VC79 - Darth Sidious

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Reference

Wookieepedia article on Palpatine

Major Variants
*None Reported

Notes
* Life sized Darth Maul give away sticker on card

Roundtable Reviews!
I like it.  I like it a lot.  I was prepared to not like this figure thinking the purpose posed Episode 1 line figure would be the better representative of Darth Sidious from The Phantom Menace.  It’s not.  This figure looks better just standing there. The soft goods robe give an appearance of dynamism while the flowing sleeves are somewhat allowed to follow the laws of gravity unlike the Episode 1 figure.  There is even a fold stitched into the sleeves which is a nice and unexpected detail.  The sculpting of the head and hands is amazingly detailed.  Darth Sidious only appeared in human form in Episode 1 for one brief scene while Darth Maul discusses revealing themselves, so there is no action scene to compare this figure against.  However, the super articulation allows this figure to realize some fighting stances from your own imagination (or Revenge of the Sith). 

The only negative I find with the sculpt is the articulation of the ankles. The sculpt of the lower legs prevents the ankle joint from flexing upwards.  This means some stances take a bit of patience to achieve.  Unlike the Maul figure, I feel the plastic hood works on this figure perhaps because the lack of Zabrak horns allows the hood to fit more snugly to the head.  There are more positives then negatives in my opinion.  9 out of 10.

9/10 Bantha Skulls