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This seems to be the year of Luke Skywalker, action
figure wise, at least. This is the third Luke we've seen in
the TAC line. Must always have to be a Luke or Vader
in the assortment. Hasbro must have hired the Homer & Bart
marketing team for the WOS line.
Oddly this is another Jabba's palace Luke.
Most of the collectors out there were hoping this would be a
throne room Luke. Instead we get this slightly different
Skywalker from the beginning of the film.
Appearance:
I was really hoping that with all the Luke's
coming out, one of them would really nail the likeness. And
I'm still waiting.
I don't know what it is about Mark Hamill's
face, but apparently nobody seem really good at sculpting it.
That coupled with eyes that seem to be painted just a tad bit
oversize make this face just seem wrong to me. (See bottom
for close up.)
The head it self appears to me to be a little
long from front to back as well. I know we've seen this in
other figure lines, but it's not common in SW figs.
The articulation in the figure doesn't really
help his appearance, either. The bulky knees and goofy ankle
joint really take away from this figure.
Now, I'm not normally a soft goods hater.
But, this has to be the worse application of it I've bought.
I'm not sure if the actual costume was this way, but there is a
bit of a skirt with a loop around the neck. All of it is
tucked under a sculpted belt (which doesn't look removable).
I would have rather have seen all of this solid. It's
difficult at best to get the thing to lay right. I never got
the piece behind his neck to look right. The fabric is just
too bulky.
There isn't much paint detail other than the
face. However, the one thing that is painted is the battle
damage spot on the back of Luke's right hand. The red used
to paint it makes it look more like Gorbachev's birth mark than
battle damage.
Fun:
If you are buy Jedi Luke as a collector, I think
you are going to be disappointed. If you are a nine year old
buy Jedi Luke to fight Jabba's horde of alien scum, you'll be
delighted. He's got all the articulation you could ask for,
and contrary to Bib's thoughts, he's a Jedi.
He comes with a coin of course, but a couple of
other items as well. A bone big enough to gag a rancor, a
lightsaber handle and a lit version of his lightsaber.
Finally, a Luke with the correct lightsaber.
The paint on the sabers is good, as well. My only complaint
is they are both a little bendy and don't seem to want to stay
straight.
The bone is a cool accessory, but kind of
useless without a rancor to go with it.
There are could of oddities about this figure as
well. The belt is sculpted to hold the unlit handle behind
him. This causes some of the bending. I can't recall
Luke carrying his saber there. In front yes, but not behind
him.
Also, is this suppose to be Luke from the thirty
second of film after the heroes escape the sail barge? That
would be the only time he would have both his saber and the damage
to his hand.
Overall:
Again, with all the hopes of great figures
coming out this year, I'm let down again. This figure is
probably cool for kids, but hey, I'm not a kid.
A couple of things that would have made this
figure much better. A robe. Drop the soft goods shawl
and give him a robe. Two. An extra gloved hand and the
one on him un-battle damaged.
I'd have to say I still like the Jedi Luke on
the left of the bottom picture the best out of bunch we've seen.
The "force using" right hand is cool, the likeness isn't horrible,
and he's got the soft goods cloak. They should have just
added elbows to him.
(PS. My original Jedi Luke didn't make the
picture due to the fact he's missing some flesh paint on his face.
I didn't want Zombie Luke confusing people.)
Engineernerd Score: 70/100
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