{"id":20870,"date":"2015-05-24T15:57:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T19:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=20870"},"modified":"2015-11-03T16:32:20","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T21:32:20","slug":"star-wars-black-series-han-solo-with-tauntaun-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/05\/star-wars-black-series-han-solo-with-tauntaun-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Black Series Han Solo with Tauntaun review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I found the new <i>Black Series<\/i> Han and Tauntaun set yesterday, and... well.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Finally Hasbro has answered our pleas for softer detail and less articulation on a larger scale!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw5bsd2htt1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw5bsd2htt1-213x300.jpg\" title=\"Tauntaun\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>The Black Series<\/i> has had a lot of problems so far, but this is the biggest disappointment yet. Swivel shoulders and swivel thighs!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw5bsd2htt2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw5bsd2htt2-243x300.jpg\" title=\"Han Solo\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Translucent goggles? Nope! Wrist joints? <b>Nope<\/b>. No wrists on a 6\" figure.<\/p>\n<p>This is a goddamn bargain-bin figure from 1995 level toy:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw5bsd2htt3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw5bsd2htt3-220x300.jpg\" title=\"gronk!\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I can't remember an instance where a single toy made me want to stop collecting an entire line, but this might just be it.<\/p>\n<p>Smaller version from years ago has peg\/hinge shoulders, ball hips, a much sharper sculpt & less shiny plastic:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw5bsd2htt4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw5bsd2htt4-300x227.jpg\" title=\"comparison photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I'd sell it off while it's still hard to find, but I kinda like the Han though even with his issues. Can't imagine who would wants just the dumb Tauntaun.<\/p>\n<p>Look at this garbage:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw5bsd2htt5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw5bsd2htt5-227x300.jpg\" title=\"bad fur\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center>Crappy toys get <b>FED TO THE T-REX HAND PUPPET<\/b>!<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw5bsd2htt6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw5bsd2htt6-243x300.jpg\" title=\"nom!\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Hasbro's 35 years of progress\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/hasbros-35-years-of-progress\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hasbro's 35 years of progress<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Monkey Boy - Gosh Darn Exclusives!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2006\/04\/monkey-boy-gosh-darn-exclusives\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Monkey Boy - Gosh Darn Exclusives!<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Rustin's Spoils of the Week #155\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/03\/rustins-spoils-of-the-week-155\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rustin's Spoils of the Week #155<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"When you wear a nerdy shirt and some boy starts quizzing you\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2025\/02\/when-you-wear-a-nerdy-shirt-and-some-boy-starts-quizzing-you\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">When you wear a nerdy shirt and some boy starts quizzing you<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Soon Forget: Spoiler Shaak Ti\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2005\/09\/soon-forget-spoiler-shaak-ti\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Soon Forget: Spoiler Shaak Ti<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I found the new Black Series Han and Tauntaun set yesterday, and... well. &lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;Han Solo - part of your complete breakfast Live the life of a Lego Master Builder Flippin' Through Previews - January '09 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/05\/star-wars-black-series-han-solo-with-tauntaun-review\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,8],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-20870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-exclusive-review","category-hasbro","tag-star-wars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20870"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20879,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20870\/revisions\/20879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}