With my favourite miniature Star Wars vehicles now no longer in production, I've turned my attention to a different 'micro' line: Hasbro's new Micro Force blind bag figures. My fiancée and I have been hunting these down over the past few weeks, and after a few double ups (and no small amount of surreptititious bag fondling), we finally managed to get our hands on the full set of Series 1 figures.
The first series of the Micro Force line contains rereleases of twelve figures from the now defunct Fighter Pods game. Each blind bag contains two figures, and retails for $2.99US ($4.09NZ). Characters are drawn from both the prequel and original trilogy eras, but with a strong focus on the latter.
The thing that really surprised us about these figures was the quality of the paint jobs. Eyes are individually drawn and highlighted, and tiny details - like Ahsoka's facial tattoos - are executed with surprising precision. In fact, in many cases, the faces on these figures look far better than those on their 3 3/4" counterparts - making them phenomenally good value for around only a buck-fifty each. With Series 2 (containing a raft of new sculpts from the post-Disney buyout era) now turning up in stores, and rumours of an upcoming vehicle expansion, there are a lot of reason to be excited about this line!
