Friday 29 July 2011

2010 Tactical Droid TA-175/ Armoured Scout Tank mini-rig pack

Ok, so here are my thoughts on the 2010 Clone Wars mini-rig of Tactical Droid TA-175 and Armoured Scout Tank!
Tactical Droid TA-175: TA-175 appeared in the Clone Wars episode called "Liberty on Ryloth". He betrayed his Separatist general, Wat Tambor, by stealing his shuttle as Tambor wasted time trying to get the last 'valuables' in. TA-175 is a re-paint of the 2009 CW46 TX-20 figure. The re-painted areas of TA-175 include the sides of his legs, just above the feet, the head, the chest armour and part of the arms. He has a logo near his chest, similar to TX-20's but in a different colour. The articulation is decent on this figure. His feet, head and arms are all really flexible. The only bad articulation is the stiff knees, but they're not too bad. His only acessory is the standard droid E-11 blaster. I rate this figure at 9/10. Detailing is superb on this figure, flexibility is good as well. Only blip is the stiff knees, bit it's still a really good figure and well worth getting.

Armoured Scout Tank: This mini-tank is a straight re-pack from another mini-rig, "Battle Droid with Armoured Scout Tank". It's basically the front part of an AAT (Armoured Assault Tank) taken away from the rest of the AAT, and with the cannon's on it's right side missing, but is still in a way, Hasbro's invention. You have to squeeze whatever figure you want to put in into a certain part near the back, so it doesn't fall out easily, or move around on the vehicle. There is also a handle for putting a figures hands on. It has a neat playability feature, aimed at the kids, where you twist the part at the back one way, which fires one of the rocket firing pieces out, twist it the other way, and it will fire the other way! I rate this vehicle at 9/10. The colouring and detail on it is superb, very reminiscent of the front of the AAT. Only problem is it could have used two more cannons on the other side, but it is still a great vehicle.

As a whole, I give this pack a 9/10. It's a very useful pack to have. It contains one of only two of the Tactical Droid's made so far. It also has a neat mini-rig which has only appeared twice, once in this, and once in another mini-rig.

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