The Imperial Shipyards
Imperial Review => Action Figures => Topic started by: B.R. Steel on December 04, 2010, 07:25:08 AM
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Thought I'd weigh in with my thoughts on this guy.
The sculpt is great. Everything about it is superb--especially the head, which I believe is the most important. Unless one was rating the sculpt in conjunction with articulation, I don't see how anyone could fault it. It's that good. Representations in the 12" scale aren't this well done.
The paint work is pretty good too. It would have been nice to see a bit of dark wash on the guard's various armored pieces to help bring out some of the sculpted details, but it's certainly not a deal breaker. A lot of folks around here wouldn't have a problem just adding such a wash themselves.
GG is pretty well articulated. He's got a ball jointed head with a fairly good range of motion considering the shape and size of his head. He's also got ball hinged joints at the shoulders, elbows and ankles. Finally, he's got swivel joints at the wrists, waist and hips. As I alluded to in the sculpt section above, articulation is a bit hampered because of it. The ball hinged shoulders are essentially rendered as little more than swivels because of the sculpted shoulder armor; and the hip joints don't move much because of his bulk.
The soft goods skirt looks a bit ridiculous and is really the only fault with this figure. As much as I like the figure as a whole, this skirt nixed the idea of my buying several of these guys. I've seen some folks who were able to futz with it enough where it looked pretty good, but I was never able to get those results.
GG is nicely accessorized. He's got three different weapons which are all nicely done. Plus, his helmet is removable.
So again, all in all, a pretty great figure. I think most differences in opinion will be due to how much that skirt bothers you.
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The softs good skirt.... Just fail, Hasbro.
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I like the skirt but it seems too puffy or big or something. I think overall this is one of the better vintage figures. My favorites are the two Lukes and Boba Fett. So far the Vintage figures have been great for the lesser or background characters as well as the big name characters. I'm glad they didn't only concentrate on the big name characters.
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Nice review. The skirt does seem a bit bulky or fluffy or something but that spot-on sculpt sure makes up for it.
I shot some pics of this guy tonight
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more shots
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more pics
I also shot a cruddy little video review of this figure with my phone below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmayD9yxugQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmayD9yxugQ)
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Yerk Yerk Yerk
I want only twenty of them ;D (Keep dreaming DR, keep dreaming... :'( )
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(http://www.zedsjoesite.com/review/sw2/sw2.jpg)
Han Solo (echo base), Gamorian gaurd, Juno Elcipse, Darth Sidious, and R4-P17 are reviewed
Enjoy
http://www.zedsjoesite.com/review/sw2/sw2.html
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For us who rip our figs apart, what's Sidious wearing under that soft-goods skirt?
Excellent reviews, btw. I bought a TFU box just to get that Juno (but I got it on sale)! Prolly end up repainting her...
Y'know, I wonder how Satan's Piggy would look with Shadow Tracker's spear.....
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I'll get back to you on sid
Satan's piggy with Shadow's weapons fits LOL
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Oh, and if you start playing around with it, pull out WW Hulk's weapons for the Pig... THAT could get interesting!
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Little piggy huge sword is just too many laughs LOL.
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got a video button made for imperial review for the front page today as that is what I promised.
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this figure suffers from a poofy bush dress........but if you pull the belt down into the gap where the two body sections come together, then turn the skirt around and wet it down a little with water and a light spry with hair spray it looks much better
(http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/5640/69946781.jpg)
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The Gamorrean Evolution...