Yord Fandar (Jedi Knight) - VC#354

[GNT]

No pictures just yet but Yord Fandar is in the pipeline for The Cintage Collectio. Who will be purchasing him?

 

[legacyknight]

I’ll pick one up. I can imagine they’ll borrow parts from the Sol figure, which is pretty smart reuse.

I do hope they make Jecki. Her and the Stranger are my top wants for The Acolyte, and I imagine they’ll make the Stranger at some point. Jecki is more uncertain.

 

[Halomite]

If they're going to go down this route then we better get Jecki soon too. Can't stand when they start teams but never finish them. Looking at you Bad Batch...

 

[R1G4R3PO]

I’ll pick one up. I can imagine they’ll borrow parts from the Sol figure, which is pretty smart reuse.

i kinda skimmed through and thought you typed "pants". Afterall, this character was told on screen to put his clothes back on.

but seriously, Yord fig could be a decent Geonosis diorama background Jedi

 

[Booster Terrik]

 

[bac]

Yord also has a yellow lightsaber which is a bit of a novelty.

 

[Rup]

Super excited for this figure!

 

[Lance_Quazar]

I’ll pick one up. I can imagine they’ll borrow parts from the Sol figure, which is pretty smart reuse.

I do hope they make Jecki. Her and the Stranger are my top wants for The Acolyte, and I imagine they’ll make the Stranger at some point. Jecki is more uncertain.

Yeah, I'd have preferred the Stranger and Jecki by a country mile. Still, I may get this figure. He was a decent enough character and I'm sure the figure will look great. It'll be nice to have a small number of High Republic Jedi.

 

[ManWalrus]

Hard maybe for the MOC shelf

 

[Hitek_Lonoshcin]

For a w*ssy of a character , I just can't decide.

 

[Masterfett]

Didn't like the character so ne real need for the figure. If I want Jedi fodder there's always Sol to use and will come out sooner.
Should have been Jecki, but I understand why they chose Yord. Said it all along Sol reuse, swap the head and you've got Yord. That's Hasbro.

 

[Hitek_Lonoshcin]

Not that I need it, but maybe they'll add an action feature to Yord, Removable shirt. Someone might like that.

 

[Lord_Hurin]

Didn't like the character so ne real need for the figure. If I want Jedi fodder there's always Sol to use and will come out sooner.
Should have been Jecki, but I understand why they chose Yord. Said it all along Sol reuse, swap the head and you've got Yord. That's Hasbro.

Yeah, I might get him and the upcoming ()
mass release Greedo and do an update of that old Geonosis Rodian Jedi. I was planning it with the previous Greedo and an older Jedi, but this might be better.

 

[TogrutaKing]

Didn't like the character so ne real need for the figure. If I want Jedi fodder there's always Sol to use and will come out sooner.
Should have been Jecki, but I understand why they chose Yord. Said it all along Sol reuse, swap the head and you've got Yord. That's Hasbro.

The Black Series versions of Sol and Yord actually share very few parts in common. Which is odd because I’m used to Hasbro being more lazy than that.

 

[Masterfett]

TBS does have a larger budget to work with though, with TVC I'd expect a simple head swap and possible new lower legs for the boot accuracy.
The Robes look very similar.

 

[lister]

I enjoyed the show and I liked his character. And I have Sol, Osha and Mae on pre-order. But I'm not sure I need this guy or Indara. Visually, they just aren't going to stand out from Sol enough to be that interesting. I'd buy Kelnacca in a second, and I'll probably get Qimir when they get around to him. But I'm trying to be a bit more selective, so Yord and Indara might be passes.

 

[DarthMickeyMoose]

Pass.

 

[Nighthawk]

All Acolytes are a pass for me in the vintage line. I'll only get BS Acolyte figures.

 

[Booster Terrik]

via @Jayson and @EmperorPalps

 

[Lance_Quazar]

I only want this figure if we also get the Stranger.

 

[legacyknight]

I’m pretty impressed with how this figure turned out. Great sculpting and detailing work from the Hasbro team.

 

[Booster Terrik]

Some better pics

 

[Hitek_Lonoshcin]

Not a fan of the show or character, but nice looking figure! Glad the Stranger made it to the top two in LFS.

 

[ManWalrus]

Yord looks great! Not for me, but all these new jedi from the Acolyte will look great together. Hope Jecki, the Stranger, and dark apprentice Osha make it into the line to round out the set.

 

[Coreworld]

Did I imagine it or did this guy have a cloak in the stream?

 

[R1G4R3PO]

Did I imagine it or did this guy have a cloak in the stream?

Yup, he most certainly did...

 

[Masterfett]

So, are they cutting costs even more? Or are the robes merely MIA for the digital render? Oh well I'm iffy on the robes anyway.
Not a fan of this character, I think he might be the biggest a*hole in Star Wars to date. I'm only getting him for the yellow Lightsaber and Jedi body stock. And is it me or does he have different boots than Sol? The image is too small.

 

[legacyknight]

And is it me or does he have different boots than Sol? The image is too small.

The boots are different. It was mentioned in the stream that Yord is a new sculpt.

 

[Masterfett]

"New sculpt" as in what though? Surely, it's not 100%. Probably head, lower legs and belt/skirt at most. So they're using "new" very loosely when they should have aptly called it "partial tool".

 

[EmperorPalps]

I wonder if Hasbro has sent the Acolyte actors their figures as a kind of consolation prize.

 

[Masterfett]

I didn't think that as allowed, from stories I've heard anyway. I think LFL has to purchase them from Hasbro and gift them to the Actors. I've also heard another actor from a different IP say something like they had to buy theirs.

 

[Coloring]

When he was pipelined I kind of blew the reveal off, but this is a really nice looking figure. I'm pretty pleased with the Sol figure, so I'm sure I'll pick this one up too.

 

[legacyknight]

"New sculpt" as in what though? Surely, it's not 100%. Probably head, lower legs and belt/skirt at most. So they're using "new" very loosely when they should have aptly called it "partial tool".

Looks to be 100% new. It's similar to Sol's sculpt, but the details are different. For instance, the gauntlets have a different pattern and the torso has more shirt layers than Sol's. It seems like a shrunk-down version of the Black Series one, which is also a unique sculpt compared to TBS Sol. The only part I can't quite tell is the upper legs because they're kind of obscured.

 

[Lance_Quazar]

I’m waiting for the shirtless variant.

 

[Masterfett]

Looks to be 100% new.

It's not. Same upper legs and upper arms. Same torso, probably just different overlay.

It's similar to Sol's sculpt, but the details are different. For instance, the gauntlets have a different pattern and the torso has more shirt layers than Sol's. It seems like a shrunk-down version of the Black Series one, which is also a unique sculpt compared to TBS Sol. The only part I can't quite tell is the upper legs because they're kind of obscured.

It's too small to see the fine details from one gauntlet pattern to the other, so it looked the same to me. Could be new lower arms.

BTW, I'm not knocking it for reuse, it's good leveraging and what I expected from Sol's mold. I just don't appreciate the terminology used, of it being "new", as if they're trying to convince us we're getting two totally distinct all new molds. Nothing wrong with some reuse, never has been.
In fact, it would be stupid and fiscally irresponsible not to utilize reuse here when you can.

 

[legacyknight]

It's not. Same upper legs and upper arms. Same torso, probably just different overlay.

By your own admission, you couldn't tell for sure if the boots were different (They are). No offense, but I'm not sold on your judgment of the rest of the sculpting.

The upper legs are harder to identify since they're partially obscured. I'm not sold on them being the same. I'd have to see it in person. Upper arms look similar to Sol's but the folding looks slightly different. Again, I'd have to see that one in person and compare.

As for an overlay, that feels more on a speculation part. The way Yord's tunic is structured doesn't sell me on it since his proportions look different than Sol's.

BTW, I'm not knocking it for reuse, it's good leveraging and what I expected from Sol's mold. I just don't appreciate the terminology used, of it being "new", as if they're trying to convince us we're getting two totally distinct all new molds. Nothing wrong with some reuse, never has been.
In fact, it would be stupid and fiscally irresponsible not to utilize reuse here when you can.

Well, they could be right or you could be wrong. I don't care either way. Whether it's new or not is no skin off my back. Hasbro has lied and misled people, but so have fellow people within the community.
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[lister]

"New sculpt" as in what though? Surely, it's not 100%. Probably head, lower legs and belt/skirt at most. So they're using "new" very loosely when they should have aptly called it "partial tool".

Oh, there's definitely a "complete tool" involved here.

 

[JTKenobi]

If I see this guy in the wild and I am in the mood, I will pick him up, even tho his character was a bit off-putting to me.

The characters I want most from the Acolyte are The Stranger, Jecki & Mother Aniseya. Jecki was a cool character with great spirit, and the actress who played Mother Aniseya really had amazing presence & a very cool look.

 

[Masterfett]

By your own admission, you couldn't tell for sure if the boots were different (They are). No offense, but I'm not sold on your judgment of the rest of the sculpting.

Yes, which is why I asked a simple question because from what I could tell they looked different, so I was looking to see if anyone else noticed. It's not my fault the image available was grainy/poor quality. Or I would have stated it as a fact they were. I wasn't looking for an argument, just a discussion. When I looked at a better image, I spotted the same fabric folds in the arms and legs that Sol has, so IMO, it makes more sense to reuse those parts than to sculpt all new identical ones.

The upper legs are harder to identify since they're partially obscured. I'm not sold on them being the same. I'd have to see it in person. Upper arms look similar to Sol's but the folding looks slightly different. Again, I'd have to see that one in person and compare.

Given the TVC budget it makes logical sense to reuse these parts and only sculpt new parts where there is an obvious difference, if they're actually wasting tooling budget to redo perfectly good upper arms and legs and torso then they should have cheapened out with Andor's boots!
I too don't have an issue with it, like I say I was merely discussing potential new parts. Can't help it of others don't like it discussed and want to believe so hard that it's all brand new.

 

[RhyYees]

Ooh, I've got a spot on my shelf for this guy. I really like the unique look of the High Republic-era Jedi tunics, and I'm hoping we get a few more in the line. Perhaps a four-pack of the nameless extras who got stabbed/cut up/headbutted to death by The Stranger?

And then maybe we could have The Stranger?