When we first meet Osha, she is serving as a meknek on the Neimodian starship Fallon together with her crewmates Noaa and Hud.  Usda and F’da were on leave at the time.  Are these governmental agency jokes doing anything for you?  This is the outfit that she is wearing during this initial encounter, and therein lies a huge problem, but we will get to that later.  We need to discuss the figure itself first, and it’s fairly outstanding.  It’s much better than the Sol figure we reviewed yesterday, but that is somewhat annoying.  I would have preferred it if Hasbro nailed that Sol figure and mailed in this Osha.  Instead, they went all out on this release.

First, let’s start with the accessory load out.  Osha comes with her PDA-like droid, Pip, which neatly tucks into a working holster.  She comes with her sidearm and a removable shoulder holster sling to stow it.  Next up is the removable back pack which has the thermos (???) accurately painted gold.  Finally, the vest is removable.  I’m not so sure I would add this to the accessory count as I’m not sure that it’s something that Hasbro was giving the fans as opposed to future proofing the tooling for their own benefit.  Regardless, this now constitutes an impressive accessory count in 2004, and if Osha’s last name were Fett, this alone would argue for the deluxe line.

The articulation and range of motion are outstanding.  Both the elbows and knees bend beyond ninety degrees.  This Osha can achieve a completely natural kneeling position.  This is noteworthy in the 3.75” scale.  Lots of figures can achieve a kneeling position, but the range of motion at the knees doesn’t always facilitate a natural kneel.  On other figures, some form of twisting of the knee and/or ankle need to be employed to achieve a kneeling pose.  For a good example of what I’m talking about, check out THIS PHOTO of the VC186 - Boba Fett figure.  The leg has to be twisted under the figure, and the ankle has to be laid flat.  Not so with this Osha figure.  Again, this is something special at this scale.

The articulation operates so well that I was convinced I could pose Osha standing on one leg despite the petite feet.  Mission accomplished.  At this point, you may be wondering what the reason for the point deduction is.  It’s from a constellation of factors.  First and foremost, the figure doesn’t interact well with the sidearm.  I feel it’s part a problem with the sculpt of the accessory since the grip is too short, as well as a problem with the somewhat stubby trigger finger.  It’s difficult to get the finger inside the trigger guard.  This would be more damning if Osha primarily interacts with her sidearm while wearing this outfit, but she doesn’t.  She mostly uses Pip with which this figure interacts smoothly.  The other issues are the vest which appears too yellow.  On-screen it looks tan.  It also could have used a light wash, as could the hair.  Both appear a little plastic-y.  This all results in a 9 out of 10 score.

This leads us to the elephant in the room.  This Osha release might be the most boring figure in my collection.  LFL is notorious for only releasing “first third” assets in advance of the media.  That’s roughly when Osha wears this outfit (the first third of the series) during which time she doesn’t do anything compelling.  All of this wonderful effort feels like it’s for naught.  There is no scene that I want to set up from those early episodes nor was there a compelling diorama shot that I could muster for the gallery.  Mae is the action star during this stretch, and Osha in this outfit is largely a passenger.  When her character becomes compelling later in the story, she is wearing different costumes.  Like Vel from 2022, I can’t help but feel like this is a colossal waste of new tooling dollars.

Yesterday I said that our reviews are based on the figures themselves and outside subjective factors, such as finding this a boring release, don’t play a role.  That’s why this get a high grade.  But my annual Top 10 list does consider those factors.  This Osha is coming nowhere near my Top 10 for 2024 despite the lofty 9 score.