Star Wars Black Series discussion

[Arishikage]

Haven't seen anything yet.

[Drewton]

Expected shipping date for delayed figures was June 30 so it may be a while.

[StarwarsTF]

Originally Posted by Wheelwave

Finally got one in.

Is there still no news about rex or crosshairs?

Rex and crosshair are Walmart exclusives, they’ve already sold out in the states.

[Arishikage]

Hawk and Anakin delivered today. Just waiting to hear how they plan to handle the cancelled orders to get my Obi sorted out.

Both orders showed up in good shape with very minor card issues, so I'm pretty happy about that. One figure banging around in that large a box could have been a lot worse.

[klown23]

Got my 2 Kenobi yesterday and in good shape. Kinda surprinsing. If anyone needs, im selling my extra one at cost and shipping and paypal fees.

[Arishikage]

Originally Posted by klown23

Got my 2 Kenobi yesterday and in good shape. Kinda surprinsing. If anyone needs, im selling my extra one at cost and shipping and paypal fees.

Good to hear they came in decent condition!

[BlackBeltJohnson]

Got my Anakin and Obi-wan the other day in the mail. Just opened them today.
Anakin's pretty cool, though Hasbro can't seem to sculpt Hayden Christensen if their lives depended on it. I've heard the opinion that it's a hybrid look between real and cartoon, but if that was the case, why didn't the do that with Obi-wan? Obi-wan's a really nice rendition of Ewan, so the truth behind Anakin is that they simply futzed the likeness again, lol. Also, the bendy saber hilt...
Why Hasbro gives us firm saber hilts with some figures and then flaccid hilts with others is bothersome indeed.
My figure also has some ungly molding damage on the right forearm (anyone else get that?), but no biggy; it's 'battle damage.' Lastly, I really wish Hasbro would give us forward tilting wrists more often for Lightsaber wielding characters, like they did with the TCW Obi-wan...much more natural Saber poses.

Overall, this is still a fun figure, and I love the range of motion afforded by the soft plastic tunic and butterfly joints. The thing that got me most though was just how totally and awesomely nostalgic it was to open this old-school style Clone Wars packaging. More of this please Hasbro! (But you can keep the 'Exclusive' part).

[Drewton]

Originally Posted by BlackBeltJohnson

Anakin's pretty cool, though Hasbro can't seem to sculpt Hayden Christensen if their lives depended on it. I've heard the opinion that it's a hybrid look between real and cartoon, but if that was the case, why didn't the do that with Obi-wan? Obi-wan's a really nice rendition of Ewan, so the truth behind Anakin is that they simply futzed the likeness again, lol.

Yeah exactly. Eric himself confirmed the likeness was purely based on Hayden and meant to be in-between II and III, I don't know why some people think it's a hybrid.

[Ksteel]

I thought the Anakin Archive figure was good with the likeness;


Probably as good as we'll get for a $20 USD figure.

[lifedragon99]

No they aren't. They were available at most retailers.

I've got crosshair on order at Amazon.

Originally Posted by StarwarsTF

Rex and crosshair are Walmart exclusives, they’ve already sold out in the states.