Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Shadows of the Dark Side) (Hasbro)

One of the most difficult things to get acquainted with in the world of Star Wars collecting is what is considered to be Hasbro's poor distribution. While some areas of the country have new product on a monthly basis, other areas never seem to see anything new. We're not sure who exactly this issue falls on (the retail stores selling the product, or Hasbro) suffice to say that it's incredibly frustrating for a lot of collectors, and in some cases has caused many folks to throw the towel in on all things Star Wars figure related. Sadly with each new line, it seems to only get worse and worse.

We're also not personally fans of The Clone Wars series. While some episodes are mildly entertaining, we can't get past the rehashed lines from the various films that the characters keep spewing. For as much as we love Star Wars Saga, the animated Clone Wars series just rubs us all sorts of wrong ways.

As we said in our prior post of Star Wars toys, at this point there is little we can say about each Star Wars line with the exception of, "Hey, here's the next line." That's the unfortunate side affect of covering as many toy lines as we do. Eventually, we'll run out of things to say for certain lines which only leaves the photos. Not that we think this is a bad thing. Sometimes all you need (or want) are the photos.

With that said, and if we may borrow a line from C-3PO in Return of the Jedi, "Here we go again."

BASIC FIGURES

There were eleven waves of basic figures, making this 2011/2012 series one of the larger ones we've seen come from Hasbro in a while. Wave one alone comprised of nineteen figures.



Captain Rex*Obi-Wan Kenobi*Clone Commander Cody*Destroyer Droid*Yoda*Count Dooku



Anakin Skywalker (Space Suit)*Pre Vizsla*Mandalorian Police Officer*General Grievous (Battle Damaged)*Aurra Sing*Captain Rex (Cold Weather Gear)



Cad Bane*Clone Pilot Odd Ball*Asajj Ventress*Super Battle Droid*Ahsoka Tano*ARF Trooper*Battle Droid



Mace Windu*Commander Gree*Battle Droid Commander*Kit Fisto*Jungle Camo ARF Trooper



Ki-Adi Mundi*Flamethrower Clone Trooper*R2-D2*Clone Pilot Goji



Mandalorian Warrior*R4-P17*Shaak Ti*Boba Fett*Embo



Undead Geonosian*Clone Trooper Draa*Quinlan Vos*Cato Parasitti



Obi-Wan Kenobi*Clone Trooper Hevy In Training Gear*Cad Bane With Todo 360*R7-A7



Ahsoka*Anakin Skywalker*Aqua Droid*El-Les*Clone Commander Wolffe



Riot Contol Clone Trooper*Barriss Offee*Eeth Koth*Clone Commander Colt



Clone Commander Jet*Hondo Ohnaka*Plo Koon*Savage Opress (Shirtless)*ARF Trooper (Kamino)



Saesee Tiin*Stealth Operations Clone Trooper*Kit Fisto (Cold Weather Gear)*Seripas*Captain Rex With Jetpack



Even Piell*Savage Opress (Armored)*Chewbacca*R7-D4*Jar Jar Binks

EXCLUSIVE FIGURES

Kul Teska was an interesting figure. He is almost one and a half times the size of the basic figures, and comes in a very different package than the average Star Wars figure.



Kul Teska (Toys R Us)*Nikto Guard (Toys R Us)*Stealth Operations Clone Trooper (Toys R Us)*Clone Captain Lock (Kmart)

MAIL AWAY FIGURES

The Hasbro mail away redemption figure, Sergeant Bric and Galactic Battle Mat was interesting for the mat itself. The mat was designed to be a play area for all the cards and dice which were now being incorporated with each toy as a full blown customizable card game.



Sergeant Bric and Galactic Battle Mat

DELUXE FIGURES



Armored Scout Tank with Tactical Droid*AT-RT with ARF Trooper Boil*Attack Cycle with General Grievous*BARC Speeder with Clone Trooper Jesse



BARC Speeder with Obi-Wan Kenobi*Freeco Speeder with Clone Trooper*Mandalorian Speeder with Mandalorian Warrior*Naboo Star Skiff with Anakin Skywalker



Naboo Star Skiff with Anakin Skywalker*Pirate Speeder Bike with Cad Bane*Pirate Speeder Bike with Cad Bane*Republic Scout Speeder with ARF Trooper



Separatist Droid Speeder with Battle Droid*Speeder Bike with Castas*Speeder Bike with Plo Koon*Y-wing Scout Bomber with Clone Trooper Pilot

EXCLUSIVE DELUXE FIGURES



AT-RT Walker with ARF Trooper (Walmart)*BARC Speeder with Clone Trooper Buzz (Walmart)*Separatist Speeder with Geonosian Warrior (Toys R Us

BATLLE PACKS



ARC Troopers*Anti-Hailfire Droid Squad*Army of the Republic*Assault on Geonosis



Battle of Orto Plutonia*Cad Bane's Escape*Capture of the Droids*Clone Troopers and Droids



Defend Kamino*The Hunt for Grievous*Mandalorian Warriors*Stop the Zillo Beast



Holocron Heist*Jedi Showdown*Rishi Outpost Attack

ULTIMATE BATLLE PACKS

The Ultimate Battle Pack which included Slave I was a nice touch to the standard production line of Battle Packs which had usually just contained a set of figures.



The Rise of Boba Fett (Toys R Us)

EXCLUSIVE DVD TWO PACKS

Walmart released two sets of DVD two packs exclusively at their stores. Each set had its own unique packaging, and included a DVD which contained an episode from the animated Clone Wars series. The name of the figure pack was based off of the name of the actual episode included on the DVD.



Rising Malevolence*Shadow of Malevolence*Destroy Malevolence



Landing at Point Rain*Weapons Factory*Legacy of Terror*Brain Invaders

EXCLUSIVE DVD SETS

Target also had their own exclusive DVD sets however these were much larger than the two pack Walmart variations.



Hostage Crisis*The Hidden Enemy

EXCLUSIVE MULTIPACKS



Commando Squad (K Mart)*Droid Attack on the Coronet (Toys R Us)*Ultimate Gift Set (Walmart)

EXCLUSIVE TWO PACK FIGURES

Target also released a set of two pack figures which were exclusive to their stores.



Cad Bane and IG-86*Senate Commando Captain and Senate Commando*ARF Trooper Waxer and Battle Droid*Special Ops Clone Trooper and Geonosian Drone

VEHICLES

Twenty vehicles were produced to support the line with only two being repacked older releases.



AT-AP*Cad Bane's Xanadu Blood*Heyena Bomber*Jedi Turbo Speeder



Kit Fisto's Jedi Starfighter*Plo Koon's Jedi Starfighter*Radio Control Hailfire Droid*Remote Control Republic Fighter Tank



Republic Attack Shuttle*Republic AV-7 Mobile Cannon*Republic Fighter Tank*Reoublic Swamp Speeder



Separatist Droid Gunship*Separatist Droid Tri-Fighter*Trade Federation AAT



Mandalorian Assault Transport*Vulture Droid*V-19 Torrent Starfighter



Anakin's Jedi Starfighter*Obi-Wan Kenobi's Jedi Starfighter

Star Wars is a freight train that doesn't look to be stopping anytime soon. If there's one thing Lucas gets credit for, its for finding a way to suck in a whole new generation of fans to keep his franchise running stronger than ever. Fans young and old can't seem to get enough.

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Star Wars: Saga Legends (Shadows of the Dark Side) (Hasbro)

With new toys being released almost daily, keeping up with the latest and greatest Star Wars lines can be a daunting, if not difficult (or annoying) task. While some lines can be small and minor stepping stones for the next best thing in the works at Hasbro, others can have hundreds of pieces, and several variants to track down (for those completests out there). The Saga Legends line, or "Shadows of the Dark Side" as it has come to be known amongst collector's is somewhere in the middle of that road. It's not terribly large, but at the same time, it's not what we would call small either.

Despite package changes from series to series, Hasbro has stayed pretty consistent with their quality of each figure and the accessories within, as well as the overall quality of vehicles, playsets, etc. Though the figures are obviously the meat (or heart) of each line. None of the toys from the line were limited to any particular movie, but instead encompassed the entire Saga. This in turn led to a lot of "random" releases of figures, with each wave having little to no correlation from figure to figure.

With each passing series we're seeing less and less new figures, and more and more resculpted older ones. Could it be that Hasbro has run out of figures to make? You'll find that the Shadows of the Dark Side line really doesn't have all that much to offer in terms of "new" stuff. You'll find a couple unique pieces that you've never seen before, but for the most part its all rehashed stuff. That's not to say it's not good stuff. The sculpts are amazing to be certain, but at the same time there's that feeling of, "Oh, it's another Boba Fett figure."

Unfortunately at this point in time there's very little we can say about any Star Wars line that we haven't said time and time again in our various articles about the prior lines. So with that said, we're going to just jump right in with the pictures. We hope you enjoy this complete look at the 2010 though 2011 Saga Legends (AKA Shadows of the Dark Side) line from Hasbro. We'll throw in a couple of sentences here and there to help distinguish each subset.

BASIC FIGURES

Basic figures are single carded figures which are released nationwide. They are the heart of any collection, and the most common items available to the average shopper. The basic line for Sage Legends consisted of three waves.


Bossk*IG-88*Zuckuss*Greedo*Jango Fett*Darth Vader


Princess Leia (in Boushh Disguise)*Darth Maul*General Grievous*Clone Trooper (Episode II)*Darth Vader (Sith Apprentice)*Obi-Wan Kenobi


Yoda*R2-D2*Shock Trooper*Clone Trooper (Episode III)*C-3PO*Chewbacca


501st Clone Trooper*Battle Droid (two pack)*Luke Skywalker*Han Solo*Snowtrooper


Stormtrooper*Death Star Trooper*Super Battle Droid*Mace Windu*Boba Fett*Space Trooper*Destroyer Droid

BATTLE PACKS


Hoth Assault*Invasion of Utapau

COMMEMORATIVE BLU-RAY RELEASE FIGURES

The commemorative Blu-Ray figure packs were a fan favorite for the entire run of the series. When the boxes were stacked next to each other, they showcased a wonderful piece of banner art, which each box contained a piece of. Each pack contained four figures, and a really nice miniature movie poster inside.


The Phantom Menace*Attack of the Clones*Revenge of the Sith


A New Hope*The Empire Strikes Back*Return of the Jedi

SINGLE CARDED EXCLUSIVE FIGURES

Kmart released a single carded exclusive of the bounty hunter Jodo Kast. Kast made his first appearance in the Star Wars universe in the West End roleplaying game Tatooine Manhunt which was released in 1988 as a pre made adventure. However, many people are more familiar with the character's appearance as an unlockable character in the Playstation game Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi.


Jodo Kast

DELUXE FIGURES

The one and only deluxe figure was actually an exclusive to Toys R' Us.


Rebel Transport Speeder with Rebel Ground Crew

LEGACY OF THE DARK SIDE TWO PACKS

Legacy of the Dark Side two packs were designed to include an "evolution" of sorts for each character. The most unique figure from this line is the Pre-Cyborg Grievous.


Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader*Young Boba Fett to Bounty Hunter*Pre-Cyborg Greivous to General Greivous

EXCLUSIVE MULTIPACKS

Toys R' Us released four exclusive multipacks which each contained four to five figures.


Battle Over Endor 1 of 2*Battle Over Endor 2 of 2*Star Wars: Republic Commando*Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

EXCLUSIVE COMIC TWO PACKS

Comic two packs made a submerging in the form of exclusive editions. The first was released strictly at Celebration V, while the second was released strictly at San Diego Comic Con. We've included both the boxed version and the carded version (as found inside the boxed version) for the San Diego Comic Con exclusive.


Camie Marstrap and "Fixer" Loneozner*Darth Maul and Owen Lars

VEHICLES

Only a handful of vehicles were released (exclusive or otherwise).


Bespin Cloud Car*Luke Skywalker's Snowspeeder


Imperial AT-AT with Speederbike and Exclusive AT-AT Driver

EXCLUSIVE VEHICLES

Walmart and Toys R' Us both offered an exclusive vehicle. The Toys R' Us exclusive came with two vehicles and three figures.


Imperial TIE Bomber (Walmart)*Death Star Trench Run (Toys R' Us)

EXCLUSIVE CREATURES

The creatures produced for the Saga Legends line were only available at exclusive stores. Each contained a creature and exclusive figure(s).


Jabba's Throne with Oola (Toys R' Us)*The Search for Luke Skywalker with Han Solo and Hoth Rebel Soldier (Target)

EXCLUSIVE PLAYSETS

Target was the only store to release any playsets, both related to the planet Hoth.


Attack on Hoth*Defense of Hoth

And, that about sums it up for the Saga Legends line. Like we said above, as far as Star Wars lines go, there's not a whole lot we can say that we haven't said many times over in prior posts based on the various lines. But, we hope you've enjoyed this complete look.

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