My wife is in at opticians which is right next door to local toy shop so I'm killing half an hour checking out the SW toys.
Got me thinking about the packaging - on one shelf they have pretty much an example from every modern line from the last 10 years and the 1st Black Series looks pretty crap compared to the rest. I actually quite liked it when it first came out, the black and orange reminded me of Bespin freezing chamber but compared to Vintage Collection or the cancelled Legacy it looks rubbish.
The latest blue version with TIE pilot is a big improvement but again when you compare it to Legacy it falls a bit flat.
Looking forward to seeing the Episode 7 style - fingers crossed they will go with Vintage style again.
If they have any sense they will go completely retro and have the other figures on the card back.
Got me thinking about the packaging - on one shelf they have pretty much an example from every modern line from the last 10 years and the 1st Black Series looks pretty crap compared to the rest. I actually quite liked it when it first came out, the black and orange reminded me of Bespin freezing chamber but compared to Vintage Collection or the cancelled Legacy it looks rubbish.
The latest blue version with TIE pilot is a big improvement but again when you compare it to Legacy it falls a bit flat.
Looking forward to seeing the Episode 7 style - fingers crossed they will go with Vintage style again.
If they have any sense they will go completely retro and have the other figures on the card back.