1/6 Target Exclusive "12 inch" TFA droids

[SpaceCrawler]

Anyone see these yet in person?

Sean

 

[darkeyes]

They are actually discussing them over here:

https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/...res/49914-hasbro-appreciation-thread-290.html

 

[Wor-Gar]

Look cheap. Filler for those who like crowded shelves.

 

[SpaceCrawler]

Found them today. I was mainly interested in the R2 style droid. It has no middle leg and no ankle articulation. But otherwise it's nice. Similar in size to Sideshow's R2. 3PO is a good sculpt but only has shoulder articulation and the hips have very limited movement:

Sean

 

[TaliBane]

Sean

Cute - he's like 3PO's little brother!

Thanks for posting. Interested to have these in-hand.

 

[zeiss]

These look pretty cool. A great way to get a decent looking threepio if you are on a budget. I have the Medicom threepio and even though it is a little undersized like this one, it looks great next to the Hot Toys figures as long as I don't let my collector OCD tendencies get the better of me. I would love to see them come our with an R2D2 as well. I suspect they will since they already have most of the mold taken care of.

 

[TaliBane]

I just ordered these guys. Wish the 3PO had been chrome plated like all the previous Hasbro/Kenner 3PO's were but I guess he did look pretty dull and plasticky in TFA, so maybe hasbro did this finish for a reason.

They'll probably do an R2 but R2 was basically a no-show in TFA so Hasbro maybe thought kids wouldn't be as interested with no movie backing the character up. BB-8 seems to have replaced R2 in the "cute robot" stakes.

 

[generalgrevious]

could never replace r2 he is iconic

 

[TaliBane]

could never replace r2 he is iconic

They already did.

 

[JayJayPreston]

I guess they wouldn't ship to the UK?

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[SithThundercracker]

BB-8 seems to have replaced R2 in the "cute robot" stakes.

could never replace r2 he is iconic

R2 was way overesposed in the prequels. BB is far cuter. Replace already happened in my heart.

 

[Prime Clone]

From the Rey thread...

If anyone wants a cheap BB-8 there's this one:

 

[TaliBane]

R2 was way overesposed in the prequels. BB is far cuter. Replace already happened in my heart.

Oh, so we're not a fan of rocket boosters are we?

BB-8 gets blown apart in Ep8 and put back together by Chewie - but he puts him together wrong and he travels the rest of the movie as a dome atop two balls instead of one. That might ruin the cute factor.

 

[generalgrevious]

PT lovers they all think it started with those three god awful cgi films

 

[Prime Clone]

Well, the original idea was for the saga to be seen through Artoo and Threepio's eyes. That's changed with TFA.

BTW unless your username is ironic you must've liked Grievous at least?

 

[TonTon]

Well, the original idea was for the saga to be seen through Artoo and Threepio's eyes. That's changed with TFA.

SW was very much like that, the entire plot moves through their characters, but they sort of moved away from that for the most part even by Empire with 3PO being blown apart for chunks of it and blind after being put together.

 

[Wor-Gar]

That conceit -- that the movies are told from the robots POV -- is an old conceit that Lucas really only held onto during press for ANH.

I'm happy for the Hasbro collectors, that they have some more stuff to get.

 

[cokebabies]

From the Rey thread...

You should totally snatch that up. That thing is going to be worth a fortune soon, due to the "Exclusive" misprint.

 

[AIR]

PT lovers they all think it started with those three god awful cgi films

No. I know it started with those god awful practical effects movies

 

[Mr Walker]

Oh, so we're not a fan of rocket boosters are we?

I'd managed to forget about that, so damn you, sir, for reminding me of that horror. I must now go scrub my brain with alcohol.