It’s back to the 2007’s repaint wave for today’s Throwback Review with R2-B1, one of only three Episode I sourced figures from the 30th Anniversary Collection.  Despite brief screen time, this is the second of three distinct releases of this little guy.

Way back in 2007, Ewoks were still using the buddy system.  For the 30th Anniversary Collection, Hasbro released this Romba figure and this (not) Graak figure for the low price of a single basic figure.  Click through for our Throwback Review of these two little guys.

Though the title of the card avoids highlighting the fact that this is the Holiday Special Boba Fett, that is in fact the source of this figure.  This breath of source material encapsulates the greatness of the 30th Anniversary Collection and the Animated Debut Boba Fett is the focus of today’s Throwback Review.

WARNING:  The head sculpt on the figure for today’s Throwback Review is so horrific that we ask those with weak constitutions and heart conditions to avoid clicking through.  For everyone else, here is 2007’s 30th Anniversary Collection Yavin Ceremony Luke Skywalker.

I hated this figure when it was released in 2007.  They say time heals all wounds.  They be wrong.  I still hate the 30th Anniversary Collection Clone Trooper in Training Fatigues and today’s Throwback Review explains why.

This source of this 7th Legion Clone Trooper is so obscure that Hasbro didn’t even bother giving it a specific write up on the card back.  Instead they went with generic text about Clone Troopers in general, but that obscurity does not prevent our scrutiny in today’s Throwback Review.

Every single line should have a Stormtrooper available at some point.  That’s just an undeniable fact.  Unfortunately for the 30th Anniversary Collection, Hasbro took an aspect of the VOTC Stormtrooper that wasn’t broke and kept fixing it until it was for this Imperial Stormtrooper release.

With five figures listed as Darth Vader on the card, you could argue that the 30th Anniversary Collection was Vader-palooza even though one of those Vaders was pre-armor.  The most basic armored version is this Episode IV take on the character and it proves that even core Vader figures are good.

We’re back to the 2007 line today with the Throwback Review of the General McQuarrie figure.  This figure is based on a cameo appearance by Ralph McQuarrie in The Empire Strikes back and despite lacking articulation, I argue this figure is a must own.

I apologize for the lateness of this review, but I couldn’t find the stand that went with the figure and hate to wait until my lunch break to look for it (ah the benefits of working from home).  Without further delay, here’s today’s Throwback Review of 2008’s Battle Damaged Darth Vader from The Force Unleashed.

This is the figure I wanted to review yesterday, but I need to spread out the cool figures.  Despite being a much more interesting character than Po Nudo, this is not a great figure.  Today’s Throwback Review is for 2008’s Emperor’s Shadow Guard.

This has to be the most boring figure Hasbro has ever released.  I could have completed the review by only using the “Z” key on my keyboard. If I don’t sprinkle these figures in a long the way, the end of our coverage of the 30th Anniversary Collection would be several consecutive days of stinkers, so here’s the Throwback Review of Po Nudo.

One astute reader got a preview of this gallery last night as I accidentally published it before it was finished.  For those of you who did not catch my gaff, here’s the Throwback Review of 2008’s 30th Anniversary Collection Kashyyk Trooper.  We’ve jumped over to 2008 because man cannot live on 2007 TAC figures alone especially when this man is out of 2007 figures (for the time being).

The breadth of the sources for the figures in the 30th Anniversary Collection was absolutely amazing.  The list is enormous with figures sourced from everything form the Holiday Special to video games.  While the figure isn’t the greatest, having the Battlefront anti-armor specialist in the figure lineup is certainly interesting.  Click through for today’s Throwback Review of 2007’s Rebel Vanguard Trooper.

Today’s Throwback Review of the Anakin Skywalker figure from the Battle of Nelvann is a mini-milestone.  With this review was have completed the entire legendary Expanded Universe wave from the 30th Anniversary Collection.  It is the first wave we have completed in our shotgun approach to covering the line.