Why did kenner leave these too late

[dinner squadron 2]

I've always wondered why kenner left some of the coolest figures/ships until the end of the line before producing them
I can understand Yak Face and Amanaman, not many people even realised he was in rotj to begin with but the list below we iconic characters
Luke Stormtrooper- who didnt want 1 of these
Imperial gunner- Cool figure who pulls the trigger on a planet
Tatooine skiff- That scene was 1 of the most memorable from the trilogy, Luke finally does more than scratch his ass with the force.
Romba- er ok they could leave him too
But over that time they did make some crap to compensate
SW- Power droid- the most unless figure ever made whos sole use was to cover Han while he blasted Stormtroopers and Ewoks ( this is how I played as a kid)
ESB- FX-7- I didnt even know he was in the film
ROTJ- the mighty Prune face who most thought came from Jabbas Palace
Whats your views guys

 

[TheGent]

No Tarkin at all. Biggest fail ever. :shock:

 

[Pomse2001]

No Tarkin at all. Biggest fail ever. :shock:

Yes, No Tarkin was a big error :evil: and no han stormie big error

 

[itfciain]

I imagine that with the Luke Stormie, they didn't have the technology to mae him with the first run of figures (which are pretty basic) and that they then concentrated on the ranges from the new films

It did always surprise me that they didn't make a Han Solo one too - would have been pretty easy to do and probably quite cost effective

 

[plantman]

didnt old peter request that no figure was made for him?

 

[Dublinjeff]

The Sand Trooper would have been a cool figure I reckon, the latest modern 'vintage collection' one looks cool in fairness, probably the best one actually.

 

[dinner squadron 2]

I imagine that with the Luke Stormie, they didn't have the technology to mae him with the first run of figures (which are pretty basic) and that they then concentrated on the ranges from the new films

It did always surprise me that they didn't make a Han Solo one too - would have been pretty easy to do and probably quite cost effective

Yeah I always thought it would have been cool to have a Luke and Han Stormtrooper to play with. They already had the mold for the small head Han solo which could have worked well with the helmet. It might have needed altered slightly but.....

 

[dinner squadron 2]

The other thing is if Kenner made a Jabba sail barge it would have been cool as **** and they would have offloaded a lot of crappy weequays and niktos. Every kid would have wanted 1 of these on my street

 

[Pomse2001]

Yes a Sandtrooper and the sail barge would have been very cool

Jabba's palace as a playset could also have been cool :wink:

 

[Stormtrooper37]

But over that time they did make some crap to compensate
SW- Power droid- the most unless figure ever made whos sole use was to cover Han while he blasted Stormtroopers and Ewoks ( this is how I played as a kid)
ESB- FX-7- I didnt even know he was in the film
ROTJ- the mighty Prune face who most thought came from Jabbas Palace
Whats your views guys

I like Power Droid, leave him alone :lol:

 

[Captainsolo1978]

I don't think they could produce Tarkin. Something to do with likeness rights.

Han Stormtrooper would have been ace !

 

[poncho]

i cant resist.......some members will have seen me link this a few times but when i see 'i wish they made a tarkin' i like to post my custom tarkin for you new guys too see and appreciate i made him some years ago from vintage parts and painted accordingly to the uniform from the film enjoy

 

[Pomse2001]

So you used the body from the imperial commander, what about the head ?

 

[poncho]

i popped the imperial head and reshaped a early 80s gijoe/actionforce head from recollection... and repainted and popped on the imperial body.

 

[Pomse2001]

Great work, thanks

 

[chazb73]

i cant resist.......some members will have seen me link this a few times but when i see 'i wish they made a tarkin' i like to post my custom tarkin for you new guys too see and appreciate i made him some years ago from vintage parts and painted accordingly to the uniform from the film enjoy

Excellent work mate sounds like it was a good project :wink:

I'm with you Paul, I think the power droid is a figure that encapsulates the vintage range

 

[TheGent]

And here is my Custom Tarkin: POTF2 Tarkin face repaint, Vintage Imperial Commander body.

Grand Moff Tarkin 12Back MOC

arkin:

 

[PGowdy]

Very cool. 8)

 

[JuniorChubb]

Excellent customs lads, the trouble is they actually resemble the Moff too closely. :lol:

 

[Jedi_june]

That's so cool

Anybody here makes customs for sale? With a SWFUK discount :lol:

Serious I need me a custom