Re: Star Wars: Ep II (ish) 25mm Figures

Just a curious question...

Did Galoob or anyone else release the "little micromachine" figures
based on
the new movie? (the ones released with the last two movies?  Any new
ones?)

I hope so...it's my only source of "prepainted-ready-to-use" figures.
(or
PPRTU)

Donald Hosford

Tomb wrote:

> If no one has seen them yet, I picked up a couple of the new star wars
> figs from WOTC this weekend - a scout with a blaster and a padawan and
> another cerean jedi with lightsabers. Nice figs, other than the big
> square base (likely to be removed from mine), they seem to be true
25mm.
>
> I compared them favorably to an ESU Heavy Infantry figure. Flash seems
> to be very minimal and they are well sculpted*[1] and they would
appear
> to be good figures for sci fi (I can see some of them serving as local
> forces, ships troops, etc).
>
> I don't know yet if they have sets. OTOH, At about $4 US per, they
> weren't the cheapest figures I've ever bought. Now I'm trying to
figure
> out how to paint a lightsaber.... my first guess is using the "Cho (as
> in Albert) technique" - paint the blade white then paint over it with
> clear blue, clear red, etc from the tamiya line (thicker translucent
> paints). Will post some pics if this comes out at all tolerably.
>
> Full Metal Jedi anyone?
>
> :)
>
> Tomb
> [1] They have good detail and good proportion. OTOH, many (witness one
> of the Naboo Gaurd figures) incredibly stupid poses - the figure in
> question has his blaster pointed off to the left meanwhile his right
arm
> is crossed (uncomfortably) across his body pointing right... he looks
> like he's trying to do some sort of fancy new dance move.... and there
> are quite a few figures in this line that seem to fit that "awkward
> moment" design ethic. But if you find good ones, they seem to be well
> done. Just be selective.
>