Yarna D’al’ Gargan is one of those legendary characters that collectors had been very vocal about wanting for decades.  It was almost an inside joke, similar to Ice Cream Maker Guy, were it not for the fact that it actually took form as a prototype Kenner figure back in the day.  As the years went on, collectors decided they couldn’t possibly have a complete Jabba’s Palace without her.  Lots of loud noises were made, and it was finally revealed by Hasbro and made available in the first wave of The Legacy Collection, premiering on sale at the 2008 Midnight Madness (The Clone Wars Edition).  At that point, the magic was immediately gone, and nobody wanted her.  To paraphase Augie Farks from Role Models, “Collectors liked the idea of a Yarna figure more than they actually liked the figure.”  This is the problem with fans, and Hasbro probably should totally stop listening to them.  But Hasbro should totally keep listening to the fans, at least the ones with good ideas.

Hasbro clearly poured a lot of love into the figure for ol’ Yarna.  She has a highly detailed sculpt, down to the stitching in her barely there leather outfit. The face sculpt is hideous just like the character on screen.  Hasbro went out of their way to cake on a lot of makeup, just as the artists on set did for the actress.  She almost looks like she’s wearing a mask.  Her hair is ridiculous, just like the on screen character.  Yarna is sculpted with a plastic skirt that drapes down to the floor, with a little extra to “pool” on the ground.  This actually gives a bit of extra stability to the figure, if you want to pose her legs in a bit of a dancing pose.  Of course, Hasbro sculpted her, uh, iconic(?), set of 6 breasts. 

Yarna is super-articulated, and with the help of the stability derived from the aforementioned plastic skirt, can be posed in a number of ways.  Hasbro also went out of their way on some of the accessory details.  She has a hidden removable blade, concealed within a working sheathe.  Yarna can grip the blade well in her left hand.  Her right hand is a bit more open, so as to accommodate the included drinking glass.  The glass is a sculpt that I believe was not used with any other character, so it seems to be unique to Yarna. 

As bizarre of a character design as she is, Hasbro did a great job translating her to plastic, and she really is a necessary part of any palace diorama.  It’s a fairly high quality figure, and I can’t really recommend any updates to it.  It’s pretty much perfect.  Sadly, the figure was a bomb at retail.  I’m sure kids, parents, and casual collectors had no interest in a corpulent, six-breasted, human.  And it was one of those indications that Hasbro should be careful before taking to heart some ideas put forward by the collector community.  Personally, I’m glad the figure exists, and I happily bought one for my collection.  I’ll give the figure an 8.  I think it’s cool she exists, and Hasbro really did a nice job with the finished product.

Build-A-Droid 

Yarna D’al’ Gargan contains the right leg for the astromech R7-ZO.  R7 astromech series droids were introduced after the Battle of Endor in the Expanded Universe, although one prototype droid with the name R7-A7 existed during the Clone Wars.  R7-Z0 never appeared in any stories.  It was merely mentioned as existing in The New Essential Guides To Droids book Source:  Legends.

Verdict: No Action 

Here’s a figure that is amazing it was ever made.  If you got one at the time of release, you should be happy.  If you didn’t, you can snag one on Ebay for less that $25 shipped.  There’s absolutely no reason Hasbro needs to revisit this figure, even with the big Jabba push happening this year.  This figure was one and done, just like Ak-Rev that we reviewed yesterday.  Unlike, Ak-Rev, however, it’s pretty much perfect for what it is, so even if Hasbro did decide to include her in some future format for a release, they could really just go back to this mold and everything would be fine.

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.