Earlier this summer time, Hasbro wowed SDCC with an unique Star Wars two-pack celebrating Revenge of the Sith‘s 20th anniversary. The excellent news is, if you happen to simply need the figures that had been included of Anakin and Obi-Wan, they’re coming. The dangerous information is… properly, you’re dropping so much within the course of if you happen to missed out on the now-sold-out set.
Over the weekend at Fan Expo Canada, Hasbro confirmed that the newly up to date Black Sequence figures of Anakin and Obi-Wan that had been first launched within the SDCC-exclusive two-pack earlier this summer time will obtain commonplace retail releases later this 12 months. Set to retail for $25, the brand new Anakin and Obi-Wan figures every include their respective lightsabers, and… that’s it.
Now, don’t get me improper; as is, these are arguably among the finest variations of the Revenge of the Sith variations of those characters Hasbro has ever accomplished. The brand new headsculpts are improbable; the plastic materials of their Jedi tunics not will get in the way in which of the improved vary of movement given by the up to date butterfly shoulder joints, so your Jedi can comfortably really maintain their lightsabers in two-handed grips. It’s taken over a decade of Black Sequence figures—Revenge of the Sith variations of Obi-Wan and Anakin had been among the very first within the Black Sequence line, releasing the 12 months after it debuted in 2013—and there have been many Anakins and Obi-Wans in varied types in that point, however it’s nice that the twentieth anniversary of the movie is delivering this iteration of the characters the figures they deserve.
And but… you actually are dropping out on much more compared to the unique two-pack. Even past the huge show items of the Mustafarian lava platforms (and that poor droid Anakin sled across the lava stream on within the film), the SDCC two-pack got here with alternate arms to recreate Anakin and Obi-Wan pushing towards one another with the Pressure and alternate lightsaber blade elements to create the impact of them being swung mid-motion. There was even a nifty little “conflict” piece that you could possibly slot the blades into to make it appear like a flash of sunshine because the sabers landed blows on one another. I used to be fortunate sufficient to nab the set earlier this month and had loads of enjoyable futzing round with them—not simply because the figures are nice, however for all of the extras they got here with:
Possibly the largest loss, nevertheless, are the 2 alternate heads that had been included. Nicely, one greater than the opposite: the battle-worn Obi-Wan head was nice, however it was additionally only a more-distressed-looking Obi-Wan together with his hair not as immaculately coiffed. The alternate Anakin head, in the meantime, was full on his descent into the darkish aspect made manifest—a correct Vader head, with the orange eyes and indignant glower to match and perhaps really Hasbro’s finest tackle Hayden Christensen to date. Back in 2014, the primary Revenge of the Sith Anakin got here with the same head, so why couldn’t the standalone launch do the identical all these years later?
Don’t get me improper, in dropping so many extras, you’re additionally getting two nice figures for less expensive. It’s $50 for the standalone Anakin and Obi-Wan in comparison with the hefty $110 of the SDCC; a fairly honest trade-off, particularly with the platform show items making up the majority of that further price ticket. And it does imply, from the perspective of sure collectors, that the SDCC unique set stays extra “unique” (by no means thoughts the truth that they bought it on-line as properly through the conference). However would any worth have actually been misplaced if the common variations of those figures no less than got here with the alternate heads? Within the age of tariff uncertainty, would which were an excessive amount of to offset the Black Sequence’ present commonplace pricing, or wouldn’t it have made the SDCC set sufficiently much less “particular”?
On the finish of the day, no less than anybody who missed out or didn’t wish to pay the hefty price ticket throughout Comedian-Con can nonetheless get the bits that actually matter: the figures themselves. The brand new Black Sequence Anakin and Obi-Wan figures will go up for pre-order tomorrow, August 26, from 1 p.m. ET at Hasbro Pulse and different retailers.
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