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Wookieepedia article on Nom Anor

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*None Reported

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*/10 Bantha Skulls

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Wookieepedia article on Aayla Secura

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Here’s a fun fact for you:  100% of our members from Spain call her simply “blue girl”.  You know her better as Aayla Secura.  Through the first three figures of this wave, we have three fantastic figures, and this one might be the best.  We’ll start off with my only complaint about this figure:  that blasted force hand.  It makes effective two handed saber poses challenging and looks goofy once achieved.  At one point, I feared it would undermine the figure, but with a little patience it became workable. 

Aside from that, it was one of the rare times when I actually had fun photographing the figure.  The plentiful articulation works fluidly and achieving dynamic poses is a snap. The ball jointed hips on some of the male figures can detract from the aesthetics of the figure.  In the case of Aayla Secura, the figure merely looks womanly.  If we did half grades, I would give this figure a 9.5 because of the wonky force hand.  But we don’t, so I’m going to round up.  10 out of 10.

10/10 Bantha Skulls

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Skiffguards.com page on Kithaba

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If there are two things I love, it’s cantina denizens and Jabba’s goons.  So this has been a satisfying one two punch for me (previous review Dr. Evazan).  Kithaba is one of two Klatooinian guards at the Battle at the Pit of Carkoon.  The other was Barada who was released in the old (and mostly erroneously named) Skiff Guards cinema scene.  This is the first attempt in the modern line at a Kithaba figure, and it defintely does not fail to please.  The detailing on the figure is outstanding.  Little things, like the removable bandolier, add an extra sense of depth to the sculpt.  The head sculpt is fantastic and captures the Kaltooinian bull dog appearance. 

The articulation and range of motion is sufficient to strike most fighting poses.  The sculpt does limit the range of motion at the shoulders.  The narrow stance can make some fight stances a little challenging especially when balancing the figure to stand.  The pelvic part of the sculpt was cast in the cream color plastic of the torso and painted red.  When rotating the legs forward or backward, the cream plasitc can be seen at the hip junction.  These minor grips keep the figure from scoring a perfect score.  9 out of 10.

9/10 Bantha Skulls

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Wookieepedia article on Cornelius Evazan

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*There is a version with the scar on the figure’s right cheek painted pink.  Pics soon.

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Here’s a funny thing I’ve come to realize with the Vintage Collection.  I get more excited about releases that should have been in the original vintage line-up than the releases that have actual vintage analogs.  Even at age 6, I realized that Dr. Evazan, whose name I did not know, was a major omission from the original Kenner line-up (along with Garindan and Govenor Tarkin).  Then in 1997 when Usenet began to swirl with rumors of a cantina cinema scene with the long awaited Dr. Evazan, I wave overjoyed.  Then the figure was an utter disappointment.  It was comically bad, even by 1997 standards.  Then in 2004, a once cancelled Star Wars “Saga” Cantina Scene Dr. Evazan was reborn in an Original Trilogy Collection K-Mart exclusive Screen Scene.  Unfortunately it was just more of the same. The figure was a retool of the 1997 offering with new articulated legs.  It was only a marginal improvement.  Finally at Toy Fair 2011, the clouds parted.  The character who elicited the first ligthsaber combat in Star Wars cinema history was finally going to receive action figure justice that June.  When news came, via our very own Q&A, that the Dr. Evazan wave was bumped into 2012, I was simply inconsolable.  The despondency led me to hang out with the wrong crowd at work.  I started wearing a lot of black and listening to the Clash.  I hate the Clash.

Still with me?  So now nearly a year after the original due date, a 34 year-old itch has been scratched.  For me, Dr. Evazan has long been one of the two most prominent cantina patrons along with his partner in crime, Ponda Baba.  At last, we have the definitive version.  Buy this figure and know that at last, this particular portion of your cantina display can be called complete.  The head sculpt brilliantly captures the grotesque disfigured visage of “Doctor Death”.  The costume seems to be accurate to the few reference photos for the character. The SE-14C blaster is not on the lends itself to a holster in the action figure scale, yet Hasbro neatly pulls it off. The 14 points of articulation pose easily.  In short:  win. 10 our of 10.

10/10 Bantha Skulls