Wave 17 (1) 2018 Vintage Collection Review

Release: April 13th 2018

The Vintage looking card backs are cool with decent images of the figure on them from the film, they also include the Vintage logo, unfortunately nowadays there has to be lots of information in different languages and half of the back is taken up with warnings. The card stock is slightly thinner than the original vintage collection however over all not too bad, you will need to be careful storing them.

For the first release of figures they are not as exciting as I thought they would be as there are 5 rereleases and one new figure, hopefully the next wave will be an improvement.

The figures are all highly detailed and have good articulation, thus they are not the cheapest figures released, I got these for £79.99 = £13.33 each.

As said most are repacks of other lines but its the packing that makes this collection, returning to the Vintage Kenner type card backs.

VC121 Supreme Leader Snoke TLJ

Snoke is a brand new figure and for 3.75" is well done. Snoke does look fleshy and the scar on his head is very good. Underneath his gold robe he is wearing a white jump suit with goold slippers. On his left hand he is wearing a ring. The collar uses a peg to adhere to the robe and can be removed. The robe cannot be removed. A nice figure overall.

VC120 Rebel Soldier (Hoth) ESB

This figure was originally released in a battlepack a few years back (8/9years?). Helmet is removable, accessories include a pistol, rifle and a back pack. Overall a very detailed figure. The actor on the card is Carl Bang, he was 17 when the picture was taken.

VC119 Jyn Erso R1

A re issue of Rogue One Jyn Erso maybe with slight paint variations. Her weapon is a pistol or rifle, the 3 pieces when put together make the rifle. A decent detailed figure if not the most flattering picture of Jyn from the film.

VC118 First Order Stormtrooper TFA

Comes with a side arm and main blaster, paint could be better, seems to be smudges around legs and helmet, for a more expensive figure it should be better.

VC117 Kylo Ren TFA

Choice of sabre, unlit or lit. Same mould as the original version.

VC116 Rey (Jakku) TFA

Rey comes with a change of head, one covered the other not, also a back pack and staff. It may have been a good option to have the choice of hands, gloved or not. Another nice figure.

Overall Wave 1 or 17 is a great addition in my opinion. Very glad it has come back as it allows me to build up my own collection and have figures from newer films, usually I'm only interested in the pre 1985 figures, I will be collecting these as this new collection generally looks pretty good.