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Hasbro is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Star
Wars by treating us with some New Hope characters that fans have
wanted for years. I knew that there was a version of Biggs
Darklighter coming up that from his deleted ANH scenes, but I
didn't realize that there was a new pilot version coming out as
well.
This is the second time we've got a Biggs
figure. The first was a POTF2 version. That was long
before we got things like removable helmets for pilots.
Appearance:
I was pretty happy with this figure. The
one thing that I didn't realize until I was adding him to my Rebel
pilot display, was he's only new from the neck up. His body
is a re-use of the Gold Leader figure.
The cool thing is that sculpt is one the pilots
with a separate strap piece. I'm a big fan of the realism
that adds.
The new head looks like the '70s Rebel.
Tussled hair and Magnum P.I. mustache make for a great likeness.
It's head and shoulders over the POTF2 version. Those
sculpted and head and helmet figures look like they have tiny
peanut heads now.
Black glossy gloves and boots, Biggs has all the
ANH pilot style. One area where he's slightly different is
the paint on his chest box. The style on Biggs matches
closely with the last Pilot Luke we got in the regular line.
Gold Leaders chest piece looks a little cartoony to me, so I'm
happy with the change.
The other thing that Biggs shares due to the
sculpt is his height. To me both of the figures seem a bit
taller than they should be.
Fun:
Because this is a repaint, Biggs doesn't get the
benefit of all the great articulation we've seen lately.
It's really obvious with his right arm. There is a cut joint
at the elbow, but the shoulder position limits the poses you can
put him in. Biggs actually loses a point of articulation
from Gold Leader. Biggs doesn't have the strange neck joint
that figure did. Without it, I felt like I was going to rip
his head off when removing his helmet.
The helmet to me seems a tad short in the back.
I don't know if that's how these helmets really look in the back
or not, but to me it's just a little funky.
Biggs comes with his recognizable helmet, the
standard coin for this year and a blaster. It's a Rebel
blaster with some silver paint on the end. I'd have bought
him without it, but it's a nice nod to the vintage line when
almost every figure came with a weapon.
Overall:
I have to say I'm a sucker for Rebel pilots.
Maybe because we see them in all three films, maybe cause they are
the red shirts of the Star Wars universe. Overall, they are
just cool dudes. I'm glad to see Biggs get an updated
figure, but I wish it had some more articulation. Knowing
that "Academy" Biggs is coming soon makes up for it though.
A little side note. My little girl dog,
Madison, loves Rebel Pilots as well. She has only ever
touched two figures in my collection, a pilot version of Luke and
the three pack version of Wedge. She chewed the feet
and off of both of them. My rebel pilots now reside one
shelf up for the safety of their feet.
Engineernerd Score: 85/100
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