Original review by Chris, 10/17/14

M’iiyoom Onith is a female H’nemthe from the planet A’postrophe in the Single Q’ot system.  Unlike the simultaneously released Elis Helrot, she can actually be seen on screen famously canoodling with Feltipern Trevagg.  You might think that since the two lovers are different species that their union could not be productive, but the Star Wars universe observes “Tex Avery” animation rules which states that any two things can combine to produce a hybrid.  This magical combination is usually prefaced by questioning the results such as “What do you get when you cross a duck with an umbrella?”, but Star Wars does not observe that convention.  If you think I’m wrong, I ask you to recall The Deserter episode of The Clone Wars where Jek and Shaeeah Lawquane were twi’lek / human hybrids.  The Clone Wars is canon.  My argument is flawless.

Once again we have a 30th Anniversary Collection figure that more resembles 2006 articulation than super articulation.  The swivel elbows offer more range of motion than they do on Elis Hellrot, but are still pretty limiting.  Given the setting into which this character is placed, it’s a tad frustrating that the figure cannot wet its literal beak.  In fact the arms don’t seem to achieve any position that matches a natural pose for holding a beverage.  Maybe M’iiyoom was a silly drunk and was always on the verge of spilling her drink, but I can find no support for that.  I wish the figure could more easily hold the glass upright.  I could easily forgive this issue, but the fact that the figure cannot sit is not so easy to dismiss. By 2007, we had the expectations that figures that were supposed to be seated would have the supporting articulation to do so.  M’iiyoom is seen seated in the cantina at a table with Feltipern Trevagg and Elis Helrot (off camera).  While the figure has the necessary articulation to sit, the unforgiving plastic lower blouse prevents the figure from doing so.  This is a fairly big disappointment. 

As is the case with many cantina patrons, Hasbro seems to do their best work with sculpting and detailing on these subjects.  So even though the figure is a disappointment in the articulation department, it somewhat makes up for that in the looks department.  The issue with not being able to sit is significant enough for me to lower the score of the figure alone to a 6 even though it looks the part otherwise, but once again a 30th Anniversary Collection figure is bailed out by an overwhelmingly impressive accessory.  As with Elis Hellrot, the M’iiyoom Onith figure comes with another curved section of the cantina bar.  I feel comfortable saying that we will never see such a large accessory in the basic figure line-up again.  By purchasing both figure (or two of one), you can fully enclose Wuher behind the bar where he can’t taint patrons with his droid racism.  The bar section elevates the score to a 7 out of 10.

Updated review by Bret, 9/17/19

A great looking figure that is nearly sunk by the poor articulation, inability to achieve a drinking position, and failure to sit.  Sit!  The character is sitting in the film, and the figure cannot sit. It’s a veritable nightmare.  Nevertheless, it’s still great to have this obscure, blink-and-you’ll-miss-her character in figure form to help fill out the iconic cantina scene.  But not only is it an excellent sculpt, it comes with a magnificent and previously unavailable curved bar section.  That alone makes this more than worth the purchase.  Hasbro could very easily improve this figure, but there’s so much else to do for a while, that revisiting M’iiyoom Onith would be kind of silly.  Frustratingly poor articulation aside, this figure earns an easy 7.  Probably should be higher.  But it’s a lot of work to change the number in the drop down menu in our behind-the-scenes control panel.