Friday, 17 June 2011

New Upcoming Clone Pilot Warthog/ Y-Wing Starfighter

Ok, so here are my thoughts on an upcoming Clone Wars mini-rig (Vehicle/Figure pack) that is upcoming in the line!
First up with the figure. Clone Pilot Warthog makes his debut in the comic "Shipyards of Doom". His first appearance on the TV show was in the episode "Holocron Heist". Strangely, the vehicle design is of part of the red Y-Wing that appears in both "Landing At Point rain/The Zillo Beast". As Warthog didn't appear in either of these episodes, I'm surprised they didn't put in Clone Pilot Rod, who did man one red Y-Wing at one point. Anyway, onto the actually pack. Warthog looks decent and accurate to his appearance. Reminds me of the 2009 Matchstick figure, nice helmet detail but not much else to think about. Unlike Matchstick however, Warthog comes with a non-removable helmet as you can see from this picture. The Y-Wing Starfigter is a half-sized version of the real thing as to accomadate the size of vehicles in the mini-rig line. The cockpit can close over whichever figure you choose to place in the seat. The design on the front and the cockpit of this Y-Wing is very nice and I like it. Like the full-size Y-Wing, it has a small hole with two turrets that are used to fire on enemy forces behind your fighter so the Pilot can concentrate on the front. It has two laser turrets on either side to the front of the cockpit. Also, the last important thing to mention is the engines, like the fighter are half-size of the full-size Y-Wing. Also that the Y-Wing is a bit more "bunched in" but as you can see in the movies/TV show, it is a bit more spread out between cockpit and engines at the sides.

So, I so far rate this pack at 7/10. It's a nice pack but there's nothing really special in there. The Clone Pilot Warthog doesn't have that much different detail from a normal Clone Pilot and the half-size Y-Wing is a bit poor so my score so far is 7/10, but my thoughts could change if I get it!

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