Tasu Leech

Darth_Sceptaurus · Jan 15, 2016

Wow. His action figure looks more interesting than his character in the movie.

Bluebirdjones · Jan 15, 2016

Nice looking figure,just pre-ordered this one.

jonwes · Jan 15, 2016

I wish the look on his face was more aggressive. But he's not a bad figure overall.

Idpullthecurtain · Jan 31, 2016

If you check out the youtube video review, the figure looks comically undersized, but actually I guess it is pretty accurate.

mattmanw54301 · Jan 31, 2016

I can't remember. Did this guy survive the movie? Or was it just the Guavians and Bala Tik who lived?

Internets · Jan 31, 2016

my_kind_of_scum said:
This figure looks good - I'm definitely happy with the potf2 style separate "skirt" piece rather than visible articulation cuts at the hips and hope it is a sign of things to come (back). Elbows on this guy and I would have been really happy with him.

Yeah, 5POA figures are awesome but would be even better with elbow articulation. Ball joint shoulders too. And knees. And waist and wrist swivel. Oh, and ankle joints. That would make a great 5POA figure.

tauntaunweequay · Jan 31, 2016

mattmanw54301 said:
I can't remember. Did this guy survive the movie? Or was it just the Guavians and Bala Tik who lived?

Last time you se him he's screaming and running away. Can't 100% confirm he survived, but he was not shown being eaten onscreen.

Mikeinator · Jan 31, 2016

That whole scene was my least favorite part of the movie. The Guavian enforcers were cool, but the others were just regular looking humans, nothing cool or special about those crews. This figure will be an easy pass for me.

JTKenobi · Feb 1, 2016

Mikeinator said:
That whole scene was my least favorite part of the movie. The Guavian enforcers were cool, but the others were just regular looking humans, nothing cool or special about those crews. This figure will be an easy pass for me.

Tell that to Kanjiklub.

Glitch · Feb 1, 2016

Can't ay I'm too excited about this one. That whole scene reminded me of something from Galaxy Quest.

:wtf:

Really out of place in a Star Wars movie.

vadersvette · Feb 1, 2016

Idpullthecurtain said:
If you check out the youtube video review, the figure looks comically undersized, but actually I guess it is pretty accurate.

Well Han did refer to Kanjiklub as "those little freaks." :grin:

Idpullthecurtain · Feb 2, 2016

vadersvette said:
Well Han did refer to Kanjiklub as "those little freaks." :grin:

Thats true!
Yeah they are Indonesian martial artists that were in the film The Raid, they are all really short. The actor that plays Leech is 5'2"!

yojoebro82 · Feb 2, 2016

vadersvette said:
Well Han did refer to Kanjiklub as "those little freaks." :grin:

This might be a bit OT, but I like that part, and I'm surprised someone higher up didn't decide to cut that line for being "insensitive". In our touchy-feely society, Han is still written like a rough-edged, politically incorrect scoundrel. You know....the way he should be.

DarkArtist · Feb 2, 2016

I should have him in hand by the end of the week.

Internets · Feb 2, 2016

Glitch said:
Can't ay I'm too excited about this one. That whole scene reminded me of something from Galaxy Quest.

:wtf:

Really out of place in a Star Wars movie.

Really? It was my favourite seen purely for the fact that we were seeing something new - Han actually being a smuggler and doing business (and not with the main characters0 as opposed to continually just being told about it. It gives great insight as to what his life is.

Scavenger · Feb 2, 2016

Internets said:
Really? It was my favourite seen purely for the fact that we were seeing something new - Han actually being a smuggler and doing business (and not with the main characters0 as opposed to continually just being told about it. It gives great insight as to what his life is.

I agree. It was one of my favourite scenes and showed Han in his element

I love the Guavian Enforcers too, one of my favourite 3.75" and 6" figures so far..

Idpullthecurtain · Feb 2, 2016

Scavenger said:
I agree. It was one of my favourite scenes and showed Han in his element I love the Guavian Enforcers too, one of my favourite 3.75" and 6" figures so far..

Yeah it was Han doing what Han does! And I really liked that. It really reminds me of the Han/Jabba confrontation deleted scene from ANH. Its one of the few times we see Hans real life.

DarkArtist · Feb 2, 2016

vadersvette said:
Well Han did refer to Kanjiklub as "those little freaks." :grin:

I love this seen... I almost felt like this line would have worked in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as well. I could actually see Kanjiklub being a villain gang in Indy.

Oddball_Fett · Feb 2, 2016

Idpullthecurtain said:
Yeah it was Han doing what Han does! And I really liked that. It really reminds me of the Han/Jabba confrontation deleted scene from ANH. Its one of the few times we see Hans real life.

And unfortunately it made Han and Chewie look incompetent.

Okay it was a funny scene, but he'd managed to get his whole crew eaten, upset the Death Gang and the Kanjiclub, AND the zookeeper he was trying to get the animals for. And the Kanjis said he'd already messed up before. Couple that with the reason he got into trouble with Jabba in the first place, the writers possibly unintentionally (or what I hope was unintentionally) traded a few laughs by making Han look incompentent.

And he lost the Falcon.

Idpullthecurtain · Feb 3, 2016

Oddball_Fett said:
And unfortunately it made Han and Chewie look incompetent.

Okay it was a funny scene, but he'd managed to get his whole crew eaten, upset the Death Gang and the Kanjiclub, AND the zookeeper he was trying to get the animals for. And the Kanjis said he'd already messed up before. Couple that with the reason he got into trouble with Jabba in the first place, the writers possibly unintentionally (or what I hope was unintentionally) traded a few laughs by making Han look incompentent.

And he lost the Falcon.

I dont know, I didnt see it like that. I see Han as charismatic and lucky: that is his whole charm, and he sortof gets by with that a lot. I didnt think it made him seem incompetent.

PhasmaIsTheBomb · Feb 3, 2016

Got this one today via Ebay from China...

The guy is pretty small!

lordtyrannus · Feb 4, 2016

PhasmaIsTheBomb said:
Got this one today via Ebay from China... The guy is pretty small!

Good Lord! I didn't get any good sense of scale for him in the film, but that's pretty funny.

Idpullthecurtain · Feb 4, 2016

sometimes using a correct scale isnt the best idea for action figures?....

Lak_Sivrak · Feb 4, 2016

Thought about pulling the trigger on this one from viperskingdom on eBay after seeing the figure come carded and the seller accepting Best Offers.
But I don't want to risk getting a loose figure for a character I don't want doubles of. If it were unmasked Kylo, I'd have bought one because I plan on getting 2 of those. But I don't need 2 of Tasu.
Now, if more people start ordering him through eBay and are getting carded figures every time, I may jump on it.

Maxattack106 · Feb 5, 2016

Speaking of the size of the figure....look back on the first page of this thread. There's a pic of a fellow scummer with the actor. Either the scummer is a tall dude, or the actor is really short! Maybe it;s both...LOL.:grin:

Glitch · Feb 5, 2016

Internets said:
Really? It was my favourite seen purely for the fact that we were seeing something new - Han actually being a smuggler and doing business (and not with the main characters0 as opposed to continually just being told about it. It gives great insight as to what his life is.

I'm talking about all the slapstick, whacky running from the monster nonsense. The other part was OK….I guess.

Hockey_History · Feb 5, 2016

Maxattack106 said:
Speaking of the size of the figure....look back on the first page of this thread. There's a pic of a fellow scummer with the actor. Either the scummer is a tall dude, or the actor is really short! Maybe it;s both...LOL.:grin:

Apparently the actor is 1.57 metres tall. That's 5 foot 1. Looks like the sculpt is pretty accurate for his height!

PhasmaIsTheBomb · Feb 5, 2016

Hockey_History said:
Apparently the actor is 1.57 metres tall. That's 5 foot 1. Looks like the sculpt is pretty accurate for his height!

Yep!

Obi_Han · Feb 5, 2016

Wow! That figure looks great. Even better than the initial pictures that were out.

Captain_Piet · Feb 6, 2016

PhasmaIsTheBomb said:
Yep!

You know you can't trust those little freaks.

commandernarra · Feb 7, 2016

I got 3 from Vioerskingdom, all packaged. Wanted 2 for customs but he's so tiny, don't know what other heads would look good on him. I though he'd be taller and great dor Jabba's guard customs....

Lak_Sivrak · Feb 7, 2016

After seeing everybody's posts saying that they got the figure carded, I went to eBay to find it. But he apparently is no longer offering buy it now or best offers on the figure.

PhasmaIsTheBomb · Feb 7, 2016

Lak_Sivrak said:
After seeing everybody's posts saying that they got the figure carded, I went to eBay to find it. But he apparently is no longer offering buy it now or best offers on the figure.

It's there. He describes it as loose, but it actually arrived carded. Not sure why he does it that way. The customs sheet on the shipping box said Used Toys, so perhaps that is related to how he lists it?
I'm an opener, so it didn't matter to me if it was carded or not. Was still nice to receive it carded though.

Lak_Sivrak · Feb 7, 2016

I see it, but it's now listed as auction only. No Buy It Now or Best Offer buttons.

PhasmaIsTheBomb · Feb 7, 2016

Lak_Sivrak said:
I see it, but it's now listed as auction only. No Buy It Now or Best Offer buttons.

Ah, I didn't catch that part. See what you mean. I paid 12 + 2 for shipping, so you might come out better winning an auction.

bob_solo · Feb 7, 2016

PhasmaIsTheBomb said:
Yep!

OOMPA LOOMPA DIGGERY-DOO! WE'VE GOT ANOTHER MESSAGE FOR YOU! :grin::grin:

Lak_Sivrak · Feb 8, 2016

Messaged Viperskingdom. He has relisted the Buy It Now/Best Offer figure for $14.99+$2.00 shipping.

Lak_Sivrak · Feb 8, 2016

Also, I posted this in the Ackbar thread, but a reddit user on the StarWarsCollecting subreddit found a case of this assortment in the North Houston, TX area.

VideoViper · Feb 10, 2016

Finally a decent Star Trek Klingon!

:grin:

commandernarra · Feb 21, 2016

Just had a god look through some new figures. Leech stands out really poorly. I'm not sure how tall the actor was, but he's way too short, he's like Leia's height.
Was really hoping for a good body for customs, but can't think of any others to pop onto his body...aliens or otherwise.