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Hmmm... can you say more..?

There is a picture from one of the behind the scenes trailers where is prop of naked human without limbs with breather. And also a art works of him on the board. It is highly possible that is a Vader so he is the one in bacta tank guarded by Royal Guards we can see in trailer.

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[...]chill until that ESB Vader in a few years time (Or until a Deluxe of this). On a sidenote, I hope they redo the ESB Luke with a better headsculpt.

ESB Vader or nothin'! I think they will definitely redo Bespin Luke. Whether or not he's "better" remains an open question. I don't think they'll do better on the original accessories; if anything they'll be plastic instead of leather or pleather -- whatever they used.





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Still unsure if this comes wit ha lightsaber blade or not, BBTS and Sideshow don't list one on their pages.

The lightsaber blade is an unannounced "surprise" in the box. All HT RO Vaders come with it.
 
There is a picture from one of the behind the scenes trailers where is prop of naked human without limbs with breather. And also a art works of him on the board. It is highly possible that is a Vader so he is the one in bacta tank guarded by Royal Guards we can see in trailer.

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Oh ok I've seen this. I would probably buy this as well haha. I've been clamoring for an injured Vader with Sith eyes for my Vader display. I was thinking that you may work for HT and know something in the pipeline. When I saw this, my hype for RO went through the roof.
 
The lightsaber blade is an unannounced "surprise" in the box. All HT RO Vaders come with it.

I'm glad! This should've never been a doubt, but there were some meltdowns when this figure was announced back in September lol.
 
Yeah - we had to wait until 2015 for what remains the best. :clap

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(Photo by Paramoremcr88.)

Love the look of the helmet and armor in that shot, but there's just something about the proportions and how lean this figure looks (even after being modded) that has never worked for me, and reminds me too much of the ROTS Vader. And the cape and tunic also seem a bit too thin as well.

From what I can see, the new Vader captures the basic proportions of the OT Vader a lot better, and also has what appears to be a slightly thicker cape and tunic.
 
If people want ANH Vader, then get/keep the ANH Vader (and upgrade it if want to). If people want R1 Vader, then get this new one. R1 Vader is not really ANH Vader, not matter how you put it.
 
If people want ANH Vader, then get/keep the ANH Vader (and upgrade it if want to). If people want R1 Vader, then get this new one. R1 Vader is not really ANH Vader, not matter how you put it.

This.

If you want ANH Vader, get the ANH Vader figure and make the necessary mods. If you want R1 Vader, get R1 Vader and make the necessary mods (whatever they turn out to be barring how he looks in the film). R1 belt boxes look more suitable for the ANH Vader, but out of the box, ANH Vader looks more like ANH Vader than R1 Vader does. To me at least.
 
This.

If you want ANH Vader, get the ANH Vader figure and make the necessary mods. If you want R1 Vader, get R1 Vader and make the necessary mods (whatever they turn out to be barring how he looks in the film). R1 belt boxes look more suitable for the ANH Vader, but out of the box, ANH Vader looks more like ANH Vader than R1 Vader does. To me at least.

But see, that's just it. As I've stated before: out of the box, Rogue One Vader is actually already closer to an accurate ANH Vader than the actual ANH Vader figure is. It would actually take LESS work to mod R1 Vader into a really accurate ANH than it would to mod the ANH figure. I think some people don't see it because they're blinded by the shiny paintjob. But do a good job weathering him, repaint the (more accurately shaped) shoulder bells, get or make a new codpiece, replace the tunic with a non-pleated one and throw it over the armor, lower the dome if you really want to, and grab an ANH light saber hilt. Bam, super accurate ANH Vader.

The fact that you have to break apart the head to accurately paint the eye sockets black on the mask is reason enough for me to consider it too much work to mod the ANH figure. But you've also got things like the gloves, the straps on the shin guards, the terribly inaccurate chest armor paint, the wires in the capes, the lightsaber belt hook, moving the belt boxes (and possibly destroying the belt in the process), the baggier body suit, and the scrawny fingers that all need work/replacement of some sort.

In the end, to get a really accurate ANH Vader, R1 Vader needs less mods (and most of the mods require less skill) than the ANH Vader needs.
 
But see, that's just it. As I've stated before: out of the box, Rogue One Vader is actually already closer to an accurate ANH Vader than the actual ANH Vader figure is. It would actually take LESS work to mod R1 Vader into a really accurate ANH than it would to mod the ANH figure. I think some people don't see it because they're blinded by the shiny paintjob. But do a good job weathering him, repaint the (more accurately shaped) shoulder bells, get or make a new codpiece, replace the tunic with a non-pleated one and throw it over the armor, lower the dome if you really want to, and grab an ANH light saber hilt. Bam, super accurate ANH Vader.

The fact that you have to break apart the head to accurately paint the eye sockets black on the mask is reason enough for me to consider it too much work to mod the ANH figure. But you've also got things like the gloves, the straps on the shin guards, the terribly inaccurate chest armor paint, the wires in the capes, the lightsaber belt hook, moving the belt boxes (and possibly destroying the belt in the process), the baggier body suit, and the scrawny fingers that all need work/replacement of some sort.

In the end, to get a really accurate ANH Vader, R1 Vader needs less mods (and most of the mods require less skill) than the ANH Vader needs.

That is one can of humdingers.
 
But see, that's just it. As I've stated before: out of the box, Rogue One Vader is actually already closer to an accurate ANH Vader than the actual ANH Vader figure is. It would actually take LESS work to mod R1 Vader into a really accurate ANH than it would to mod the ANH figure. I think some people don't see it because they're blinded by the shiny paintjob. But do a good job weathering him, repaint the (more accurately shaped) shoulder bells, get or make a new codpiece, replace the tunic with a non-pleated one and throw it over the armor, lower the dome if you really want to, and grab an ANH light saber hilt. Bam, super accurate ANH Vader.

The fact that you have to break apart the head to accurately paint the eye sockets black on the mask is reason enough for me to consider it too much work to mod the ANH figure. But you've also got things like the gloves, the straps on the shin guards, the terribly inaccurate chest armor paint, the wires in the capes, the lightsaber belt hook, moving the belt boxes (and possibly destroying the belt in the process), the baggier body suit, and the scrawny fingers that all need work/replacement of some sort.

In the end, to get a really accurate ANH Vader, R1 Vader needs less mods (and most of the mods require less skill) than the ANH Vader needs.

Interesting points, but to me, the cracking open of the helmet on ANH Vader is really unnecessary. That being the case, the ANH Vader head is already more accurate to ANH Vader to me out of the box, being that it already has the (at least) relatively correct weathering details.

As far as the shoulder armor on the R1 figure, I personally think it looks a little too wide. For myself, all I'd do to ANH Vader without doing any hardcore mods (cracking open sculpts, repainting parts, etc.) is replace the gloves with the R1 gloves and the belt boxes with the R1 belt boxes and I feel you'd have a pretty darn good representation of ANH Vader without having to do anything drastic.
 
I just got my Hot Toys ANH Vader and it's already deemed not as accurate or as good as the new one. You sick bastards. :lol

Wonder how long before this Rogue One version becomes obsolete and considered crap. ESB Vader when!?
 
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