If we had to complain about something with this set, we would have wished for a better clear plastic display used to allow the ring to remain upright with Obi-Wan’s starfighter locked into place. There is a great deal to appreciate here for sure. Even the portion where Obi-Wan’s starfighter docks into it is unbelievably designed and astonishingly decorated. And not only is the color palette endless, you’ll need to spend hours appreciating all of the geometric designs and shapes that are strewn throughout the circumference of the ring. (Be sure to check out our close-up shots in our photo gallery.) Hasbro didn’t “cheap out” on us at all with the amount of color they decided to include. The paint job on both the “ring” and vehicle are exhilarating. And while the Hyperspace Ring is not invincible to bending (it’s slightly pliable), it’s stronger than many other exclusives we have seen before and after it. The Hyperspace Ring is solid and weighty and will certainly sustain its shape over time. While Hasbro tends to skimp out on strong and quality plastics on many of their toys, the complete opposite is true here. Nothing new here, right? The star of this exclusive is obviously the Hyperspace Ring itself and if you can manage to give it a chance, we believe you will be thoroughly impressed. It is colored in a maroon and white and has various accents like gray and yellow to help change things up a bit. There is a non-removable R4-P17 head and an opening canopy. Little to nothing new is included here save for a repaint of the vehicle, but as cool as this starfighter is, it’s obviously not the reason to purchase this exclusive. If you have previous versions of Obi-Wan’s Jedi Starfighter, then you really know what to expect here. There are a ton of fine details on the Hyperspace Ring itself and it’s quite brilliant how Hasbro managed to capture them all on this scale. The Obi-Wan’s Starfighter With Hyperspace Ring is extremely well-developed and has an extraordinarily beautiful paint job. And this enables us to thoroughly enjoy the collectibles Hasbro makes for us from this film. In fact, we have developed a stronger appreciation for the film each year we get further and further from it’s original 2002 release. This is a film that just isn’t loved as much by fans as the others. We sort of attribute it's lack of success due to the fact that it is sourced to Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones. Unfortunately, this exclusive didn’t seem to entice most collectors. We may have gotten the Jedi starfighter multiple times in the line and they never seem to lose their luster, but the Hyperspace Ring made the vehicle so much cooler. And while Hasbro did indeed squeeze quite a few exclusives our way before jumping into The Legacy Collection on July 26, 2008, the one product that took the cake was definitely the Hyperspace Ring. This exclusive was available at Toys R Us stores in the second quarter of 2008, just about the time the 30 (77-07) line was heading out and collectors would sustain a long period of “nothing new” in the basic figure line until that summer. Probably one of the most underrated exclusive vehicles Hasbro ever made for us is the Obi-Wan’s Starfighter With Hyperspace Ring.
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