Imperial EVO Trooper

Since this guy is from a game that's not released yet, I can't tell how true to his appearance he's going to be.  He looks close enough to the artwork on the card to make a good impression.

Even before reading the wiki, I had a vague Sandtrooper feeling from this figure.  The large rifle and oversized pack probably greatly contributed to that.  His styling is more strongly related to the New Hope era Stormies than the prequel clones.  Overall, he seems a bit more heavily armored than the standard troop or Jumptrooper.

His breathing apparatus is definitely heavy duty and draws strongly upon the TIE Pilot and AT-AT driver for inspiriation.  The double tubes coming down to a chest plate unit are the same.  The unit has an additional piece at the bottom, as well as another tube tying into the armor.  The odd thing about the chest unit is that it seems unfinished.  Most of the Star Wars chest units have lights, switches, knobs, etc.  This one is smooth on the front.  It almost looks like some paint aps were left off, or there was suppose to be a decal on it.  The raised lip on the front panel gives me that impression at least.

All of the little extra add-ons on the armor remind me of Boba Fett.  Especially the unit that is on his left forearm.  There is a neat little slice out of the middle that makes it visually interesting.  I'm guessing the little piece on his right leg is ammo for his rifle.  It's nicely done as a separate piece.

The shoulder and knee pads closely match the Jumptroopers.  I'm not sure why they need the little holes, but, they add some visual punch.

The pack is removable.  It's sculpted to match up to the armor piece that is on his back.  The back pack hole appears to be the same diameter as the new GI Joe figures have.  However, it's not as deep.  So, you can't pop Torpedo's pack on him.

There's two nifty sculpting details on this guy I really like.  One is his fingers.  They have some little ribs on them.  They also appear to have a bit of grey or metallic wash over they to make them stand out.  The second thing that I thought was cool was his neck.  It appears to have some texture all the way up to the ball.

There are a couple of things about his head I don't like.  One, the lower part of the mask seems a tad bit wider than it should be.  Maybe this is intentional, I just think it would have been better if it was closer to the TIE Pilot.  Second, similar to the Jumptrooper, I really don't cared for the dark black lines on the helmet.  This is Star Wars figure not a McFarlane Simpson's figure.  And what's with red line on his helmet?

My last bit of criticism is also shared with the Jumptrooper.   Why does the dirt stop at the knees?  With the Jumptrooper, the weathering faded out as it went up his legs.  On this guy it just abruptly stops at the knee.  There is nothing natural about that.

For the kids, and kids at heart, this guy gives quite a bit of bang for the buck.  He's got a number of accessories, good articulation, is a cool looking character.

He's got most of the modern articulation points.  However, instead of a ball jointed chest, he's got a cut waist.  I think for this heavily armored troop, that's just fine.

Accessories abound with this guy.  He's packed with a stand, pack, Flechette rifle, and two pistols.  That's better than some GI Joe figures.

The rifle is noted on the card to be a flechette rifle.  That would make it a weaon that fires tiny metal pieces.  The strap is painted and sculpted to look like canvas.  My only small issue with it is that I wish they had made the barrel hollow at the end.  The flat end looks a bit silly.

The pack is well done with some paint details.  The little antenna at the top is a nice touch.  When it's on his back, it matches perfectly to the armor.

The EVO trooper also comes with two biker scout style guns.  They look slightly metallic and have some nice details, as well.  There are two small  issues with these pistols.  One, he doesn't have any where to put them.  I guess he just has to throw them down when he's firing his rifle.  Second, while he comes with two pistols, he can only hold one of them.  The right hand is sculpted to hold the rifle, and this makes it too big to hold a pistol. 

Being a "Force Unleashed" figure, he also comes with a small insert with a code for the game.