New Mini Sets: Universe Huge and Champions of the Force

[Katarn07]

http://www.basecontact.com/

 

Read the news about the Universe Huge set and Champions of the Force.

 

http://www.basecontact.com/index.php?chapter=105

 

Read and see the next minis of the set and make sure you don't drown in your drool.

 

I am also getting that AT-AT for Xmas. No doubt about it

[ZBomber]

I actually kinda don't like how there are BIG things in the mini sets. :\

[Zappa_0]

Those would be cool to display.

[El Sitherino]

I'm digging the Rancor.

[Katarn07]

I'm getting different responses in terms of rarity. Some places say the Boga and Rancor are very rares and the rest will be rares or less. Other sources say all will be commons. I really hope this is the case. Six boosters per case so I'll get a case and a half and be missing one huge. I'll trade off all my prequel pulls and focus on getting all the OT oriented stuff.

[Katarn07]

http://www.starwars.com/gaming/other/rpg/news20050728.html

 

Great pics in there of nonhuges. Then of course, there are previews at two sites once a week. All of them are listed here. Dark Trooper not as powerful as I'd like him to be in game, but he's an awesome and large mini. His gun is weird, but whatever, still cool.

[ZBomber]

Hmm, the clone and nexu look pretty cool.

[daring dueler]

I thought i might have been done after i got boba, but now... i need davin felth and kyle and the darktrooper, and i gotts ta get the rancor, at-st, and at-at...well just when you think your out, they pull you back in!

[Katarn07]

Yeah, EU is where it's all at. There is a young female Jedi Knight from NJO who in early, low res and blurry pics most people thought was Kyp Durron. Too bad, but at the same time, Kyp's a real bastard. I hope they make a Corran Horn, his wife, and most importantly the Solo kids first.

[Bon Solar]

Is that Luke or Han on the White beast?? (cant remember the name )

[Katarn07]

It's Luke on Tauntaun. It's yet to be said it is officially Luke but most people seem quite confident it's him. I wish it was a generic Hoth trooper on Tauntaun. Either way, it's a nice piece.

[daring dueler]

It would be pretty cool to have it be just a hoth soldier rather than luke or solo... but either way it really nice. The entire collectin is done very well in sculpt and paint.

[Katarn07]

  rebel_yancy from WotC boards said:

The ones in green are realistic guesses, the red ones are complete wild guesses.

Basically, where X is the rarity, in order from most to least sure:

 

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Found this.

[daring dueler]

Thanks for finding that lol, now i just need to come here to check what to try to buy.

[Katarn07]

Yeah, I wanted to see who would be good trades. The first 12 aren't important to me. If I pull a VR Vong Warmaster, I'd like him but trade him off for more important ones. I'm skeptical about another Chewie and Vader as well. Although, this Vader is supposed to kick ass and have him in his prime as he hunts down the remaining Jedi between RotS and ANH. That'd be cool. Hope his sculpt is good.

[daring dueler]

Yah, i really want Kyle lol, then ill worry about the rest. Maybe ill buy more this time and really get inot the trading scene.

[Katarn07]

Heh, that list is off already. They released a preview of the Bith and it turns out he's a Rebel. Neat little mini though.

 

WotC Preview

[daring dueler]

Cool. The more i think about these, they become even coller to me. I loved the first sets, but didnt get TOO into it, but i might now. Since my hasbro collecting is cut back to only be 1 figure instead of two of each, and basically no ships. I still have not bought the newer unleashed, But i need the next wave, cant pass up Asajj and such.

[Katarn07]

Unleashed are looking better and better. I didn't really like the first few 'emotionally themed' ones. I prefer realisim to abstract.

[daring dueler]

I just think they look cool, like star wars mcfarlane almost, the original ones like maul and jango arnt too great tho. But i love all the bounty hunters, the solo, vader...stormie, i think they are great.

[Katarn07]

Yeah, the last you mentioned and Luke Snowtrooper all come to mind as good. I had to get Obi and Anakin from RotS simply because that was the moment everyone had been waiting for in the entire prequel trilogy. It is one of the best parts of the saga for me, though I feel TPM has a better fight in terms of actual swordplay. I guess two on one and a double bladed weapon make things more interesting though.

[daring dueler]

True it was a big moment, i was (am) short on cash so im gonna pas on them for a while, but im starting to get more money for random things, so ill pick up with the new ones. I cant wait for the new minis tho.

[Katarn07]

You didn't get them? They're not hard at all so take your time. I have trouble making them stand on their bases. If you look in my pics, you'll See Obi isn't even on his

[daring dueler]

Nope i didnt yet. Ill MAKE my obi get on there, i used to custom remember...yah well it gave me one skill, putting holes in things.

 

Actually a couple of the worste standing ones are luke hoth, and obi wan on geonosis, they always lean one way or another.

[Katarn07]

My dad got Obi on Geonosis free from the 'points' you get from spending with the SW credit card. He's got him on his desk. Obi and Qui are his fav characters. He liked Ewan in RotS and Sir Alec more than Ewan in the other two. Still, he'll take what he can get because I paid for the Mustufaar battle myself