Just when I was starting to like clone troopers,
they all turn on the Jedi. Love it or hate, Star Wars
Episode III had plenty of troops to make figures from. Since
the most of the Commanders had individual names, you knew they
would get figures. Cody was one of the more memorable
clones. Probably because he was walking around the middle of
the battlefield with his helmet off. Appearance:
Cody has a lot of little things that make his
armor different from the standard trooper. He's got little
antennas on his shoulder and helmet, rank insignia on his
chest and a funky little backpack. All of this is on
the figure. His face is scared like a trooper that is seen a
number of battles as well. He looks as good as most of the
troopers have lately. One thing to note, his head is
smaller than some of the other "clone heads." I
realized that when I was adding him to my shelf next to some of
the other troops. Probably done to make the helmet fit a bit
better.
One of the things that impressed me on this
figure was the thin white line work on his shoulder and top of
visor. I would have figured that small detail work would be
left out and just be all orange.
This figure has a lot of bumps, cuts and general
weathering. Clone troopers seem to get more banged up and
dirty in the prequels than the original trilogy. The black
blast marks look good for the most part. The one complaint I
have about the weathering is the use of orange on the lower part
of his legs for a wash. Who has he been fighting?
Graffiti artists? It's a tad to bright for my taste, even
brighter than dirt from Geonosis would have been. (Surely,
he'd washed his boots since then?)
Fun:
All the accessories with this figure remind me
more of a G.I. Joe figure than a Star Wars figure. He has
two guns, a base, helmet, and backpack.
The backpack is small. It looks like most
of the screen grabs I've seen with it in the film. However,
the peg that holds it is a little loose. I've knocked
it off every other time I've picked him up.
The guns and base are pretty much the standard
issue items.
The helmet is okay. I love the detail work
in the paint and little fins between his nose and chin.
However, the visor looks a bit too low and squished on the
eye lens. Also, the antenna attachments are a little bulky,
just to add some stability I'm sure. To me, it almost seems
as if his helmet was sculpted to be held instead of worn.
The ball jointed shoulders some of the troopers
have sported are lacking here. As well as the ankle
articulation. His feet are placed at slightly odd angles,
and the articulation would have helped. I've struggled to
get him to stand real solid with out the base.
On the upside, he does have the mid torso ball
joint. This helps to shift the weight of the figure around a
bit, so it's a plus.
Overall:
Cody is pretty decent figure all things
considered. He's definitely the character from the screen
and not just a wannabe repaint. The missing articulation and
orange wash took him down a little bit in my book.
Two side notes:
1. Is anyone else worried Lucas is going
to go back and all the crazy colors and unique troopers to the
Original trilogy? I like the idea of the colors, but to me
stormtroopers have always been and always will be white.
2. Wouldn't it be great to have a set of
generic G.I. Joe like troopers that you could add accessories to?
If all the helmets, packs, and so forth were interchangeable,
think about how cool it could be. The Evolutions sets were
close, but I'm think like a five or ten pack of generic troopers
and a couple of sets of accessories to build them the way you
want. It kinda seems silly to have a bunch of figures of
clones that are all unique.
Engineernerd Score: 85/100
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