S.H. Figuarts Star Wars

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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.[emoji38]

Son, your archetype for finn disturbs me.

 

[Jerk48]

How did you make the Mafex Vader Cape drape?

 

[scoobacca]

How did you make the Mafex Vader Cape drape?

I used hot glue to attach the cape to the figure stand. That was the only way I could think of getting the cape to drape properly. If I ever change my mind it will be easy to remove from the figure stand.

 

[scoobacca]

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


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Thank you very much! I finally got around to painting the pauldron orange, I didn't have any orange paint so I mixed some red & yellow together to come up with something resembling orange. Although in this picture it appears more red than it looks in person.

 

[Rafael Arenov]

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.

Haha. The more the merrier right? Oh yeah, I remember your works on the diorama you're doing. Any plans on making some OT dio?

 

[Silrian]

Son, your archetype for finn disturbs me.

Uuuh...?

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I hope finn becomes the new badass gunslinger. Iirc han is ex military too, finn is just perfect as the next gen Han. I was a little disappointed Rey took the falcon in the end, but maybe Finn will get a new iconic ship. Although he's not a pilot. Rea
Ly wonder here thyll take him but I hope it involves gunslinging. Funny hiw BB-8 is Poe's and R2 seems to sort of pass long to Rey. Was surprised Chewie went with her to Luke. But I guess "he likes you", pervy carpet.

Also bit bummed out there was no cool Han flying the falcon in battle moment. Except landing on starkiller.

I think I'm good with just SHF Kylo and Rey, assuming they make her, for TFA. My wallet is happy with that. Other chars need to prove themselves more in VIII first for me to care enough. Wasn't so impressed by the stormies, I didn't even spot a snowtrooper and only one flametrooper moment. And well Phasma, yeah, uh folks, might wanna watch the movie before buying her...

 

[prodigy1367]

Uuuh...?

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I hope finn becomes the new badass gunslinger. Iirc han is ex military too, finn is just perfect as the next gen Han. I was a little disappointed Rey took the falcon in the end, but maybe Finn will get a new iconic ship. Although he's not a pilot. Rea
Ly wonder here thyll take him but I hope it involves gunslinging. Funny hiw BB-8 is Poe's and R2 seems to sort of pass long to Rey. Was surprised Chewie went with her to Luke. But I guess "he likes you", pervy carpet.

Also bit bummed out there was no cool Han flying the falcon in battle moment. Except landing on starkiller.

I think I'm good with just SHF Kylo and Rey, assuming they make her, for TFA. My wallet is happy with that. Other chars need to prove themselves more in VIII first for me to care enough. Wasn't so impressed by the stormies, I didn't even spot a snowtrooper and only one flametrooper moment. And well Phasma, yeah, uh folks, might wanna watch the movie before buying her...

With the rate Tamashii's been popping these figures out they're definitely gonna give us the two main characters, no doubt about it. As for Phasma

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She'll be coming back next movie guaranteed. They did troll the crap out us presenting her as bigger than she was (at least for this movie). I feel Chewie had more lines than she did lol.

Regarding the new Han, that honor is most likely going to Rey. She's gonna be a sorta Luke/Han hybrid. She has the technical know how, she's bff's with Chewie and he was gonna hire her as his apprentice anyways. As for Finn, who knows what'll happen with him. I think he may just become a force user down the line and really just develop into his own character. While a lot of people say this movie was essentially a rebooted Episode 4, I disagree. Sure it had a lot of similarities and cheap nostalgic nuances but I felt the differences outweighed the similarities.

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[Silrian]

@prodigy I think the difference do outweigh the similarities, but I sortof doubt whether they outnumber them...

This is interesting, the movie novelisation reveals some strong backstory bits. (Obviously, spoilers.) ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Novelization Clarifies Several Scenes from the Movie | Not Yet Rated

This actually settles quite a few things that left many, including me, wondering whether some scenes didn't play out a bit too easy, but I like all this stuff a lot.

 

[Baneofdemon22]

Awesome mods Scoobacca!

@Silrian Glad you liked the movie! Except for Old Luke, I think I'm going to go with you and save myself that cash on Force Awakens characters since they're most likely going to get their definitive outfits in later movies. Unless, they want to release an early version of Episode VIII's Rey because I know I want a figure of her, it's just that I don't want multiple versions like I do with Vader and Luke.
Right now my top 5 is:

1. Episode III Anakin Skywalker (I highly recommend the Episode III novel. I just finished it and I loved it!)

2. Episode III Obi Wan

3. Bespin Luke

4. Bespin Han

5. TFA Luke

 

[Gearhart21]

Haha. The more the merrier right? Oh yeah, I remember your works on the diorama you're doing. Any plans on making some OT dio?

Oh yeah, none of which are drawn up yet but I plan on a millennium falcon(probably not the entire ship but a significant amount), throne room from ROTJ, and Endor for my scouts. Probably do the first scene from ANH as well.

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[prodigy1367]

@prodigy I think the difference do outweigh the similarities, but I sortof doubt whether they outnumber them...

This is interesting, the movie novelisation reveals some strong backstory bits. (Obviously, spoilers.) ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Novelization Clarifies Several Scenes from the Movie | Not Yet Rated

This actually settles quite a few things that left many, including me, wondering whether some scenes didn't play out a bit too easy, but I like all this stuff a lot.

Wow that really clarified A LOT. Hopefully we see those same revelations play out in the next two movies. Excellent article Sil

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I've gotten over the Kylo and Rey battle when at first I was let down. That article pretty much encompasses what I believed after some deep thinking on the fight.

I love how a lot of people have been complaining about Kylo (myself included at first) but fail to see how complex he really is. He's not a cookie cutter villain and he is just starting to develop. He had a lot of internal struggle and during his fight it showed. I really can't wait to see how his story progresses. He and Rey are by far the most interesting characters in the Star Wars universe imo. Anakin is up there also but these two already take the cake for me. Finn's cool too but I have yet to really be intrigued by him. We just have to wait and see.

Btw can it be safe to assume most if not all have seen the movie by now? I don't mind keeping stuff in spoiler tags but what's the general consensus on this?


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[GasparZizou]

Still waiting for that Vader 2.0

 

[azrael439]

I'll try

The cloth where the hood rests can move around. you can move the cloth a bit to the left and drag the front down. this way the hood will face down and cover the top part of Rens Helmet and shows more of mask only.

it's easier to play around if you lift the whole cloth the holds the hood and then play to get the position right.

here I've tried to do an illustration. excuse my skills.

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also move the head like it's leaning forward.

Thanks for the picture, I'm going to try this method, as of now my kylo is hoodless.


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[kevchan1103]

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.

Can you share your mod of the cape? Looks really nice now~

 

[scoobacca]

Can you share your mod of the cape? Looks really nice now~

Thanks so much! I used hot glue to attach the cape to the figure stand. That was the only way I could think of getting the cape to drape properly. If I ever change my mind it will be easy to remove from the figure stand.

 

[Tortugatron]

Thanks so much! I used hot glue to attach the cape to the figure stand. That was the only way I could think of getting the cape to drape properly. If I ever change my mind it will be easy to remove from the figure stand.

Hmmm, wouldn't it have been easier to just take the wire out and sew a weight on the cape edge?

 

[GasparZizou]

How easily can the cape on the mafex be removed? If you have the skills to mess with the wired cape seems to me like it's easier to just make a non-wired cape, no need to ruin the wired one.

 

[Baneofdemon22]

Still waiting for that Vader 2.0

I bought the Mafex Vader, but I will buy that in a heart beat. I love Tamashii's take on Vader's design. It's probably my favorite design for Vader, but I just want it to be bigger!

 

[Big Deano]

Its weird now that you think about it, that there have been 4 different designs for Vader, all slightly different, and every figure seems to take design after a different one; figuarts was ROTJ, with the wider helmet, Mafex was Empire. ANH is the only one no one seems to like making, because of the fabric that goes over the shoulder armor instead of under.

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[JermaineD2]

Mine came today sh figuarts did amazing job on this piece.I prefer to display without unhood version its better in my opinion