The Power of the Jedi (POTJ) line was pretty fun. The figures are certainly dated, but the line itself was nicely populated with some background-ish characters.  The same type of characters that the combination of LFL and Hasbro seem dead set against giving us today.  So it’s not a surprise that POTJ gave us our very first Aurra Sing figure, a character who, at the time of the figure’s release, appears on-screen for maybe a grand total of a second during the Boonta Eve Classic:

The character was originally nicknamed “Babe Fett”, so naturally the character gained instant interest in the Star Wars community (you guys are creeps), and Aurra Sing’s role rapidly grew within the Star Wars universe.  One of the first things fans noticed is that the figure is missing the spike which exists on the character’s head.  This is probably because in the year 2000, kids still played with action figures, and they didn’t have the same pliable plastics we have today.  Having the equivalent of a cocktail sword sticking out of an action figure would have been a safety hazard.

The figure has 5 points of articulation (5POA), but the shoulders are ball jointed, which was a novelty at the time.  The legs are preposed in an odd duck like stance.  The ball jointed shoulders do absolutely nothing to aid the figure in achieving a two handed weapon grip (THWG), so the rifle essentially becomes a clothing accessory.  Holding such a long weapon in one hand is a silly visual.  The lone included blaster fits in the hand passably well, but the figure’s trigger finger could never be placed inside the trigger guard for a number of reasons.  And that leads us to the most interesting aspects of this offering.

The figure has two holsters, one of which is functional, and one of which is molded including the blaster.  What?  I would love to have been a fly on the wall when this Sophie’s choice was made.

Bean Counter:  “Okay, you can have two working holsters, but we’re going to have to nix the feet.”

How razor thin must the budget have been if the difference between this figure going into production, or sitting in the parking lot was one or two holsters?

Overall, the figure is a product of its era.  You don’t really need it.  Much better options have been made (linked above).  Because of the little bit of extra posing you can get out of this figure due to the ball jointed shoulders, it’s a 3 out of 10.