I don't want to compare the SSC dolls to HT or Medicom dolls. I tell it to you as I see it. I received the Bespin Luke and Princess Leia Organa 12inchs last week, and I'm disappointed. Because of the Buck body, these figures come across very toy-ish. Pretty stiff. Luke also had this 'elbow issue'. I'm a huge fan of the OT, but so far, I have to admit that all of the PT 12" figures SSC has released are much better than what we are getting now from the OT - with exception of Old Ben perhaps. That makes me feel like right now, with the higer prices, I'm paying more for worse! And with the recent price increases, that feeling is only getting stronger. I really hope that SSC changes something on those new figures to come. I don't expect much from the Commander Praji figure. I expect a lot from Palpatine/Sidious, but that's PT again. Smuggler Han promises to be one of the better OT figures, but the ANH Luke doesn't look like Luke at all to me. And those ridicules big hands... All Luke's suffer the hand elephantiasis disease. The way I see it, we're made to pay more for these figures, but there is no real improvement compared to the PT jedi.
I also received the Medicom Jango Fett, and the only thing that bugged me about him, was the helmet issue: it doesn't fit right. I know there's a solution to this, but for $150 these things should not happen. If one pays $150 for a 12" doll, and it still ain't right, asking higher dollar for 12" figures can't be the right way. The Medicom's are overpriced.
Both companies should get their issues under control before they make people pay amounts that are not in accord with their product.
