The new deco is based on the gunship from the Clone Wars cartoon, and according to Wookieepedia it's a command gunship manned by ARC Troopers. The deco (a rancor mouth) is also based on paint schemes on real life fighter planes.

 

DAMN IT!

And here I thought the AT-AT, Turbo Tank, and Landspeeder were the completion of the line!

Arghh! Must get!

 

thank god, after seeing that paint on the back of the pkg i can finally get it!

 

Oh wow. I'm really liking those two, even if they are repaints and I already own the Saesee Tiin star-fighter.

 

I can't believe this line has lasted this long. Only 2 or 3 new figures every 6 months & 75% are repaints??? How can it keep going? They've cancelled better lines.

 

Thanks for the info Primevil. I learned something new today. I can't wait to see what else is in store for us with the Star Wars Transformers Line.

 

Phew, I've held off the Gunship for a while, thinking/hoping they'd do a Tigershark repaint, and I was 'this' close to buying an Ep2 one...

Phew, I don't particularly like the robot mode, I only want it to match my 3 3/4 inch figure Tigershark Gunship.

 

But that's the great thing about clone troopers. You can have a fleet of them.  

 

sorry but pass, anyone who enjoys them, well, enjoy!!!

 

I recently got a standard deco SWTF gunship figuring that they wouldn't do the tigershark too. I do need this one, however, to match my 3 3/4 gunship and since my clone collection is focused on ARC troopers.

 

Up here it looked like a lot of SWTF sold at christmas time, because there weren't enough Movie Transformers. So parent's bought the next best thing available, at least thats what I think. Which may be why the line continues.

I dig these, so I'm not complaining.

 

I really like this line because of the vehicle modes. I have the Falcon (my fav) plus Bobba fett, the original Darth Vader (TIE), and assorted others. What I don't like, is the repeat in characters as other vehicles (a la obi wan). I have the Ep III version, but I am torn now because of the Ep II version shown here. Does anyone know if the ship detaches from the ring like in the movie? If so I might have to get this. Also, I have been holding off on the death star based on the fact that yet again, a repeat in characters in different vehicle modes.

 

Yes he detaches from the ring, and has landing gear, just like in the movie.

 

So far, they've released...
Grievous (new mold)
Darth TIE (new mold)
Obi Wan Jedi fighter (new mold)
Luke X-Wing (new mold)
Darth Maul (new mold)
Jango Fett (new mold)
Emperor Palpatine (new mold)
Anakin Starfighter (remold)
Boba Fett (remold)
Clone Arc-170 (new mold)
Vader Starfighter (remold)
Arc 170 Tiger deco (remold)
Saesee Tinn (new mold)
Clone Gunship (new mold)
Mace Windu Starfighter (remold)
Millennium Falcon (new mold)
WM-exclusive 2 pack (remold)
Vader- Death Star (new mold)
Luke-Snowspeeder (new mold)
Turbo Tank (new mold)
ATAT (new mold)
Obi-Wan- ring Starfighter (remold)
Gunship- tiger deco (remold)
That's 15 new molds, 8 remolds. About a third. Compared to Alts (14 of 30 were remolds or just straight repaints- nearly half . And the repaints make sense, for the most part. Each of these characters in the SW universe piloted the same kind of ship. If we start seeing a Yoda-ATAT or a Jar Jar Imperial Shuttle, then I'll moan about the repaints.

 

So uh, considering Hasbro used the RiD Brother molds to death...when can we expect the Ep3 starfighter to be "unusable?"

 

Dig Obi-Wans right hand! Of course, the other Obi-Wan may be like that... but I don't have it so I don't know

 

I only like the ships from the Original Trilogy. I am still waiting for a nice Star Destroyer.

 

Nope EP3 Obiwans hand didnt do that...i guess I just assumed there was some articulation in the fingers as I dont own the Saesee Tiin mold...

 

^ No finger articulation on the Saesee mold. The right hand is just molded in two-finger-Force-gesture pose.

 

Since the time I took these photos I've added an extra guy. The Tigerstripe Gunship now has 4 permanent crew, 2 pilots and 2 Clone troopers, as well as the 5 Arc Troopers, Jedi, Speeder and Speeder pilot (who is hidden in one of the wing bays.





Which is why I was really waiting to get a Tigerstripe SWTF, and as of last week actualy gave in. If I'd found a SWTF Gunship before I read this article I'd have bought it. So... lucky.