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I agree that the ANH costume is my least favorite out of the four. Hopefully SST uses this as a stepping stone for future Vaders
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I agree that the ANH costume is my least favorite out of the four. Hopefully SST uses this as a stepping stone for future Vaders
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maul, I see why this movie incarnation of vader isn't you favorite, but for the reasons you don't like it I love it. I can just imagine the crew trying to put this costume together in the 70's on a film many in the industry had little to no hope in. That's the charm of this costume for me. The later versions were more polished, but this is the version this little L.A. kid saw with as wide as you could open you eyes and mouth when vader hit the screen.
I agree that the ANH costume is my least favorite out of the four. Hopefully SST uses this as a stepping stone for future Vaders
I am pretty sure they did ANH first to work out a lot of production kinks. Sort of like they did releasing Clonobi before any other armored figure. Its one that can afford to have a learning curve.
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true story. lets just hope if they do another one it doesnt take a year after the reveal for the release
I also imagine it's probably the easiest to work with, so rather than take on a challenge first, start out on the easier one, figure out if you can get it down right, and then work your way up.
I'm not sure if ANH Vader can be grouped with Clonobi in terms of being a test dummy, it seems to me like the ANH Vader is a treasured incarnation by many, not me, but a lot of other folks certainly, Clonobi was really a special interest piece.
How is that your first paragraph can be at odds with your second paragraph.
I don't think it is, or I badly conveyed my points
. My first paragraph was to say I think they started ANH because it would be the easiest to tackle first. The point of my second paragraph was that I felt at no time would it cross anyone's mind that ANH Vader could be a fluff off figure if something went wrong. If the mindset were something like Clonobi where if there were issues, at least it wouldn't be a fan favorite, then I'd say Revenge of the Sith Vader would fall under that case, if that one was a train wreck, it wouldn't break many hearts, but ANH has a lot more folks invested in how it turns out.turtlepower73
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alsome dude. can't wait it get mine...
I don't think it is, or I badly conveyed my points
I think you mistook what I said, since I definitely don't consider Clonobi a fluff figure. My point was exactly what you said. ANH Vader would be the easiest to do, ergo the best canidate to work out any kinks in the production process.
Comprende amigo?
Ahh, well I thought it was sort of a common feeling around here that Clonobi came before any Clones because that way if people were unhappy with anything, it could be corrected before a Clone Trooper and it wouldn't bothe people too much if Clonobi wasn't the best because a smaller group would be interested in him compared to Clone Troopers. I just assumed that was what you were saying based on that belief, my bad.
ANH Vader >>>>>>>> All others. 
You kids need to go back to SW School.
You kids need to go back to SW School.
WRONG. ROTJ Vader is truly the best, most comprehensive, and has the most possibilities as a 1:6 fig. Sorry irish. Time for you to go back to school again. 
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My favorite version of Vader has to be ESB, the helmet worn in that movie was my favorite finnish and mold, second would be ANH and then ROTS followed by ROTJ..ROTJ version just seemed like they shined up everything and left it all black..similar to ROTS Vader but, ROTS design is better.
I hope we get a ESB Vader with damaged shoulder bell from when luke took a strike at Vader in their duel on Cloud City.
I hope we get a ESB Vader with damaged shoulder bell from when luke took a strike at Vader in their duel on Cloud City.
ANH Vader >>>>>>>> All others.
You kids need to go back to SW School.
Hey, there's a Vader for all generations
. I was born when ROTJ came out, I was 4 when I first started watching these movies and ROTJ won me over more than the others. For me, ROTJ Vader between the look of his armor and the reveal is just THE Vader for me, always has been and always will be. I'm sure if I'd been around for the big deal Vader was in '77, the ANH look might have more meaning for me, but where Star Wars was simply a fun adventure I watched with me knowing nothing about the impact of it all, I just came to like him looking all shiny and seeing all his armor more than the matte and hidden look of ANH.
I thought he was.
One thing I'll give the ROTS costume, I did like that the shoulder and chest armor were all one unit. The separation on the OT suits always looked more to me like it was meant to be one piece there too and they broke it apart for mobility, but then it doesn't look complete anymore. It seems like the function of armor there, having a solid piece is better, the separations could almost be a vulnerability.
Hey, there's a Vader for all generations
You were born when ROTJ came out!!!!!
I always imagined you as being older...now I feel like an old fart!
Nope, I'm a youngin', only 25 at the moment.
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I was born in 1980 so, mainly caught the tail end of ESB and really only had figures and vehicles from ROTJ, though the ROTJ Kenner line really stuck for years here in Toronto as i remember even still finding figures in 1989-90 at some dollar stores and i picked up a MOC ROTJ Vader and R2 from a hobby shop when i was 11..local flea markets also had the odd bins with mixed Kenner Star Wars figures.
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