{"id":30657,"date":"2016-10-29T19:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T00:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/?p=30657"},"modified":"2016-10-29T19:14:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-30T00:14:05","slug":"toyguide-update-entertainment-earth-astromech-droid-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/2016\/10\/29\/toyguide-update-entertainment-earth-astromech-droid-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Toyguide Update: Entertainment Earth Astromech Droid Pack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The\u00a0Yakface Toyguide<\/a>\u00a0returns from semi-retirement today\u00a0with the addition of the\u00a0<\/a>Exclusive 3.75″\u00a0Astromech Droid Pack<\/a>\u00a0from Entertainment Earth.<\/p>\n

PROS:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0If variety is the spice of life then this set is for you as Entertainment Earth has created a truly unique boxed set featuring several different astromechs pulling from live action and animated sources. My favorites of the set include Jabba’s unnamed bartender droid – a figure I for one never expected to receive; R2-C2 – Ziro the Hutt’s bartender\/service droid mainly because of the wild deco; and \u00a0finally, QT-KT because of its\u00a0reference to R2-KT and a great arc in The Clone Wars<\/em> series. The sculpt used for the base of each droid is recycled from the Vintage Collection R2-D2 (VC25) which is a solid design with a decent amount of articulation for an astromech.<\/p>\n

CONS:<\/strong>\u00a0This biggest complaint I’ve run across for this set is the price, which is interesting considering the cost breakdown per figure is about what we pay at retail now for TVC\/Black Series quality figures. Secondly, depending on your mileage, paint apps are a little loosey-goosey on some droids, and not quite accurate on others so it’s a mixed bag, but nothing that should stop you from acquiring this set. Thirdly, a couple of the astromechs have issues with the retractable leg remaining in its fully-extended position, resulting in the droid falling forward. And finally, the first runs of this set have a four digit date stamp pressed into each of the 6 domes* which is disappointing, but it is on the back of the dome so it’s not really a deal breaker either.<\/p>\n

Head to the toyguide<\/a>\u00a0for our detailed image gallery\u00a0and to judge for yourself whether this set\u00a0is worth adding to your collection.<\/p>\n

*According to Entertainment Earth, the date stamp should only be present on these early samples and production pieces will not have them.<\/p>\n

Note: this advanced sample was provided to us by Entertainment Earth<\/a> and I’d like\u00a0to thank Bethany and Adam for including us in this early product reveal.<\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> We have added six new images into the toyguide for this set to reflect the final production versions\u00a0which\u00a0eliminate\u00a0the production stamps on the back of each dome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Yakface Toyguide\u00a0returns from semi-retirement today\u00a0with the addition of the\u00a0Exclusive 3.75″\u00a0Astromech Droid Pack\u00a0from Entertainment Earth. PROS:\u00a0\u00a0If variety is the spice of life then this set is for you as Entertainment Earth has created a truly unique boxed set featuring several different astromechs pulling from live action and animated sources. My favorites of the set include Jabba’s … Continue reading UPDATE: Toyguide Update: Entertainment Earth Astromech Droid Pack<\/span> →<\/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":[9,4],"tags":[417,687,47,76,39,1387,481],"class_list":["post-30657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collecting","category-toyguide","tag-astromechs","tag-black-series","tag-entertainment-earth","tag-exclusives","tag-hasbro-2","tag-toyguide-updates","tag-vintage-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30657","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=30657"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31223,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30657\/revisions\/31223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}