Saturday, April 17, 2021

A to Z Challenge: Obi-Wan Kenobi

 As you might expect, there are a few Obi-Wan figures.

There's a figure for each of the 3 prequels, plus an Exclusive one based on the costume from the Clone Wars movie and first few seasons of the TV show.





Then you get to the old man from the first movie.

There's also another Exclusive that's mostly translucent blue like his Force ghost

Once the TV series premieres on Disney+ they might make another version.

Friday, April 16, 2021

A to Z Challenge: Nilhilus

 For some weird reason I couldn't find a Black Series figure from the movies or TV shows with a first or second name starting with N.  Despite all the other figures they've made, they haven't made a Nien Nunb figure yet--that's Lando's co-pilot in Return of the Jedi.

The closest I could find was someone called Darth Nilhilus from the old Knights of the Old Republic II game.  I have the first game but I got bored with it.  Like a lot of the old D&D games unless you used the clue book all the time you'd wind up getting lost or missing important stuff.  It was more fun to use the cheat code to level my dude up into an awesome Sith Lord and Force choke the hell out of people and fry them with lightning and shit.

There you go, that's a lot for nothing.

Thursday, April 15, 2021

A to Z Challenge: Mandalorian

The Mandalorian came out in 2019 and was a huge hit, as I said on the Grogu entry.  Obviously there have been a few Black Series figures of the titular character.  Basically the figures kind of trace the evolution of his armor during the first season.




They also made some of the other Mandalorians like the Armorer and the Heavy Infantry one.


Plus they made the supporting characters like Cara Dune, Greef Karga, Moff Gideon, and Bo Katan. 

 




I'm sure they'll make more in the coming months like some of the other Mandalorians and other secondary characters.  Maybe even "Fish Lady!"  

This "Mandalorian Loyalist" was from the Clone Wars show, but maybe they'll reissue it again.  That is the way.

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

A to Z Challenge: Luke & Leia

 I couldn't decide whether to do Luke or Leia for the L, so why not do both?  Obviously as two of the original main characters there are a lot of figures for both Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa.

Just for Luke there's original, Stormtrooper disguise, X-Wing pilot, Awards Ceremony, Hoth, Snowspeeder Pilot, Dagobah, Bespin, Return of the Jedi, Endor, Last Jedi Master













By comparison Leia has fewer iterations:  Original, Hoth, Bespin, Bounty Hunter, Slave, Endor, Force Awakens.  (Strangely the Bespin is her white jumpsuit not the red dress she wore to Lando's little reception.  They also seem to be missing the awards ceremony, Ewok village, and Last Jedi versions.)









Did you ever realize they had so many wardrobe changes?  The only ones I have in the Black Series are Bespin Luke, X-Wing Pilot Luke, and Hoth Leia.  In the old days we had pretty much all the ones they made, which were just about all of those listed above (for the original 3 movies).  In the 90s I got the Dagobah training Luke and later the Bespin Luke with the pop-off hand!  By then they had slimmed down the figures so he doesn't look like Ahh-nold Schwarzenegger.  I also have the Slave Leia figure, which for its time was about as sexy as a 3.75-inch figure could get.

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

A to Z Challenge: Kylo Ren

 As the main bad guy--more or less--of the sequel movies there were of course a couple of figures of Kylo Ren.  There are ones with or without the mask.





I have a Kylo Ren figure but it's the 4-inch-ish one that was on clearance at the Kroger in Novi because the package had something red spilled on it.  (Kool-Aid?  Some kind of soup mix?  Whatever.)  That's about the only way I would ever own that whiny bitch.

Monday, April 12, 2021

A to Z Challenge: Jyn Erso

 Jyn Erso was the main character of Rogue One and I would say it's a toss-up on whether she or regular Han Solo from Solo is the least popular figure of the Black Series in the last five years.  If you wanted to get her for cheap you could go pretty much anywhere:  Five Below, Ollie's, or clearance shelves at Meijer/Walmart/Target.  Along with the Ackbar/First Order guy two pack, there were still tons of Jyn Erso at Toys R Us the last time I went there.  (Those probably wound up then going to Ollie's.)  


I wasn't all that interested but finally broke down a few years ago and got her for $4.49 at the Meijer in Hartland along with Captain Cassian Andor--who also was not very popular.

This figure is from early in the movie and comes with a big gray scarf that you can remove if you want--I did. Maybe since the Rogue One figures wound up in discount stores and warming pegs even then they haven't been reissued since 2016 and they haven't made additional figures in different outfits or anything.


I also have the Barbie doll-type figure they made of her because it was $2 at Walmart in Fowlerville years ago.

Pretty much no size of her was ever popular.


Saturday, April 10, 2021

A to Z Challenge: IG-88/IG-11

 IG-88 was one of the bounty hunters shown on the bridge of Darth Vader's ship in The Empire Strikes Back.  He was the robot one.  Like every other character in that scene (Boba Fett, Bossk, Dengar, etc) he got a figure made back in the old days.  And also in the Black Series.


IG-11 was in the first season of The Mandalorian and voiced by Thor Ragnarok director Taika Waititi.  He helps Mando rescue The Child and later is reprogrammed by the Nick Nolte Ugnaught to help around his farm and take care of The Child.  He's the first one to see Mando's face to heal a head injury and then blows himself up to help Mando and company escape.

So of course there's a figure of him that's not a lot different since they're pretty much the same model.

Friday, April 9, 2021

A to Z Challenge: Han Solo

 As one of (if not the) most popular character in the franchise, there are a lot of Han Solo figures.  That's been true since back in the Kenner days.  Back then there were at least 4:  original, Hoth, Bespin, and Endor.  Probably more.

And you have most of those in the Black Series too:

Original:


Stormtrooper Disguise:

Hoth:


Bespin (the one I have):


Endor:


Plus there's The Force Awakens:

And a couple from the Solo movie:



The regular one from Solo was one of those that was warming pegs at Ollie's a couple of years ago.  That's how popular that one was.

And there's even Carbonite Slab Han:


While most people consider the original to be the best Han Solo look, Empire is my favorite movie so I got Bespin Han a couple of years ago.  It's been reissued for the 40th anniversary of the movie so it's still around regular price to get.  Some of the others can be more expensive, but most of them will probably be reissued in some form later.


Thursday, April 8, 2021

A to Z Challenge: Grogu (The Child)

 In 2019 when The Mandalorian premiered on Disney+ it was an instant hit.  Hasbro got caught a little flat-footed in getting out merchandise for the most popular character:  The Child, aka Baby Yoda, aka Grogu, which is his real name from what we learned in season two. 

But by now there are a couple of Grogu figures.  One is only an inch tall, which even with accessories seems like a ripoff.  



And there's an even tinier one that comes with Din Djarin--the titular Mandalorian.

I'm sure they have more on the way with how popular he is.  

Though it's not a Black Series figure, I got an 11-inch plush from Amazon Vine and had him hang out with my Build-A-Bear Pumbaa:


Fun Fact:  The Lion King "live action" was directed by Jon Favreau, who created The Mandalorian, so it's a perfect match!

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