by ETandElliott » February 14th 2010 5:21 pm
Vintage card backs are cool, although the reverse sides are basically exactly like the ones in the other modern vintage cards (showing the original vintage figure and a few of the other figures available). So, shit, for lack of a better word.
The figures are also not particularly impressive. The Han Solo is interesting since that's the first figure on a new vintage card that's never been produced in the line. But he's cobbled together from old, crappy parts. So, stick legs, cut barrel torso, strained neck, retarded forearms. It's the same crap Hasbro pulls for years, cutting corners and frankensteining mediocre-awful "new" figures from existing parts rather than putting any real effort and delivering a product that reflects well on their company and/or inspires me to make a purchase. Putting it on a vintage style card doesn't make it any less shitty.
I might pick up some of the figures depending on how they look once they reach our shores. The Leia, Luke and possible the Threepio look nice in the prototype images. Although in regards to Threepio, the figure they displayed looked different and had removable plating. In the packaging, he looks stocky and ridiculous.
The rocket-firing figure (if it even does fire the rocket?) will go well in my vintage collection. I'll be interested to see how the vintage collecting nerds analyze the new figure. I'm curious if they actually cast it from original molds or if they had to re-sculpt it, or use an actual vintage figure to create a new mold (which means the new figure will likely be smaller than the original one, like those Kenner 1995 Classic Edition figures that were created using actual vintage figures rather than original molds).
If you ask me, Hasbro should re-release more vintage figures rather than packaging their new stuff on old-style cards.
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I'll definitely pick them up if they make all of em' with removable blades.