Haven't been in here in a while, so forgive me if I hit too many points that've been covered many times on this one....
Okay. I ordered it.
This offering made me chuckle a bit....reminding me of Hasbro's "100th figure" version of this from their "Action Collection" all those years ago...now that set was a fun bang for the buck at the time....
Even though I've ordered it, I'm not 100% won over by this new HT version. Hair WAY too dark, costume is too perfect and pretty...can't they scuff it up a little?...as it looks now, he's more ready for the Tatooine Ballet with those tight leggings than he is to work around that farm. So clean and (too) tightly tailored. Wish he featured a sand-themed base rather than the (already common) floor grating one.
Portrait looks like most HT...really well-rendered, finely detailed, good paint apps....but "off" somehow...and, as usual, too "stern" an expression. No sense of wonder on that face....
It'll be a well-crafted figure....and it's the central character in the saga. Try as I might, this ole' SW collector couldn't resist.
The final thing that pushed me over was...this thing is coming with more stuff, and is CHEAPER than Sideshow's Red Five version. WTF?
I want to see Sideshow pull the ears off that gundark and really deliver on that figure...they've .got to , considering that price. I really like their recent Echo Base Luke....this one's got to reach that level at least....hopefully even a little more.
A little Sideshow flashback....I'm sure I'll get a little jeering for this, but I still like my Sideshow version of Farmboy Luke....
