Man, R2 is looking great. I hope its in scale with Tama, cuz I really dont feel like buying another Threepio. Of course that's under the assumption that SSCs is in scale together.
....It's only a little later that Tamashii got ambitious (greedy?) and said they wanted to release R2 on their own and not as a joint venture with Sideshow.
The above is speculative and has no base in reality.
Last year at NYCC I spoke to a Bandai rep and he told me that the hold up with R2 was because they wanted to see if they could release R2 on their own and not with Sideshow.
Well its pretty easy for me. Its been one helical SDCC and I'm genuinely happy for all the people that are getting some of those much anticipated figures, but R2 is the only one of the lot I'm getting. AND he's the cheapest. I've been employing extreme discipline( and its only going to get even more narrow) when it comes to these figures nowadays. The prices are making it fairly easy too.
Photo from The Josh.
Some info from the Star Wars Collectors Panel at SDCC - courtesy of Rebelscum.
Sideshow Collectibles followed. Matt Bischof showing off some of the terrific sixth-scale line:
- Echo and Fives Arc Clone troopers
- Scout trooper and Speeder Bike
- R2-D2 (with dome-lightsaber, touch-sensor lights, sail barge serving tray, and more)
- C-3PO (weathered in all ABS plastic for a pre-oil bath look)
- X-Wing Luke Pilot
- TIE Fighter Pilot
Well its pretty easy for me. Its been one helluva SDCC and I'm genuinely happy for all the people that are getting some of those much anticipated figures, but R2 is the only one of the lot I'm getting. AND he's the cheapest. I've been employing extreme discipline( and its only going to get even more narrow) when it comes to these figures nowadays. The prices are making it fairly easy too.
Just thought I'd post this quote from Waller in the 3PO thread:
Touch sensor lights? Does that mean like the lamps, you tap R2's head to turn the lights on? That's pretty cool.
Just thought I'd post this quote from Waller in the 3PO thread:
Touch sensor lights? Does that mean like the lamps, you tap R2's head to turn the lights on? That's pretty cool.
Is Sideshow calling that button on the top of the R2D2 PF dome a "touch sensor"? To me, that's just a standard button that you have to depress to turn the lights on/off.That's how the Premium Format works for Artoo as well.
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