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Luke Skywalker Snowspeeder Pilot BD 51
« on: January 23, 2010, 12:41:34 PM »
After waiting forever, I found this the other day and tore into the package with a hunger for more ESB goodness.
Costing $7.47 at a local Walmart, this figure represents yet another achevement in quality by Hasbro and what has got to be the best representation of Luke's likeness that I have ever seen on a 3 3/4 scale figure. Fully articulated, Luke has an all new nicely screen accurate looking pilot body sculpt with a partially covered head and great looking paint apps. He includes a new sculpt pilot's helmet with great paint apps and a more accurate tri-planed visor that just looks incredible. I thought it looked even more like pilot Luke when the helmet was on. He also comes with a lightsaber hilt? "no blade, just a hilt" and a grappling hook gun with removable grappling hook and a length of string attached to the hook. On the tail end of the gun, there is a plastic cable with an attachment ring molded onto the end of it. While on the package, it appears that the end of this cable attaches to Luke's belt, this is not the case as no peg or pin for this function exists. "must have been glued into place for the card back shot"
  Also included were the head and gun to the BAD figure HK50 which I am getting close to finishing another of.

All in all folks, this is a killer Luke Pilot sculpt with Great articulation and a killer helmet. Lightsaber or not, this is now my favorite Luke Skywalker and it was certainly worth the price of admission.

I couldn't resist posing this guy with my POTJ snowspeeder for a few shots but one has to wonder, if this Luke was meant to be played with the new Big ATAT walker that is to come out in the future and you were supposed to use the grappling hook to replicate the scene where Luke cuts his way into the bottom of a walker to deposit an esplosive, then where is the lightsaber blade, Hasbro?

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Re: Luke Skywalker Snowspeeder Pilot BD 51
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2010, 12:42:50 PM »
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Re: Luke Skywalker Snowspeeder Pilot BD 51
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2010, 12:44:02 PM »
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Re: Luke Skywalker Snowspeeder Pilot BD 51
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2010, 12:45:20 PM »
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Re: Luke Skywalker Snowspeeder Pilot BD 51
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2010, 05:06:12 PM »
I agree Clint, this one looks to be the best likeness of Luke. And that grappling hook does make one wonder too doesn't it. Great review. I need to get it and a few others up on the front page.

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Re: Luke Skywalker Snowspeeder Pilot BD 51
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2010, 05:23:18 PM »
I'll get the FP story if you get the other part.

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Re: Luke Skywalker Snowspeeder Pilot BD 51
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2010, 05:28:53 PM »
I'll get the FP story if you get the other part.

Works for me.

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Re: Luke Skywalker Snowspeeder Pilot BD 51
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2010, 05:31:30 PM »
Awesome review clint.
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Re: Luke Skywalker Snowspeeder Pilot BD 51
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2010, 08:47:30 PM »
Great review and nice pics.
No blade for the lightsaber? No attachment for the hooks rope?
Seems normal anymore for Hasbro.
But it does look much more accurate and is a well made and thought out figure... Too bad they let the accessories lack so much.
Well done .

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Re: Luke Skywalker Snowspeeder Pilot BD 51
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2010, 05:11:59 AM »
I saw that hook and thought new atat so with this great new sculpt plus the hook I ain't gonna whine too much.  I agree with Clint on the appearance of Luke. After seeing so many luke faces all buggered up it was nice to see one actually look like him.

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Re: Luke Skywalker Snowspeeder Pilot BD 51
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2010, 08:43:15 AM »
I love the figure.

I hope they keep it unique to Luke and never give it to another pilot  1] because, well, he's the hero and deserves a spectacular unique version and 2] because it's short as Luke is but most the other pilots aren't (except Wedge) and the Evo snowsuite pilot body is fine for everyone else.
 

nice pictures, CH, I've never owned a Hasbro snowspeeder (waiting on the new one)  so it was cool see him sitting in it, ya know, where he belongs.  heheh

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Re: Luke Skywalker Snowspeeder Pilot BD 51
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2010, 08:58:03 AM »
great review Ch. I haven't seen this figure here in Austria yet, but I hope it will come soon.

The missing lightsaber-blade is really strange but not a big problem in my opinion. Now I'm alos looking forward to the new Snowspeeder.

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Re: Luke Skywalker Snowspeeder Pilot BD 51
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2010, 09:56:44 PM »
looks like yet another good candidate for my to hack apart and find a good joe recipe for....  ;)