Sunday, November 3, 2013

Review for Homing Spider Droid


Hello everybody, this is Greg Olego with another review. This set is called Homing Spider Droid, and it costs $29.99 in the US.


It has 295 pieces and lots of functions. Here is the back.


 And here it is! It has Jedi General Stass Allie, an Episode II clone trooper, two super battle droids, a dwarf spider droid, and a homing spider droid.


Here is Stass Allie. She is new and currently exclusive to this set, as well as having all unique pieces. 


Here she is from the back.  She also has back printing and a unique Tholothian headdress.


For scale, here is me next to her.


Here is the clone trooper. He is an infantry trooper, but with all new pieces.


Here he is without his helmet. He has new face printing.


Here he is from the back. He also has a new DC-15 blaster rifle.


For scale, here is me next to him.


Here are the two super battle droids(SBDs). They are a different color than the 2009 SBDs, as well as having two identical arms. 


Here it is from the side. It has a printed blaster on the lower part of each of its arms.


For scale, here is me next to it.


Here is the dwarf spider droid. it is very useful for stop-motions, as it appears during the Clone Wars, as well as the Galactic Civil War.


It can stand up very high on its four posable legs.


It can also move its cannons and eyes up and down.


For scale, here is me next to it.


Here is the homing spider droid. It is so big, I could not fit it into the picture.


The top section of its head can rotate.


The top cannon is also a flick-missle.


Its lower cannon can pivot up and down.


Its legs are very posable.


For scale, here is me next to it.


I tried to interview Stass Allie. This is how it went:
Me: How do you like being a Jedi?
Stass Allie: it is pretty interesting.


Me: What is it like, fighting in the Clone Wars?
(Suddenly we heard a loud boom.)
Stass Allie: I have to go.
Me: Okay.


Then I tried to interview a clone trooper.
Me: How do you like being a clone trooper?
Clone trooper: Well, it feels kind of temporary.


Me: What is it like, fighting in the Clone Wars?
(Suddenly we heard another loud boom.)


Clone trooper: I have to go.
Me: Okay.


Finally, I tried to interview a super battle droid.
Me: How do you like being a droid?


Cranberry: Greg! Greg! Gre...Uh oh.


SBD: Enemy detected. Eliminate.


Me (igniting lightsaber): Wow, they really are dim.

Then I ran to help Cranberry.

All in all, I give this a 9.9 out of 10. I really can't think of a way to improve this, except maybe making the homing spider droid more easily posable.
Til next time, 
Greg Olego

Friday, November 1, 2013

Post-Halloween answers and news


Hi everyone, this is Greg Olego with the answers to my Halloween quiz. In the picture, I am dressed as Jay, the blue ninja from Ninjago in his ZX robes. When I was trick-or-treating, I dressed as (Drumroll please. Dum dum dum DUM! Thank you.) Greg Olego! Yes, I dressed up as myself. It was actually harder than I expected.
In other news: The ongoing stop-motion series, "The Adventures of Greg Olego" (TAoGO) is getting modified! As well as being a video series, it is now also going to be a online novel by the same name.
 

Also, I would like to introduce a new friend! He is CC-9263, or as he likes to call himself, "Captain Cranberry"! Here is me trying to interview him.
Me: Hello, Captain Cranberry.
Cranberry: Hello!!!


Me: So, how do you li...
Cranberry: Ooh, Camera!


(Here the camera got knocked over with a loud crash)


Me: Captain Cranberry, you knocked over my camera!
Cranberry: Oops, Sorry.

Anyway, you get the idea. So that's it for tonight's post. I am going to try to post again tomorrow.
Til next time,
Greg Olego