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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2008 2:50:51 GMT -5
I missed out on SW-S1 when it was originally released, but during my quest to gather all of the past/present figures, one thing seems very odd to me... What's with the V-Wing Pilot?!?! I understand figures break. They're not indestructible. But it seems to me that 1 in every 3 V-Wing Pilots that I've encountered have the same problem. They just... shatter. A couple of the ones pictured came from a fellow Tixer in my area. He has no idea how one of them broke, but the other he remembered pretty vividly. Apparently it took a direct hit during a match and exploded into pilot-pieces. Have any of you Tix veterans seen similar things like this with the V-Wing Pilot, or any other figures? I'm just wondering if it's a common ailment, or if the those pilots just can't handle our Western Pennsylvania climate.
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Post by greyelephant on Jan 29, 2008 8:02:24 GMT -5
I had a Darth Maul that it happened to. My daughter and I was playing. She shot Maul from about 1' away. The bullet hit him in the chest and shattered it. His head fell off, arms came off, and his chest was in 3 pieces. It kinda sucked due to it being my Darth Maul, but in reality it was pretty cool to see happen.
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Post by Cona Chris on Jan 29, 2008 8:14:05 GMT -5
I've heard of that sort of thing happening to S1 Darth Vader - my cousin had one shatter on him - it just exploded all on it's own during a match he said. I guess I can understand this happening to a striker since it gets moved around and a spring my get loose and "pop goes the figure" but very odd to see this happen to a V-Wing pilot (or any non-striker).
I've seen a Tion, OBK, and KAM, shatter as they were pulled back to swing, but never when hit by a missile.
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Post by MadTix on Jan 29, 2008 10:23:07 GMT -5
That happened to a friend of mine, except it was the clone pilot that came with the gunship repaint. He took a glancing blow to his gun, toppled over, and blew up when he hit the table. The hit was from a small missile from two feet away.
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Post by Turkish Van Cat on Jan 29, 2008 14:58:11 GMT -5
Lol, I got a V-wing pilot, completely whole, in a lot of figures on eBay. It, along with the other figures, was put in my big box of attacktix, and the next time I pulled him out, it was just his head and mask. I later recovered part of his torso, but I still need to dump the box on the floor and find the base and the rest of him. Just being in the box with 200 other attacktix was enough to break him into a dozen different pieces.
Another figure that I've had explode on me is S4 Vader. So far, I've had 3 of him break that way. I guess that pulling his saber back farther than usual repeatedly puts too much stress on the bond holding the two pieces of his chest together. And once the chest breaks apart, his head and arms come flying out, along with the back half of his chest, cape and all. Fortunately, with some careful super-glueing I was able to repair all three.
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Post by reallyniceguy on Jan 29, 2008 19:13:30 GMT -5
OMG!! CRASH DUMMY ATTACKTIX, that would be sweet, BAM blows up with every hit? Whats that? No attack values, WHO CARES, let em be worth 1 point so that you can have 50 of em on the same battle field to take hits while you move around and shoot opponents? Not realistic? Who cares!@
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Post by MadTix on Jan 29, 2008 20:16:51 GMT -5
I can see where you're going with the whole crash dummy thing. I think it would be pretty cool if they made battle droids that break apart when they get hit, just like when they do in the movies.
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Post by Draaka on Jan 30, 2008 19:27:51 GMT -5
My friends V wing bit the proverbial bullet.
Finals of the local tourny, me and him, he was down to his last figure (V wing pilot) I had yoda left, I tix yoda up to him, pull him back as far as possible, twist the base into position and let go, the pilot takes a full hit to the chest explodes and his legs fly of the table, the rest of him scatters. Perfect end to the tourny.
Love telling that story. Best attacktix moment for me.
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Post by David Skywalker on Jan 31, 2008 20:16:06 GMT -5
Me and my brother were playing and S2 Starter Obi struck S2 Starter Grievous and Grievous blew apart. It was cool because it was like what happened in the movie!
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Post by superflytnt on Feb 4, 2008 12:44:41 GMT -5
I think Maul is the worst for this. I've had 2 straight explode on me. No V-wing Pilots, but I did have an ARC pilot explode on me too.
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Post by Leumas on Feb 4, 2008 13:31:38 GMT -5
The V-Wing pilot is the only figure I've ever had break into pieces. And it wasn't even during a battle! I was taking out my Attacktix that I had taken to my friends house when I saw an arm, which led to a leg, which led to...the rest of him. My Maul seems as strong as ever, though.
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Post by attacktixman on Feb 4, 2008 15:52:54 GMT -5
Exploding Tix, gotta love this! . Hmm, let's see... drill a hole in the back, stick in a firecracker, whip out the zippo, light and Big Bang attack! Guaranteed good for at least one turn! Kids, don't try this at home
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Post by Destroyer on Feb 5, 2008 7:38:27 GMT -5
I had this happen to my S4 Darth Vader he took a shot to the chest and then exploded. I did finally glue him back together and he worked fine......till I traded it to my little brother and he snapped it at the wrist during one of our battles. I tried glueing the arm back on but it didn't work very long. This leads me to a question, my bro still loves to use Vader( he has two both have there arms snapped off) Now he uses the cape as the weapon to knock people over, i just wanted to make sure there isn't a rule that says he isn't allowed to do that?
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Post by ionicdesign on Feb 6, 2008 10:02:25 GMT -5
I had this happen to my S4 Darth Vader he took a shot to the chest and then exploded. I did finally glue him back together and he worked fine......till I traded it to my little brother and he snapped it at the wrist during one of our battles. I tried glueing the arm back on but it didn't work very long. This leads me to a question, my bro still loves to use Vader( he has two both have there arms snapped off) Now he uses the cape as the weapon to knock people over, i just wanted to make sure there isn't a rule that says he isn't allowed to do that? THis has been discussed in the Rules committee, it begins here with YB post if interested.
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Post by Destroyer on Feb 7, 2008 7:43:55 GMT -5
Hey thanks for the help!
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