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Post by Ebola on Jul 11, 2007 2:21:26 GMT -5
Good news! Starbuck and Cylon Centurion are must haves for this line. I also like Kat for the short packed figure but disappointed that there no Boomer. What up with Helo in dress blues? I thought this was a series one AFX exclusive.
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Post by urbandruid on Jul 11, 2007 13:49:22 GMT -5
I thought that was supposed to be Anders in the dress blues in series 1? He sure doesn't look much like Helo... But Starbuck and the Cylon Centurion are awesome news, and I agree they're both must-haves for the line. Now there's just a small army of other characters we need.
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Post by sometimesjoan on Jul 11, 2007 15:32:44 GMT -5
I'm pretty thrilled about Starbuck (about time!!LOL), but wish they'd skipped the Centurion in favor of a Boomer/Sharon. I'd rather get solid characters before army builders, so am a little annoyed. Of course, that's partially because I'm a big enough BSG fan to buy Starbuck and Six, but not enough that I want all, or even most of, the characters. (shrug)
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Post by Haephestus on Jul 11, 2007 19:33:29 GMT -5
Not that fussed on a Cylon Centurion, but I thought it was odd this wasn't included in series 1, so not that surprised its been included in series 2.
Starbuck is cool, but again not much of a surprise. Still, I won't get too excited until it's announced what "outfit/costume" the character will come in. Hopefully her flight suit because I have little interest if the figure is in her "off-duty" or "dress blues" gear.
Haven't seen series 3 as yet, so don't know much about Kat and therefore don't have much interest in the figure.
As for Helo in dress blues, that was meant to be an exclusive with series 1. DST could at least be honest and admit to this and simply state that he's been held over to the second series. Again, as much as I like the character, I have no interest in the figure unless it was in his "flight suit".
Still holding out hope that one of the exclusives (the "witch') for series 2 will be Number 3.
And all of the above is dependent upon the final product for series 1 looking a LOT better than it currently does.
Cheers, Haeph.
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Post by magick on Jul 13, 2007 10:35:41 GMT -5
Ok, I'm officially confused - has dress blues Helo been delayed into Series 2? AFX is still advertising him as their exclusive coming out in September 2007 along with the rest of Series 1. Is this an extreme typo on DST's part, or is AFX really slow in updating their website?
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Post by Ebola on Jul 29, 2007 15:36:12 GMT -5
No pictures were allowed but the new figures on display we Starbuck in flight suit, Helo in flight suit, Danna "3" in white skirt suit, Boomer in Cylon Civie outfit (brown jacket, slacks, har down), Duella in fatigues, Admiral Caine in dress blues, and the disembodied head of Kat. Series one figures were all on display but no Cylon Centurion. Starbuck and 3 looked fantastic; the other new figures weren't quite as nice.
Also displayed were busts of Cmdr Adama, and Boomer and Helo in flight suits. Statues of Colonial Viper and Cylon Raider looked very nice.
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Post by Haephestus on Jul 29, 2007 17:59:34 GMT -5
WOO HOO!
NUMBER 3!
So, VERY happy!
PLEASE someone LEAK some pictures!
Also, not having seen season 3 yet down under, could someone please explain "white skirt suit". Is this some kind of "uniform" that Number 3 starts wearing or something? Like a jumpsuit?
Cheers, Haeph.
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Post by willbueche on Jul 29, 2007 18:02:26 GMT -5
Hey, what’s a NO PHOTOGRAPHY ALLOWED sign mean to an intrepid reporter, anyway? Check the photos of Wave 2 of Battlestar Galactica before they’re taken down: www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/toyfare/005313264.cfmBy some small glimmer of luck we are about to get the most perfect Starbuck figure you could ever dream of! Or at least it is pretty close. The chances of them getting my favorite character’s face right were so small, I feel like I and other Starbuck fans have truly lucked out! And REALLY DIGGING the unzipped flightsuit. Perfect attitude for her. Dualla's face looks good too. The rest of the face sculpts look as iffy as wave one -- vaguely reminiscent of the characters, at least by a process of deduction if not by recognition.
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Post by Artistix on Jul 29, 2007 18:55:20 GMT -5
Wow!! some of those figures are quite beuatiful.
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Post by Ebola on Jul 29, 2007 19:18:36 GMT -5
I love the unzipped look for Starbuck also. I hope DST will make a fully zipped up female flight suit torso for Kat and future unannounced Athena in flightsuit to keep the Starbuck figure more unique. Wizard Universe obviously got some of the captions wrong but have provided good pictures of all the new figures. The white 3 outfit selected was used on several episodes of season 3.
After wave 2 is produced, we need (I want) the following for wave 3:
Cmdr or Admiral Bill Adama Gaius Baltar Laura Roslin Col Tigh Athena in flight suit Gaeta Leoben Cally Tom Zarek
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Post by x-esque on Jul 29, 2007 20:04:47 GMT -5
Oooo, thanks. Taboo breaking pics. Half are so good and half are so-so. Interesting to see these now.
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Post by Haephestus on Jul 29, 2007 20:55:05 GMT -5
THANK YOU!
Number 3, Starbuck and Dee look pretty decent.
Cain looks okay. Boomer is terrible. It doesn't resemble her at all.
Not familiar with Kat so cannot really comment.
Flight Suit Helo doesn't look too bad (if that is Helo, cannot really be sure with this line).
Will stick with this line for now.
Though I do want to see images of the "final" versions of the series 1 figures with the articulation soon.
Again, thanks for the pics.
VERY happy to be getting a Number 3 figure. Not the "costume" I would have chosen (I'd prefer her pants and shirt from "Downloaded" with the gun as an accessory) and also not so sure on the "smirk" sculpt, but otherwise VERY good.
Cheers, Haeph.
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Post by Artistix on Jul 29, 2007 23:56:28 GMT -5
Starbuck does look kinda cute. I actually think Cain has a pretty good look as well. I can see Michelle Forbes in there. Apollo & Helo are so-so.Not feeling Dualla or Racetrack too much. Number 3 looks pretty hot! I'm hoping Anders looks better by release.
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Post by MasterPizza on Aug 4, 2007 14:15:50 GMT -5
Is there a pic of the full articulated prototype? I really wish that they don't add articulation just like the prototypes, they look better.
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Post by willbueche on Aug 4, 2007 18:04:53 GMT -5
Masterpizza, not sure which character you are referring to, but on this T1 production figure of Six you can see wrist, elbow, and shoulder articulation (and you can see that they fixed the misalignment between the upper and lower half of the body). www.diamondselecttoys.com/news_images/3/59394_134506_2.jpgMy only disappointment is this strongly suggests that the Six figure will not have a "soft plastic dress" over her body covering the waist joint, but rather is indeed hard plastic with waist joint.
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Post by MasterPizza on Aug 5, 2007 10:23:08 GMT -5
That figures looks great, but i really want to see the guys articulation, according of which i read, the articulation is the same of Stargate but they have the same articulation in the legs of riddick line by sota. I really like to see a prototype full in articulation.
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Post by Haephestus on Aug 5, 2007 18:39:40 GMT -5
That T1 Six is pretty disappointing, especially as it means Three would more than likely feature the same lower half.
Perhaps Caprica Six will feature FULL articulation, so I'll just grab that one instead (IF it's available down under).
And I'm considering creating an entire army of Three models by simply sticking Three's head onto a range of female BSG bodies, including Civilain Boomer (for a look similar to what Three wore in Downloaded).
I also want to see a FINAL figure. They really talked up the articulation on these figures, but the fact we still haven't see any real proof/confirmation makes me think they may have scaled back the amount of articulation which would be a real shame.
Cheers, Haeph.
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Post by Artistix on Aug 6, 2007 22:00:44 GMT -5
That figures looks great, but i really want to see the guys articulation, according of which i read, the articulation is the same of Stargate.
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Post by urbandruid on Aug 14, 2007 17:27:07 GMT -5
Starbuck looks awesome, I'm definately going to get her. Dunno about most of the others, though. Sharon especally is disappointing- I don't think it looks a thing like her. Dee and Apollo look alright. I've only seen season 1 so far so I'm reserving judgement on the characters I don't know. But just looking at the figs themselves, I like Biers' hair sculpt, it's a nice change from the sort of "we have a shampoo shortage" stringy look of, say, Sharon. (Are we sure that's Sharon?) and Kat's disembodied head just looks... sort of freakish sitting on its little pillar. So, bit of a mixed bag I guess, but Starbuck is AWESOME, and since they're only at the 'no pics' stage, we can hope for improvements to the ones that need it, right?
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Post by Artistix on Aug 15, 2007 0:14:44 GMT -5
since they're only at the 'no pics' stage, we can hope for improvements to the ones that need it, right? Erm....well... We can always hope.
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