>>11235590>>11235663The aotc/Saga era was absolutely based. There was lots of experimentation which led to lots of interesting toys with tons of great features. We had some highly detailed pre posed figures in dynamic poses with relatively minimal articulation, essentially giving us a "what if McFarlane made Star Wars." We got blast effects for some guns, a great addition for the shelf and toy photos, in a time when it had barely happened at all. Jedi figures with magnets in their hands and metal lightsabers, so if you held the hand an inch away from the saber it would move a little, and go a little further and snap into the hand like magic. Holy fucking based. Magnets also showed up for cutting off limbs and jangos head. We had figures with twirling lightsaber blades and a gear on the back to spin them, awesome. Practically ever jango or boba Fett released had at least one but sometimes multiple gimmicks that were features out of his gauntlets and armor. Large and varied accessories including environmental pieces and creature pack ins. I could go on and on.
Not every single choice worked, but there was so much variety and a ton of it did, created figures that either displayed well, played well, or sometimes even both. It was a stellar era for SW toys and one I'd gladly return to in a heartbeat.
