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Saga Legends. The name conjures to mind
heroes and their incredible accomplishments. It does not, at
least for me, bring to mind a droid that lurks about the Death
Star spying on people. Ironically, there
are two main places you can see RA-7 droids in Star Wars Episode
4. The first is the Jawa's Sandcrawler. The second is
the Death Star. The Death Star is where this droid draws his
more common "Death Star Droid" name from. The vintage
version carried that name instead of a number.
This Legends version comes from the re-issued
Sandcrawler that was out a couple of years ago. To that end,
he's bronzy and worn.
Appearance:
If you go by the card back this is the Death Star version of
RA-7. I find it hard to believe that anybody in the Imperial
forces would let a droid in this condition on board the Empire's
most elite space station. Death Star Droids in the film were
shiny and a bit darker in color. They were more like the
POTF2 version of this figure (See bottom pic.)
POTF2 version? Yes, before visiting the Sandcrawler
re-issue, this guy was vac metalized and single card packed with
one of those huge mouse droids. He was pretty hard to find,
I had to resort to a comic shop at the time to find mine.
The vac metal on that version is an odd color that reminds me of
the vintage Silverhawks figures.
That being said, this figure shows all the signs of the POFT2
era. Articulation is the first thing. There are six
points. Neck, waist, shoulders and hips. Nothing else.
The overall sculpt has that POTF2 feel as well. Even
though this guy is a droid, the way his shoulders and stance are
posed he looks ready for a fight.
While the overall detail scheme is close for RA-7, he's a bit
off from the references I looked at. The details
should be smaller and finer. The film droid looks thin and
very tin can like.
The head seems a bit too small as well. If you think
about this as a person in a costume, the mask would have had to be
a slight bit bigger to accommodate their melon. The antenna
sculpted to the side of his head looks poor by today's standards
as well.
I'm undecided on the paint job. It looks considerably
worn in patches and not in others. It's very hard to pin
down even with the figure in your hand. In a Sandcrawler
display, he'd probably fit in.
The thing that bugs me about it, I think, is that if he had
that much wear, there would be dents and other damage.
Fun:
You know, after I got this guy out of the blister, I was under
whelmed.
Oh, wait. He has an accessory. One of the generic
Saga Legends coins for Episode 4. Yippee!
Really, that's what make this figure fail. Some
small doodad could have really helped. An updated mouse
droid would have been awesome. The old one, not so much.
But it would have been something that made me feel better for
plopping down six bucks on a repaint of a droid I forgot I had.
Overall:
I really wish I hadn't picked this guy up.
If I'd have realized he was a direct repaint of the POTF2 Death
Star Droid, I probably wouldn't have. If you didn't manage
to score one of those or a Sandcrawler, then maybe pick this guy
up.
Overall, just a mediocre figure. Except
for his rarity, I don't see any reason to call this figure a
Legend.
If you really want a Death Star Droid,
track down the POFT2 one.
Engineernerd Score: 80/100
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