The Gungans were a silly folk, but they had a grand army, and that immediately gets you street cred in the galaxy.  During the Battle of Naboo, in which they served as a diversion in the Republic’s Padmés battle plan, it seemed that the entirety of the Gungan Army would have been wiped out by the Separatist Droid Army, but were saved at the last minute because of Anakin’s spinning move.  Later, the Gungan Grand Army appeared in a few episodes of The Clone Wars, notably as reinforcements during the Battle of Mon Cala. 

This Gungan is a superarticulated figure, although some of the joints, particularly the ankles, are difficult to engage.  The feet themselves have difficulty being positioned as flat, so sometimes standing the figure is a bit of a challenge.  However, it can be done with a little patience, even with the large horn accessory.  The figure is painted fairly well, although the color scheme is a bit different from some of the other warrior figures, as you can see in the lineup image.  The sculpt of the headdress makes it tough to move the ball jointed head in any meaningful way.  If you’re willing to put in a bit of effort, you can coax a few dynamic poses out of the figure.  But most importantly, you just want to balance it so it can play the battle horn.

Over the years, we’ve gotten many different Gungan figures.  While the sculpts and articulation have improved, the releases have included unique accessories that help flesh out a diverse and interesting diorama set up.  While the figure is now dated and underarticulated, the original Gungan Warrior from the POTJ line included a hand-held shield, which is probably the best accessory so far.  While that has unfortunately never been revisited, we’ve still gotten some pretty neat pieces along with subsequent Gungan figures.  This particular version includes a well-scaled atlatl, which fits in a belt loop, along with the star of the show, a giant horn.  The horn can be detached from the socket in the belt, so you could turn this into a generic infantry trooper.  You would think that such a large accessory would throw off the center of gravity and make it difficult to stand up straight, but this isn’t the case.  The figure can grasp the battle horn solidly, even as it is already anchored to the socket in the front of the belt.  It’s a little tricky to position the mouthpiece properly in front of the Gungan so it looks like he’s using it, but it can be done.  Just be sure not to confuse this battle horn, used when the Grand Army marched to meet the droids on the Grassy Plain, with the bawonka, used during the celebration at Theed.  Because you definitely don’t want to sound like an idiot.

Back when Hasbro was actually developing minor backgrounders, and adding depth to our armies, this was a great little addition to the line.  The unique accessory is worth it alone, unless you’re some kind of racist and you hate Gungans. Except for the wonky foot articulation, this is a solid figure that holds up today. 7/10.

Build-A-Droid 

Gungan Warrior contains the body of L8-L9.  This prototype combat droid participated in a multi-gladiator fight-to-the-death in the arena pits of the planet Rattatak.  L8-L9 was destroyed by another gladiator named Asajj Ventress.  Source:  Clone Wars (non canon).

Verdict: No Action

Probably the worst thing that Hasbro could do (besides a Sequel Trilogy-only wave of Finn, Rose, and Zuvio) would be to release a new Gungan anytime soon.  While the figure is good, there are some improvements to be made, but I think we should all be content with what we have, and move on to something else for now.

Verdict Guide:
Re-sculpt = The figure is not definitive, and a new version should be developed.
Re-issue = This version is definitive (or close enough), and shows sufficient secondary market demand to warrant a straight repack.
No Action = This release does not require new attention.