TOP 5 - Part I - Favourite Variants, What & Why?

We all have our collection loves, but I think one that we all share a common ground on is variants! So I'm guessing that you all have your favourites, so feel free to post your top 5 here and let us know why they have a special place in your collecting heart  Here are 5 of my favourites off the top of my head



I've always loved this variant, I love the light coloured plastic which is then heavily contrasted by the dark paint scheme. I just think it looks great and works well. It's also great that there are multiple variations of this PBP figure so you can justify owning lots of them



I guess it was inevitable that a Luke Bespin would make my list, in this case it's the Dark Boots variation, I'll never forget the first time I saw this figure, just thought whoa!!! Those are really dark! It just look awesome to me, a classic must have variation!



I understand the most likely reason why this was changed to the painted legs, having tan moulded legs meant that there had to be two separate limb moulds, where as having the blue legs meant that just the on mould was required for the arms and legs. It's just a shame because I think the moulded legs look fantastic and the detail is so much clearer.



Han has always been my favourite character from the movies and Han Bespin was one of my favourite figures as a child. I love the Lili Ledy version because of the dark brown trousers, I just think they looks way cooler than the standard brown Kenner versions.




Han Hoth I can understand why the moulded legs where changed, I can also understand why some of the other mould/paint variations where changed, but with Luke Jedi I really can't the moulded face version looks way better and works way better too. All the others with the painted face are subject to the annoying nose rub, this one isn't and hardly ever suffers from hair rubs either because of the robust glossy paint. Such a shame this was not the way of all the Luke Jedi's.

Great thread and some awesome variants!!!!

I'll be contributing my own this week.

Here's my top 10 :-) That I sadly no longer have :-(

The explanation is kind of the same for all of them - i just like that they stand out and look unusual!

10) Han Solo White molded legs - it's a hard one to spot but kind of cool that the figure has white molded legs.
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9) Dark Green Lili Ledy Yoda - love the bright green colour
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8 ) Burgundy Coat Lili Ledy Squid Head - probably the most iconic Lili ledy variant in my opinion
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7) Glasslite C3PO - dull rusty gold that makes him almost look like a bootleg
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6) Dark Brown Rebel Soldier - almost chocolate in colour and really contrasts with the limbs
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5) Orange Hair Luke Skywalker - what were they thinking to paint his hair orange :-)
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4) Glasslite R2D2 - The only major POTF variant. Love the matte silver dome and red eye
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3) Leia Bespin Gold Neck - spent a long time and quite a bit of money tracking down a nice example
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2) Bright green limbs POCH Bossk - Pretty damn rare - His limbs are so bight they look radioactive
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1) Takara Stormtrooper - totally cool with a screw in the back and you can take them apart!!!!
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Sorry I had to be different and add 10 but I couldnt leave out the others :-)

Great list guys

I will try and have my list up soon. I'm still thinking about it and it will definitely have a few surprises.

love your pictures chris, you use a lightroom?

Thanks Nicolas,
Yes, I use a light tent, combined with 5 lamps to light it
My camera is a Canon 1200D DSLR, mounted on a tripod.
The lens is an ef50mm f/2.5 compact-macro.

thanks chris for details, got to found my tent
I use a 60D with 50mm f/1,8 with day light and my yoga carpet

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and this bossk is my favorite fig at the moment
otherwise
- wally meccano (or pbp) light green. with his dark blue limbs and orange jacket he is so flashy, love it
- db rs because so fragile, and also great variant
- black boot rc because he has all poch details I love: melt mark, bobble on boots, bad weldding, plastic extursion, specific painting
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and my poch luke 3 lines brown head

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