Hasbro Star Wars "Black Series" Figures

[Rico]

Nice haul Bryan!  I really need to find that Luke!

[Bryancd]

Nice haul Bryan!  I really need to find that Luke!

I bought these on Amazon for a really good deal. Lower prices then E.E. by a little. I got them all separately, although three came from one seller. You know what was cool was that E.E. actually e-mailed me to ask why I canceled by case order. Very nice customer service.

[jedijeff]

You guys are making it harder and harder for me to resist. Fortunately they still keep getting picked off the pegs before I get to the store  ;)

[Bryancd]

What's so smart about this line is it offers a new generation of collectors to step in and a more manageable, albeit more $, release schedule. And the quality is terrific, although I am keeping them boxed for Jensen to enjoy.

[jedijeff]

I am pretty much sold on these, though they still allude me, as a friend of mine and I spent Saturday trying to track these down. Just a matter of time as I can see at the Walmarts the space is there for them. I agree in that has sort of reinvigorated the modern line of Star Wars action figures for me. In our Travels we ran across the 3 Foot Darth Vader from Jakks Pacific, it looked cool, but not enough for me to actually want to own it, mostly because there was no option to have him hold a lightsaber, just a molded hilt to his belt.

[ChrisMC]

Yeah, I was so done with Star Wars collecting. The last figure I bought was a Cad Bane a couple years ago.  Gonna pick up the remaining two if they are still at the Target in the next town on Friday.

[Bryancd]

Some high res pics of Wave 2. I like the Han, Greedo, and Boba, the Boba is REALLY nice, but that Leia is terrible. I was thinking of collecting all of these but that isn't worth it. I also think collecting Slave Leia figures is a bizarre geek fetish. And I don't see these being valuable in 30 years either.

http://www.rebelscum.com/story/front/High_Resolution_Hasbro_6Inch_Black_Series_Wave_2_153746.asp

[Rico]

Who buys figures to sell in 30 years?  I buy them if I like them!  :)

[Bryancd]

Who buys figures to sell in 30 years?  I buy them if I like them!  :)

Which is what I am going to do. :) That Leia is just weird.

And I certainly can appreciate the value of collectibles if you recall. :)

[Rico]

I wasn't referring to you Bryan.  :)

Leia could use a better paint application.  For figures with little clothing, it might be better to do less articulation.  The odd thing is I heard on Star Wars Action News them talking to Hasbro saying how they were able to come up with a way to hid the joints better on the Slave Leia.  Yeah, I don't see it.

[jedijeff]

That Leia doesn't look very good, I sort of hope they pack the cases more heavy on Fett and less on that Slave Leia.

I think this will be a bit of a pick and choose line for me. I was thinking I might pickup all the figures that were done in the Original Kenner line, and then the Prequel and other OT figures that I like.

[Bryancd]

I wasn't referring to you Bryan.  :)

Leia could use a better paint application.  For figures with little clothing, it might be better to do less articulation.  The odd thing is I heard on Star Wars Action News them talking to Hasbro saying how they were able to come up with a way to hid the joints better on the Slave Leia.  Yeah, I don't see it.

Yeah, I heard that show and would agree in general but this one looks a wonky.

[Bryancd]

See, here are all of Wave 1 and the points of articulation are well concealed within the clothing. Even in Wave 2, Han, Greedo, and Boba look great, it's just Leia that's a big old mess. It just begs the question as to why even bother making that figure.

[ChrisMC]

Yeah, why not make New Hope Leia, Hoth Leia, Bespin Leia....I never cared for a figure of Slave Leia. I'm sure they'll get to those, but that looks like ass. Fett looks awesome though.

[jedijeff]

I like all the accessories that come with Han, you can do him up in a few different versions which is nice. I guess will see if that cuts down on all the different variations they release. The 3 3/4 line had numerous versions of ANH Han, and might have been one of the reasons I burned out on Action Figures, as they just had some many different versions of the same character.