You guys just don't get it. Bad Batch Rex is a banger, and so much better than the original with just a bit of work. All I had to do to fix Bad Batch Rex was, remove the pauldron, take the head, helmet, and pauldron from the old Rex, fully disassemble this figure, spend several hundred hours meticulously recreating injection molds of the pieces, source the raw plastic used for the original from a landfill in China, purchase my own injection molding machine, buy an industrial photoreal printer from a guy in France, source the inks and paints used on the original Rex from a shady back alley dealer in the Phillipines, make all the parts using the OG Rex plastic, print/paint, and assemble the figure. Jokes aside, I'm glad the original got a repack.
I customized him a bit by removing the poncho and macrobinoculars, gave him a pauldron piece and added more paint to him. He's the definitive Rex in my collection.
stock, yeah, its bad. as such, I snipped the binocs, removed the poncho (gave that to a kitbash smuggler george lucas), swapped the range finder that came with arc Jesse (one that it came with i feel is bit too big), modded the pauldron using fodder from a modded fordo, and drew the black line on the helmet. after modded, i really enjoy it, however, i completely agree you shouldn't have to mod it. having the red box rex (my first ever pre-order) i swap the two around on my main display every few months, as of writing this just put the red box on shelf. still, my biggest complaint (which is the same for red box rex) is that the chin always pokes out from beneath the helmet and (with the full pauldron for both) he cant look to his left.
I customized mine to look more like the classic Rex. I'm personally really happy with the end result, to the point where I don't mind missing out on the recent reissue.
I modified mine to resemble the old version. It's obviously not as good but for rn, it serves its purpose. Hopefully they do release an archive or rerelease the og in a CW box.
Great video fellas! TBB Rex is definitely one of the figures of all time. The price is definitely wack and that aftermarket price just keeps going up and up. Thank goodness we seem to be getting an Archive or Rerelease of 59 Rex, it’s not as good as new one but it’s better than nothing!
Hello Nate and Justin I unfortunately missed out on the original Rex figures so I have to use the Bad Batch version for now. We know that Rex is going to be rereleased because of Yackface, but I'm wondering if they will rerelease the original or the Bad Batch version ?? I definitely want/need the original. If they rerelease the original I'd think he's most likely going to be an Archive wave figure. If they release him in his original box then he'd most likely be the only figure in the case because of the packaging. Yeah this version of Rex has his problems but for those of us who don't have the original, he's the next best figure. Also I don't have Disney Plus so I've never seen the Bad Batch other than clips. So I'm ok if he's a bit inaccurate under the cloak you don't see his paldren and you don't see his clean belt, so it kinda works for myself, for now. And I kinda like that his helmet has the binoculars and the target enhancement, he's prepared for what is coming. lol Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Bad Batch Rex. He's definitely not a great figure, but he's adequate for what I need. Tom
Hey Tom! Thanks for checking out our latest blunder. I did see that rumor but I would almost prefer a new look for Rex (his Phase I look) on the new 2023 sculpt! Take care, my friend. -Justin
The only Rex figures I have are the original 3.75 cw release and the first 3.75 inch phase 2 armor in that darth maul packaging, I wish they’d make these characters that appear in the animated shows look how they do in the shows and not making them look live action, the reason I didn’t pick up the ventress 6in fig
I passed on this figure, even in the midst of the EE re-issue of #59 Rex debacle, and I still have no Rex. I'm cautious about the new speculation about a re-issue, because I really want to see Rex on the 2023 base body (why else would Appo have two vertical hinge trigger finger hands if they're not going to do dual-pistol officers) and Rex is an obvious choice.
I couldn’t agree with you guys more!! I’m so sad. I never could get the Rex that I need!! All I got was this one! A poor substitute for a great figure! Keep up the good work see you on Sunday!!
I bought him on sale for $20, cut the binoculars off and threw away the soft goods. I also used a shock trooper pauldron and painted it blue. Now he is essentially the $100+ version. Should I have to do all that extra work? Nope, but I saved some cash in the process. If there is a 2023 body rendition I will upgrade for sure.
Great run down guys! I have both Rex figures and never paid that close attention to the newer one. I head back home to IL in couple of weeks so I will have to see if my helmet is that bad also. Pretty sad actually. Looking forward to Friday's announcements though.
I completely forgot abt this fig till the other day. Dangit. I could've used those brain cells to remember something else! W/ so few left, I need 'em focusing on the important stuff
I customized this figure to imitate the 59 Rex like y’all mentioned, and although the base figure definitely sucks in a lotta ways, in the end it was a cheaper alternative to make my own definitive Rex! Great video guys as always
I have this figure. due to just starting I missed the first but I like this. I wonder if because bad batch being after order 66 just older suit and sun bleached it 🤷🏽♂️ maybe that's what they went for?
You guys said this was the only deluxe clone but wasn't Wrecker a deluxe? So glad the OG Rex is getting a re-release because I skipped this one for all the reasons you guys explained.
I bought one of the AliExpress troopers who had the correct pauldron and modified that by adding the existing amo pouches from this red and then display rex with the new modded pauldron instead
It's my only Rex and I agree with you on all the issues...the helmet and pauldron wreck my head but it'll have to do until we get the re release.....for now he's standing behind Wrecker in the background of my display.
I very reluctantly purchased this one, just to have Rex in my collection (never saw the original release in stores). If Hasbro ever comes to their senses and rereleases the original Rex, this one will be thrown in a bin where it belongs!
I just need a Rex, so I had to get this. And... yeah, it's a placeholder. The _second_ a new one comes out or they reissue another one, he's gone. The plastic was really noticeable for me too. It just looks... cheap. It looks genuinely damaged. Which is better than the weathering/battle damage. It looks too "applied," with no subtlety. It's something you'd get from a customiser's first time weathering.
Dang. Never knew how many things were wrong on this version. I knew when I seen the promo pics and he didn’t have his Pauldron, and the random binocs they gave him that I was gonna pass on this one. Which is why I don’t own it. Sad to see such an awesome character and previously amazing figure get this kinda treatment. I’m really looking forward to the re-release of original Rex!!
Yes, this is all true BUT I'd rather have TBB Rex than no Rex at all. That being said though, I would only buy a Rex to go in an Anakin, Obi Wan, Cody, Rex display, and I don't have any of those yet either so kind of a moot point haha
I agree I do have the figure only because I didn't start collecting outside of Boba Fett figures in 2021. So way too late to get the original Captain Rex. I don't like it however I paid $20 for the Captain Rex found it on the Walmart website a few weeks after it's release never saw it after that.
The bad batch rex also suffers from the same problem as battlefront jet trooper. His lower legs are reversed! I decided to spend the money on 59 and forego the bad batch version. Way too much to customize!
It's not unlike Hasbro to do this, they even do it with TVC figures as well. I remember Casian Andor in his Imperial trooper disguise they made, and gave him the boots from a different figure, instead of screen accurate boots. But I am sure there are lots more examples. People often defend this by saying tooling costs and saving money! by which never gets passed on to us the collector.
Yeah that Cassian in TVC came down to "budget" as per one of the Hasbro designers. Luckily Black Series got the more accurate version of that Cassian, lol. -Justin
guys i got the newly not yet announced rex shipping to my house for only $12 i thought it was a scam this guy also shipped me 2 187th battle packs for HALF OFF. I thought it was a scam but it is really in transit i am tracking it live with the shop app... i am shocked guys i dont think anyone knows but me it is going to be the convention exclusive one with the shiney blue box.
@@OutOfTheBasement yes it is the Hascon one! im telling you they are going to rerelease that one! im assuming bc this guy is literally just selling them to whoever wants them for $12 and mace and 187ths for only $18-$22. Hes shipping from china but my package is already in the US the tracking is real. i will comment on another video to keep you updated if it is legit.
I remember pre-ordering it because: Captain Rex, but when the first reviews came in I had to threw up in my mouth a little. I therefore decided that cancelling said pre-order was the best thing to do. And now, 3 years later, I just hope we get a new Rex figure very, very soon..... Thanks for the video boys! ~Sander
I thought this was a joke video at first! I didn't realize there was this much dislike over the figure. I know it's not an accurate figure, but I really like it. At the time it came out I was moving, and it was shipped to my old address. I had to go through quite a feat to pick it up, so I think I was always just thankful to have it (my opinion on this figure is probably skewed because of this). Wasn't the price point on this because it was a Walmart exclusive and not a deluxe? I could be remembering that wrong...
Walmart exclusives aren't $30 though. Lately they've been $24.99 but the highest regular exclusive price (for standard figure) I've seen is $27.99 (which is usually Target). -Justin
@@DavidEdge69I don't know Davey. I was never able to get the original Rex, but I've got this version of Rex. He's not perfect but he is decent IMO. So I only have him at this time. I'm waiting to see which version of Rex is getting rereleased this year. I hope it's the original, but I'll have to wait and see.
@@theperceptor9287 He is OK Tom. I have his poncho on and tbh, I've never particularly studied the figure. He stands with my "Batchies" and looks like Cpt Rex from the show. My red/black box Rex had a loosey-goosey leg from new as well. I pick him up and the leg flaps around!
@@DavidEdge69 That really stinks about his loose leg. I guess it happened during the Clone War. Is that the leg General Grievous cut off with a lightsaber and then Anikin reattached it using super glue and toothpicks ??
It is a superior figure, because i could actually buy it. ;P I hope the current rumors of Rex being re-released (points to Lukeness and Yakface) are true this time... Hasbro just made a Rex Helmet too. He was in Ahsoka again so there is current media excuse to re-release him now. (or make a new one with Phase 1 helmet, either is fine with me as long as it is screen accurate) But what i really want is for Hasbro to re-make all the Clone Commanders and add new ones they missed the first time around on the new 2023 body. Those old double jointed legs and arms have those huge black round cutouts in the white armor for the pegs... that is truly outdated and worth re-tooling. oh... Bad Batch finale today, need to go watch.
Yeah I'd rather get a Phase I Rex on the new body if they're gonna do another Rex. A rerelease of the superior #59 would suffice, but give me the new! Thanks for watching! -Justin
I don’t have that one but 59 still holds up today (in my opinion) so I can’t really compare the two… but I do need the 99 version of Rex for a custom if ya wanna sell him 😜
I bought this figure on Amazon for $67 then they announced the original release coming soon. Return it and have no regrets. The helmet is wonky asf on this one
Hola friends!! Well, in my opinion, they did overdo it in making this deluxe figure, but I didn't think it was the worst. However, the weatheingr is actually horrible. To date I have this figure in Pre-order at BBTS. It seems to me that it will be ready for delivery in the second quarter of this year. but I kind of don't believe them 😂
I'm so afraid they will be doing the same horrible job on the allegedly confirmed reissue of Rex, which everyone is wafting for. I almost wish they would use the exact same mold, with absolutely no upgrades, just to make sure it will look as good as the original. Same goes for Fox.
I have mixed feelings about this figure, but overall am happy to have it in the collection until(if) we get a season 3 Bad Batch Rex release for the Bad Batch shelf. If doesn't compare to the original though! Much Love, and MTFBWY!
I don’t own this release. I always wanted it… although not that badly, to put cloak on other Rex cause it looked cool in the show. But still holding off. Can’t pay price just for the brown cloak yet
He's definitely a downgrade from 59, but I personally don't see him as being as bad as other clones (like the original Phase 1 troopers, Cody, or Gree). A. As mentioned, he's on the Rex/Bly body, so he has better articulation than any clone released before 2017. B. Take off the pauldron, and he's basically Rex from Bad Batch Season 3. C. One (and ONLY one) area where I put him above 59: that smooth area of his neck between the under-suit and his head is painted with his skin tone color.
That helmet painting, the whole body... This just looks like a 2014 figure. If the rumored Rex is a repack instead of a full retool using Appo's buck, it's not a good sign. Fine if it's Archive, but not on the more standard release. Three points for the figure for going out with a bang at the very end.
Okay so here’s the thing, I do agree with you guys 100% in a vacuum, but ever since Mr. Cawfee customized this to look like the red box Rex and sold it to me, I can’t hate on it. It looks even better than the OG Rex IMO, since he weathered it up and gave it a matte spray. I also prefer the silver welding on the armor instead of the copper/bronze welding. I also am using his poncho on a regular Phase I clone trooper to make a member of Hawkbat Battalion from Tartakovsky Clone Wars, so that’s useful as well lol. Don’t forget tho, Rex isn’t the only deluxe clone: Gree was! He was also the first “deluxe because paint” figure, IIRC.
Yeaaaah bro just had to do 8,000 modifications to it, now it's not bad! Lol jk I get what you're saying. You can pretty much make any figure better by customizing! And ooooof how could I forget about Gree?!?! The previous figure in this playlist. -Justin
All I know is, I want my own Captain Rex on this fancy new trooper body with the bells and whistles and fancy high-quality digital face printing all of it
I have the exclusive non-photo reel Captain Rex and the bad batch one I was thinking about doing the head swap but I don't think the bad batch head is even that much better
I've been summoned 😂. I like this Rex more because that big poncho hides the ugly 2013 clone body! If the rumors about Hasbro reissueing Rex are true then Hasbro is doing collectors a disservice, as he deserves to be redone on a good body.
I absolutely agree. I think they should do a Phase I Rex on that 2023 clone trooper buck! Ahsoka packaging, Clone Wars packaging, whatever. Thanks for watching, Hybrid! -Justin
Obviously he had to grab a new utility belt from the stores when his got damaged in battle. 😁 I hope he and all the clone commanders get a re-do on the new clone body. All with removable helmets please. I want to see Gree's crazy haircut.😀
The only thing about this version i like is the colour on the wield marks, they shouldn't be fucking rust colour.. its awful.. but maybe i'm better kitbashing when i finally get the older figure in a re-release. Seems like an easy 2 pack Rex and Anakin(Ahsoka) with an updated Rex.. but hasbro are just so bad. TVC one isn't much better- but i also kitbashed that one lol.
Great video. Agreed. They put all the effort into giving him the poncho with that half ass of a hood. In his first seen he has hood over his head. WTF. That was my biggest gripe about this figure since I have both of them but everything y’all said is true. Another half ass attempt on what could’ve been the best version of Rex. Hope y’all have a good day brothers.
Natey!! That helmet of yours is absolutely dismal Buddy!! 😅 That should have been returned to whence you purchased it with a mouthful of profanity attached to it!! 😅
The fact he is NOT even accurate to his on-screen appearance in the first season of The Bad Batch and is instead based on TBB concept art is so disappointing. He's still very much an poor man's TBS 2018 Captain Rex and will never live up to that figure. It also does not help the 2021 Black Series Captain Rex forgot the matte finish for the head as well.
I don't even have a theory what happened here, they HAD the original Rex design, wouldn't it have been *more* expensive to redesign him for BB when the only real difference was a different pauldron? Why are there only *two* versions of one of the most lucrative characters, one of which is not available and hasn't been for a long time? Hasbro, you confuse and frighten me. Edit: yeah i had to settle for BBRex too; took a hobby knife to a bootleg clone to get a proper pauldron, and removed the Binocs. I'm not overly happy with the figure but he's my only permanent custom figure and i do love Rex as a character, i can't wait 10 years for an Archive Release. What bothers *me* the most is the paintjob, tbh. Not just the weathering (i hate that on every trooper, i want Shineys!) but people tend to shit on everything else (deservedly so) but forget the hair dye. Rex's hair is supposed to be almost invisible. BBRex looks like he's got a wig on.
What's crazy is that pauldron example isn't even supposed to be different. It's supposed to be the exact same look as far as the blue pauldron and black piece w/ painted buttons. -Justin
My face when Rex in bad batch season 3 has no poncho and no pauldron and replaces his old armor pieces with shiny white new ones. 😂 so now it's accurate to BB? 🤷♂️
That worked out nicely for you but this figure is based on the season 1 appearance (especially when you consider when it came out) so it's wildly inaccurate. Does he randomly put binocs on in season 3? -Justin
@@OutOfTheBasement Supposedly the figure was based on concept art in which he had the binocs, but that didnt end up being used in the show. Just a flip side to Hasbro doing them early or alongside the show.
I can understand that some are frustrated because this version of Rex is their first/ only figure (without shelling out their wallets). But it is in no way/ shape/ form better or even on par with the OG #59. Anyways, glad to see the return of the series.
No, he's not the best. Here's hoping that Saturday will see Hasbro revealing that the original will get an Archive release. That said, will that come with poop shoot weathering!? I know where I can get an SDCC one, but, should I!?
@@OutOfTheBasement Good shout, I'd still go Phase 1.5. I just wonder what the weathering will be like whatever they do. They're far less likely to do it by hand now.
Well its totally, true... its so inferior to the first release!...Just the poncho, and was dificult to find in México...there are many bad figures in the line! But still my scale of collecting.
Too bad we find out about these blunders after purchasing them. Here's one thing I'll give BB Rex over #59 Rex. At least BB Rex came out on time. I have had #59 Rex re-reissue Rex on order for over two years now, and how much do you wanna bet that Hasbro plans on another reissue of Rex on the superior 2023 Clone trooper body within the next two, or so, years? More money. More money. More money. Ugh
Totally uninteresting If there ist weathering or No Westhering on an black series from the Box. They Look Like toy unless painted over and resculpted.therefore as Long you get an Rex for 30bucks ITS OK because ITS only an working Base which hast to ne reworked anyway
So I joined collecting the black series about a year ago. Rex is one of my all time favorite characters and I’ve been debating on getting this figure or splurging over the top for the Red box Rex and this figure just looks horrible. I’d rather wait and get my hands on a good Rex than get this garbage
I can't disagree with you on any of this, and I still like him, I also like not paying a few hundred dollars for what is a background character to my thinking. Don't at me, I know he's a significant character, just not to me😊. Thanks for the content
#59 is superior to the Bad Batch version in every way though. For a 2018 figure it's a banger for sure. Although I'd love to get a Phase I look on that 2023 sculpt! -Justin
"I have to buy certain figures for science." lol 😂
The bro Nate is a mad scientist. 👨🏻🔬🧪🧬🔬🧫🔬
All the reasons mentioned is the reason I sold mine. Rather no Rex than looking at this disappointment each day. Great video!
You should’ve kept it for spare parts. Kit bash or whatever you want to call it.
I'm really hoping we get one on the 2023 sculpt! Thanks for checking out our video. -Justin
#59 is rumored to be in a rerelease archive sort of wave coming this year
Honestly, I'm just glad I got a Rex. Would love them to make the next Rex on the new clone body!
100% agreed. Phase I Rex on the new sculpt! -Justin
April fools was last month
Lol naw just watch the video! -Justin
lol
You guys just don't get it. Bad Batch Rex is a banger, and so much better than the original with just a bit of work.
All I had to do to fix Bad Batch Rex was, remove the pauldron, take the head, helmet, and pauldron from the old Rex, fully disassemble this figure, spend several hundred hours meticulously recreating injection molds of the pieces, source the raw plastic used for the original from a landfill in China, purchase my own injection molding machine, buy an industrial photoreal printer from a guy in France, source the inks and paints used on the original Rex from a shady back alley dealer in the Phillipines, make all the parts using the OG Rex plastic, print/paint, and assemble the figure.
Jokes aside, I'm glad the original got a repack.
GRRRRRRRR jkjkjk
YOur mistake was using the guy in France. The guy in Ireland is much better.
12:15 those 4 seconds of silence where Nate shows you he's serious lmao
😂😂😂
I customized him a bit by removing the poncho and macrobinoculars, gave him a pauldron piece and added more paint to him. He's the definitive Rex in my collection.
Nice.
stock, yeah, its bad.
as such, I snipped the binocs, removed the poncho (gave that to a kitbash smuggler george lucas), swapped the range finder that came with arc Jesse (one that it came with i feel is bit too big), modded the pauldron using fodder from a modded fordo, and drew the black line on the helmet.
after modded, i really enjoy it, however, i completely agree you shouldn't have to mod it. having the red box rex (my first ever pre-order) i swap the two around on my main display every few months, as of writing this just put the red box on shelf.
still, my biggest complaint (which is the same for red box rex) is that the chin always pokes out from beneath the helmet and (with the full pauldron for both) he cant look to his left.
That's a lot of modifications bro! But glad you enjoy the figure now! Thanks for checking out our video. -Justin
I started with Bad Batch Rex and was really disappointed. Good to see someone really light into how awful that Rex is compared to 59 Rex.
There's just so many things wrong with it! -Justin
I customized mine to look more like the classic Rex. I'm personally really happy with the end result, to the point where I don't mind missing out on the recent reissue.
That's cool! -Justin
I modified mine to resemble the old version. It's obviously not as good but for rn, it serves its purpose. Hopefully they do release an archive or rerelease the og in a CW box.
Good stuff! -Justin
Great video fellas! TBB Rex is definitely one of the figures of all time. The price is definitely wack and that aftermarket price just keeps going up and up. Thank goodness we seem to be getting an Archive or Rerelease of 59 Rex, it’s not as good as new one but it’s better than nothing!
Give me that Phase I look on the 2023 sculpt! Thanks for watching as always, MrCawfee. See ya Sunday! -Justin
Hello Nate and Justin I unfortunately missed out on the original Rex figures so I have to use the Bad Batch version for now.
We know that Rex is going to be rereleased because of Yackface, but I'm wondering if they will rerelease the original or the Bad Batch version ?? I definitely want/need the original.
If they rerelease the original I'd think he's most likely going to be an Archive wave figure. If they release him in his original box then he'd most likely be the only figure in the case because of the packaging.
Yeah this version of Rex has his problems but for those of us who don't have the original, he's the next best figure. Also I don't have Disney Plus so I've never seen the Bad Batch other than clips. So I'm ok if he's a bit inaccurate under the cloak you don't see his paldren and you don't see his clean belt, so it kinda works for myself, for now. And I kinda like that his helmet has the binoculars and the target enhancement, he's prepared for what is coming. lol
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Bad Batch Rex. He's definitely not a great figure, but he's adequate for what I need. Tom
Hey Tom! Thanks for checking out our latest blunder. I did see that rumor but I would almost prefer a new look for Rex (his Phase I look) on the new 2023 sculpt! Take care, my friend. -Justin
The only Rex figures I have are the original 3.75 cw release and the first 3.75 inch phase 2 armor in that darth maul packaging, I wish they’d make these characters that appear in the animated shows look how they do in the shows and not making them look live action, the reason I didn’t pick up the ventress 6in fig
I hear ya. Black Series always gives it that "if this existed in live action" filter. I actually think I somehow prefer it. -Justin
I passed on this figure, even in the midst of the EE re-issue of #59 Rex debacle, and I still have no Rex. I'm cautious about the new speculation about a re-issue, because I really want to see Rex on the 2023 base body (why else would Appo have two vertical hinge trigger finger hands if they're not going to do dual-pistol officers) and Rex is an obvious choice.
Yeah I'd much rather see Rex get put on the new sculpt! -Justin
I couldn’t agree with you guys more!! I’m so sad. I never could get the Rex that I need!! All I got was this one! A poor substitute for a great figure! Keep up the good work see you on Sunday!!
I really hope they release a Phase I version on that 2023 sculpt! Thanks for watching, Dan. -Justin
@@OutOfTheBasement you bet! Always glad to see your next video!!
I bought him on sale for $20, cut the binoculars off and threw away the soft goods. I also used a shock trooper pauldron and painted it blue. Now he is essentially the $100+ version. Should I have to do all that extra work? Nope, but I saved some cash in the process. If there is a 2023 body rendition I will upgrade for sure.
I'd love to get a 2023 sculpt version. Hopefully the Phase I look! -Justin
Great run down guys! I have both Rex figures and never paid that close attention to the newer one. I head back home to IL in couple of weeks so I will have to see if my helmet is that bad also. Pretty sad actually. Looking forward to Friday's announcements though.
Thanks for watching today's video! Take care. -Justin
I completely forgot abt this fig till the other day. Dangit. I could've used those brain cells to remember something else! W/ so few left, I need 'em focusing on the important stuff
Lol use those brain cells for Figure It Out this Friday! -Justin
Hold a uv or black light flashlight to figures to see the quality u will be in awe in the way the black light registers a bad plastic
Lol I did not know this!
I think once we get either a rex rerelease or remake, people will realise how truly bad this figure is compared to what could have been
Agreed. I'd really like to see a Phase I Rex on the new sculpt. -Justin
I customized this figure to imitate the 59 Rex like y’all mentioned, and although the base figure definitely sucks in a lotta ways, in the end it was a cheaper alternative to make my own definitive Rex! Great video guys as always
I hope they do one on the 2023 sculpt! Thanks for watching. -Justin
I have this figure. due to just starting I missed the first but I like this. I wonder if because bad batch being after order 66 just older suit and sun bleached it 🤷🏽♂️ maybe that's what they went for?
You can see in the show that his armor is just as white as it was in The Clone Wars. -Justin
You guys said this was the only deluxe clone but wasn't Wrecker a deluxe?
So glad the OG Rex is getting a re-release because I skipped this one for all the reasons you guys explained.
Ahhh yes you are right! Wrecker. Although he isn't really a "traditional" CT if you know what I mean. -Justin
I bought one of the AliExpress troopers who had the correct pauldron and modified that by adding the existing amo pouches from this red and then display rex with the new modded pauldron instead
Nice! That’s a great use for an ali clone. Thanks for watching! -Nate
It's my only Rex and I agree with you on all the issues...the helmet and pauldron wreck my head but it'll have to do until we get the re release.....for now he's standing behind Wrecker in the background of my display.
Fair enough! Thanks for checking out the video. -Justin
I very reluctantly purchased this one, just to have Rex in my collection (never saw the original release in stores). If Hasbro ever comes to their senses and rereleases the original Rex, this one will be thrown in a bin where it belongs!
There's a pretty big rumor going on right now that Rex is getting a rerelease. -Justin
@@OutOfTheBasement Fingers crossed!!
I just need a Rex, so I had to get this. And... yeah, it's a placeholder. The _second_ a new one comes out or they reissue another one, he's gone.
The plastic was really noticeable for me too. It just looks... cheap. It looks genuinely damaged. Which is better than the weathering/battle damage. It looks too "applied," with no subtlety. It's something you'd get from a customiser's first time weathering.
A rerelease of Rex is heavily rumored at the moment! -Justin
Dang. Never knew how many things were wrong on this version. I knew when I seen the promo pics and he didn’t have his Pauldron, and the random binocs they gave him that I was gonna pass on this one. Which is why I don’t own it.
Sad to see such an awesome character and previously amazing figure get this kinda treatment.
I’m really looking forward to the re-release of original Rex!!
I really hope we get his Phase I look on the 2023 clone buck! Thanks for watching, Stoned. -Justin
Yes, this is all true BUT I'd rather have TBB Rex than no Rex at all.
That being said though, I would only buy a Rex to go in an Anakin, Obi Wan, Cody, Rex display, and I don't have any of those yet either so kind of a moot point haha
Thanks for checking out the video! -Justin
I agree I do have the figure only because I didn't start collecting outside of Boba Fett figures in 2021. So way too late to get the original Captain Rex. I don't like it however I paid $20 for the Captain Rex found it on the Walmart website a few weeks after it's release never saw it after that.
Hopefully that re-release rumor for the original turns out to be true! Thanks for watching. -Nate
Found mine for $22, so price was dandy with me.
The bad batch rex also suffers from the same problem as battlefront jet trooper. His lower legs are reversed! I decided to spend the money on 59 and forego the bad batch version. Way too much to customize!
Also a good point! Makes it even worse! Thanks for watching! -Nate
It's not unlike Hasbro to do this, they even do it with TVC figures as well. I remember Casian Andor in his Imperial trooper disguise they made, and gave him the boots from a different figure, instead of screen accurate boots. But I am sure there are lots more examples. People often defend this by saying tooling costs and saving money! by which never gets passed on to us the collector.
Yeah that Cassian in TVC came down to "budget" as per one of the Hasbro designers. Luckily Black Series got the more accurate version of that Cassian, lol. -Justin
guys i got the newly not yet announced rex shipping to my house for only $12 i thought it was a scam this guy also shipped me 2 187th battle packs for HALF OFF. I thought it was a scam but it is really in transit i am tracking it live with the shop app... i am shocked guys i dont think anyone knows but me it is going to be the convention exclusive one with the shiney blue box.
That is not a newly announced figure. I believe you're talking about the Hascon Rex. -Justin
@@OutOfTheBasement yes it is the Hascon one! im telling you they are going to rerelease that one! im assuming bc this guy is literally just selling them to whoever wants them for $12 and mace and 187ths for only $18-$22. Hes shipping from china but my package is already in the US the tracking is real. i will comment on another video to keep you updated if it is legit.
I remember pre-ordering it because: Captain Rex, but when the first reviews came in I had to threw up in my mouth a little. I therefore decided that cancelling said pre-order was the best thing to do.
And now, 3 years later, I just hope we get a new Rex figure very, very soon.....
Thanks for the video boys!
~Sander
A rerelease is rumored, but I also hope we get a Phase I version on the 2023 sculpt! Thanks for watching! -Justin
I thought this was a joke video at first! I didn't realize there was this much dislike over the figure. I know it's not an accurate figure, but I really like it. At the time it came out I was moving, and it was shipped to my old address. I had to go through quite a feat to pick it up, so I think I was always just thankful to have it (my opinion on this figure is probably skewed because of this). Wasn't the price point on this because it was a Walmart exclusive and not a deluxe? I could be remembering that wrong...
Walmart exclusives are $24.99- $27.99. This was “deluxe” pricing for a standard figure. Thanks for watching! -Nate
@@OutOfTheBasement Ah I see what you're saying now... A Walmart exclusive "standard" figure, with mysterious deluxe pricing. Thanks!
Glad I got Rex when he came out the first time.
Dude same! -Justin
I thought the price point was because it was a Walmart Exclusive initially?
Walmart exclusives aren't $30 though. Lately they've been $24.99 but the highest regular exclusive price (for standard figure) I've seen is $27.99 (which is usually Target). -Justin
@@OutOfTheBasement Gotcha. In Canada, regular price (at this time) was $32.99 and exclusives were $39.99. Now it's $35.99 and $42.99
I actually really like this figure! There's nowt wrong with it, although I do get you on the plastic material they used...
There's nothing wrong with it except everything we pointed out! Jkjkjkjkjk love you Davey! -Justin
@@OutOfTheBasement 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 You are of course completely correct J! The head is fine, but the rest is a bit shite!!
@@DavidEdge69I don't know Davey. I was never able to get the original Rex, but I've got this version of Rex. He's not perfect but he is decent IMO.
So I only have him at this time. I'm waiting to see which version of Rex is getting rereleased this year. I hope it's the original, but I'll have to wait and see.
@@theperceptor9287 He is OK Tom. I have his poncho on and tbh, I've never particularly studied the figure. He stands with my "Batchies" and looks like Cpt Rex from the show. My red/black box Rex had a loosey-goosey leg from new as well. I pick him up and the leg flaps around!
@@DavidEdge69 That really stinks about his loose leg. I guess it happened during the Clone War. Is that the leg General Grievous cut off with a lightsaber and then Anikin reattached it using super glue and toothpicks ??
Yeah I sent my bad batch rex over to a customizer so they could make a captain keeli for me :) but the original rex will never change on my shelf
That's cool! Thanks for checking out our video. -Justin
It is a superior figure, because i could actually buy it. ;P
I hope the current rumors of Rex being re-released (points to Lukeness and Yakface) are true this time... Hasbro just made a Rex Helmet too.
He was in Ahsoka again so there is current media excuse to re-release him now. (or make a new one with Phase 1 helmet, either is fine with me as long as it is screen accurate)
But what i really want is for Hasbro to re-make all the Clone Commanders and add new ones they missed the first time around on the new 2023 body.
Those old double jointed legs and arms have those huge black round cutouts in the white armor for the pegs... that is truly outdated and worth re-tooling.
oh... Bad Batch finale today, need to go watch.
Yeah I'd rather get a Phase I Rex on the new body if they're gonna do another Rex. A rerelease of the superior #59 would suffice, but give me the new! Thanks for watching! -Justin
I don’t have that one but 59 still holds up today (in my opinion) so I can’t really compare the two… but I do need the 99 version of Rex for a custom if ya wanna sell him 😜
59 still holds up for sure! Thanks for watching. -Justin
I skipped this figure for the same reasons you pointed out. Frosted plastic, lol. I have to use that.😆
That cake frosting plastic will get ya! -Justin
I don’t have either. So I’d take the inferior one. Hope the Rex re-release is true. Still holding onto my “preorder” from BBTS
I hope they do a Phase I Rex on the new clone sculpt! -Justin
Same. May the force be with us.
Same. May the force be with us.
I would take either the version from Rebels or it would be cool if they do one to add to Fives and Jesse from Clone Wars.
Thanks for watching! -Justin
I bought this figure on Amazon for $67 then they announced the original release coming soon. Return it and have no regrets. The helmet is wonky asf on this one
Wonky for sure! Thanks for watching. -Justin
Hola friends!! Well, in my opinion, they did overdo it in making this deluxe figure, but I didn't think it was the worst. However, the weatheingr is actually horrible. To date I have this figure in Pre-order at BBTS. It seems to me that it will be ready for delivery in the second quarter of this year. but I kind of don't believe them 😂
Yeah I wouldn’t hold my breath on that one lol. Thanks for watching Miguel! -Nate
I'm so afraid they will be doing the same horrible job on the allegedly confirmed reissue of Rex, which everyone is wafting for. I almost wish they would use the exact same mold, with absolutely no upgrades, just to make sure it will look as good as the original. Same goes for Fox.
I’m pretty sure the Rex is going to just to be an archive release so it’ll be exactly the same. Thanks for watching! -Nate
I have mixed feelings about this figure, but overall am happy to have it in the collection until(if) we get a season 3 Bad Batch Rex release for the Bad Batch shelf. If doesn't compare to the original though! Much Love, and MTFBWY!
MTFBWY as well! -Justin
I don’t own this release. I always wanted it… although not that badly, to put cloak on other Rex cause it looked cool in the show. But still holding off. Can’t pay price just for the brown cloak yet
The Bad Batch version is worth nearly $60 now, so yeah definitely not worth it! -Justin
Now I know why this one is always cheaper on eBay. If nothing else, you guys have saved me some money.
Good stuff! -Justin
He's definitely a downgrade from 59, but I personally don't see him as being as bad as other clones (like the original Phase 1 troopers, Cody, or Gree).
A. As mentioned, he's on the Rex/Bly body, so he has better articulation than any clone released before 2017.
B. Take off the pauldron, and he's basically Rex from Bad Batch Season 3.
C. One (and ONLY one) area where I put him above 59: that smooth area of his neck between the under-suit and his head is painted with his skin tone color.
Thanks for watching! -Justin
It's the only Rex I have, so it's fine for now. It will be replaced if a new/better one comes along, however.
Thanks for watching! -Justin
Mine sit's at the back of my clone shelf.
Best place for it honestly. Thanks for watching Soup! -Nate
That helmet painting, the whole body... This just looks like a 2014 figure. If the rumored Rex is a repack instead of a full retool using Appo's buck, it's not a good sign. Fine if it's Archive, but not on the more standard release.
Three points for the figure for going out with a bang at the very end.
I'm really hoping to see a Phase I Rex on the 2023 sculpt! -Justin
You guys aren't wrong. But people aren't ready for it, apparently.
Just wait until next week! You're gonna get a kick out of the next one, I just know it. -Justin
Okay so here’s the thing, I do agree with you guys 100% in a vacuum, but ever since Mr. Cawfee customized this to look like the red box Rex and sold it to me, I can’t hate on it. It looks even better than the OG Rex IMO, since he weathered it up and gave it a matte spray. I also prefer the silver welding on the armor instead of the copper/bronze welding.
I also am using his poncho on a regular Phase I clone trooper to make a member of Hawkbat Battalion from Tartakovsky Clone Wars, so that’s useful as well lol.
Don’t forget tho, Rex isn’t the only deluxe clone: Gree was! He was also the first “deluxe because paint” figure, IIRC.
Yeaaaah bro just had to do 8,000 modifications to it, now it's not bad! Lol jk I get what you're saying. You can pretty much make any figure better by customizing! And ooooof how could I forget about Gree?!?! The previous figure in this playlist. -Justin
It’s the clone and rex tax let’s be real!
When have we had a clone and/or Rex tax before though? Haha I think it really is because of the soft goods poncho. -Justin
All I know is, I want my own Captain Rex on this fancy new trooper body with the bells and whistles and fancy high-quality digital face printing all of it
Phase I Rex on the 2023 body would be amazing! -Justin
I have the exclusive non-photo reel Captain Rex and the bad batch one I was thinking about doing the head swap but I don't think the bad batch head is even that much better
Yeah it's very shiny! Classic 59 has a nice matte finish. -Justin
I've been summoned 😂. I like this Rex more because that big poncho hides the ugly 2013 clone body! If the rumors about Hasbro reissueing Rex are true then Hasbro is doing collectors a disservice, as he deserves to be redone on a good body.
I absolutely agree. I think they should do a Phase I Rex on that 2023 clone trooper buck! Ahsoka packaging, Clone Wars packaging, whatever. Thanks for watching, Hybrid! -Justin
The bad part is it’s $70 on the resell market
Oooooof definitely not worth that price. -Justin
Obviously he had to grab a new utility belt from the stores when his got damaged in battle. 😁
I hope he and all the clone commanders get a re-do on the new clone body. All with removable helmets please. I want to see Gree's crazy haircut.😀
Yep he went down to his local Walmart! And totally agreed. Give me all the clones on the new sculpt! -Justin
I'm going to go back and look at their original review.
I don't even remember what kind of review Nate gave it (if he reviewed it), but it's not like opinions can't change over time, right? -Justin
The only thing about this version i like is the colour on the wield marks, they shouldn't be fucking rust colour.. its awful.. but maybe i'm better kitbashing when i finally get the older figure in a re-release.
Seems like an easy 2 pack Rex and Anakin(Ahsoka) with an updated Rex.. but hasbro are just so bad.
TVC one isn't much better- but i also kitbashed that one lol.
Isn't that what he did though? He welded his mask. It should be a combo of both but I agree I do like the blue. -Justin
I got a pauldron and took the poncho off and i think its cool. its a good umbara rex
Nice! -Justin
My helmet doesn't quite fit and rex chin sticks out the bottom
Yeah that always seems to be a problem with CTs that have removable helmets in this line. It's unfortunate. -Justin
Okay so i sold it for a good reason
Pretty much! -Justin
Great video. Agreed. They put all the effort into giving him the poncho with that half ass of a hood. In his first seen he has hood over his head. WTF. That was my biggest gripe about this figure since I have both of them but everything y’all said is true. Another half ass attempt on what could’ve been the best version of Rex. Hope y’all have a good day brothers.
Thanks for checking out the video! Appreciate the support. -Justin
it looks like a bootleg Rex, glad i still have the older version.
Thanks for watching! -Nate
We really need an upgraded Captain Rex figure
100%! -Justin
The boys are cookin today 🔥
Who let us in the kitchen?!?!? -Justin
Natey!! That helmet of yours is absolutely dismal Buddy!! 😅 That should have been returned to whence you purchased it with a mouthful of profanity attached to it!! 😅
That thing is warped to bloody oblivion and back! -Justin
@@OutOfTheBasement I'd have deffo sent that shitter back J!
Davey is your helmet in better condition than Natey's. ??
@@theperceptor9287 Tom! Short answer is yes!!
It's the one rex I have and the reason why I'm after a re release so much. It's really not great is it 😂
Either that or perhaps a Phase I look on the 2023 sculpt! -Justin
The fact he is NOT even accurate to his on-screen appearance in the first season of The Bad Batch and is instead based on TBB concept art is so disappointing.
He's still very much an poor man's TBS 2018 Captain Rex and will never live up to that figure. It also does not help the 2021 Black Series Captain Rex forgot the matte finish for the head as well.
True, not accurate to that first season. Thanks for watching! -Justin
I just think it's crazy that because Rex is so expensive, for some reason this is too?!😅
It’s mindboggling, I honestly had no clue this one was also so expensive. Thanks for watching Cody! -Nate
I don't even have a theory what happened here, they HAD the original Rex design, wouldn't it have been *more* expensive to redesign him for BB when the only real difference was a different pauldron? Why are there only *two* versions of one of the most lucrative characters, one of which is not available and hasn't been for a long time? Hasbro, you confuse and frighten me.
Edit: yeah i had to settle for BBRex too; took a hobby knife to a bootleg clone to get a proper pauldron, and removed the Binocs. I'm not overly happy with the figure but he's my only permanent custom figure and i do love Rex as a character, i can't wait 10 years for an Archive Release. What bothers *me* the most is the paintjob, tbh. Not just the weathering (i hate that on every trooper, i want Shineys!) but people tend to shit on everything else (deservedly so) but forget the hair dye. Rex's hair is supposed to be almost invisible. BBRex looks like he's got a wig on.
What's crazy is that pauldron example isn't even supposed to be different. It's supposed to be the exact same look as far as the blue pauldron and black piece w/ painted buttons. -Justin
If you have both he’s ok , if it’s the only one you have then he ain’t it .
So happy I have number 59, the classic Rex! -Justin
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My face when Rex in bad batch season 3 has no poncho and no pauldron and replaces his old armor pieces with shiny white new ones. 😂 so now it's accurate to BB? 🤷♂️
my exact same thought. tempted to put this one with the S2 BB figs.
That worked out nicely for you but this figure is based on the season 1 appearance (especially when you consider when it came out) so it's wildly inaccurate. Does he randomly put binocs on in season 3? -Justin
@OutOfTheBasement he has them in the umbara arc so him using the macros doesn't bother me personally
@@212th_hunter That's fair! -Justin
@@OutOfTheBasement Supposedly the figure was based on concept art in which he had the binocs, but that didnt end up being used in the show. Just a flip side to Hasbro doing them early or alongside the show.
I can understand that some are frustrated because this version of Rex is their first/ only figure (without shelling out their wallets). But it is in no way/ shape/ form better or even on par with the OG #59. Anyways, glad to see the return of the series.
100%. We are just talking about the quality of the figures, nothing in Bangers/Blunders has to do with value. -Justin
No, he's not the best. Here's hoping that Saturday will see Hasbro revealing that the original will get an Archive release. That said, will that come with poop shoot weathering!? I know where I can get an SDCC one, but, should I!?
I want to see a Phase I on the new clone sculpt! -Justin
@@OutOfTheBasement Good shout, I'd still go Phase 1.5. I just wonder what the weathering will be like whatever they do. They're far less likely to do it by hand now.
Well its totally, true... its so inferior to the first release!...Just the poncho, and was dificult to find in México...there are many bad figures in the line! But still my scale of collecting.
Hey! Thanks for checking out the video. -Justin
Too bad we find out about these blunders after purchasing them. Here's one thing I'll give BB Rex over #59 Rex. At least BB Rex came out on time. I have had #59 Rex re-reissue Rex on order for over two years now, and how much do you wanna bet that Hasbro plans on another reissue of Rex on the superior 2023 Clone trooper body within the next two, or so, years? More money. More money. More money. Ugh
Aww this is the Rex I have, but maybe not the Rex I need.
Or the Rex you deserve!
Rex might be bad but I’ll take him more Rex the better and I remember try to get him and I wish to have him
Thanks for checking out the video! -Justin
wrecker is a "deluxe" clone trooper.
And Gree! I misspoke. -Justin
Totally uninteresting If there ist weathering or No Westhering on an black series from the Box. They Look Like toy unless painted over and resculpted.therefore as Long you get an Rex for 30bucks ITS OK because ITS only an working Base which hast to ne reworked anyway
Yeah naw we can do whatever we want. -Justin
So I joined collecting the black series about a year ago. Rex is one of my all time favorite characters and I’ve been debating on getting this figure or splurging over the top for the Red box Rex and this figure just looks horrible. I’d rather wait and get my hands on a good Rex than get this garbage
Rex is heavily rumored to be getting a rerelease so let's see what happens! -Justin
I can't disagree with you on any of this, and I still like him, I also like not paying a few hundred dollars for what is a background character to my thinking. Don't at me, I know he's a significant character, just not to me😊. Thanks for the content
Totally fair! Thanks for watching. -Justin
He’s the only one I can afford go easy on him 😭😭😭
100% not worth what he goes for
@@OutOfTheBasement yeah your right :(
Not trying to be a nerd emoji but wrecker is a deluxe so there’s technically 3 clone trooper deluxes🤓
Yep along with Gree! I misspoke in the video. -Justin
I disagree but still throwing a like 👍😌 keep up the good content boys
Appreciate you brother! 👊🏻 -Justin
This is bait 😂
Chancellor Hunter, baiting cloners is our specialty. 🎣 -Justin
I think both Rex's aren't great. I think 59 rex is severely overrated. for the time it was fantastic but I really don't like the helmet on that figure
#59 is superior to the Bad Batch version in every way though. For a 2018 figure it's a banger for sure. Although I'd love to get a Phase I look on that 2023 sculpt! -Justin
Welp thanks for saving me 30 bucks lol I was gonna pick him up but ehhhh might not now.❤
He's way over $30 too, oof. -Justin
I liked both rex
Awesome! -Justin
This is why if i see this figure im gonna buy it and burn it lol
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This figure was definitely meant to keep the poncho on, and the entire back of the helmet has no paint applied to it
Poncho stays on for sure! -Justin
In comparison to the original, yes, in general, no
Naw, in general! Tee hee. -Justin