When it comes to Star Wars figures, I'm the king of not opening them. It's not that I have no intention to, but that I tend to procrastinate--either the latest Marvel Universe figures come in or the latest DC Universe ones and I put the relatively newly acquired SW stuff aside until they become oldly acquired.
I've come to a point that I realized if I open every Star Wars figure I've gotten in the past 2 years, I'd have an instant display. After all, I was building up towards doing an Endor battle scene complete with Ewoks hanging off hang-gliders, swinging off branches, tackling AT-STs, and humping Han Solo's leg. Ok, maybe not so mch the last one, but I digress...
One of the figures I got because I had to get the perfect version of him was Darth Vader. I had snagged over the last 3 or so years the Power of the Force version of him on card for S$10, as well as later getting the album-plus-medallion 30th anniversary release for just S$5 complete with album. But neither of these I opened because I was told by a reliable source (aka the Rangerlord) that they weren't the best versions anyway.So when they released a Vintage Collection Empire Strikes Back version I immediately got him...And kept him for quite a bit because, well, sometimes Hulk or the Avengers, or SDCC sneak peaks or Batman or Zatanna got in the way. But no longer! It's hard to resist the power of the Dark Side succumbs eventually, and it has finally compelled me to open the Dark Lord of the Sith himself!
