Stop The Zillo Beast - TCW [SOTDS] - Battle Packs

The forces of the Republic must stop a rampaging Zillo Beast. The huge creature is loose on Coruscant and causing chaos and damage as it tries to escape. The Jedi and clone troopers try to recapture the fierce creature before it reaches the city.

There has to be at least one stinker in a wave of new product doesn’t there? Your opinions may vary of course, but the Stop The Zillo Beast Battle Packs set is absolutely the weakest of the new wave of Battle Packs sets release during the summer of 2011. The newly formatted three figure sets are in general very well done and Hasbro has incorporated enough newness in these sets to capture the interest of kids and collectors alike. For the most part Hasbro has succeeded in bringing us quality products already in this platform. The Stop The Zillo Beast Battle Packs' wave mates are excellent and we suppose that if you don’t already have the three figures in this set that this is a great deal. (It is certainly cheaper to get all three through this medium.) But for the casual collector who really just looks for something new brought to the table, this set absolutely isn’t for you. It would be a redundant purchase.

Clone Trooper is a repaint of the plain white Clone Trooper that has released a million times beforehand. To determine its origins is a bit difficult at this point, but we believe it is the “clean” repaint of 2009’s TCW Clone Trooper (212th Attack Battalion) (No. 19) figure. The biggest difference on this style of clone trooper is the figure’s helmet. But it’s a more accurate representation and Hasbro is wise to use it again and again for various purposes. Mace Windu is a straight repack of 2010’s TCW Mace Windu (CW20) figure. We see a few minor paint job differences, but it is so insignificant that it’s almost not worth documenting. Yoda, like Mace Windu, is a straight repack of 2009’s TCW Yoda (CW14) figure. Again, we see some very minor paint job differences, but for all intents and purposes it is exactly the same figure. But do you need these again? That is the $100,000 question here.

Based on the season 2 episode entitled The Zillo Beast Strikes Back (Yoda didn’t appear in the previous episode entitled The Zillo Beast), we think Hasbro could have made the Stop The Zillo Beast Battle Packs set a little bit more interesting. As a huge creature that wreaks havoc on Coruscant, we’re not suggesting that Hasbro include the actual beast in the box (that just wouldn’t make sense). But there are some very hard to find (or exclusive) The Clone Wars figures that would have benefitted from a rerelease here. Most notably, the 2009 TCW Commander Ponds Toys R Us exclusive or 2010’s TCW Aayla Secura (CW40) would have been much needed and ideal additions. An extra Clone Trooper is always nice to have, but we don’t think any of us needed another Mace Windu or Yoda instead. Despite this set’s lack of vision, we still feel inordinately happy with the revised Battle Packs format and we’re sure even better sets are forthcoming.