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Offline Cliffthelightning

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Entertainment Earth Astromech R3-Y2
« on: March 07, 2011, 09:07:49 PM »
The 2nd installment in my 'Astroview' series

R3-Y2



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Model:  R3 Astromech Droid
Main selling feature: Milatary uses
Destroyed on: Hoth ( presumably)
Comments: Not much known about this r3 unit that was active on echo base ( writing fan fiction story)

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Lets start of with this guy !

Coloration

Very intersting color scheme on this Droid

The body is mainly an off white color , with  army green panels with silver andmarine blue accents here and there .his dome is transclusent( as with most R3 Droids ) and allows you too see the superior Intellex-V computer brain that R3's had te rest of the dome is accented with green panels a black Optical sensor and some gold and silver detailing , His legs are casted in this medium tan/brown color with some army green and silver accents to make it 'Pop' a bit , there are some white details on the feet , the 3rd leg is tan with some white accents on the foot and some blue above it ( which intrigues me since its the only a handfull or droids  appear to have colored detail on the upper' part of the 3rd leg.

Overall a very cool color scheme in my opinion

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Articulation

Pretty basic but... ah hell ! He's an astromech so

* 360' Hip rotation
* 360 Head rotation ( It clicks)
* Swivel ankles and ( On all 3 legs)
* Retrectable 3rd leg

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Features

His head clicks... thats it

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Pro's
* Very cool color scheme
* Very orignial impressive paintjob ( Lots of detail)
* Rare so the Collectibility level is high

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Cons'

* Older mold its around 10-15 Years old , so some limitation due to it's age ( No foot cabels and a slighty 'streched' look due to the 3rd leg design)
* Rare .. well its expensive loose and its even more expensive in the packs

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Verdict

A very nice droid with a very vibrant color scheme , not really a well known droid... Probably the least well known droid out of the Astromech packs ( along with R2-M5) , If your not into Astro's ...Pass this and buy a cheap R2 which probably has a better mold than this guy . But if your an Astromech addict like me .. You'll love him ... Actually he's my favorite Astromech along with R2-X2 , R4-I9 , R5-K6 and R3-O1 ( R3-M3)

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Overall score
Regular collectors ( 3/10)
Astro whores ( 8/10)

Cheers and thanks for reading

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« Last Edit: March 08, 2011, 12:25:02 AM by Cliffthelightning »

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Re: Entertainment Earth Astromech R3-Y2
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2011, 08:37:22 AM »
I think this is great, any chance your camera has a macro setting? I would love to add these to the imperial review section, but need some clearer pics.

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Re: Entertainment Earth Astromech R3-Y2
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2011, 08:39:16 AM »
I love your review style. Man, I am still kicking myself for missing these when the sets were available at ee.

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Re: Entertainment Earth Astromech R3-Y2
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2011, 10:17:19 AM »
You and me both Clint. I want these soooo bad I had to start making a few of them myself.

Great review! I like your style but clearer pics are a must!

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Re: Entertainment Earth Astromech R3-Y2
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2011, 12:22:32 PM »
Sorry about the picture quality , i've lost my didgital camera's USB cable and i'm currently looking for it ,


Cheers