Comments on: A tear that’s a mile wide in the kite that you’re flying…

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:38:49 +0000

Sean_C the catina ones would be good sellers, I think they could kitbash together one of those Sauron type patrons from Bossk and someone else body, probably Ponda Baba’s, and that would make it more attractive, maybe even retool a young Ep 1 Anakin for that vertically challenged patron he is having a laugh with. The Endor battle would be good too (and as an aside, your mention of including stormtroopers reminded me that I figured out that the Saga Sandtrooper, with all his sandtrooper accessories removed, makes for a pretty good Endor Stormtrooper, I found a few that seemed to have less intense sand blasting on them and they just look like slightly dirty soldiers, they fit into an Endor diorama nicely). And the 3. Cantina Encounter, nice idea for the blast mark, would even be cool if he was a bit "crispy blackened" but doubt Hasbro’d go for it, would be even nicer if it included a little booth for them to sit in!

By: Thestarman76

Thestarman76 — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:10:41 +0000

5 battle droids of any design (movie accurate). They could be red (yeah yeah), tan, super battle droids, or even destroyers (EP 1). Of course they would be best as a mixture of these all probably. Maybe since we’re getting two droids for the price of one in the basic line we could have six or seven droids for $20 -$25.

By: Sean_C

Sean_C — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:41:54 +0000

Let’s see some requested reissues. Jabba’s palace goons and catina aliens that could be tossed in a Battle Pack.
1. Catina Smackdown: VOTC Obi-Won, Ponda Baba with removable arm, Hem Dazon in different colors, Dannik Jerriko (without the tendrils and no holes in face), and Momwaw Nadon with vintage blue outfit.
2. Jabba’s Court: J’Quille, Ree Yees, Beedo (VOTCGreedo repaint in hilarious non-accurate colors..for fun!), Gammorean Guard and Ishi Tibb (repaint or something??)
3. Cantina Encounter: VOTC Han Solo, VOTC Greedo with blast mark, Myo, whats-his-name the human space pilot, and white skinned Djas Phur (wasn’t there one?)
4. Endor Battle: VOTC Scout Trooper, VOTC Stormtrooper, AT-ST Driver, 2 ewoks.

By: Robert Yates

Robert Yates — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:22:01 +0000

I totally agree with zevs that such a battle pack seems like a no-brainer, and could be a good seller for the kids, unfortunately, for me, it represents the worst aspect of the battle pack format from a collector’s point of view: Yet more of the standard main characters, perhaps, as you say ,repainted/kitbashed (the latter if we’re lucky) and maybe, MAYBE, one new sculpt (let’s say in this case it was a Bespin guard with a closed jacket and different head…and the Vader I guess, but I’d have to see him close up to know if I’d want him or not). And so, if I want that guard I’ve gotta fork out the full cost of the pack for 4 other figures I could more or less live without. Or my other option is to wait for the inevitable ebay seller to dissect the batch and offer them up individually (with all other collectors bidding on that one unique sculpt and driving it up to a price close to the entire battle pack anyway). Take some of the recent packs, Dagobah, the Geonosian arena, the Carkoon one, I’m not getting any of these because they don’t give enough of anything significantly different. If the Dagobah one had included a SA Bespin/Dagobah Luke and the repainted R2, if the Carkoon had had a new (even kitbashed) skiff guard of some sort along with a significantly improved paint job on another, if a kitbashed arena Jedi never before seen in plastic plus a previously rarer figure like Pablo Jill had been included in the Geonosian one, then I’m sure I would have had to cave in and buy at least one or two of them. As it stands now, I’m buying two or three of the Tantive IV because of the army building potential. IMO the best recent battle pack was the Ambush at Ilum because 3 of the figures are unavailable (2 are the same of course but with different results) and we finally get a C3PO with snow paint-ops! (R2 too though I find his a bit subtle). I’m not saying Hasbro shouldn’t make the main character focused battle packs, especially if they help keep the line viable and keep the kiddies supplied with the staples characters, but as dream packs go, these are far from making my list. The last thing I need right now is another Vader or Boba Fett (unless he’s McQuarrie or animated Vader/Boba Fett of course).

By: zevs

zevs — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:31:50 +0000

The battle pack that I’d like to see (and half expected to by now) is a “Bespin Encounter” from the “refreshments” scene in Empire. Put the illustrious cd-rom blaster effect Vader on the right and POTJ Bespin Capture Han with blaster drawn on the left. Throw in a Leia, a VOTC Fett with an empire paint scheme, and a POTJ Bespin Guard with a new head (even though one wasn’t really in the scene) and you’ve got an easy, easy win. Kids would love the action captured in the scene and we’d get a totally new (and long overdue) fig plus some more welcomed-ish repaints/kitbashes.

By: Robert Yates

Robert Yates — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:01:09 +0000

Right! Ewoks! Of course! It’s been mentioned before but for some reason they don’t spring to mind right away. Yep, we need Ewoks, especially ever since the introduction of the Gungan race made Ewoks look wicked awesome and fierce!The Marvel packs are a fantastic idea. I mean, I think the comic packs so far are selling well, sold out in my area anyway. Same for the McQuarrie troopers. Flying off the shelves. Which means either collectors and scalpers are snatching them up and/or even kids dig ‘em. Or they and their parents mistake them for regular stormtroopers and kind of by them by accident. Regardless, I would hope a McQuarrie pack is viable along with the Marvel ones!

By: napalm229

napalm229 — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:32:59 +0000

I for one would love to see more Clone Wars stuff. I am sure we will eventually. Anything with clones and battle droids. Especially the latter….battle droids with sniper rifles!!! One thing that I would love to remind Hasbro is that a lot of us that buy the battlepacks do so to have extra troops for a lower price.
For the OT, why not an Endor battlepack with some Ewoks in it? We are woefully short on Ewoks. I totally agree about the rebels..maybe a Rebel Pilots pack? Of course those of us who have been at this a while will already have most of those..but there is room for a few headswaps there somewhere.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:16:48 +0000
What battlepacks would I like to see 1) Marvel Years 1 Eight for Aduba-3 Figures to include 1) Han Solo (VTOC) 2) Chewbacca (VTOC) 3)Amaiza 3)Jaxxon 4) The Starkiller Kid (Rehash of one of the mltiple lukes) 5) The Tractor robot 2) Marvel Years 2 Post ROTJ 1) Luke (Rehash) 2) Dani 3) Kiro 3) Lumiya 4) Fenn Shysa (Rehash Boba) 3) the Star wars holiday special 1)Chewbacca (VOTC With Life day Robe) 2)Malla (Rehash wookiee) 3) Itchy (Rehash Wookie) 4) Lumpy (New Sculpt) 5)Saun Dann 4) Droids (TV) Figures 1)Thall joben (Rehash Luke) 2) Jord Dusat 3) Kea Moll 4) R2-D2 3) C-3P0 5) Tig Fromm 5) Droids Pack A 1) Death Star Droid RA-7 (PotF2 Black Version) 2)IG-88 (POTJ Repaint) 3) R5-X2 (R5-D4 Repaint) 4)R4-M6 (Rerelease) 5) C-3PX (C-3PO//Boba Rehash) 6) Droids Pack B 1) RA-7 (Sandcraler version) 2) CZ-3 (Rerelease) 3) 2-1B (Potf2 rerelease) 4) FX-7 (Potj Rerelease) 5) R2-B1 (Rerelease)

By: "Big Gay" Dale

"Big Gay" Dale — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:50:32 +0000

You mean those aren’t coin-operated soldiers???!!! Yeah… that was a real shocker to me. The other shocker was they retooled the Rebel Fleet Troopers a bit and that kind made things a little bit right. Future Battlepacks? How about two Bespin Guards with new heads (I don’t even care the jackets are open), a couple of Stormtroopers (everyone likes those, right?) and VOTC Boba Fett?

By: schneider

schneider — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:12:42 +0000

OK, let me try this again (computer goof up)
Playing off your "Pimp this Figure" how about a Jabba Dungeon Battle Pack?
BG-J38 (as shown, from 8d8)
2-1A with torture rack (from 2-1B)
Tortured Power Droid (Power droid with painted damage & 8d8′s rack)
a couple of kitbashed/repainted guards:
Gamorean Guard (resculpted hands, pike & gun)
Wooof (repainted skiff guard Klaatu with cloth skirt ala vintage
or even a Kitbashed Fozek (cheap way: skiff guard lando, with new arms & head) or a repainted Weequay (new, or kitbashed arms & blaster)