We shouldn’t underestimate the fact that in the same wave, Hasbro started and completed a crew.  Sure, this crew only has two people, but dare you suggest that Sonny and Cher are not a crew?  Captain and Tenille?  Romeo and Juliet?  That’s right. Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati are right up with them.  And rather than give us 1, and then maybe the other 12 years from now, we have both.  Surely this means that Baze Malbus and Bodhi Rook are imminent.  What a time to be alive! 

Yesterday’s review of Baylan Skoll covered the excellence of the figure coupled with the disappointment of the lack of his cloak.  The short review of Shin Hati is essentially the same.

Hati is an outstanding sculpt.  There are is a nice level of detail sculpted into the various layers of the uniform particularly the fabrics.  There is a soft and pliable kama.  The shoulder armor is sculpted separately out of soft plastic.  All very similar to Baylan and other recent armored figures.  The headsculpt is nicely done, but just like Baylan, the likeness to the actress is just slightly off.  It misses the mark, but is still a nice looking sculpt, highlighted by the Photo Real paint application.

Regarding paint, this figure has nice basic applications to the overall figure, especially the bright silver armor and two-tone kama.  However, there is a complete lack of any weathering or wear details, which happily were present on Baylan.  Shin is simply devoid of any of this type of detail.  It is particularly noticeable on the hair, which is nicely sculpted but poorly painted.  As someone pointed out in yesterday’s comments, it looks like someone dumped a bowl of pasta on her head. 

All the requisite points of articulation are present.  The elbows bend well past 90.  I keep writing that phrase, but should it be “well under” 90?  When the elbows are bent fully, they form an angle that is probably in the range of 50-60 degrees.  That’s not “past” 90.  Unless it’s past 90 on the way to zero.  I don’t know.  It’s late.  But you get the point.  The elbows have nice range of motion.  Sadly, like Baylan, the knees stop at 90 degrees.  Fortunately, she does have free motion of the rocker ankles, which are not hindered by the sculpt of the greaves, which was a bit of a problem for Baylan. 

For accessories, Shin comes with an unlit hilt which plugs into a hole on the left side of her belt, as well as an ignited orange-red lightsaber. 

And again, we must deal with the disappointment of the figure lacking a key component of her outfit.  She lacks the cloak that she wears throughout a significant portion of the series.  She does ditch it a little sooner than Baylan, but it’s still a big miss by Hasbro.  We obviously don’t know if there will ever be an opportunity to get her cloak, but the list of figures that suffer this indignity is growing.

Overall, great figure.  Once again a cloak likely would have made it a 10.  But that miss, and the not quite good enough likeness, drops the score to a 9.