[SideswipePrime]

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Originally Posted by Kiwami

If Vader with his bonus-stage is any indication, I think they might go straight to ROTJ-Luke and I would love to see that happen. I'm curious to see the facesculpt though, I only know Tamashii for sculpted helmets, not faces.

I sure hope so, Jedi Luke is my favorite Luke.

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Originally Posted by Talisman

it's the best version of Luke there is. Stop complaining.

Look, I like Blue lightsabers too...but Jedi Luke is better.

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Originally Posted by Thessair

There are definitive versions of the suit. Each film has a very specific suit and configuration of the components on that suit. There are ANH,ESB, RotJ, and RotS helmets, should armor, shin guards, belt boxes, chestboxes. Each film has a unique Vader suit and fairly maintained continuity within a particular film. The obvious exceptions being modifications made for both the unmasked Vader scenes in Empire and Jedi.

I'm only going with these two examples because there aren't enough clear shots with proper lighting to dissect the helmet right now and the shoulder armor, while also inaccurate, isn't as blatantly obvious.

Here are two shots of the SHF:




Belt Boxes:



The closest to the SHF here are the ESB/RotJ boxes. That makes sense since this is supposed to be the RotJ Vader, as evidenced by the bonus display base and the missing hand. However, not one single button is placed properly here. They don't match up at all. It's pretty self explanatory.

Chestbox:



The chestbox, on the other hand, is some sort of bizarre Frankenstein. The large rocker switches at the bottom are in the configuration of ESB/RotJ, but they are solid colors, like ANH/RotS. They are lacking the proper black outer coloring of the ESB/RotJ pieces and the silver sliders in between. Additionally, the upper and lower colored panels in the upper right are blue and red, per ESB/RotJ, but are also missing the sliders. The Aurabesh text is missing for a proper ESB/RotJ. The rod detailing is also incorrect for any version of the unit.

Cape Chain:



The cape chain is probably the most inaccurate piece, not matching up to any version of the character.



My point was that people can like a figure but that it doesn't matter one whit when it comes to judging its accuracy.

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I also forgot to mention that the Vader figure is being reported as ~155mm in height. Converted, that comes out to about 6'1" or so. David Prowse alone was 6'5", not counting the additional height from the costume pieces.

Woah! Nice job! I honestly didn't expect anyone to go full forensics on this figure. Yeah, the yellow on the chest box is a bit weird.