Collectible Reviews

It has all of the features you would expect... Flipping it open makes the trademark communicator sound. Pressing the buttons inside produce lights and beeps.

It also has a few features you might not expect... Such as a "hidden" button on the back to produce an "incoming call" beep after a 10 second delay. And the moire circular element on the inside has a very nice rotating animated effect that is subtle and perfect.

As with most Master Replicas items, this is not really a toy. At this price, you would not want your young kids roughly handling it. The flip top is connected to the body with a gold wire which is 100% faithful to the original prop, but it does not look especially durable. The Classic Communicator is best when displayed in the very nice, protective display case -- only to be removed when demonstrating it to friends who wonder how you can spend so much on a "toy".

Hasbro's Star Wars Saga Scene Pack: Jedi Council 1 features three legendary Jedi Masters -- Mace Windu, the senior Jedi Master, Oppo Rancisis, and the reptilian Even Piell -- as they confer in the topmost chamber of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.

The three Jedi Masters are shown in a recreation of a scene from Episode II: Attack of the Clones. They are seated in a semicircle, with a simulated hologram in the foreground and an angry-looking crimson-orange sunset over Coruscant as a forboding backdrop.

Hasbro has changed the look and size of the much-coveted Scene Packs several times as the Star Wars 3.75 inch figure line expands and evolves. The packaging used in the 2003-2004 Star Wars collectibles looks a bit more compact than used in past collections (Power of the Force, Episode I) and the boxes are shaped different, but the formula of two common figures plus a rare one is still used. The quality of the figures is excellent; the poses look very natural and one can almost hear the dialog from the scene depicted here.

While Hasbro recommends this Star Wars Saga Scene Pack: Jedi Council 1 for children 4 and up, I'd say most buyers of this collectible would be more serious collectors over the age of 12.
Although Star Wars figures are pretty durable -- I ought to know, since I have been collecting them since 1978 -- they do have small parts that can come loose and be easily lost. These are really meant to be displayed rather than played with.