Re: Favorite POTJ figs?
DARKLORD1967 said:
My vote goes to Han Solo: Death Star Escape.
This figure was a nice version of Han Solo before they decided to make him anorexic.
And I still think that a better head sculpt of Han Solo has NOT been done since.
As a matter of fact, I have gone on record many times to state that the POTJ line contained all of the VERY BEST head sculpts of the human (and even some of the non-human) characters of the Saga, as far as I'm concerned.
I think Luke, Han, Leia, Lando, Ben Kenobi, etc. all saw their FINEST head sculpts and paint applications in the POTJ line.
When ball-jointed necks were introduced later during the VOTC (creating strange warped jaw-lines for these characters) attractive likenesses went right OUT THE WINDOW as far as I'm concerned.
Quoted for being entirely factual. DARKLORD1967 is very right here, about Han Solos anorexia ever since VOTC and about the excellent headsculpts on the core characters in the POTJ line. I also agree that the downturn in likenesses coincided with ball-joint necks which wreck the jaw and hairlines of too many figures. I used to be a frequent complainer about this fact but lately I've just gotten used to it.
Anyway, loads of excellent figures in POTJ that I still use today and would be happy with even if they were never updated, and of those that have been updated I still have not retired these older figures:
TPM
Security battle droid
Boss Nass
Tusken raider w/sniper rifle
Boomer damage battle droid
Coruscant guard
Jar Jar w/extended tongue&pitdroid
Sabe (maybe too tall now though)
Mas Amedda (though I'm not fond of that dead-straight arm)
ANH
Ellors Madak
Boshek
Han solo Death star escape
Porkins (OK, new pilot figures are more advanced)
Ben Kenobi
Rebel fleet trooper (does need a new SA fig but doesn't mean I'll be retiring this one)
ESB
Bespin Han (still the best)
Dagobah spirit Vader
FX-7
K-3PO (though better protocol droid sculpts now exist)
Lando Bespin escape (still my favourite)
Leia Bespin escape (great pose, great likeness)
Bespin guard (glad they've made new ones but again, keeping this one too)
Bacta tank Luke
ROTJ
Teebo
Tessek
Amanaman
Slave Leia w/sailbarge cannon