how can you say that? anistap sure has strafe and twin and all, but please remember he has 70 HP and 17 DEF and +7 ATK...i doubt he'll be hitting any high-booster GG DAC'd droids with that low ATK...and he'll be straightaway bombarded with attacks after hes done...

plo, on the other hand, im very impressed. i totally agree with sithborg, i have no clue with people are hating on him. sure he doesnt have strike, but compared to the other plo (CS) this guy's MUCH better. a usefull CE (can the attack stack with mon's?) that can be even used with grunts, a wide array of FP's, opp. (only one othe jedi has opp. i think...wolf sazen anyone?), and a huge base stat total (130 HP, 20 DEF, +14, 20)

IMO, he's awesome...cant wait for the other jedi!

I think Plo Koon is pretty decent for his cost. Could he be somewhat lower in cost? Yes. But I think he's not that much of a let down at all. It's pretty much similar to what I would have expected.

It's starting like the Dejarik monsters are going to work well together as squads of their own. And I kind of like the Rebel Solider, kind of a supped up normal rebel trooper.

Actually I could see Plo being really nasty against Sep Droid squads still. Use Yobuck and Swap to run in and at least 20 on two IG-86's. Maybe put 40 on one if it's within 16 squares, or put 30 on both if you're running with General Skywalker too (though that's a LOT of points...might be tough to build a 200 point squad that way). Anyways, swap in Plo, and now the IG-86's can't move away, because if they do, they get smacked with Opportunist + Precision for 40 damage, which would kill them! If they don't move away, then one of them dies anyways, and then the other dies the next round, while Plo only takes 60 damage max from those two. Granted, have to leave him somewhat in the open to pull that off, so could be dependent on the rest of the squad, but I certainly see some options there. I feel like his CE is really limited though. The new 501st Troopers are the only 'troopers' really worth using in the Republic Faction. If the CE does stack with Mon Mothma, then it might be worth it, but otherwise, it disappoints me that he has a CE and can't benefit from things like Skywalker's Momentum or Ahsoka's Rolling Cleave. :(

Overall, mostly pleased with Plo though. Certainly a massive improvement over the old one.

Lobo got it right.

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http://io9.com/5503046/masters-of-the-force-is-the-final-star-wars-minis-set

Note the "This post originally appeared on Robot Viking" at the bottom.

Yes, I did notice it. Still think reposting it on another website is redundant. Seems like the author, Ed Grabianowski, just wanted to toot his horn even more. I'm all for sharing official previews, but this just seemed unnecessary.

Well, they could have made him oompa loompish (shrug).

Funny you should talk about visiting io9. I'm just the opposite. I am far more likely to visit Robot Viking than io9.

No worries. Nice to see people wanting to share info.