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The Legacy Collection
Walmart Evolutions
Clone Comandos
Alpha-17, Fi Skirata, and Storm Commando

Accessories
Alpha-17 comes with ARC trooper rifle, helmet, red pauldron, and wrist gauntlet.
Fi Skirata comes with blaster rifle, leg pouches, scanner, and backpack.
Storm Commando comes with blaster pistol and sniper pistol.

Look and Feel
I started off unsure about buying this set, but ended up getting it and boy am I glad I did! I have always loved the look of the ARC Troopers since the first Clone Wars animated cartoon. There have been different variations of this figure, but I never got the red one. I am a little disappointed that he doesn't come with to side holster for two identical blasters (like the show), but I still dig the figure. Fi Skirata falls into the cool name must buy problem I have, but I had read a little about him in the Legacy of the Force books. Finding out that he was a Mando sealed the deal. I like how he would fit into a scene with the rest of Omega Squad as well! Finally we come to the Storm Commando. I liked how he looked in the box, but when I got him out I realized that this guy is one of my all time favorite figures! I love the look of his helmet, black color, and dual holsters. If I can get another one of these packs on clearance, I will definitely get it to have two of this figure. He his easily in my top 20 and possibly in my top ten.

Articulation
Alpha-17 has ball hinged head, shoulders, elbows, ankels, and knees. He also has swivel wrists, waist and hips. Pretty standard articulation for a trooper.

Fi Skirata has ball hinged head, elbows, torso, ankels, and knees. He also has swivel wrists, hips, and shoulders.

Storm Commando is as close to super articulated as your going to get! He has ball hinged head, shoulders, elbows, torso, knees, and ankles. He also has swivel waist and hips.

Overall Reaction
I can see how people are resistant on this pack, but I am SO glad I went for it. I really must say that the Storm Commando is absolutely AWESOME! First of all your getting an bran new head sculpt, then they made the belt cooler by offering two hip holsters. Then they removed the ankle holster. I was happy about the removal of the ankle holster as hold out blaster are usually concealed. I really just can't say enough about this figure and he is going right to my top figures shelf. Fi Skirata is different enough from the rest of Omega Squad to get EU fans happy. I can't wait to put him in the middle of a bunch of battle droids with the rest of the Republic Commandos (great game if you haven't played it!). Finally we come to Alpha-17 which is where most people would start to yawn and because there have been so many ARC troopers. I can only defend him by saying that he looks slightly different than the other ones as far as paint apps and the removal of a holster goes. But if you have the extra cash laying around and your a big fan of biker scouts or Kashyyyk troopers this pack will make you VERY happy!

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