2011 Clone Wars Special Ops Clone Trooper/Geonosian Drone 2-pack

Ok, so here are my thoughts on the Clone Wars 2-pack of Special Ops Clone Trooper/Geonosian Drone, as well as an inclusion of ARF Trooper Waxer from the other 2-pack of this wave!

Special Ops Clone Trooper: This variation of Clone Trooper made it's debut in the episode "Landing at Point Rain". The figure of this Clone uses the original Clone mold, which is good for me as it's my favourite mold while the Stone mold sucks in some departments, but this mold rocks! Anyway, this Clone, like any Clone that doesn't sport the Stone sculpt, has ankle articulation, which is always a bonus. The design and colouring is great and I really like it. He has a red logo on each shoulder pad. The helmet is a new sculpt, with those sonic repelling devices used by Clone's on Geonosis to stop their sonic blasters. I really like the helmet sculpt, mainly because it's new, and differ's from the regular re-painted helmets. The only accessory with this figure is a usual DC-15 blaster. I'm rating this figure at 10/10. It's a superb troop-building Clone, detailing is spot on, and he has a new helmet variation! So I can find no faults with this figure!

Geonosian Drone: Like the Special Ops Clone Trooper, this figure debuted in the series in "Landing at Point Rain". It is always nice to have another new species as a figure and this is a great figure at that. All the limbs on this figure are removable, which is indeed a great playability feature. He has a decent sculpt and looks very animated, like a Clone Wars figure should. He has decent articulation on him. His head is a kit-bash of the head from the 2010 CW34 Undead Geonosian figure, but of course with a more 'living' look to him. Like the Special Ops Clone Trooper, this one is a superb troop building pack and well worth a purchase, maybe even two or three of this two-pack. The accesorie's with this figure are a neatly designed sonic blaster, and (Hasbro really went over the top with this) a tri-pod mounted machine gun as used in season 2 episode 5! I'm going to rate this figure at 8/10, Hasbro have done on a fantastic job, detail wise and accessory wise. The only blip, which is problematic, is that he doesn't hold either gun well, which can be a problem displaying him, other then that, it really is a purchase-worthy figure!

ARF Trooper Waxer: Like the figures in the other pack, Waxer had his ARF trooper gear in "Landing at Point Rain". Waxer is another ARF Trooper variation and probably my favourite ARF variation at that. Waxer has a ton of paint applications, all of which Hasbro have done accurately and superbly. As he is in the original Clone mold, he has ankle articulation, which is always a bonus for displaying figures. Waxer is not part of the Special Ops Clone Trooper/Geonosian Drone 2-pack. I got him loose from Ebay which is why I don't have the 2-pack he comes with. My favourite detail on this figure, is the yellow line in the middle of his helmet. It just looks great and really stands out on this figure. The paint application with Numa on his helmet is nice and very touching toward Numa. The accesories this figure comes with are a standard Clone DC-15 blaster and a also standard Z-6 Rotary Cannon. Very usual that Clone's receive these weapons with their figures. I'm going to rate him at 9/10, Hasbro have done an amazing job on this figure, paint wise and he looks great. I'm taking half a mark off as I dislike getting yet another Z-6 rotary, and another half because when you try to put the DC-15 blaster in either hand, it just moves off awkwardly and points in another direction.