Star Wars Build-A-Droid Wave 2: R4-T1 & R7-J1
Saturday, August 2, 2008
A few weeks ago, I looked at the first Legacy collection build-a-droid figures, and how you could switch around all the parts and everything. The second wave is very much like the first, except these have been painted differently and come with different figures.
So far, here's the breakdown as to who comes with which parts. As I've noticed with wave 1, this may change-- Hasbro made it a point so that every case has enough to build 3 astromech droids (or, when the time comes, 2 protocol droids). This means that some figures may come with either of multiple pieces, in addition to multiple figures coming with the same piece. Confused yet? We'll work on a chart to explain it at some point soon.
Here's the current breakdown with the first shipment of these figures:
R4-J1 (the green one)
Dome & center leg: Clone SCUBA Trooper #BD10
Body: IG Lancer Droid #BD13
Left leg: Obi-Wan Kenobi #BD9
Right leg: Clone Trooper #BD16
Packaging real estate being at a premium, Hasbro opted to leave off any information as to who these droids are. The green R4-J1 is one I'm not quite familiar with, although Wookieepedia claims it is some sort of scavenger droid. I guess that works!
R7-T1 (the blue one)
Dome & center leg: Quarren Soldier #BD15
Body: Mon Calamari Warrior #BD14
Left leg: Padme Amidala #BD12
Right leg: Saesee Tiin #BD11
According to the Expanded Universe lore, R7-T1 was assigned to Luke Skywalker at some point after Return of the Jedi to replace his aging R2 unit. Luke was also given a new vehicle, and in the end he went back to R2-D2 and his X-wing. So what you have here is a toy which Luke got, played with, and got bored with.
As with before, each figure is designed with four "sockets" on the sides of his body, two on each side. The upper pair is for where the legs normall go, and the lower pair allow you to have some fun by adding additional limbs of your choosing. The sockets are designed to be fully swappable, so if you're an army builder and you end up with a sack of extra parts, you should be able to come up with something rather than just end up with a bag of busted machinery.
They're a lot of fun to mess with, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't excited for the whole wave (and especially R7-T1.) To assemble these droids, you'll need to pick up characters from the original Clone Wars series, which is like saying you'll have to eat all your dessert if you want your dessert. I can't say I see a problem with this.
Click here for more exciting images of what kind of parts-swapping you can do with these figures.
Posted byAdam16bit at 10:35 PM
Labels: Action Figures, Hasbro, The Legacy Collection
According to http://www.angelfire.com/droid/astromechs/page5.html the green R4 is at Mos Espa in E2.