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Actually, there was never a figure of Indy in his tuxedo. The only Indy from that wave was the one in his "battle damaged" normal outfit. Here are the only Temple of Doom figures released:

There were rumors of a tuxedo one, but it was never released, confirmed, or pictured, so it seems to me like it was only wishful thinking.

As to your questions, Ran, the Gamorrean Guard was also shown in the slideshow presentation in a more finished state. He comes with a fur skirt that helps with the proportions and makes his head look much better. (But the in-booth version has weird glossy paint and the slideshow version looks too good to be true, so I'm assuming the actual one will be somewhere in-between.)

There's also the Jedi Luke. Most people weren't happy with the last one. Going off of what anarky said, there's updating an obscure background character from a project nobody remembers, and then there's trying to nail down a major version of the main character of half the saga. I don't know if you bought the 2009 one, but it has a huge chest, bulky shoulders, and a tiny waist, so he looks bizarre in most poses.

The silver border is indeed the new Ultimate Galactic Hunt thing. The figures inside are the same.

Yoda is supposed to be from AOTC, according to rumor lists. I think he's shipping in the same case as the ROTJ wave, which is why they have him on display there. This goes along with the fact that they're moving away from the movie-themed waves. The rumors also say that he's going to have his hover-chair, which I assume will just be a repack of the 2003 one. But it looks like he has articulated knees for the first time, so that's something, I guess.

The skirt thing does help the Gammorean Guard. . I noticed a lot of those figures were kind of glossy.

Yeah, I bought that last Death Star Luke. He looked kind of like a Spaceball.

I asked about Yoda because he had a cane and the blue lightning. The cane looked like the one from ESB and it has been quite some time since they made an OT Yoda.

Senor JabbaJohnL wrote:He comes with a fur skirt that helps with the proportions and makes his head look much better.

Actually, those are his pubes.

I forgot to mention I saw the Galactic Heros AT-AT at TRU yesterday. The box was smaller than I expected, so there may be some assembly required. My kids don't care about this line anymore so we didn't get it.

Picked up the Cloud Car from Walmart today. Seems a bit smaller from the original, but I'm only going off of memory. They had the new vehicles out, but no figures.

I got most of the ESB Vintage figures yesterday. If you don't buy Luke as soon as you see him, then you are insulting everyone who ever lived. Dengar is also pretty fuckin' sweet, and so is C-3PO, even if he's a little small.

I have to open my Luke. Like I said before, I seriously considered not getting him, and only got him to have an even number for the sale. Everyone keeps praising him; I'll have to get to opening him up.

I think it's kinda funny how everyone either praises C-3PO as the best C-3PO ever, or complains that he's one of the worst. Personally, I'm in the "best" camp.

At first, I wondered why they made another Bespin Luke. I wasn't big on the 2007 version, and the 1998 and 2002 ones were great in their time. But, seriously, the new one blows them right outta the fucking water. The paint, the sculpt, the way the articulation is integrated . . . it's just fantastic all around.

I agree that the C-3PO is great, but the fact that he's so tiny kind of knocks him down from being 100% perfect. But the detail is incredible, and I love that they added sculpted details inside his removed panels - they totally didn't need to do that, but they really went above and beyond.

I've seen most of the new figures at Target, but haven't bought them yet. It was nice to see the pegs full again. Before I start buying some of these, I think I'm going to have to take a look at what I have again. I'll definitely get C-3PO. Not sure about Bespin Luke and Boba Fett quite yet. I'll probably just get some sooner and the rest later. There is only 1 more OT (ROTJ) wave between now and Christmas, right? Then I wanted to get Jabba and maybe Santa will bring me the Rebel Hoth set from Target.

Is 4-LOM only on the vintage card or will he be on the blue/black card, too? I ask because I've seen Vader on both and I know he is a re-release.

Ran wrote:I've seen most of the new figures at Target, but haven't bought them yet. It was nice to see the pegs full again. Before I start buying some of these, I think I'm going to have to take a look at what I have again. I'll definitely get C-3PO. Not sure about Bespin Luke and Boba Fett quite yet. I'll probably just get some sooner and the rest later. There is only 1 more OT (ROTJ) wave between now and Christmas, right? Then I wanted to get Jabba and maybe Santa will bring me the Rebel Hoth set from Target.

Is 4-LOM only on the vintage card or will he be on the blue/black card, too? I ask because I've seen Vader on both and I know he is a re-release.

Get Bespin Luke.

Boba Fett is a repaint of the one released in the Evolutions and 2009 basic Legacy Collection Droid Factory lines. If you're not a completist or a Fett nut, then you can probably skip it, assuming you have one of the others. If you don't, then yeah, you should get it. (The jetpack falls off too easily, the cape is too long, and there's a removable helmet with a Jango head underneath, if you're opposed to that sort of thing.)

Yes, the next OT wave is ROTJ, though there seems to be some confusion about when it will come out (different places at Comic Con said either November or January). I don't think ANH is getting a specific wave, but rather will have figures released at other times with other waves (after ESB, there are only three more movie-themed waves - ROTS, ROTJ, and AOTC - before that goes away).

4-LOM is only on the Vintage card. Half the ESB bounty hunters are on Vintage this year (Boba, Dengar, 4-LOM) while the other half are in Saga Legends (Bossk, IG-88, Zuckuss).

Darth Vader's not a straight re-release of the 2008 one (the one currently in Saga Legends). The Vintage one is very, very similar, but has blue eyes (accurate to the DVD for the first time; all others are brown or grayish) and a three-piece removable helmet instead of a two-piece one. They're not going to put the exact same figure on two different cards at once.

Thanks for clearing that up. Being that there are only 2 OT waves, plus Jabba and the Target Hoth Rebel set, I can budget accordingly and still pick up the GI Joes I wanted.

Maybe I'll skip Boba Fett after all. Seems like his backpack always falls off too easy. And I think I traded kidhuman for a carded VOTC Fett. I'll have to look in the garage.

Oh, and we ended up going to Disneyland today instead of the beach. It wasn't planned, but my brother works for ABC and got us tickets. I saw the Star Tours set with Teek. It looked ok, but I didn't want to spend $40 on it.

Ok, putting this here so I can remember what I'm planning:

1. Dengar - buy it
2. Leia (Hoth Outfit) - buy it
3. Han Solo (Echo Base Outfit) - buy it
4. Luke Skywalker (Bespin Fatigues) - buy it, keep carded
5. AT-AT Commander - skip it
6. See-Threepio (C-3PO) - buy it
7. Dack Ralter - buy it
8. Darth Vader - buy it
9. Boba Fett - skip it (Have VOTC version carded)
10. 4-LOM - buy it
11. (Twin-Pod) Cloud Car Pilot - Buy and keep carded--already have 2 OTC pilots
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14. Sandtrooper - skip it, unless there is extra cash laying around.

Also buying the whole wave of ROTJ, except for maybe Luke.

So that's about 16 single carded figures, plus Jabba and the Hoth Rebel Battle pack from Target.

Hey Grimlock, Triple Post! Bite me, you rusting pile of scrap metal.

I looked at galactichunter for the first time in a while. After I got over the format change, I noticed they had a link to pictures of a new TIE Bomber. Looks decent, especially for $25, but I probably won't buy it.

Hey, GalacticHunter looks like RebelsCum!

Right now I'm in the middle of going through all my SW boxes because I can't find my Cloud Car Pilot's helmet. And since I was going through all the loose accessories at the bottom of the box, I stumbled upon all my incomplete build-a-droids.

I need the right leg for R4-P44 that came with KI-ADI-MUNDI. Can't tell if the leg came with anyone else. None are being sold on ebay. The closest thing I could find on ebay s the right leg for R4-J1, who is also a green/white droid.

I got both legs for BG-J38. Judging from the prices on ebay, I'd be better off buying the complete droid as opposed to buying the torso, arms, and head individually. After shipping, the individual parts would be about $19 including shipping. There is a complete droid with buy it now $16 after shipping.

If anyone needs extra parts, I have the torsos for R4-D6 & R3-M3; legs and torso for R7-Z0; the heads, arms, and head for HK-50; and a pair of extended middle fingers for Hasbro. I'd use the right leg from R7-Z0 to complete R4-P44, but it has that rocket thruster thing.

My kids and I put the head, arms, and legs of HK-50 on the R3 body to create HK-M3. Its so spectacular, I'm sure there is an EU story there somewhere (most likely set in Uganda with CGI helicopters).

And I found the missing cloud car pilot helmet. OYES!