Lieutenant Thire & Clone Trooper Rys - TCW [R] - Two-Packs (Screen Scenes) (1 of 2)

Added: October 29th 2011
Category: Clone Wars [Red], The
Reviewer: Paul Harrison
Score:

Name: Lieutenant Thire & Clone Trooper Rys
Collection: The Clone Wars [Red]
Number: 1 of 2 (Walmart Exclusive)
Source: The Clone Wars (Season 1 Episode 1: Ambush)
Availability: September 2009
License: Hasbro

Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR001 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR002 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR003 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR004
Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR005 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR006 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR007 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR008
Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR009 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR010 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR011 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR012
Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR013 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR014 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR015 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR016
Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR017 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR018 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR019 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR020
Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR021 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR022 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR023 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR024
Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR025 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR026 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR027 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR028
Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR029 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR030 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR031 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR032
Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR033 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR034 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR035 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR036
Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR037 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR038 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR039 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR040
Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR041 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR042 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR043 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR044
Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR045 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR046 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR047 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR048
Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR049 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR050 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR051 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR052
Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR053 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR054 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR055 Review_LieutenantThireAndCloneTrooperRysTCWR056

Lieutenant Thire and clone troopers Rys and Jek accompany Yoda to Rugosa, where they are attacked by battle droids. Thire urges Yoda to leave them behind and go to the rendezvous site alone, but the Jedi refuses to leave anyone behind. When Rys says their situation is dire, Yoda encourages him to find inspiration in his comrades and himself.

The opening The Clone Wars television episode Ambush was a greta way to start off the series. Nearly a year after the television show’s debut, Hasbro decided to unofficially commemorate it by releasing two special Walmart exclusive two-packs. The Lieutenant Thire & Clone Trooper Rys set introduces two new clone troopers for kids and collectors who are members of the Coruscant Guard, a battalion of clones that will quickly become fan favorites. (Editor’s Note: Lieutenant Thire was repainted and released as 2009’s TCW Clone Commander Thire (CW32) later in the basic figure line.) Well outfitted with cool and fun weaponry and super-articulated, these two new clone troopers will ironically add diversity into your ever-growing clone collection. Retailing for a very fair $12.96, they will be cheaper to attain for your collection in this manner than if Hasbro decides to release both as basic figures somewhere down the road. (Right now only Commander Thire is being released as a basic figure.)

Clone Commander Thire is very nicely painted and comes with many accessories. They include a removable helmet with rangefinder, two DC-17 blaster pistols, a DC-15 blaster and a rocket launcher with a firing projectile. Clone Trooper Rys comes with a removable helmet, a DC-15 blaster and a removable backpack. You get a lot of parts and accessories for the price and the action figures look incredible cool when posed with them. The armor is pristinely white unfortunately and we would love to see Hasbro give their clone troopers a little more grit and grime. But apparently ever increasing tooling costs are hampering that tremendously. Each clone trooper has a unique head sculpt and you can definitely tell them apart from each other when they’re helmets are off of their heads. And they look fantastic as a group. We’d love to see additional members of the Coruscant Guard see release as well in the future.

These Walmart exclusive two-packs are based on the scene where the clone troopers from the Coruscant accompany Yoda to Rugosa where they are ambushed by various Battle Droids. The clones urge Yoda to meet at the scheduled rendezvous point as planned and leave them behind, but as is true with any action of Yoda, he would rather stay and help than leave the clones on their own. It was certainly a very exciting episode in The Clone Wars franchise and we hope the television show keeps this pace up throughout its duration. We highly recommend these two-packs. Each contains an exclusive action figure (until they get released elsewhere) and we’ve already mentioned they’re bargains. (Editor’s Note: Although these two-packs started off as Walmart exclusives, the two-packs didn’t sell well enough and remaining units were shipped to Toys R Us as their exclusives.)

Collector Notes

Lieutenant Thire & Clone Trooper Rys (1 of 2)

Assortment Number: 89205/16721

UPC: 653569449966

Retail: $12.99 USD

Market Value: Click here to check the latest prices based on Click here to check the market value on eBay! listings.

Lieutenant Thire

Status: Lieutenant Thire is a kit-bashed figure that utlizes the body of 2009's TCW [R] Clone Trooper Echo (CW17) figure, the head of 2008's TCW [B] Clone Commander Cody (No. 10), and an all-new belt with fucntional holsters.

Articulation Count: 25 points (14 areas of articulation)

Articulation Details: ball-socket head (1), ball-jointed left shoulder (2), ball-jointed right shoulder (2), ball-jointed left elbow (2), ball-jointed right elbow (2), ball-jointed left wrist (2), ball-jointed right wrist (2), ball-jointed torso (2), swivel left hip (1), swivel right hip (1), ball-jointed left knee (2), ball-jointed right knee (2), ball-jointed left ankle (2), ball-jointed right ankle (2)

Accessory Count: 8

Accessory Details: removable helmet (with articulated and removable rangefinder), pauldron, 2 DC-17 blaster pistols, DC-15 blaster rifle, rocket launcher, projectile

Date Stamp: 2008

Clone Trooper Rys

Status: Clone Trooper Rys is a rework of 2009's TCW [R] Clone Trooper Echo (CW17) figure.

Articulation Count: 25 points (14 areas of articulation)

Articulation Details: ball-socket head (1), ball-jointed left shoulder (2), ball-jointed right shoulder (2), ball-jointed left elbow (2), ball-jointed right elbow (2), ball-jointed left wrist (2), ball-jointed right wrist (2), ball-jointed torso (2), swivel left hip (1), swivel right hip (1), ball-jointed left knee (2), ball-jointed right knee (2), ball-jointed left ankle (2), ball-jointed right ankle (2)

Accessory Count: 3

Accessory Details: removable helmet, DC-15 blaster, removable backpack

Date Stamp: 2008











Lieutenant Thire & Clone Trooper Rys

The Clone Wars [Red] Two-Packs (Screen Scenes)

Lieutenant Thire & Clone Trooper Rys (1 of 2)

Yoda & Clone Trooper Jek (2 of 2)

The Clone Wars [Red] Two-Packs (Under The Helmet)

Captain Rex/Clone Trooper Fives

Clone Commander Cody/Clone Trooper Echo



This review comes from Jedi Temple Archives
www.JediTempleArchives.com

The URL for this review is:
http://www.jeditemplearchives.com/content/modules.php?name=JReviews&rop=showcontent&id=889