Geonosis 3 - Execution Arena
Description:
Following their capture after a bungled rescue attempt, Anakin and Padmé are sentenced to a public execution in Petranaki Arena. They are chained in place at the center of the arena along with Obi-Wan Kenobi. As Poggle the Lesser initiates the activities and festivities, Separatist dignitaries join him on a balcony high above the arena floor. There, they watch as three vicious beasts emerge from the gates, to the delight of the capacity Geonosian crowd in attendance. A fracas ensues, but the three heroes are eventually subdued...
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After being sentenced, Anakin and Padmé are led out to the arena in a cart pulled by an orray. Sadly, the orray and cart do not exist in toy form.
Poggle arrives in his luxury sky box in time for the coin toss, along with Dooku, Nute, Fake Rune, Jango, and Kid Boba.
The heroes are chained to the pillars, as they wait for kickoff.
Reek is introduced. The crowd goes wild.
Acklay comes out of the locker room, flanked by a picador riding an orray.
Nexu is next-u, again, escorted by a Geonosian picador on an orray. Nexu decides to get a power snack before the big game.
Team Angry Beast moves down the field, urged on by Geonosians on...you guessed it...orrays.
Acklay asks Obi-Wan to dance.
Anakin channels Ezra Bridger to talk to the animals. He is chased by....orrays!
That's gonna leave a nasty 3.75" scale scar!
She can't do that! Shoot her, or something!
Acklay gets his new kicks dirty with bug juice.
Nexu never saw that coming.
Acklay has had enough of Obi-Wan playing hard to get.
They see me rollin', they hatin'...
Reunited, and it feels so good. Until it doesn't. And they would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for those pesky Droidekas.
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Notes:
1. The most disappointing thing about the Arena Playset is the lack of space on the main balcony. There's some photo trickery here to make these 5 figures appear to fit (they don't). But worse, there is no room for the missing Rune Haako figure.
2. The second most disappointing thing about the arena playset is that it only comes with 2 columns.
3. The reek is really an excellent toy. Great sculpt and paint. The sounds are pretty decent as well.
4. The Acklay is pretty nice as a toy, but the leg joints are frustrating to engage. True ball joints at all 6 "hips" and "knees" would really help this achieve something closer to greatness.
5. The Nexu is well done, although posability is limited. The opening jaw works nicely for this particular shot.
6. Using the included cardboard backdrops really extend the play area of the arena playset and expand the display possibilities.
7. This is what the break-apart columns were made for.
8. The Black Series Anakin has perfect lower body articulation (including rocker ankles!!) to properly ride on the reek's back. Also note that once again (as with the first screenshot) there is no Orray beast toy.
9. At this point in the chronology of the battle, you'd need to switch out the Evolutions Padmé with the Black Series figure, which has the scratch wounds and ripped outfit.
10. This new Padmé works for when she gets her revenge on that cat.
11. Give VC31 Obi-Wan the spear from the Saga 03-01 Obi-Wan to pull off this scene.
12. Here's where the big wound on the Saga Nexu comes in handy.
13. Here's that spear from Saga 03-01 Obi-Wan again.
14. Any of the Droidekas listed below will work, along with the rolling one from the Clone Wars (2003) Deluxe Destroyer Droid Deluxe Battle Launcher.
15. The lack of ball jointed hips makes it difficult for Padmé to sit on the Reek (although it is otherwise an outstanding figure). TBS Anakin and TVC Obi-Wan sit well. Throw in a bunch of Droidekas, and you've just completed the execution phase of Geonosis.
Alternate Figure Photos:
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substitute.
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Notes:
1. Orray custom by @lordsixthcustoms on Instagram.
2. Hasbro really missed the boat here.
3. Can't do this fun moment without and orray.
4. Orray needs a cart, too...
Action Figures/Items Used:
The following figures were used in the above photos. These figures represent what the Bantha Skull staff
considers as the best version of the respective characters. Click through on the following entries
to go to that figure's full gallery. If that figure was part of a multi-pack, you will be brought to
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The Missing:
These are characters that belong in this scene for which Hasbro has never made a figure. These characters are all
featured in our Unproduced Character Guide which we
have affectionately nicknamed Missing In Action Figure or M.I.A.F. for short. Clicking
through on the following entries will bring you to the M.I.A.F. entry for that character.
Rune Haako is a big miss to complete the balcony subset of the arena scene. The Orray with the cart and Geonosian picador seems like something Hasbro should have done back during the AOTC era of figures. We'll probably never get it at this point, but the beast has a prominent role throughout the execution scene as well as the follow on attack by the Jedi Strike Team. If Hasbro made an Orray, I'd buy several. In the meantime, I have an outstanding custom Orray crafted by the super talented @lordsixthcustoms (on Instagram).