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My guess is there are a bunch of kids that grew up
with the new trilogy scratching their head over this one.
I'd guess even a few folks that are older are wondering where this
outfit came from. Since, as a much younger person, I had the
"Star Wars Storybook", I can tell you. There was a scene
deleted from the original film that had Biggs on Tatooine.
Biggs tells Luke he's going to join the Rebellion against the
Empire. "The pod had landed on Tatooine
not far from where Luke Skywalker was having an unexpected reunion
with his friend Biggs. Biggs was on a visit from the Academy, and
Luke wanted to hear all about it. The two friends talked and
laughed for a while.
Then Biggs got serious. "Luke, I have to
tell someone, and you're my best friend. As soon as I get back,
I'm going to join the Rebel Alliance.’
Luke was startled. Fun-Ioving
,happy go-lucky Biggs was going to be one of the Rebels! "You
can't do it, Biggs. You'll never make contact with a Rebel unit.
You'll be captured by the Imperials. You'll…”
"You don't know how bad
things are, kid;' Biggs interrupted. "Only the threat of Rebellion
keeps the Imperials from being even more evil. Out here on
Tatooine, you don't hear much about the terrible things the Empire
does. The Rebellion is growing, and I want to fight for the side I
believe in:'
The friends said a sad
good-bye, Luke returning to the farm and Biggs going off to fight
for his beliefs. Luke couldn't remember ever feeling so alone."
Some of you will remember
Tosche Station that shows up on this Biggs's coin as being the
place where Luke was going to pick up power converters.
Appearance:
Well, there isn't a lot to go on to tell if he
looks like he did on screen. The picture above from the
story book looks reversed left to right. The inset photo
below matches the card art and figure. Overall, this looks
like Biggs. It's a simple outfit and matches fairly close.
The paint difference between the legs the boots
is a bit odd. The picture makes it look like they are both
the same material. The holster is a bit plain, I wish I had
a picture that showed the actual one. Also, there appears to
be a zipper or something missing from his left arm.
The cape is a soft goods cape. I have to
say I'm not a huge fan of this one. It looks see-through all
the time, and way the neck was done is a little too bulky.
(You have to pop his head off to get the cape on and off.)
Can somebody explain to me why you'd go out on Tatooine wearing a
black cap and leather pants?
His head also seems a bit small to me,
especially without the cape on. The hair is disheveled and
the general likeness is good. With the cape off the neck is
too long.
Once again, the elbow joints look a little
freaky. The shoulder don't match up as well as we've seen on
other figures. If this is how all the elbows are going to
look with this design, I think I'd rather see them go back to the
cut design.
Fun:
Is this a fun figure? Maybe.
If you are looking to fill out some of the Rebel ranks. Or
take up space in the Cantina. I could actually see more of
these ending up as customs than being displayed as is.
The thing I don't get is, where are his knees?
When I picked him, I hadn't noticed that he didn't have knees.
My original plan for the picture at the bottom of the page was to
setup the picture above. So, here we have a character shown
with a bent knee, but we can't pose him that way.
Accessory-wise, Biggs has three. A tiny
pistol, that even Greedo would laugh at. The cape
mentioned above. Lastly, the usual coin. I have to say
that this is probably the worst of the coins I've got so far.
If I saw the picture depicted with out the text, I don't think I
could tell you who it is.
I also think there is an accessory missing.
If Luke didn't come with binoculars, this Biggs should have.
If I recall right the comic version of the movie shows them both
looking at the "space battle" through them.
Overall:
You know it could be another thirty years before
we see another version of this Biggs. I really wish I could
say he's a fantastic figure, not just so-so. Just putting
out a mediocre figure because we've never seen him before, isn't
cool. I'd rather be wowed and have my collecting interest
piqued. The more mediocre figures I see, the more likely I
am to pick and choose which ones I get.
Engineernerd Score: 80/100
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