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Lol I knew it was a joke. You're good. I just kinda answered anyway.


   
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I have been playing Galaxy of Heroes lately, and really been having fun with the KOTOR characters. I might replay KOTOR soon. I really hope that TBS gets more KOTOR characters soon. I think HK-47 is the next obvious choice (and yakface said he is probably coming.) Who do we think we will get after that? I think Zaalbar was a nice surprise, so I will take any random kotor 1 or 2 party member. Visas Marr would be cool. Fallen Jedi Bastila would be an easy repaint, and I would buy that up quickly. My biggest wants are Kreia and Mission, then Juhani and Mira I think. Either way I will take any KOTOR character they release. (Trask Ulgo maybe?)


   
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I've never put Visas Marr on my wishlist because I feel like she just isn't likely at all to get made, but I think she actually would be at the top of my gamer wishlist right now. Visas and Merrin for sure.


   
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Merrin is another one I am shocked we do not have. I think that I would love both versions but I would like the survivor version of Cere better. 


   
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And I've not played all of the first game, and I've not played the second at all (I only watched the Fett cutscene, I admit), but to me Merrin seems like one of the bigger possibilities for a figure. Those games have a lot of choices though.


   
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Canderous should be on most people's short list. HK is almost a lock since they can repaint him and rerelease him like they did the small scale one. I would think Jolie would also be fairly easy to do. But if we're going by more recognizable, Treya is a high possibility. And Carth since he was basically the second lead behind Bastila. And while I wouldn't put him on my list, Hanhar would be especially simple cause wookie, but I don't think he was a popular character, like at all. I never chose him. I only chose the dark side ending at the end to see it once. I'm apathetic to his existence. And Mira is a hot red head. Even if I can't romance her, I always want her on my crew. Not to mention you get just a slight bit more story if she's there. I would buy a switch just for the KotoR 2 restored version if I had the money. It's supposed to be better then the og, which was a little lacking, but that's cause they cut like 30% of it out to rush to shelves because of the popularity of the first one. And I know the Exile is canonically female, but Brianna was always on my crew as well, cause I would choose male. She was my sweet romance option since Mira was off the table. I never liked the Disciple too much, and Aton was almost as whiney as Carth.

What really sucks though honestly, is that it looks like there may be a crash coming soon, at least at Hasbro, and I doubt we will get even a few more of these characters before it happens.

Also, I did a custom Exile from promotional artwork of what she should look like that I saw back when the game came out. I used an Agent Helix head from GI Joe repainted on an Asajj Ventress body from the comic 2 pack with the brown outfit. I plan on maybe doing a 6 inch scale version when I manage to find the new Classified Agent Helix at a price I'm willing to pay for just for the head at. But I'm not sure what body I wanna use this time, especially since we don't have a whole lot of Jedi female bodies that can be used for more generic looks. Most of the ones we have are taller then I would like, as well as too unique, like Bastila and Aayla. Plus, Aayla would require alot of skin painting that I don't wanna do. And Bastila is expensive or I would've gotten a second one to do my own dark side version.

This is the photo I used to try and mimic what she looked like. But some pictures have her as a blonde or white haired girl with a pony tail and longer hair. I like this version better.

https://imgur.com/a/axB0OpX

If they did like a Deppa Bilaba or a Bultar Swan, those bodies would be perfect for her in those pics. Or gender bender Obi Wan. That's basically his outfit.


   
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I just got the plain white phase 2 clone. The figure is about the same as the newer clones, except his chest armor is an overlay now instead of a solid piece. I had to glue it down, it was way too floaty. I could swore the old ones were solid pieces. Anyway, the head is also a bit small, probably to accommodate the removable helmet. Does anyone know if someone used this head modded on an old Cody body and if it looked any good? I would have to drill the head out to actually put it on there, but I would rather Cody have an unhelmeted head then a plain white no name. I can always mess with the hair a little too to match him. Or I may end up getting another one and doing it with that if I can find one. But I don't wanna mod it and then him look like he's got a tiny head. The helmet head would be swappable BTW, I wouldn't hollow out the Cody head to fit on this one.


   
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@trunks3540 I just nodded along with this entire post. I find my energy flagging a bit with Black Series but if they went in on a handful of KOTOR 1/2 characters I'd be over the moon. Just got a lil Switch bundle of SW games and both KOTORs are included... time for a replay and to start working on some customs. The Jedi seem like a no brainer - Jolee Bindo is really just a head sculpt away on another Jedi body, right?


   
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His outfit when you first meet him does look similar to Ki Adi Mundis. It's not spot on, but it's in the ballpark. They'd probably give him a green saber too, since that's what he starts with. I always gave him purple cause it seemed to fit his grey jedi beliefs. Juhani would be fairly simple except for the head, but they'd probably have to tool a whole new body anyway, so she's probably out for a while. The highest ones on their lists are probably ones that they can reuse later, make from existing parts, or are just super popular. That's why HK is a lock. And if we get anyone else from 2 I would think it would be Treya because she's the big bad. They did Nihilus and he was the McGuffin. But he was also easy cause they reused Maul for most of it and slapped a couple new pieces on, and still charged exclusive prices anyway. Thing is, they didn't do any more then what we have in small scale either. To date, they still haven't done Nihilus, or Zaalbar, which are in Black Series. But they got a couple more of the old republic figures in Shae Vizsla and the Commando/Trooper/whatever, for small scale. But they never did Satele, who may be one of the most recognizable characters from that one. So I'm not always sure what their criteria is for character selection. Could be a wall with pics of characters on it and they're just chucking darts at it. Did anyone ask specifically for Pre Vizsla? But it took a fan vote to get Jaina Solo, and we still haven't gotten Jacen or his dark side version, when they've been topping wish lists for years.


   
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Just a heads up I got a processing soon email from BBTS for Ringworld Mando. Guess he'll be shipping earlier then expected. These estimated dates are still so far off. But now they're estimated late, instead of too early.


   
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I found orange light sabers Baylan Smol and Shin Hawti, yes she is attractive but her face needs to be more intense. I really like these characters. Now I can enjoy them pitting against Sabine and the one day Ahsoka the White.

Hard to pass these up especially with the orange sabers. They are orange. It’s pretty cool. I’m going to have to find that thigh transplant to make Baylan taller. He really needs a bit more bulk too. Man I dig these figures. 

I saw David Tennant droid too. It looked more silver than I remember seeing his figure earlier. Another running change? 

Thwipp!


   
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Eye Twitch Gif - IceGif


   
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Just wanna add I rarely pickup Black series stuff (just characters like Aphra, Krrsantan, and the like who I know will never get made by the likes of Bandai or Medicom) but I would be all in for the KotoR 1 and 2 crew, I've already gotten Revan, Bastila, Malak, and Zaalbar and would day one the others too.

Well okay, maybe not the TSL wookiee, or that annoying dude the Exile gets instead of the Handmaiden, they sucked.


   
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I hope I get the orange saber variations of Shin and Baylan when they ship from Hasbro Pulse in a couple days.  If not, the hunt will begin.  I was promised orange sabers, and orange sabers I shall have!


   
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Why? Why are there 2? Why can't they just fuckin get it right in the first place. Let's hope BBTS gets the Orange bladed ones. I was debating on canceling them too since they are innacurate scale wise. But now I'm heavily considering it.


   
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