Tag Archives: 12-Inch Figures

Hasbro surprised collectors in 1999 with high-quality Portrait Edition figures that still hold up extremely well today. Let’s go back more than two decades and check out the Queen Amidala (Red Senate Gown) 1999 Portrait Edition (3 of 3) figure. It’s beautiful. (more….)

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We’re still looking at some Episode I products. Let’s check out the Jar Jar Binks (Electronic Talking) figure. It’s more fun! See more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

The Electronic Battling Obi-Wan Kenobi is a heck of a lot of fun. And it has a fantastic likeness. We wish Hasbro approached the standard 12 Inch Figures line as they did for this novelty line of figures. Even the added electronics are fun here. See more Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

The KB Toys exclusive Revenge Of The Sith Chewbacca 12 Inch Figure is interesting. it’s not accurate, yet it doesn’t look terrible. See more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

The Toys R Us exclusive Dewback & Sandtrooper Action Collection set has an incredible Dewback and a not so incredible Sandtrooper. See it all in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

The JC Penney exclusive Obi-Wan Kenobi Vs. Darth Vader (Electronic Power F/X) Collector Series set looks great packaged. But the figures are a setback from the originals if you can believe it. See more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

If you follow our site with any regularity, you know that I’ve been adding Kenner/Hasbro’s long line of Collector Series, Action Collection, and general 12 Inch Figures into our Research Droids Reviews database. As the volume of figures added grew large, Readers began to ponder how many of the original Kenner “mini-figures” were released in the one-sixth scale in the modern Hasbro Star Wars line. Well, wonder no more. I took the time to prepare a vintage versus modern 12″ counterpart to answer the questions. But before you check it out, let’s look at some interesting facts.

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The Aurra Sing (Dawn Of The Bounty Hunters) Masterpiece Edition set is another gorgeous release! See the figure, the book, and the deluxe packaging in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

There aren’t too many toy interpretations of the Sebastian Shaw version of Anakin Skywalker. But here is one of them. The Anakin Skywalker (The Story Of Darth Vader) Masterpiece Edition set is gorgeous. And it contains one of Hasbro’s greatest 12 Inch Figures ever produced. See the figure, the book, and the deluxe packaging in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

The Diamond exclusive Sandtrooper from the Collector Series line is terrible. Find out why in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

The 1999 Portrait Edition line was fantastic but expensive. And it’s the main reason the line failed. Let’s check out Princess Leia (Ceremonial Gown). She’s beautiful! See more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

We conclude looking at the basic figures in the Action Collection line today. Our final entry is Luke Skywalker (In Ceremonial Gear). Do you think this figure looks like Mark Hamill? See more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

We’re finishing up looking at the figures in the Action Collection line. Next up is the Sandtrooper. It’s based on the Special Edition character. See more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

We’re back to looking at some Action Collection figures. Let’s now check out Greedo. It’s a terrible figure and a straight repack of the prior year’s Collector Series release. See more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

We’re back to looking at some Action Collection figures. Let’s now check out Han Solo (In Hoth Gear). It’s a repaint of the first Collector Series release. See more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

We’re back to looking at some Action Collection figures. Let’s check out Luke Skywalker (In Hoth Gear). It’s a repaint of the first Collector Series release. See more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

It’s time to check out the Princess Leia Organa & R2-D2 (As Jabba’s Prisoners) set from the Princess Leia Collection line. It was an FAO Schwarz exclusive. See more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or even comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

One of the most significant 12 Inch Darth Vader figures was released in 1998. Check out the Darth Vader (Electronic) figure from the Action Collection line. We all should be proud of this one. See more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

The KB Toys exclusive Luke Skywalker (In Tatooine Gear)/Princess Leia (In Boushh Disguise)/Han Solo (In Bespin Gear) three-pack is pretty nice. Check it out in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

It’s our 3900th RDR today, so we’re celebrating that with a commemorative release today! Two major milestones were made in late 2000 during the Power Of The Jedi line. One of them was the 100th Action Collection figure. Luke Skywalker (As Seen In Star Wars: A New Hope) gave collectors a fantastic version of Luke Skywalker with all of the trimmings. And there were a ton of trimmings too!. You could recreate almost every one of his outfits from the film thanks to this release. Also, see the list Hasbro compiled showing the 100 Action Collection figures. It’s all in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

The AT-AT Driver Action Collection figure may appear as a straight repack, but are you aware it’s different than the 1997 version? Find out more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

The Snowtrooper Action Collection figure is another excellent release, and it came in two versions. Are you aware of what they are? Learn more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

The Princess Leia (In Hoth Gear) Action Collection figure is one of the best in the range. See why you might want one today in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

The Luke Skywalker & Tauntaun Toys R Us exclusive 12 Inch Figure set comes with the best Luke Skywalker figure in the entire line. Check out that Wampa battle-damage! It’s the focus of our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.

The Han Solo & Tauntaun Collector Series set changed the landscape for collecting 12 Inch Figures. See why this set still holds up well in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.