As you may recall, when I broached the subject of reviewing Moff Jerjerrod with Mr. Nomadscout last week, he responded is the most obnoxious way humanly possible.  We most obnoxious way via text.  I guess if he were in person, he could have burped his answer.  Then when I asked him to proof that review, I received this mean, nasty, hurtful, awful response:

Do the two [expletive deleted] Fetts, you [expletive deleted].  If I have to do 9 [expletive deleted] ARC’s, you can do those.

Fair enough.  Let’s go!  The two..umm..crummy Fetts that Mr. Nomadscout is referencing are this “Comic Art Edition” and the soon to be reviewed “Vintage Comic Art Edition”.  I’m very much looking forward to reviewing the latter because I love the cover art of Marvel’s Star Wars #42 from 1980, but I don’t own the purple Dengar figure required to shoot that gallery.  I have purchased one via Ebay, but apparently it’s coming via steam boat.  Once here, I will review that figure.  As for this “Comic Art Edition”, I have absolutely no idea what to do with it, and that might be the main point of this review.

This figure was part of three Target exclusive Boba Fett repaints.  The other two are VC275 - Boba Fett (Kenner Colors), and the aforementioned (and soon to be reviewed) VC277 - Boba Fett (Vintage Comic Art Edition). Of the three, this Comic Art Edition is by far the least desirable by both me and the community.  Naturally, it was the only one of the three that I had no problem acquiring.  The other two required luck and the kindness of the community to land in my collection.

The card art and figure are based on Fett’s appearance on the cover of the Dark Horse trade paperback Death, Lies, & Treachery from 1998. I don’t own that trade paperback, nor has Hasbro made any other figures stylized to match that source.  This Comic Art Fett lives in a vacuum in our collections. It really succeeds only as a carded figure because the card art provides the necessary context.  Removed from the bubble, it merely looks like a really weird Mandalorian.

I’ve written before that the 90’s are not really their own decade.  It’s just a repeat of the 80’s to the extreme.  The 90’s are the Poochie version of the 80’s, and the styling of this Boba Fett perfectly embodies that sentiment. It pushes right past bright and vibrant to gaudy, but Hasbro did an amazing job capturing that. The paint apps are surprisingly complex to capture the comic aesthetic. As for the figure itself, it is a repaint of VC186 - Boba Fett, but VC186’s BlasTech EE-3 carbine is sidelined in favor of the BlasTech EE-3 blaster rifle and Sacros K-11 pistol from figures such as VC09 - Boba Fett.  I originally graded VC186 a 10 out of 10 in 2021.  This sculpt is definitely no longer a 10 out of 10 due to the old style of ball jointed hips.  I’m going to deduct another point for the rubberiness of the accessories and hands resulting in an 8 out of 10.

As mentioned earlier this Comic Art Edition Boba Fett really only succeeds as a carded figure.  I would have preferred other carded novelties ahead of this.  Heck, I would have preferred the Droids Boba Fett repacked on a Faithful Wookiee card with Fett’s “electric tuning fork” from 2007’s TAC 30-24 Boba Fett (Animated Debut).

Finally, thank you to my buddy Mr. Miko for creating the “VC186 Repaints” graphic for the final two photos.