The Imperial Shipyards
Imperial Review => Action Figures => Topic started by: Clonehead on October 19, 2009, 09:05:38 PM
-
I picked this one up last weekend at TRU for the elevated price of $69.99
Alot of hype has surrounded this 6th version of the ever present republic gunship and for a change, this one isn't just a repaint.
This latest version features new full length side doors and smaller doors under the cockpit on either side that fold down. Also, I notice a new floor detail in this forward area. The upper big missle launchers are still there but aft of this are twin swing open additional missile launchers that hold 4 missiles apiece that are fired by twisting the back nacelle shaped end cap and fire one at a time as you cycle this cap. All the normal gunship features are in place except the bombs that used to clip onto the inside of the swing back side doors and the tow/hanging cable in the back below the aft gun barrel. Naturally, the posts are present infront of the swing open side doors for mounting of the new legacy gunpods. Alot of sites have reported that the full length doors negates the positioning of these gunpods while the doors are closed but I discovered something. Notice those square shaped notches in front of the swing open side doors? They are present in the Lucky lekku gunship as well. It is my belief that originally, that notch was to hold the arm of the gunpod while it was connected to the interior pegs and still allow the doors to close. The design of the gunpod arm doesn't allow for this but, the notch is perfectly shaped to fit the arm through it and hold the gunpod in place while the doors are closed even though it's not attached to the interior peg mounting point. So, as you can see, it is still possible to mount the pods with the doors closed.
no decals were offered with this release and they smoked the cockpit glass black again so you cant see any pilots when the canopy is closed. Bummer.
the pics available at sdcc looked like the crumb bomber nose art was a sticker but it is a paint app and does look pretty nice.
It's expensive, an exclusive, pretty neat looking and, I bought it.
I didn't even bother unfolding the included cardboard diorama display for this one because as we all know, it wasn't big enough for display of this ship.
-
pics
last pic shows the storage area under each wing and the extra missile storage.
-
pics
-
pics
-
pics
-
pics
notice how that arm fits into that notch?
I had to take some shots with some clones in there.
-
pics
-
pics
-
It does look great.
And the additions are really nice.
Solid doors in addition to the slotted doors and the nice fold down command doors.
Extra firepower all over the place and redesigning things that worked to make them work better.
Somebody put a little thought into this thing.
So how did they lose their mind and give it smoky cockpit windows and a grossly inflated price?
Dont get me wrong, if I see it, Odds are I will buy it.... But I wont be entirely happy about it.
Until I get a few gunpods to go with it..... And then I will still regret not getting the BMF when I had the chance....
Great Pics and review Clint.
I like this one...
-
thanks buddy. they had a smoked canopy on the lucky lekku gunship also.
Was it not around this time last year that exclusive was $50 at walmart and that was too steep? Now, here comes a tru exclusive and it is $70? how much was the tru exclusive sharkmouth version? $30?
These inflated gunship prices are responsible for the value of the gunships on ebay going up, I'm sure.
-
Not sure... I paid $55 with shipping for mine used.... If I ever would have seen one for under $40 then I would have bought them for sure.
I so want this one, but cant even think about it now unless there is some coupon or discount or sale to make it worthwhile.
I guess in a pinch you could just swap canopies with another gunship.... all the others i have seen and held are about the same... for one that can be seen through...
-
I did forget to mention that I used a $10 off coupon to help with this one.
-
Wow she looks great! I saw one of these yesterday at my local store. I told my wife about it (which I rarely do since she really doesn't care about it) I was so excited to see it. Now if I just had an extra 70 dollars sitting around =)
-
Do you think that it is worth the money? How many figures does it hold?
-
Here is my problem with the whole thing: This is the 6th version, and we're just NOW getting more detail and action from this thing? When ROTS came out, these went for $30 or $35, and have continued to shoot up to double the initial price for essentially the same thing. Not just this, but once again, Hasbro posted RECORD profits despite SLOWER sales! That means, they're selling less items (probably because it's the same old same old for the most part), inflating the prices, and STILL making huge profits. I dont' care if this comes with solid gold floors and a $50 gift card to TRU, I'm not buying it and I hope TRU get's stuck with a shit ton of these.
On a brighter note, nice shots Clint!
-
Dear Hasbro,
Why is the Crumb Bomber worth twice the list price of the original gunship? If you'd get the price down to a more reasonable level, I'd buy up several rather than the ONE I figure on buying at the new price-point.
-
I agree with Pat, the price tag, to me is insane. I fear in the next few years we will have basic vehicles ringing up at $35.00 and all other large scales at a minimum of $100 plus. I like the ship but just This last go around the Walmart gunships were clearanced out locally so for me to go and hunt this one, just isn't going to happen, the new features are nice but not worth the extra money.
I like the photos and I like the extra features but the price is the deal breaker for me.
-
I just read that from Nov1-26th, tru is supposed to offer $20 off the crumb bomber's price. $50 is still high but more affordable anyway.
-
crumb bomber in the u.k. is £79.99!!!!! thats $132.878!!!!!!!
-
Even with priority international shipping, I could get you one cheaperthan that mate.
-
Clone-Cash would drop it another $5... ;D
-
I haven't found any clone cash. It would be cool to, as it would save money on some of the big stuff.
-
I just read that from Nov1-26th, tru is supposed to offer $20 off the crumb bomber's price. $50 is still high but more affordable anyway.
I would buy one for $50 so I may have to look out for one and find some more clone cash to even further justify the purchase.
-
If it's available Saturday, I'm going to buy one.
-
The crumb bomber logo is great but, it is just a repaint of all the others ( who didn't know that).
-
does it come with any figs?
-
Nope, no figs are included although they should be.
-
I got mine when they were on sale for $50.00. I did some comparing and the gun barrels will fit the other gunships and the AT-TE, I bought my son an AT-TE at a second hand store for $20.00 and it was missing the gun barrels so I took the extra barrels off of the gunship and put them on the AT-TE for him. He was pretty excited. That is one thing I like about the gun ship is that instead of bombs you have an abundance of barrels so you don't have to worry about loosing one and being screwed. It sucks having the canopy smoked so you can't see the pilots. I have the smaller gun turrets mounted on gunship and when you close the doors you just rotate them to the inside. Takes up the room that you could have extra troopers though.
Ken
-
wow
-
I never was able to get one. :( I got a Lucky Lekku and a rancor-mouth and really wanted to get one of these. Drat.
-
Nice man!