The Rebels in this set aren’t too wonderful either. Again, this set has evidently been designed to introduce the younger buying public to some key Original Trilogy characters. This was certainly a popular Stormtrooper sculpt back in the day, but why would Hasbro resort to this sculpt when they have the fan-favorite 2004 VOTC Stormtrooper figure? It’s a little bit perplexing. Also, the Stormtrooper only comes with his blaster rifle and not the E-11 blaster or the rifle rack. These Stormtrooper figures are unique in the fact that they come without the “temperature changing” battle-damage markings. The Stormtrooper figure is a very sloppy repaint of the figure that came in 2002’s SW Stormtrooper Trooper Builder Set. But do you care? The articulation renders the figure pretty much useless and the head sculpt (with the helmet) looks distorted and not screen accurate at all. When together, it creates a unique version of Darth Vader. A kit-bashed figure, it utilizes the head of 2003's SW Darth Vader (Throne Room Duel) ('03 #18) figure and the body of 2002's SW Darth Vader (Bespin Duel) ('02 #30) figure. But even the changes made to Darth Vader aren’t enough to warrant the repurchasing of the other figures inside this Battle Packs set.ĭarth Vader is the only “new” figure in this Battle Packs set. It isn’t exciting and except for Darth Vader, you likely have all of these figure multiple times already. But the collector base will likely find no reason to add it to their collections. Empire set serves a purpose for the younger Star Wars audience. But in practicality it fails because of the figure choices Hasbro has used to comprise this Battle Packs set. Separatists Battle Packs set.) Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Chewbacca represent the Rebels in this set while a Stormtrooper and Darth Vader represent the Empire. (Hey, at least all of the action figures in this set are from one film, unlike the oddly titled and packaged Jedi Vs. Hasbro has cobbled together another mildly perplexing Battle Packs set loosely based on the events during the Battle of Endor. Empire? Does that mean one member of the Rebel Alliance versus the Empire? We don’t know, but it probably doesn’t matter in the long run.
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