Recent Star Wars Figures Help Request: The Best Ones????

[huedell]

The Vintage Carded Style figures are always done well. I have a few extras of some of them
...I'll have to check to see which ones because I don't remember off hand.

Hey grayhank please keep me posted (I had a feeling you might have had spares being
that you're a hardcore SW Hasbro guy)---and loose figures are better because I display
loose anyway ---

thanks grayhank---and again thank you ALL

like spider said---MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU

[huedell]

Thanks for all the advice guys---the Fett pack sounds cool IF the Fett can compete
with the VOTC version as far as articulation---if not---well---I'll hunt down the VOTC Fett-
--I'm basically just looking for the best articulated figures first and foremost.

I'm easy to please---there was ONE new Lobot made---but he has articulated elbows
and more realistic (less buff) build---so I'm stoked to get that new LOBOT.

As far as Stormtroopers go---I only need one (or POSSIBLY two)
and the only one to buy as far as I know for my personal tastes is
the VOTC version---I hear----along with the VOTC Fett, he's one of the best SW figures ever made

[grayhank]

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[txteach]

As a star wars collector I collect what I think is cool. As far as older stuff (97-2000) it's pretty cheap for now. I mainly like stormtroopers and other fighting units (rebel soldiers, snow troopers, biker scouts) but I also like a lot of the old stuff. A lot of the stuff (the book figures) I don't relate to so I leave them alone.

[Bo8a_Fett]

The fact that there are soooooo many nowadays has made me give up on Star Wars figures....I have most figures right up to the release of Phantom menace then picked up any cheap ones I could find and any I really liked...at least with the original figures there was a finite number of them....and once you'd got em you'd got em...lol...same with megos....also now with the Who figures out I can't really buy 2 lines of neverending sets...lol.
Choose what you think are the cool ones ...the ones that appeal to you ...and pick others up when the prices drop...build an army of stormies and have fun...lol

[spiderrogue]

i agree with don. there are so many figures out lately(hundreds within the last few years), that it makes it really tough for someone who is new and wanting to buy the "best" stuff out there..it does get overwhelming really easy. like i said and others too...just get what you like, that's probably the best advice that anyone can give ya..i tended to stay away from droids when we collected...my wife got the jedi ladies and reg. ladies(leia, etc)...so, it's pretty much just personal opinion or choice as to what you really want..you know? when the new g i joes came out last year or so, i was sooo tempted to start buying a few of them. but my thought wasif i get one or two, i would eventually be pulled back in and start wanting them all and i just dont have the money or even the space to do that again, lol. anywho..good luck with your quest..and may the force be with you...ha..didnt see that one comin'..did ya?

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

Collecting Star Wars figs is kind of a mixed bag. There are SOOOOO MANY figures out there, and so many versions of each character it's tough to sort through. I'd look up some websites, see pics of all the different versions and decide which version of each character appeals most to you. That's how I did it. (I DON'T need ten different Darth Vaders, all in slight variants of the black armour.)

....Or maybe you're really into Darth and want to build an army. That's cool too; and you CERTAINLY have the opportunity to do so nowadays....

Don C.

[spiderrogue]

mandalore kicks butt in kotr 2....he is a cool character(got the pc game)

[BlackKnight]

The New Battle Damaged DarthVader from the New upcomming video Game "Force" Unleashed is Pretty darn cool imo. Highly detailed.

I also liked the 3 packs New Evolutions figures.

Vader's secret Apprentice 3 pack
The Sith Legacy 3 Pack
& The 3 Pack Fett Legacy. It comes with New Sculpts of Boba Fett, Jango Fett & The New Mandalore figure from Knights of the Old Republic .

These IMO,.. are some of the Very best Star Wars figures in a Long time. Great Stuff.

[huedell]

I have no reason to complain about Lucas spider----

Lucas and I have something in common
Lucas is trying to be a smart salesman/businessman by making certain
manufacturing/liscencing decisions---
just like I'm trying to make smart purchases by asking around in this thread

I'm quite happy with that.

Although I WILL happilly admit I'd love to see new characters from the
original trilogy made too

[spiderrogue]

it's all part of lucas' plan, to take over the world. i get tired of seeing the same characters came out...he needs to work on some that have never been released(like the twin gals from the cantina scene, hanging out with han, in ANH)....stuff like that. not another han or luke(although, i do get why he does the main ones over and over)....

[huedell]

my advice, get who you like...cant go wrong with that.

In the end this is solid advice--as---simply if I see another I might like better---
I'll just replace/upgrade it----I still feel like a chump for buying a
FLIGHT TO ALDERAAN HAN when the VOTC one is obviously the better figure--

-the plus side is I only paid about $4 for the figure and the VOTC is harder
to get on the cheap

[spiderrogue]

yea...when the new prequels came out, we only wanted certain ones too...but over the years, we ended up with a couple hundred or so. lol. eventually sold them all of...everything..figures, old ones(from 90's), new ones, vehicles, ships, all of it. just got out of hand and couldnt keep up with what was coming out.

[spiderrogue]

to be honest, with so many figures coming out and the same ones coming out year after year(it does get confusing), and it got way out of control for me to want to even collect them anymore. but..on the other hand...my 3 favorite characters to get are the biker scout, emporer's royal guard(red) and boba fett....can't go wrong with fett...
i agree with speedy, go for the vintage looking ones, kinda cool and nostalgic...
you know, you can get so and so this year(who may be the best out there right now)..but wait a year and they will re release the same one with new packaging or better sculpting...so, it's always going to be a gamble with this stuff. my advice, get who you like...cant go wrong with that.

[huedell]

You should definitely consider getting the VOTC figures which are the ones on the repro vintage style cardbacks. The figures look great and classic cardbacks are are a very nice bonus. Odds are you'll have to resort to ebay to find them but based on what I've seen they sell pretty cheap.

Thanks Speed

Alot of those VOTC figures have gotten great reviews and look great
from what I've seen in pics on the Net.

I'm not exactly sure how I'll end up with 'em but I'm psyched.

My renewed interest in SW figs was inspired by the recent
INDY JONES figs in the same scale---time to revisit the SW figs
and hope they look/pose better than the older ones AND I hope I don't
get too sucked in. I'm really only looking to buy about 15 different
characters (but I already screwed up with the SAGA figs I bought that
I mentioned above^^^!)