I know these two are reissues (as all figures under the Saga Legends banner are) but I have no idea when they were initially released. It must have been more than five years ago, because I’ve been in my current Star Wars collecting mode for at least that long.
As soon as I saw the lineup for the current Saga Legends and accompanying Vintage Collection (which are mostly new sculpts on different cardbacks and cost $2.50 more because Hasbro knows we are chumps who will pay that for characters we really, really want and sometimes even for characters we only kind of want but really need to go in the cockpit of that new cloud car. Fuckers.) I knew I was buying these two.
As soon as I saw the lineup for the current Saga Legends and accompanying Vintage Collection (which are mostly new sculpts on different cardbacks and cost $2.50 more because Hasbro knows we are chumps who will pay that for characters we really, really want and sometimes even for characters we only kind of want but really need to go in the cockpit of that new cloud car. Fuckers.) I knew I was buying these two.
First Glance: They both almost look too fancy to be part of the non-collector line. Not to suggest that Saga Legends can’t be nice figures, but it is the more kid/mass market-oriented line. The Vintage Collection is definitely aimed at collectors with its old-school packaging and snooty price hike.
Both figures come with a baggie of extra guns (about 5), dice for some game the Clones play, a stat card for some game bigger nerds than me play and a stand. I like the look of the new stands (which the stat card slides into), but I hate the functionality. The pegs are spaced too far apart. DO NOT put IG-88 on his stand. It spreads his legs out and I doubt you will ever be able to get him to stand without it once he’s been on there for a while. He can stand just fine without it.
Bossk: 5 out of 5
IG-88: 5 out of 5
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