My sin was asking Hasbro to repaint the watershed VC186 - Boba Fett figure in all the ways.  My penance is having to photograph and review what is essentially the same figure five different times.  In addition the the subject of today’s review, VC277 - Boba Fett (Vintage Comic Art Edition), here’s a recap of the other figures using this exact same sculpt (with or without the cape):

• VC186 - Boba Fett
• Droids Boba Fett
• VC275 - Boba Fett (Kenner Colors)
• VC278 - Boba Fett (Comic Art Edition)

I originally thought I was coming here to bury this figure.  Even though the base sculpt is very good, the colors did not appear to mach the source.  This figure is based on Boba’s appearance in Marvel Star Wars #42 from 1980.  On the cover of that issue, the green on Fett appears as a drab or olive green:

The green on this figure is a bright green, so much so that some collectors have dubbed this an unofficial Vintage Collection holiday figure.  Well, in researching a high res image of that cover image, I came across the digital edition of the comic, and low and behold, the facsimile cover uses a much more vibrant green:

When Lucasfilm gave Hasbro the assets to make this figure, they likely would have given them the latest and greatest rendition, which would unfortunately be that digital cover.  Nevertheless, I can’t kill the figure for this colorization because it’s likely accurate to the intended source.

What I can kill this figure for is the sculpt inaccuracies.  VC186 is based on Boba Fett from Episode VI.  Boba Fett on the cover of Marvel Star Wars #42 is modeled after the Episode V armor.  Where this most noticeably manifests is with the belt.  The Jedi belt has pouches all the way across the front and no holster.  The Empire belt has the pouches out to the sides and a holster.  What Hasbro did here is use an Episode VI sculpt with the Episode V weapons.  That means we have no holster for the Sacros K-11 pistol even though the cover art clearly shows it holstered.  I know the intent of these Target exclusive Boba Fett figures were to be strict repaints, but I find this frustrating nonetheless.

On the plus side, the paint apps are amazing.  I mean almost freakishly amazing. I assume some sort of cel shading algorithm was used for the helmet.  The result is almost an optical illusion.  The three dimensional helmet somehow looks two dimensional.  It looks like it jumped off the printed page.  I also really admire that the “wheat” emblem on the upper left (our left) of the chest was updated to just a black outline as it appears on the cover.  Of the three Target Fetts, I feel like this Vintage Comic Art Edition one is where Hasbro went all out.  It’s my favorite of the three.

I arrived at a score of 8 out of 10.  Let me tell you how I got there.  As mentioned in the Comic Art Edition review, the base VC186 sculpt is a 9 out of 10 by 2023 standards.  From there, I deducted 1 point for the Episode VI inaccuracy.  I deducted an additional point for the bright green coloration regardless of whether or not it matches the presumed LFL assets.  It’s not the color pallet we wanted.  We wanted the one that matches the vintage comic.  Finally, I added back one point for the amazing paint applications on the helmet.

Now Hasbro, please retool VC186 for an Episode V release (and give it barbell hips while you’re at it) and then repaint it for Arena Fett.  Then I can be done requesting Boba Fett figures.