S.H. Figuarts Star Wars

[Darkseed]

If their doing riot troops , I hope Finn isn't too far behind

 

[Big Deano]

When they get to Rey I hope we get an unmasked Kylo head with her just like the unmasked Vader with Luke.

I actually prefer Kylo without the mask tbh.

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[Gearhart21]

Hold on, you're saying that's not your complete collection? ..Damn.

No, this is my Figuarts collection as of now.

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[FatHotei]

When they get to Rey I hope we get an unmasked Kylo head with her just like the unmasked Vader with Luke.

I actually prefer Kylo without the mask tbh.

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Me too. Odd they haven't made either lead actor of the new film. Could it have something to do with one of them being a woman and the other a black guy? I'm not calling the Japanese racist, but I am saying that in the Japanese toy market there is definitely a narrow view of marketable archetypes. We see it over here too, but mostly with female characters, like Black Widow and even Rey has been excluded from odd things, like one of the hasbro millennium falcon playsets (if you've seen the film you'll know why that's odd).

Sam Jackson told this story in an interview about how he was walking down the street in Japan with a Japanese film financier who was telling him that Sam Jackson movies were not marketable in Japan because he's black and there are basically no black people in Japan. Ironically, as the financier was telling him this, Sam Jackson was fighting off swarms of Japanese fans asking for autographs.

I wouldn't hold your breath for Finn. The only reason we're getting Mace Windu is because Sam Jackson is the biggest movie star in the world.

 

[Jaycepticon]

Very Finn figure I've seen has been a shelf-warmer. They should just make it limited and they can capitalize on them with the price and not have a warehouse full of SHF Finn's.

 

[Baneofdemon22]

I got my Kylo-Ren today, and it is easily the greatest figure that I own. I didn't think anything would top my Warrior Awakened Goku, since Goku is my favorite fictional character, but this figure is just incredible! I thought it was going to be a bit of a dull figure since it's all black, but no! The detail is insane.

 

[Rafael Arenov]

No, this is my Figuarts collection as of now.View attachment 233041

So you were the guy a couple of posts ago that have a big a** collection. Pretty cool, dude.

Also everyone states **** like it's a fact all the time, including those who call others out on it, and yes including me in this very post .Nobody's gonna put 'imo' behind every sentence. There's calling people out on their words and than theres interpreting them needlessly negatively. Anyway, this **** isn't an exact science..

Reading his post and then him defending it's his opinion, guy made it seem like it was open for interpretation "bs figures is better" I'm not saying everybody should put imo, just make it clear it's their opinion. If he doesn't like Figuarts Kylo, fine by me. God bless his soul and all the luck to him. Hell, if I meet WWEJedi personally I'd buy him a beer and we'd just talk about figures and not bicker like a bunch of 12 year olds.

I'm happy for WWEJedi and others in this forum that in this day and age we get a variety of companies offering their kind of Star Wars figures for us to choose from.

 

[FatHotei]

So after the Clone Wars I watched season 1 and 2 of Rebels. It's only meh. The show is at its strongest when it leans on the Clone Wars or the OT. The Siege of Lothal was easily the best ep of the entire series, with only the duel between Ahsoka and the Inquisitors being a close second. Ahsoka is badass as ****. I just want this entire show to revolve around Ahsoka and the surviving clones, but alas, we're stuck with a poor man's Chewbacca and a millennium pigeon.

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Captain Rex survived the clone wars! And Wolfe and Gregor! They picked a good trio. But what happens to Wolfe and Gregor after Rex bails on them? Why didn't they come along?

Ezra is a little ****** and Freddie Prinze Jr is an unfortunate combination of Han Solo and Anakin Skywalker. Sounds good on paper but it doesn't work. That pony tail has got to go. Season 3 better bring the action and kill off that chick with the air brush. The gen-Z pandering is annoying.

 

[Gearhart21]

So you were the guy a couple of posts ago that have a big a** collection. Pretty cool, dude.



Reading his post and then him defending it's his opinion, guy made it seem like it was open for interpretation "bs figures is better" I'm not saying everybody should put imo, just make it clear it's their opinion. If he doesn't like Figuarts Kylo, fine by me. God bless his soul and all the luck to him. Hell, if I meet WWEJedi personally I'd buy him a beer and we'd just talk about figures and not bicker like a bunch of 12 year olds.

I'm happy for WWEJedi and others in this forum that in this day and age we get a variety of companies offering their kind of Star Wars figures for us to choose from.

Haha yeah, they guy with a huge problem lol I'm trying to control myself now and not buy more first order troopers....trying atleast. I hope soon I can start on my dioramas I'm work on a laat right now.

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[Silrian]

Finally seen TFA. Not a perfect film for me in a technical sense at all, but the two chars I anticipated mostly, Rey and Kylo, were exactly what I hoped for.

I think a particular accessory for Rey should make it clear her figure release in SHF form now would be too much of a spoiler.

About said spoilers:

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Can't believe they actually did what I theorized, but ultimately thought improbable recently: Finn isn't a force user and just uses the sabre. Sorry Finn fans, and I really liked the char btw, but really wanted Rey to be would-be-jedi and damn they delivered even more than I thought. I was very struck though by just how much they do not reveal in this fillm. It's as much a stand alone movie as LotR1 is: not, at all. It truly feels like a new beginning, but just that, only a beginning. Yet also alluding to so much stuff that happened before it. It almost feels like Episode X rather than VII... (So even in that sense it parallels to episode IV).

Loved Kylo, but knew the EU, so he played out exactly as I thought he would. I can't believe they managed to get the name 'Kylo' to sound cool to me. That was somewhat underwhelming, but better than getting something I didn't want. Regarding the conversation a bunch of posts back about lost souls... I like the fact that Kylo comes so close to the edge that I think JJ is right in saying the new villain needed to 'earn' being a successor to Vader by doing something extremely brutal (and he does so multiple times, at least twice). I do think he can come back insofar as Vader did: do something good in the end, and I do think Han's final gesture symbolises that. I do think part of his weakness in the fight with Rey is exactly because contrary to his own belief, killing his father did not free him from his inner strife and doubt at all. But it feels completely 50/50 whether he in fact WILL turn away from the dark side at any point. I really hope he won't simply devolve into mindless evil, because his actions imply a very tragic but psychologically interesting backstory. (Don't **** that up Disney like you make every marvel villain a one note disney villain.) But to be honest, and that's what I'm probably most surprised about, we know so little about most characters still. I think the Knights of Ren are all pupils from Luke that Kylo (or Snoke) corrupted. Rather than one person, it seems more potent of a reason to go in full exile, if you fail an entire group of pupils as a teacher, Luke could very well feel all but cursed. He is after all, not just Vader's son, but the last jedi trained by the very same jedis that failed and let the Sith rise up. What would make him any better teacher? He might be asking himself that... I'm rooting for Rey to be Luke's daughter, not Kylo's sister. Although I can see both cases turn out great.

There's a lot to say particularly because TFA revealed so little. I gotta say holy **** at people who anticipated Phasma. Did we see her even firing a single shot? She's not even close as iconic as Boba was in Empire alone. I'm also sort of surprised to having seen no backlash at all yet on marketing Finn as the would-be jedi when he was indeed not force sensitive. Or doesn't seem to be yet. (But I'd find it odd if he becomes one after all. Finn seems perfect as Han 2.0, which is what I expected from the beginning. If we do actually act as if there are only two black people in the star wars universe, than I'd sooner say he's Lando's son than Mace's offspring...)

As said I have technical issues with the movie. I think JJ doesn't handle some reveals that well. There's pacing issues imo, as well as quite a lot of overly convenient plot or situational progression. WTF is up with spatial distances in this movie? The Falcon is suddenly trackable!? Wut? It's a fakking smuggler ship ffs. Next time, when you have a galactic war's pivotal droid in your posession, don't take it into a bar full of untrustworthy people. (that type of weak stuff to drive the plot does really annoy me). It tried to earn weight a little too much based on nostalgic and mirroring beats (a third small point to destroy to blow up a wmd? Come on man...), rather than actual new character or world building. But that also goes back to just how baffled I am in how much was NOT shown. If there's any performance I'd criticise, it might be Gleeson's. His character felt a little too disney villain style caricature. But I'd need to see it again for that. Mostly everything else is draped in mystery and that could be unveiled as awesome, or sheer exploitation. Dem merch gold disney, dem god damn merch gold.

If anything, a sw fan should be used to technically imperfect star wars movies so whatever. The SW franchise as a wholeis fantastic, but none of the 7 films are the best in the medium imo, so I'm not bothered by that. I got the three most important things for me: nothing old is ruined (I think), Rey and Kylo were what I hoped, and SW is back alive.

I really disliked Looper and Jurassic World bored me to hell (granted not a fan of that franchise), so damnit Johnson and Trevorro, don't **** it up.

 

[the angry orc]

I didn't like Rebels initially but I enjoy it now. My son loves it so it's fun to watch with him. Ahsoka is great. The duel with the two inquisitors was definitely one of my favorite scenes. I feel like the show has gotten stronger as it goes. I trust Dave Filoni to do it right especially after how awesome Clone Wars ended up being.


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[Silrian]

The gen-Z pandering is annoying.

Lol, yeah that really is annoying to me as well. I think all the tie-ins to other sw stuff they shoved in s2 (Vader, Ahsoka and so on) is what made me keep watching.

Did you like Tarkin in CW btw? I really got a kick seeing him and Anakin converse.

 

[the angry orc]

Yeah the Vader/Ahsoka/Rex stuff really made me start paying attention. I'm not really big on any of the 'main' group yet.


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[Silrian]

I like Sabine because I just love mando armour and I like that it's a female mando for once. I like the twilek pilot too although not enough to remember her name clearly. I find ... fak, McQuarrie concept chewbacca dude annoying. Ezra and Kaiden are okay for me when it concerns dramatic content. I between there's the kids show pandering, but that's fine, it IS a kids show so whatever.

They better ****ing add (serious, serious episode VII spoiler!)

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the skywalker blue lightsabre to Rey's SHF release! God DAMNIT I loved it when she pulled that out of the snow. Yes she does develop powers a little overtly quickly, but, I do think there's more to that (not just being a prodigy).

 

[FatHotei]

Yeah the Vader/Ahsoka/Rex stuff really made me start paying attention. I'm not really big on any of the 'main' group yet.


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Same here. I think they knew they were floundering so they injected some old magic into it. They're resting on their laurels but I enjoy the old characters so I don't mind. The show should continue to focus less and less on the crew of the Ghost and focus more on the rebellion at large.

Lol, yeah that really is annoying to me as well. I think all the tie-ins to other sw stuff they shoved in s2 (Vader, Ahsoka and so on) is what made me keep watching.

Did you like Tarkin in CW btw? I really got a kick seeing him and Anakin converse.

I love Tarkin. I would snatch up a Grand Moff figuart. When I first saw Star Wars as kid, Tarkin was so mysterious and commanding. I always thought, who is this dude who's telling Vader what to do? Tarkin don't take no ****. I thought they planted that seed well in the Clone Wars with the rapport developed between he and Anakin.

I guess General Hux is a our new Tarkin, but honestly, Bill Weasley didn't fill me with dread and panic in quite the same way as the Grand Moff.

 

[FatHotei]

They better ****ing add (serious, serious episode VII spoiler!)

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the skywalker blue lightsabre to Rey's SHF release! God DAMNIT I loved it when she pulled that out of the snow. Yes she does develop powers a little overtly quickly, but, I do think there's more to that (not just being a prodigy).

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It's also to do with escalation. We, as the audience, have seen so many Jedi at this point, Disney can't build Rey's powers as slowly as Lucas did for Luke in the OT. We've seen too many lightsaber fights and too much force ability at this point to wait until the last film in the trilogy for our character to be a decent Jedi. That'd be boring. The learning curve is stronger these days for young Jedi.

 

[Silrian]

@Fat

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that is true to some extent, but I'd also argue we haven't seen that enough in a certain way. That is to say, we've seen many jedi by now, yes, we've seen many jedi who were at a stage of 'in training', yes. But we've actually NEVER seen a jedi literally being trained except Luke in a few scenes. And only in ANH did it even feature a lightsabre. [EDIT] And the cave in Empire of course, sorry. Yeah and younglings moving like puppets in aotc lmao. We never see or hear anything about for example the jedi stances and that there are different and even more aggresive ones, like juyo. That's all left to EU and non-movie material. On top of that, I think the movie was too short. There was very little time to breathe. It could've used some 10 minutes sprinkled throughout to give some more scenes an added measure of just 'being in that world'. All other star wars movies had it. Yes they are action films, but it doesn't need to be one massive roller coaster. JJ cut stuff off very quickly, and he made some really weird cuts as well imo. But I'm not a particular fan of JJ as a director I have to say. Thank whatever mighty god that made him stop sticking lens flares on everything.

Also, this is rather interesting, about Rey's parentage. Apparently the movie's novelisations reveals a little more. Regarding Rey And Putting It All On The Table.

 

[chobits55]

Hooray Rebels. I'm the same as most who didn't care until they showed Darth Vader. however I've liked Kanan more ever since I've read the Volume 1 of Kanan @ Barnes and Nobles.

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Showing how fighting in the clone wars era and after went on the Run after palpatine initiated the execution of all Jedis. why he has his hair tied and how he became to be a pirate.

also hopeful to see if Kanan or Ezra will make it to rogue one(I believe this is before ANH). it's unlikely but I've grown fond of Ezra, his moves are pretty good. but I think most of them will die. however since Ahsoka isn't a Jedi anymore, maybe she can survive till ANH? or maybe go into hiding and with the new gen of force sensitive users.

 

[scoobacca]

I really like Kylo Ren & I actually don't mind his hood at all. Generally I prefer to pose my figures in a neutral pose. With that in mind I didn't care for the four separate pieces of his robe, so I used some very strong tape inside & connected his robe so it appears as a single piece now. This really helped slim down the robe as well.



I turned my FO Stormtrooper into a commander using the pauldron from the black series Snowtrooper commander.



I wasn't very happy with the cape on my Mafex Darth Vader, so I decided to fix it so it has a more realistic drape to it.



I also converted a Mafex Stormtrooper into a Sandtrooper. I used parts from 3 different Stormtrooper/Sandtrooper figures to create this one. The Mafex, Bandai model kit & black series figures.

 

[the angry orc]

That Mafex Sandtrooper custom looks awesome. Excellent mods on all of them!


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