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Time for a look at figures from the latest wave of Star Wars Black Series to drop, Wave 20’s Mace Windu and Mudtrooper Han Solo.  Last year I hit my breaking point with Black Series and had to drop down from being a completionist to just cherry picking the ones I really want.  Mace and Mudtrooper Han fit that mold.  The rest of the Wave has some nice pieces in it like Padme and the Battle Droid, but for my personal collection I gave them a pass.

Mace is the star here, with a super well done Photo Real head, it’s captures Sam Jackson’s likeness better than most, if not all, figures before it.  The robe is still Black Series style soft goods, but for whatever reason I was able to manipulate it to look cleaner this time, more so than on Obi-Wan, Luke or the Emperor.  The key is tucking that hood in behind him.  Lightsabers on Mace and Grievous are using a new pegging system with rippled pegs to keep it firmly in place, though those pegs are now much thinner so I can see breakages down the line.

The Mudtrooper Han is solid, I dig alternate takes on the helmeted guys and will grab any that come my way.  This one is technically Han Solo but with the helmet gear all done up he can be any mindless trooper ready to get blown to bits in your shelf battles.

Both of these guys are dropping now, read on to check out over 80 HD shots of them both courtesy of Dorkside Toys!

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It’s been a hot minute since we’ve done any Star Wars Black Series Galleries but today we are getting back in the mix with a look at the first Deluxe figure – General Grievous.  The Deluxe line are a size above normal, requiring a different price point and allowing some new larger characters to be done (I’m looking at you Zeb).   This is also a “Fan Channel” exclusive, meaning he won’t be popping up in Target or Wal-Mart for now.

D1 Grievous comes with 4 lightsabers, 2 blue and 2 green, a cape with pouches for the saber hilts, and blaster.  His arms split into four just like the movies and can individually hold the four sabers. Articulation is good, even though he has a skinny frame the joints are tight and hold their position, rotate at multiple points to allow for posing.  Only issue with balance is that he is so lightweight, if you sneeze hard he will tip over, but that’s not due to the engineering.  My copy had an abnormally loose shin peg requiring some surgery, but that shouldn’t be line wide.  Sculpt and paint are well done, above average.  The cape could have been worse, but it’s still not great.  The front wrap around in particular is glaringly “soft goods” and not accurate to the movies.  I don’t have the answer for making these soft goods legit, but this doesn’t do it for me.  The pouch aspect is good tho.

Bottom line, awesome fig, worthy of a pick up.  We’ve run him through the motions, check out over 35 HD images after the break courtesy of Dorkside Toys!

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Related Dorkside Toys Links: All Star Wars Black Series, General Grievous, Mace Windu, Mudtrooper Han, Padme Amidala, Battle Droid.

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Time for a little Christmas Eve Star Wars Black Series catch up!  Earlier in the year, the Black Series Rebel Trooper hit in limited quantities.  Recently, a more robust round hit retailers and the iconic Troop Builder is a little easier to find now.  Today we are taking a look at him in detail courtesy of Dorkside Toys.  The figure is solid, giving us a well sculpted body with solid paint and digital printing on the face.  He comes packed with a blaster, removable helmet and Death Star plans disk.  All in all it’s a great piece, one I wish they’d offer in a no-frills 6 pack so I could troop build without the hunt.  Read on to check out our shots showing what he can do!  Another round should be hitting retailers soon.

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Time for another round of Star Wars Black Series catch up galleries.  This round is a look at two more OT characters – Lando Calrissian in Skiff Guard gear from Return of the Jedi and Princess Leia in her Hoth gear.  These both use Hasbro’s new digital paint on the faces, and both came out great.  Lando especially.  The sculpt and paint on the rest of Lando is also top notch, it’s really one of the best SWBS6 figs in a bit.  My copy of Leia – eyes are a little crossed.  Otherwise a solid figure just like the Target Bespin version which uses parts of the mold.  Dengar from yesterday and Bespin Han Solo were also in this wave, which was split with several new Solo movie characters.  You can view Han here from the SDCC set.  He’s the same in wave 19, minus the fancy box, mask and extra finger from the con set.  Dengar can be seen here.

You can grab the whole wave below at Dorkside Toys.  Read on to check out our full gallery for Lando and Leia after the break!

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Feels like forever, but today we are jumping back into some Star Wars Black Series galleries!  We are looking at two pieces that recently dropped – Zuckuss which was a TRU exclusive that got cancelled when TRU went under, then got released somewhat in Canada via TRUCA, and is now out as a Disney Store exclusive in the States.  The second – Dengar which is part of the latest wave to drop in mass.  With the release of these two we now have a complete set of Empire Strikes Back Bounty Hunters in the 6 inch scale!  I’ve been waiting for this for a while, and am happy to finally have them all in hand.  Read on to check out the gallery and group shots courtesy of Dorkside Toys!

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Time for some more Star Wars Black Series catch up today.  Tucked away in the second Solo wave that was mostly repacks was a gem – bounty hunter 4-Lom.  His other new wave mate was Qi’ra from the Solo movie, in her younger era get up.  Today we are taking a look at both even though they aren’t in the same era or zone of epicness. 4-Lom is sharp, giving us articulated droid arms, great paint and weathering head to toe.  And he helps build out the Empire bounty hunter crew, a long sought goal for many BS6 collectors.  Once they went beyond Boba they had to do it, but they paused for a long while.  With 4-Lom and the ones teased at shows, we will be complete, be patient. :).  Qi’ra is a standard movie-level figure.  Not super exciting as a character or figure, but it is well done for what it is.  Complex sculpt on the jacket and skirt, some weathering and layered paint, digital paint on the head.   Hopefully down the road we’ll get end-game Qi’ra in the dress, and a “Crimson Dawn Leader”.  Now those would be an awesome pair and some Solo figs worthy of attention.

Read on to check out over 40 HD pics of the two courtesy of Dorkside Toys!

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Related Dorkside Toys Links: All Star Wars Black Series, 4-Lom, Qi’ra, Wave 19, Hoth Leia, Skiff Lando, Dengar.

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Time to take a look at another Star Wars Black Series store exclusive – Bespin Escape Princess Leia!  This one has been in and out quick, I’ve personally yet to find her in the wild.  However, our friends over at Dorkside Toys have been able to secure limited stock so if you want to skip the hunt, hit them up.  This Leia is using the base body from the Hoth piece due out (officially) later this year sans jacket, with an alternate head to match her hair style in that part of the movie.  She comes with an Imperial Blaster seen with the Stormtroopers.   The face sculpt is on point, the new digital printing is on point.  Even close up you are hard to find pixelation, and it really makes the eyes pop which is the key to bringing these figures to life on our shelves.  Bottom line, it’s a core character in a core look at makes a great trip down nostalgia lane when you pair up with existing BS6 figures.  Now all we need is Bespin Han without his jacket :)  I had a blast shooting her so read on to check out over 30 HD pics of them all escaping from Bespin!

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Star Wars Black Series is all over the place right now with late waves, store exclusives and hard to find figures.  Today we are taking a look at some of the exclusives floating around.  Admiral Piett is an online exclusive, available at several stores including site sponsor Entertainment Earth.  General Veers uses his same base body but adds ground assault gear to rep his Empire Hoth attack look, and he’s exclusive to Walgreens.  The Gamorrean Guard came out a bit ago, and is a Target exclusive.   There is also a Mimban Trooper exclusive to Wal Mart and Bespin Escape Leia over at Target (which we will look at later, in progress).  And that’s just what’s relatively new, there were several other exclusives earlier in the year, including cancelled TRU ones that half leaked out.  Couple this with a new Solo Wave that is out, but not even online for Pre-Order and tons of shown but not solicited items at Toy Fair and SDCC, and woofa.  It’s the wild west out here.

We are going to try and run some catch up here with a look at Piett, Veers and the Gamorrean Guard.  All 3 are OT and well done, worthy of a pick up.  While the Imperial ranked officers make sense to litter around as exclusives, the Guard being exclusive is crazy, especially since he’s a troop builder.  And awesome.  Great paint, fur that doesn’t suck, accessories – it’s a winner.  Hopefully he gets a modified but wider release later.

Read on to check out all 3 after the break courtesy of Entertainment Earth!

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Today we are taking a look at the main Star Wars Black Series SDCC Exclusive set – Han Solo Exogorth Escape.  The set features Han in his Bespin outfit, set for release (and out in some places already) by himself without the extras.  Those extras are – An extra pointing hand, a hydrospanner, breathing mask and a Mynock.  All are well done and perfect ways to spice up the exclusive set.  The packaging also doubles as a mini diorama for the exterior of the Falcon where the crew ran into the Mynock and realized things weren’t as they seemed (40 year spoiler alert).

This version of Han is super sharp, featuring Hasbro’s new face tech and a great Harrison Ford sculpt.  The body also captures all the key points like the blue jacket, pants with yellow blocking and has standard solid Black Series articulation.  The new attention to detail and these heads and face paint make Black Series fresh again, I can’t wait for them to keep pushing out these OT characters with the new tech.  And maybe some old ones with new heads please. :)

Read on to check out over 35 HD shots of the SDCC exclusive set!

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It’s been a bit, SDCC and some time in CA kept me off the gallery rotation for a while, but it’s time to jump back in the saddle and get shooting again!  Landing at online retailers right before I left, the Star Wars Black Series Enfys Nest with Swoop Bike has dropped and we are taking a look today.  This this is a massive piece, dwarfing the Speeder Bike from ROTJ.  Enfys Nest comes with a crazy soft goods cape that has the fuzzies like no other. This and the Range Trooper from Solo wave 1 both have soft goods you don’t want to burn, they look good and in scale even close up.  Articulation, paint and sculpt on both Enfys and the bike are on point, sharp and hitting all needed points.

Whether or not you dig the Solo movie or the story behind Enfys Nest, this is a cool looking set and can easily pop into a Black Series or Star Wars display.  It works great with desert themed set ups even tho it was featured in multiple environments.  Star Wars’ answer to Mad Max!

Read on to check out over 60 HD pics of the set courtesy of Dorkside Toys!

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