![]() NEVER! But on the fairly infrequent occasions when they do it the right way, it’s a good day. I will never forgive Hasbro for splitting the 3.75” line into realistic and cartoon figures. I love it when Hasbro gives us realistically styled figures from the cartoons. If you’ve made it this far, you already know the score, so I’m not going to repeat it.Īlso I’m going to repeat the score. REBASLIGHT REVIEW PLUSOn the plus side, the incorporation of soft goods in the lower tabard ensures this point of articulation isn’t limited. Ball jointed hips on this figure would have allowed the positives to overwhelm the negatives to improve the score, but unfortunately this Windu figure comes with the standard swivel hips. The added articulation at the wrists increases the dueling poses that can be achieved. As Vanessa Bayer impersonating Miley Cyrus might say, “That’s rilly kewl.” Speaking of the women of SNL, have I told you how brilliant I think Cecily Strong is? Oops. I assume the forearms borrow from the VC41 Clone Trooper tooling and as such the wrists are ball jointed. The furrowed brow really conveys a lifelike Sam Jackson expression. The good is that I really like the expression on the head sculpt. I’m not bothered by this lack of hyper accuracy in a toy as much as the overly large unlit hilt which just sticks out. The unlit saber is missing the gold accents at the base of the hilt and the lit saber is missing the gold accents in the middle. It’s much longer than the hilt on the lit saber. ![]() I’d like to see Hasbro solve this issue at some point. One thing that’s becoming a bit annoying on Jedi figures is that the plastic sculpted upper tabard really interferes with the range of motion of the arms inward. The irises on my sample appear more orange than brown. This is bad news if you’d like to pose Master Windu as if he’s menacing above a cowering Palpatine. ![]() The head does not have great range of motion up and down. If you articulate the joint even slightly back or forward, it exposes the joint itself. The torso is ball jointed, but it’s vaguely reminiscent of the 2004 VOTC Stormtrooper. I’ll start off where the negatives appear. It’s not overly impressive nor overly flawed. In other words, it’s right on the mark for a super articulated figure. I’m going to skip right to the grade of this figure because I feel like I’m turning into a broken record with this number. I will only prostitute my integrity for money. I sometimes feel like I should rip on figures that aren’t exactly burning up the cash register (I think this was the only figure from wave 3 that did not sell out during the initial offering on Hasbro Toy Shop), but despite what some may think, I won’t prostitute my integrity for the sake of pandering. While I would like very much to stay off topic and tell you about the guy at work who accidentally farted during a meeting this week, I’d best get onto the figure. In traditional Bantha Skull review style, we’re two paragraphs into the discussion without even talking about the figure itself. Just admitting that there’s an “adult” toy line (outside of the realm of deviancy) makes me shake my head a tad. We keep seeing a disproportionate number of hero releases in the “collector line” which feels like the “kid line” sensibilities are encroaching into the supposed adult targeted line. Hasbro has a serious case of hero worship. ![]() As of the time of this review, there is no known release date for the Captain Rex figure. Naturally Hasbro skipped that figure in favor of the General Mace Windu figure which was largely greeted with “meh”. The figure garnering the most excitement was the realistically styled Captain Rex (Phase I) ( Editor’s Note: this figure still hasn’t been released as of the time of this updated review). When the Legacy Collection volume 2 was announced at Celebration VI, fans were excited to see the continuation of the realistically styled Clone Wars figures which were introduced in the Vintage Collection. What is wrong with Hasbro? If you looked at the first picture and said to yourself “Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest”, I only have one thing to say to you: Hi, CJ. This figure looks nothing like Lawrence Fishburne. ![]() Editor’s Note: This review has been updated with a second look… ![]()
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