1/6 Hot Toys - MMS - Star Wars Episode VII: Captain Phasma

[TonTon]

Now describe her scenes.

 

[CupcakeMcGraw]

That's true -- and I remember at the time people were pissed that Boba did so little, just like now with Phasma.

BUT... shooting at Luke Skywalker, hanging with Bounty Hunters, arguing with Darth Vader... just being present for Han's freezing -- all very cool. He was present for a lot of great scenes. Didn't do much, but he had many scenes. Just challenging Vader alone made him cool.

Phasma... asked permission, was hiding in a ship for some reason, and got tackled... then betrayed her own Order rather than go down fighting. And worst of all -- her voice sounds like a hospital intercom.

That's of course a legitimate argument but Phasma so far doesn't have the on-screen activity to even rival what we saw of Boba on-screen. "Let me check how many pew-pews you did" ?

I'm not arguing that anything she did in TFA makes her a badass/great character. I'm arguing that just because she got ambushed in this movie does not erase whatever prior military record earned her the right to wear a unique armor within the FO, nor does it preclude her from being a badass in future films if/when she has more screen time. I used Boba Fett as an example to illustrate that one embarrassing instance does not make the character a complete chump. And that while we don't yet know Phasma's full story, we know there likely IS a badass character there (going solely by appearance/the fact that she has a unique armor in an army of conformity), similar to how we know Boba Fett is a badass, even though we don't see much of that take place on screen.

To spin this thread back onto track, I intend to keep my Phasma PO. She didn't get a lot of screentime, but I base my toy purchases off whether it's a toy I'd like to own/look at, and she looks cool. If there's a cool on-screen presence behind the toy, that's a bonus for me, but not the sole requirement.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Phasma's voice sounds like a nurse: "Excuse me sir, it is time for your enema."

 

[darth dennis]

Right? It's not like he did anything special in Empire either. Not saying anything bad about the Fett man but this reaction of, "She is no Boba Fett!" is a little off base.

Boba in Empire:
On the Star Destroyer with the bounty hunter line up. Line: "As you wish."
Follows the Falcon to Cloud City
Walks in behind Vader after the trap is revealed.
Standing outside the room where Han is being tortured. Glances at Lando.
Walks out with Vader. Line: "He's no good to me dead."
Standing with Vader in the Carbon Chamber.
Walking with the carbonited Han.
Shoots at Luke once or twice.
At Slave I. Line: "Put Captain Solo in the cargo hold."
Leaves in Slave I.

So with the exception of firing his blaster he didn't do much more than Phasma. And she had more lines I believe. Stop with the outrage of people comparing her character equivalent to Fett.

But he did it when we were 10 years old versus 40 something and we had no expectations of the character going in. At least I didn't. It made the character mysterious to me and I wanted to know more. If Phasma hadn't been revealed as a toy and in trailers, I would've thought "Gee, I wonder what's so special about that trooper with the chrome? I want to know more!".

For the record, I have Phasma on pre-order and will be keeping it because it is aesthetically pleasing and I have hopes for a larger role in Episode VIII.

 

[Jaycepticon]

I honestly don't care if she did nothing in the movie, one of my Detolf shelves will look exactly like this

 

[Wor-Gar]

Phasma: Sir, one of your troopers touched me inappropriately in the mess.

 

[Spudtrooper]

Now describe her scenes.

Phasma walking out of one of the landing shuttles on Jakku. Line: "What of the villagers" (or something like that) "Fire on my order, fire."
Behind Finn in the hanger bay. Line "FN-2187 submit your blaster for inspection. And who you gave you permission to remove that helmet? Report to my divsion." (or something like that, haven't seen it enough yet.)
Talking to Hux about Finn's "malfunction" and how there were no priors. I don't remember the line.
Walking down the corridor of Starkiller base when she's tackled by Chewie.
Held at gunpoint and lowers the shields while exchanging some dialogue with Finn (can't remember)
Then presumably put in a trash compactor.

 

[Wor-Gar]

You guys are right. ORDERED!

 

[Spudtrooper]

I'm not arguing that anything she did in TFA makes her a badass/great character. I'm arguing that just because she got ambushed in this movie does not erase whatever prior military record earned her the right to wear a unique armor within the FO, nor does it preclude her from being a badass in future films if/when she has more screen time. I used Boba Fett as an example to illustrate that one embarrassing instance does not make the character a complete chump. And that while we don't yet know Phasma's full story, we know there likely IS a badass character there (going solely by appearance/the fact that she has a unique armor in an army of conformity), similar to how we know Boba Fett is a badass, even though we don't see much of that take place on screen.

To spin this thread back onto track, I intend to keep my Phasma PO. She didn't get a lot of screentime, but I base my toy purchases off whether it's a toy I'd like to own/look at, and she looks cool. If there's a cool on-screen presence behind the toy, that's a bonus for me, but not the sole requirement.

 

[Wor-Gar]

This figure will definitely LOOK great on the shelf.

Originally she was going to be the only TFA character I wanted to buy, sight unseen. I felt her reflective look alone captured the First Order and all their shiny silky uniforms nicely.

 

[LVCIFERX]

I'm sorry, but Boba Fett was never cool in canon.

The only time that character shined was in the expanded universe.

As someone made mention previously, seeing Empire when you were 10 years old, yeah he's cool.

He seemed to stand toe to toe with Vader, and the less is more approach let you fill in the rest.

ROTJ he was an excuse to use the Wilhelm scream.

And we won't talk about Clone Wars.

Phasma is VERY MUCH in the same vein as canon Boba.

I will say however, my need for her HT has diminished since seeing TFA.

Hoping there's a unmasked version in VIII or IX.

I'll stick with my Black Series and 3.75 for now.

 

[gobombersgo]

But he did it when we were 10 years old versus 40 something and we had no expectations of the character going in. At least I didn't. It made the character mysterious to me and I wanted to know more. If Phasma hadn't been revealed as a toy and in trailers, I would've thought "Gee, I wonder what's so special about that trooper with the chrome? I want to know more!".

For the record, I have Phasma on pre-order and will be keeping it because it is aesthetically pleasing and I have hopes for a larger role in Episode VIII.

And Phasma did it when other kids are 10 years old and have no expectations for the character! They just know she looks cool as hell!

They didn't just let 40 year old virgins watch the movie! Your Dad watch Empire and thought " Man is that Fett dude ever a waste of a character". Stood around, has no aim, got bossed around by Vader. And we love him for it!

 

[cel3027]

Saw the blackseries 6 inch in store today nearly picked it up as looked really nice good value at £21.99 but dont want to start collecting a different line

 

[LVCIFERX]

Saw the blackseries 6 inch in store today nearly picked it up as looked really nice good value at £21.99 but dont want to start collecting a different line

Come on man! For a good price too!

Just take her out the box and play with her in the tub, ha ha.

 

[Snacks McGee]

I feel sorry for those who PO'd this

Don't be. I'm not.


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[Sardo Numspa]

Not sure how people can compare Fett to Phasma. I'm not a big Fett fan either, but regardless of his almost pathetic death (No, I don't read the books/comics that say he escaped the Sarlac), he had impact. He still tracked the Falcon and was responsible for the capture of Han Solo. Phasma did NOTHING. But I can completely understand someone buying her for the look of the character. No different than people buying IG-88 or the rest of the bounty hunters, or the Spacetrooper. The figure itself looks fantastic!

 

[LVCIFERX]

I'm not arguing that anything she did in TFA makes her a badass/great character. I'm arguing that just because she got ambushed in this movie does not erase whatever prior military record earned her the right to wear a unique armor within the FO, nor does it preclude her from being a badass in future films if/when she has more screen time. I used Boba Fett as an example to illustrate that one embarrassing instance does not make the character a complete chump. And that while we don't yet know Phasma's full story, we know there likely IS a badass character there (going solely by appearance/the fact that she has a unique armor in an army of conformity), similar to how we know Boba Fett is a badass, even though we don't see much of that take place on screen.

To spin this thread back onto track, I intend to keep my Phasma PO. She didn't get a lot of screentime, but I base my toy purchases off whether it's a toy I'd like to own/look at, and she looks cool. If there's a cool on-screen presence behind the toy, that's a bonus for me, but not the sole requirement.

You bring up an entirely valid point, and I appreciate you taking the time to voice it.

May very well have me set up a PO now...

 

[Faora]

I'm not arguing that anything she did in TFA makes her a badass/great character. I'm arguing that just because she got ambushed in this movie does not erase whatever prior military record earned her the right to wear a unique armor within the FO, nor does it preclude her from being a badass in future films if/when she has more screen time. I used Boba Fett as an example to illustrate that one embarrassing instance does not make the character a complete chump. And that while we don't yet know Phasma's full story, we know there likely IS a badass character there (going solely by appearance/the fact that she has a unique armor in an army of conformity), similar to how we know Boba Fett is a badass, even though we don't see much of that take place on screen.

To spin this thread back onto track, I intend to keep my Phasma PO. She didn't get a lot of screentime, but I base my toy purchases off whether it's a toy I'd like to own/look at, and she looks cool. If there's a cool on-screen presence behind the toy, that's a bonus for me, but not the sole requirement.

100% agree!!!

Phasma will be in the future films and i bet everyone will love her. To me they set up some mystery of who she is, which is cool!!! She may not have done anything badass in TFA, but I bet she will. And then everyone will love her again. Im psyched to get her HT figure and i hope i can track down her Black Series and Figuarts now that everyone seems to be disappointed in her. I love that we still don't know much about her.

Boba was loved back then because he looked cool and made a cool looking toy. They set up a mystery of who he was because they released his figure after ANH, but he didn't appear until ESB except in the Christmas Special cartoon. He was just a really cool looking toy to most kids and adults. The mystery created this fandom for him. Plus there was the whole shooting missile jet pack controversy that created even more enthusiasm for him. A lot of people were anxious to get that shooting missile jet pack, but as we all know, when people got him it was just the normal version. Very few shooting missiles made it out there. Good thing that happened before the internet days or the crazy Trolls would have burned Kenner to the ground LoL.

 

[jacerc130]

Based on your comments(mine included), we're too fickle and lack imagination as per invictus sol.

The figure does look awesome, but there is something about what role the character plays that adds to the charisma of the figure. I'm hoping the character will return in the sequels and prove a formable foe like a new age Boba Fett.

 

[Natedog]

Where's that damn popcorn emoticon?

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