I could live with the multiple versions of the Uniques as it could provide for more variety in games actually. You have to choose which one you want to use in a squad. If the same abilities were on two differently named pieces, you would find combos that are always used and things get really stale. Although pulling two Lukes from a TFU booster last night was a bit much on the repeat scale (Hoth Pilot and Snowspeeder - both solid pieces, but not as much fun in one booster).

What always bothered me the most about repeats was the Rodians (9 generic ones + Greedo overall). More than one in DT even. So many other generic races that could have been done instead - even ones that had a Unique already (like Cerean).

Overall, quite a few things did get made that I never believed would when the game began. Much greater variety than the action figures line has ever reached in many more years.

I agree with the idea that since they were appealing to not just players of the game, but other crowds as well, that they should have at least done a male and female version of the races in the core rulebook. Some though, probably didnt need to have been bothered. Could you tell the difference, at that scale, between a male and female wookiee? Gamorrean?

As far the disapointment for MotF, i too found it a little underwhelming, and it feels like there are more than a handful of pieces from the set that you will see in competitive play, and thats a shame. Regarding your wish for more of a 'last huzzah', be glad you didnt get it.

Decipher, I feel, did this with the last set of the CCG, and the main pieces from the set were pretty ridiculous. Boba, Vader, AT-AT, Lando all significantly more powerful versions than had been released in any other set to date. I didnt frequent boards for that game, but in this game, if that had happened, youd have people screaming POWERCREEP all day long.

Be glad for being let down like that :P

Edit: Soemtimes I hate this site. Triple posted my post.

Edit also: Forgot to mention, in the first post when you listed chars with too many repeats....there are two starkillers...one light, one dark....that doesnt count as too many...

Ah, my bad. Then yea, that gets old fast. People doing so many homebrew stats was the reason I really did not want to see a Revan piece made ever. No one was gonna be happy with him, and theyd complain. Guess what happened :P

I've always understood this complaint, but I also understand the logical reasons WotC wouldn't do it. It comes down to one basic thing - sales. They believed (rightly or wrongly - I think rightly, but I really don't think there is much point in debating at this time) that they sold more minis with the distribution as is. The Saga RPG was never a major player in terms of purchases, and neither were the EU. These were always minor. Heck, competitive players (which also include the other types as well as most of us are SWs nuts anyways) were only slightly more. WotC always said they wanted to sell to "collectors" and acted as if this was their largest market share - and those people apparently wanted a mix of things - including each main in their various outfits.

Now, another issue, was the idea of attracting new players. Most people look at the game as a whole and see too many of X. But you aren't realizing that WotC was rarely concerned with marketing to you, who already had it all - you were probably going to buy anyway as they already hooked you - and while you might complain, the purchases were made. But imagine being a new player (or one getting interested) and you bought a few boosters of the newest set - and it contained all EU characters you've never heard of. You quit buying right then and there. And worse, let's say there were only 3 Vaders. The price on the secondary market would have skyrocketed, and you as a newbie would be looking at shelling out $80-120 for one mini just to have a Vader - which even worse, you'd probably need to play in a tournament if Imps were your favorite faction.

WotC had to avoid those issues to keep selling minis, and that's what they did. Look at the prices of the Vaders. Even the rares always sold well on the secondary market, regardless of how many they actually made. Demand is what drove the choices generally, not LFL.

As to the Rodian issue, well who knows. We could surmise that it was cheaper to use existing design instead of making a new race and just do a simple repose, but honestly, who cares. We never got close to having all the things every RPG GM would want, so to me, this seems like a very minor issue. I play the RPG, and will be GMing a Lvl 20 event at Gencon with Matt. (BTW sign up is available at swmgamers.com if you want to play). I've got more than enough minis between myself, and my friends to recreate what I want from an RPG - and in terms of needing a female whatever - well, I talk to real females so I find little need to play one in an RPG :) J/k. WotC did a lot better with this as time went on, as the "DEMAND" went up for RPG stuff. We probably would have gotten a lot more good stuff over the next few years, but WotC quit on us in order to shore up Magic the Gathering - so what can you do.

As for V-sets (I know this wasn't a major issue here - just wanted to add the advertisement) - while we aren't going to be able to add new figures, we are going to focus on the minor factions and uncreated uniques. We will still do remakes of iconic figures from time to time, but since we don't have to sell anything, we aren't going to do nearly as many WotC did. I think you will see a nice mix actually, which is probably more in line with what game players would have wanted all along.

Once again, well said Skinnerman02. I am in complete agreement with you.



Like I said before repeats are cool with me. As in 2 or 3, maybe even 4 tops. I can even on the rare occasion see the reason's for 5 different Han Solo's. I'm cool with 2 starkillers. I'm a big Bounty Hunter fan. So a couple of Dengar's, 4-Lom's, or Boba's........ etc, to choose from would be cool. As it would give you a better chance of at least getting one. I have 4 Boba's and was ecstatic with each one that came from a store bought booster. But the seventh Vader or Luke made me wish I had gotten a different VR/R in which ever booster I last bought and opened.

I've read all the SW novel's and there are many characters out there that weren't shown ANY love. Which is another reason why I like to check out people's custom stat's in our custom section here. When one of these character's is shown some love. I ask the person who wrote the custom's stat's if they wouldn't mind if I use them in a home game. Just ask imurhuckaberry, carnorjax1 or joelker41. I bug them all the time for the custom stat's they have created. Now they post those stat's which is really cool of them to share with us. And I probably don't need permission to use said stat's, because they are posted on a public forum. However, I ask anyway just to let that person know I like their idea's. I always make sure to thank them as well just to show that I appreciate they're effort in making our game even better.