STAR WARS I LIKE

Sunday, August 1, 2010

CW: PRE Vizsla 08

On a Moon orberting Mandalore....

The Duchess Satine Kryze seeks to build a new & peaceful Mandalorion goverment. where a particular Governor of Concordia (Pre Vizsla ), skims to overthrow the Duchess and restore Mandalorion to its brutal/warrior past.

Pre Vizsla secretly leads the Death Watch and was discovered by Obi-Wan, whereby he tries to silence the Jedi in a dual with his darksaber to the jedi lightsaber.

Here's PRE Vizsla in the new Blue & Black packaging.

Packaging:

Figure Overview:

Articulation:

Weapons & Accessories:
1) 1X Base stand
2) 1X Removable Cape
3)1X Darksaber
4) 2X Blaster Pistols
5) 1X Removable Backpacks
6) 1X Removable Helmet

Close Up of Facial & Helmet Sculpt:

Verdict:

If you have been collecting long enough, you would know, that there are many bounty hunters manufacture and added to the various Waves...which makes it kinda of boring, as they all share the same body frame/mold of Boba Fett, just with slightly enhanced articulation.

Now, However we have a CW version of that is from the start of the notorious Mandalorians roots.

History/background aside, this is a AWESOME AWESOME figure and probably one of the best figure in its wave.

Why is it Awesome? well it has:
1) great & accurate facial Sculpt
2) Super Articulated
3) Nice and clean color scheme

And like all things created by man, it has it flaws, like:
1) Hands does not grip weapons well at all.
2) Removable backpack constantly falls out.

Ratings:
Figure: 8/10
Accessories:8/10
Packaging: 9/10
Articulation:9/10
Overall: 8/10

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Saturday, July 3, 2010

Sgt sinker (Dave Custom)

Here's some pictures of Dave Custom Sgt sinker, which he is customizing for the 501st!

And it Looks AWESOME! the guys at the 501st going to be pleased, Great paint job and detailing.

Dave found my blog by Google searching on Sgt Sinker.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

The Apple iPad

A Galaxy Far Far Away....
Came my iPad
Its brilliantly awesome and
keeps me constantly entertained.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

CW: Captain Rex in Snow Gear

Rex, captain of the 501st legion.

A firm favorite among Starwars fans and collectors! Most expected toy figure in the 1st wave of the clone wars series.

And now we have the FAME captain in SNOW GEAR!

The gear was featured in the second session of the Clone Wars Series, where Anakin & Kenobi was send to the Orto Plutonia to investigate a sudden lose in communication with Republic base in the area.

I unfortunately have not seen this figure in stores, either in Malaysia nor Singapore. So i got one off Ebay:

Close Up of Helmet Sculpt:

Articulation:
new articulation to highlight:
1) Hinged neck
2) New hand mold

Weapons & Accessories:

1) 1X Removable Helmet
2) 1X Removable Backpack
3) 2X Removable Shoulder pad
4) 1X DC15 Blaster Rifle
5) 2X DC17 Blaster

Verdict:

When i first saw this figure in the series along with the other snowtroopers i was absolutely "SOLD" and thought to myself..."I MUST HAVE THEM".

However after seeing this figure now, i cant quite say the same.....

At a glance the overall figure looked fine, however you go into detail, the less i adored it...and my reasons are as follow:

-Bad Paint job with the overall blue color, the lines are totally off. i don't know what are they planing to achieve here, either having a "Battle Damage look" or to show that they just cant paint the figure right....

-cause of the new mold for the hands, it makes it very hard to grip the blaster.

(Kindly note that this comments are base on this Ebay Figure and does not apply to the actual figure release/sold by Hasbro)

Only because i am vivid collector of Troopers, i am getting this figure.

if i do see this figure in stores, i would probably purchase it to just to see the differences from my purchase on Ebay Vs the actual figure.

And if the quality is the same, i am truly speechless

Ratings:

Overall: 4/10 (minus point on the color)

ToyShop: : E-Bay: Unlimited8899 (seller sells them carded or lose)

E-Bay Seller Store:
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/unlimited8899__W0QQ_armrsZ

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Hope of Alderaan Cinematic Trailer

Another must see video.....is it me or the Starwars trailers getting really really good, cant understand why the movie cant be like this.....

Check out old republic troopers NICE! i foresee that the KOTOR game is going to produce a line of really nice figures! (if Hasbro gets it right =P)