Got my first Super Battle Droid. Wow, this is a cool toy! Best Star Wars fig in ages. Being all new and unique obviously helps, but it's a yearly top 10 contender.
For some reason I don't like Fox much. Something about his design, or at least the one they released, is meh, to me. I like his CW appearance outfit better. Maybe too much red? Not entirely sure what it is. So I didn't get him. Alot of people been wanting Baccara too, and while I like some of him, I don't like all of him. I'll have to see the actual figure before I decide on him. But I may skip him, not a huge deal to me. Appo is in the same boat. He just doesn't look much different then a normal 501st though so that may be why I didn't care much for him. I prefer the named guys to stand out more then the army buidlers.
Gotta say it was a little disheartening to see Kelnacca as a pipeline reveal with no render even of the figure yet. That means hes quite a ways off still. I thought he might be ready to preorder now like Vernestra, but apparently nope.
@panthercult I thought the same, especially since I would assume (albeit completely uneducated) that at least a few parts could be re-used from Chewie. Not that that speeds up the process any on the other parts, but still. I was there at Star Wars Celebration when they had the first panel on the Acolyte, and Kelnacca was one of the first characters they showed off, full costume and all, and that was about a year before the show came out (but they were already deep into filming at the time). I'm surprised they weren't given more of a lead on him. "Wookie Jedi" is one of those things that's kinda just destined to sell, regardless of how big/small the role is.
I wouldn't be surprised to see an eventual two-pack release of Sol with Flashback Hair and Torbin. If they make Kelnacca, they need to complete the Bad Batch (is that name taken?).
Indara is close enough as-is, just pull her robe tight.
I preordered Vernestra (I have been wanting her since before I knew she was in this show lol, hope they do book versions of THR characters too), Basil, and Ahsoka the White. I am one of Basil's biggest fans lol, and Ahsoka has always been my favourite character, so i'm excited for this outfit.
I will get Andor and Deedra when they go up for preorder. Of the pipelines, I know I will for sure get Rex, Kelnacca, and for sure Xizor. He is super exciting.
Still debating Gideon, though who am I kidding i'll be picking him up when I see him lol. Bacara and Anakin will be dependent on my mood at the time, but I already have TCW Anakin from Target so I might not need this new one. Happy he is coming for those who do.
Exciting figure reveals though, let's get some of the biggest missing recent characters in here next: Peridia Ezra and The Stranger.
Got my Super Battle Droids in from Hasbro Pulse today as well. I like this one even more than the dirty SBD's that came with the C-3PO 2 pack.
I guess Indara from the Acolyte and EPIII Darth Sidious are on the way too.
Got Rex today. I almost wish they would've just done a new one. His head is kinda small, and his legs are a bit gummy. Plus he's got all this helmet welding stuff going on that i don't remember him ever having, and it kinda looks odd. His cloth flappies are also pretty thin and they don't sit right. They look odd, and like they'll rip easy. Now that this one has been shipped out I'm wondering if they'll just make a new one to get us to buy him again. I would definitely get a new Cody with unhelmeted head and non gummy legs. I can see them doing those 2 again. While I'm not a huge fan of alot of the new Clone body, like the arms and the chest armor being an overlay, it does have some advantages, like feeling pretty solid and not rubbery.
Amazon moved my Sol up to late next week. Still showing Yord as later this month and Jecki as October, but I'm hanging on to my pre-orders since they're both $20. I did see Yord at GameStop earlier this week, but held off so I wouldn't have to pay more. He was gone when I went back later, so nice to see that at least some folks are snagging these (as I suspected they would).
I still haven't cancelled Yord and Jecki yet. Maybe I'm getting them heh.
Jecki is probably still worth it. Her character was really well done. Yord annoyed me. I'll still get him, but not full price.
Amazon just shipped Sol for me. For all the back and forth about the show, these are REALLY nice figures, this wave (I've got the twins, Jecki, and Indara so far). I'm leaving my Yord preorder on Amazon cos he's been discounted a bit. I think the only one I'll have paid full price for is Sol in the end.
If you like nice figures for nice figures sake, Jecki is an excellent action figure, if you're no the fence. Lovely paint apps and surprisingly nice articulation.
I was just thinking "it feels like it's been a while since we've had new stuff hit" but forgot that there's been Mandalorian, droid, and Acolyte stuff trickling in for the past few weeks. I think the Walmart Baylan is shipping soon, yeah?
I didn't preorder Ahsoka the White because I haven't had time to enjoy all the other Ahsokas who shipped this past year, but I should - I really like the color palette they used for her in that look.
Agreed, and I like the new face. However, they Hasbro'd her by leaving out the cloak. Not falling for that again. I'll buy the next version.
@schizm Y'know, that's actually a good point. I ended up getting both twice Baylan and Shin for the cloaks which was annoying, though I weirdly like both of those characters enough that having two so I can display both cloaked and uncloaked doesn't bug me too much. I have like six Ahsokas though. I can wait for the upgrade, I think.