Star Wars Legion: ARC Troopers (Clone Wars)

Can't say much more other than nice minis

these are good figures to collect for starwars legion

First, not reviewing FFG’s manufacturing, distribution, stock allocation or ridiculous lead times here. Not reviewing Dark Star themselves either (though they’re the polar opposite of FFG; completely painless, start to finish).

So 4 stars for the kit? Well, there are some minor gaps between parts that are sealed together, and some questionable placement for attachments to the sprues (right in the centre of the curved dome of the MK1 helmets? Really, FFG?). These are pretty minor and even an interesting excercise in filler placement so I guess that’s ok and probably not worth docking stars for.

No, the 4 stars really comes from the relative lack of customisation - you can swap out helmets and heads, and there are a few poses that allow for different weapon placement, but you’ll be hard pressed to make a pose or load out that’s significantly different than the image on the box unless you break out the saw and a tube of green stuff. Even so, these are beautiful casts, sharp, crisp, no sign of bubbles or faults, and pleasantly thin-yet-sturdy for hard plastic. If you’re not really into MiNe MuSt LoOk DiFfErEnT tO tHe BoX, I’d strongly recommend these guys. They’re a joy to paint, they’re very detailed and they’re all in separate arms, legs, heads and the torso is split so you can either paint super fine details on the sprue, or glue ‘em and coat ‘em.

Unfortunately in one of my boxes there was one missing component, which appears to be because of an extremely flimsy connection to the sprue (in the other, it was rattling around loose having fallen off). I can highly recommend Dark Star as a retailer because they have resolved this issue perfectly for me, even at this time of zero stock and even less being made. I can’t fault Dark Star for their initial price, preorder process, despatch and delivery or after sales care.

I love these they are the backbone of my army.