Enfys Nest.  It sounds like the name of a hipster pub.  But it isn’t   She’s a “villain” character in the new Solo movie.  “She” is confirmed now that the Force Link 2.0 update is complete.  If you survived the ordeal, you now know one of the worst kept secrets of the film.  Personally, I’m not sold on this character being an actual villain.  I have a feeling she’s really going to turn out to be an ally in a mind-bending twist that will rival “I am your father.”  Well, I don’t stand by that last part, but I do believe Enfys won’t be a real villain.

The design of the character is an interesting mix of something Star Warsy, aboriginal, and post-apocalyptic.  Hasbro seems to have translated the look as well as can be expected in a 5POA (or, is it?) incarnation.  There’s a lot of effort that went into the sculpt and the paint applications.  The helmet kind of looks like it is of Imperial origin, similar to the helmets from the range/shore/death troopers, but disguised well by the paint pattern and accoutrements that adorn it.  Or, it probably has no relation to an Imperial design.  It appears there is long hair, or perhaps a pony tail, protruding from under the back of the helmet.  There is a fur shawl, molded in a rubbery plastic that gives the arms some, but not full, range of motion.  This shawl is attached to the chest piece, which is a funky looking piece of decorative, or symbolic, armor.  The whole shebang is sculpted separately from the figure, but is not easily removable.  I didn’t try for fear of damaging the figure.  The skirt is made of a rubbery plastic that allows the legs to move forward in a seated configuration, which is kind of important for a swoop bike pilot figure.  It is painted in a vaguely southwestern motif.  The arms are articulated with swivel elbows (7POA!).  In this case, this is no accident, as this is vital for the figure to grasp the swoop bike handlebars properly.  Enfys comes with a staff, which, thanks to the swivel forearms, can be held in a vaguely natural THWG.  Overall, it’s an impressive budget figure.  This could be a great figure when it comes in The Vintage Collection.

The swoop bike should be the star of the set, of course.  It’s a neat design, in my opinion, but it suffers from plastic that is too soft, specifically the rods that extend forward from the body.  You can see this in some of the images above.  While it looks nice, the bike offers nothing in terms of play features (except Force Link sounds).  There are no guns, projectiles, or moving parts.  The figure fits fairly well (not perfectly) in the seat and grips the handlebars (thanks to swivel elbows) and can just reach the foot pedals.  A nice feature would have been to have adjustable foot pedals, as Hasbro executed perfectly with Ezra’s / Imperial speeder.  The only little bonus here is that there is a tab under the seat on the right side of the swoop that allows you to stow away Enfys’s staff (see image 39 in the gallery above). 

The figure is excellent, and the bike looks neat.  We’ll see how prominent it is when Solo debuts in a few weeks.  The bike would benefit from sturdier plastic, and maybe some kind of play feature.  Overall, I’ll give it a respectable 7.