On your mark.  Get set. Terrible.

-Carter Pewterschmidt

We started this Saga Collection retrospective last week.  Chris had told me that he believed that TSC was basically the launch of the modern line, since it included improved sculpts and articulation levels not seen previously, which paved the way for true super-articulated figures in the main line. 

Along with some figures that were reviewed fairly recently in order to complete a few of our Scene It features, we’re now up to the 11th TSC basic figure, and so far, there have only been a few examples of what Chris had lauded.  Boushh had ball jointed knees.  Boba Fett had knees and ankles.  The AT-AT driver had shoulders and knees. 

The snowtrooper, however, has nothing about it that indicates moving the line forward.  It’s a kit bash of parts that date back to the POTF2 era, along with parts from 2003.  By the time of it’s release, it was nothing groundbreaking, but it did offer collectors the officer torso from the SAGA line, along with neutral legs from POTF2.  So it did manage to offer a tiny bit of variety to the rather lame ranks of your snowtrooper collection for a little while.

This is basically a garbage figure by today’s standards.  It’s got swivel shoulders, hips, and waist, as well as a neck that barely does anything.  No ball joints.  No elbows, wrists, knees, or ankles. 

For accessories, it has a blaster, which the figure does grip reasonably well in it’s exaggerated “C-grip” hands.  There is also a rudimentary holster sculpted onto the skirt, which also holds the blaster well.  It’s weird, but it works.  The backpack is removable, but serves no real purpose.

So why own this figure?  It really only passes as background fodder for your imperial dioramas.  If you have a few of them, by all means, sprinkle them into the scene.  In the back.  Behind the wall.  In the drawer.  In the attic.  In another state.  Nah, you can use it.  It’s a 4.  It’s akin to a recent 5POA figure.  At least it’s from 2006 and not 2018.

The figure is named simply “Snowtrooper” on the package, but for whatever reason the stand is labeled with “Imperial Stormtrooper”.  Sometimes, Hasbro is terrible people.

As lame as it is, the Snowtrooper was chosen to be one of the 10 Ultimate Galactic Hunt figures in the Saga Collection.  The silver packaging, stand, and mini-holo are silver.  The figure inside the package is identical to the regular release.