,245,178,1279,40],"class_list":["post-28803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collecting","category-sponsor-news","category-toyguide","tag-gentle-giant","tag-mini-bust","tag-pgm","tag-premier-guild","tag-toyguide-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28803","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=28803"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28807,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28803\/revisions\/28807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}