I ordered 2 for free shipping.

 

This looks to be it:
https://www.entertainmentearth.com/...-grogu-6inch-action-figures-exclusive/hsf5307

Will help those who had their order cancelled by Walmart.

 

I'll be happy if Hasbro would continue to do this with store exclusives from now on. That way those who want them immediately can try for the exclusive, and the rest of us can just buy one later without the hassle of dealing with Walmar, Target, or Walgreens.

 

Also up on BBTS

 

That's what I should have done, instead, I ordered the stupid 4lom jax-1 or whatever repaint bounty hunter for free shipping.

 

Early Christmas

 

Those are the same part, it's just that's a collar piece that is designed to be trapped between the elbow joint and the bicep, the same one found on this mold going back to the 2013 original SDCC Fett & Han Carbonite, it should rotate when you turn the elbow. Since yours is not moving, most likely it's a stuck joint and some heat should free it (don't use too much heat as it's a softer part, if you're using a heat gun set it pretty low and move it back and forth so you don't overheat the part and melt it, ask me how I know; I'd suggest a few seconds in hot but below boiling water). It's a bit of a tricky part especially when stuck because that collar has that hose connected to the forearm gauntlet which swivels independently and is too easy to break off when using the elbow joint, even with that collar working properly.

 

I don't really get the point of the Purge Trooper. It's a cool design but it sorta feels like some exec said, "we need a new type of Stormtrooper in this series". It was fun when the Snowtrooper showed up in TESB and the Scout Trooper in ROTJ but not every new piece of SW media needs a new trooper (or TIE for that matter).

 

Picked these two up today!



Phasma is surprisingly good, her articulation (particularly in the elbows and hands) is much better than the First Order Stormtrooper from that same time! Allows her to get into more poses, and always glad to have more super articulation representation for the Sequels!



Finn is cool too, glad I was able to finally track down this version! He does unfortunately have the hindered elbows inherent to the First Order Stormtrooper mold at that point in time, but he still looks cool! I wanted to get this version for my Rise of the Resistance display, here he is with Poe and Rey in their appearances from the ride!


I do hope the archive line revisits Poe like they did Han, this version of Poe has what’s probably the worst face sculpt/paint in the line. The helmet helps at least xD

 

The Fight is Over

 

So, my free fig from Entertainment Earth was Credit Collection Greef Karga! A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. Most of my six inch figs are Mando related and I don't have him in any form.

 

At least you got something you like and didn’t already have! That probably won’t happen twice!

 

Finally got around to cracking open the Black Series Archive ANH Leia that I got from I think Dorkside on mega-sale, which I've had in package so long that it gathered dust. I might like the previous version better, with this new one they went really harsh on the eyebrows, the eyes have a hollow look to them, and the shiny head takes away from the realism. The face looks a little better in hand than in photos, and from some angles it's a little better than others, but overall this figure is two steps forward and maybe more than one step back. (They're both still better than the original head on this mold, angry hausfrau Leia that was so bad Lucasfilm made Hasbro resculpt it.)


I also opened $13 Archive Chewie from Target so now I have a growling head version to go with the static expression one from TFA, but man did I forget how much this mold absolutely sucks. It's too tall, the segmented body doesn't move anywhere near as well as it should, and the neck is incredibly lazy.

And $13 Archive TFA Han got opened recently, the new headsculpt does wonders for this figure and the face printing really takes it the rest of the way, to the point where my biggest complaint now is they didn't texture the gray hair paint enough, a fairly minor issue here.

I picked up Archive Tusken Raider yesterday at Target for $11, Target must really be sick of pegwarmers because this was the national price. I already have this figure, it's an excellent figure, and this Archive version is pretty much the same experience. The robe isn't heavily creased the same way but it's the same rumply material, and the head has more weathering than the original while the belt has less, the colors on the bandoliers and belt and gaffi stick heads are slightly different, but really it just feels like the same figure in all the ways that matter.

Opened another Jedha Patrol Stormtrooper that I got from a Dorkside deep sale, man this figure is great.

 

2 months late (or 10 months early) for Halloween but finally here at least

credit Mando v3 (I think...there's been so many reuses of this guy I've lost track) is almost like a Holiday Special coloring version with those oranges

 

I still haven't opened mine, they look awesome though

I had to check mine the light made your pauldrons look orange