tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438156728877167677.post2775072224320282608..comments2024-03-24T19:17:59.515-04:00Comments on Action Figure Barbecue: Action Figure Review: Doctor Aphra from Star Wars: The Black Series Phase IV by HasbroBarbecue17http://www.blogger.com/profile/11169946891265569135noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438156728877167677.post-29476454617439920892023-03-16T10:03:30.345-04:002023-03-16T10:03:30.345-04:00Yup, I have nothing to do with the price increases...Yup, I have nothing to do with the price increases. <br /><br />I still do want OOM-9, a Super Battle Droid, and a Destroyer. I'd be content with prequel era droids with those three on my shelf. Barbecue17https://www.blogger.com/profile/11169946891265569135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438156728877167677.post-27696341924460305802023-03-09T15:03:43.058-05:002023-03-09T15:03:43.058-05:00It's funny, in the LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Sta...It's funny, in the LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Star Wars 2 PS2 games you have the B1 Droid, the B2 SuperDroid, the Droideka, the Geonosian B1, Security B1 and OOM-9 (Actually called Combat Droid Commander in that game, but for me it will always be OOM-9 as everytime you press the circle button he gets a Walkie in his hand and says "Roger, Roger!") and the only Black Series we got was the B1, the Gaming Garbages B1 paint variants and the cool Heavy B1 variant.When playing as OOM-9 I always imagined the AI controlled character alongside me (almost always a security droid or a B2 droid) saying "It's not Roger, it's Patrick!!" and laughing a lot about it.<br /><br />That were good times. What i hate is that Hasbro rises the Star Wars prices for the license. F*** off, George Lucas. Ah true, it's Diarrhesney the one who holds the franchise license now (don't mind me wrong, i only hate Disney for semi-ruining Star Wars IMO, the rest of other Disney products and brands are fine for me). A Hasbro Power Rangers Magna Defender goes by 26€ and it comes with tons of accesories and two pairs of hands, but Obi Wan Kenobi's Darth Vader comes with only the lightsaber and goes for 30€?? Sorry Darth, but now you have been resurrected as a Super Sentai ally.<br /><br />Still, as much i can hate Hasbro's prices and decissions and Disney's exagerated license prices, i like your reviews. After all, you are not Action Hasbro Priceriser 17, ha, ha, ha!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438156728877167677.post-23991998433649982152023-03-09T12:04:25.486-05:002023-03-09T12:04:25.486-05:00He definitely does. I'd pick up an Ochi figure...He definitely does. I'd pick up an Ochi figure for sure.Barbecue17https://www.blogger.com/profile/11169946891265569135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438156728877167677.post-14025983584501037452023-03-09T11:57:22.825-05:002023-03-09T11:57:22.825-05:00Doctor Aphra is from the Marvel Comics in the New ...Doctor Aphra is from the Marvel Comics in the New Canon, so releases from 2015 and after. She's an archaeologist who's a bit of a rogue. Definitely looks out for herself most of the time and has worked with the Empire, though she's also worked against it, too. I've really enjoyed the series. <br /><br />Aphra definitely has enough of a real world aesthetic that she could definitely team up with G.I.Joe or Action Force, especially in this outfit. She definitely looks like she could be a suitable companion for Dusty. <br /><br />That's interesting about the faceless characters, I do remember really liking figures like Peter Venkman, Tim from Jurassic Park, and General Hawk v2 as a kid because they had brown hair, like me. I still felt connected to my other figures, though, even if they didn't look like me. I do see the idea of helmeted figures being cool because they could be anyone. <br /><br />I haven't had any interest in any of the future Battle Droid repaints as the pricing on those repaints is getting out of hand, but I definitely want an OOM-9. I have a lot of nostalgia for the Phantom Menace and I loved his figure back in 1999. Roger, Roger!Barbecue17https://www.blogger.com/profile/11169946891265569135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438156728877167677.post-53535778896164971232023-03-08T11:29:18.219-05:002023-03-08T11:29:18.219-05:00I'd also like an Ochi of Bestoon figure. He...I'd also like an Ochi of Bestoon figure. He's just got such a cool look.Dexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06438741309061958350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438156728877167677.post-70452526956402682672023-03-07T14:58:45.467-05:002023-03-07T14:58:45.467-05:00Well, i can't comment about this character, as...Well, i can't comment about this character, as i never heard nothing about her. I am not familiar with the Star Wars Legends lore, as i am one of that guys who only likes the original 6 films and the 2003 Tartakowski Clone Wars. But, this figure seems nice, and the equipment seems nice as well. Maybe she can be paired with Classified's Dusty, as the equipment can also feel like it works for desert operations.<br /><br />Funnily enough i don't tend to like heroes but i like the villains like the Stormtroopers, Darth Vader or Boba Fett. I think it happens to me as villains seem to be easier to identify, and as they are faceless, it helps you to get identified with them even more.<br /><br />I remember seeing on forums that most of the people liked more faceless characters as, unlike most of the franchises heroes and villains, their faces are not seen and thus kids can identify as if them were the character in question. And i see it normal. A kid couldn't identify as Duke or Skeletor unless they were blonde and muscular or blue and having an horrible accident in the face, but you can identify as Cobra Commander, Snake Eyes, the Power Rangers Magna Defender or even Roboto or Richie Rich Dr N-R-Gee as you can think "Hey, i don't see his face, what if this guy is me?".<br /><br />Only exception for me to that rule are the Metal Slug Rebel Soldiers, but actually they are so generic, and actually the actual good guys (i explained it time ago, i think) that you could identify as one without issues.<br /><br />As a last paragraph (i know, my comments are even longer than Fidel Castro's speeches), when will Hasbro release a Security B1 Droid, a Geonosis B1 Droid or even OOM-9? Come on, OOM-9 deserves some love apart of being in LEGO Star Wars as a playable character! They only release idiotical game B1 droids but they can't add OOM-9?! Oh, let me think, "HasLab money waste, OOM-9 as a Tier IV reward for the HasLab AAT/MTT pack for 400€!". Let's get a new hope (ba dum tss) and wait if they manage to release him alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com