VC80 - Anakin Skywalker

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Reference

Wookieepedia article on Anakin Skywalker

Major Variants
*None Reported

Notes
* Life sized Darth Maul give away sticker on card

Roundtable Reviews!
I try very hard not to let the subject affect the review of a figure.  I don’t always succeed.  A figure of padawan Anakin Skywalker just doesn’t get me excited.  I would have preferred an upgrade to the standard Tatooine Anakin Skywalker from Episode 1.  If this were a super articulated figure of another diminutive character like Rycar Ryjerd I’d be doing back springs and petitioning the board for an 11 Bantha Skull rating.

But alas this figure is what it is, and that’s padawan Anakin Skywalker from the last moments of the film. As a figure it’s decent.  It has the standard 14 points of articulation which is impressive for a figure this small.  The training remote and helmet add an extra dimension of play value.  The detailing is impressive, but at the same time something that feels standard for Jedi costumed figures these days. The only thing I can legitimately knock the figure for is the fact that Hasbro didn’t quite get the hair correct.  It seems more like a perm than the spike doo Jake Lloyd adorned in the waning seconds of The Phantom Menace.  I’m giving this figure an 8 out of 10 due to the objective factors and nothing subjective moves my needle too much in either direction.  As an action figure, it’s a quality item. 8 out of 10. 

8/10 Bantha Skulls