Here’s some new-ish The Last Jedi stuff.  It’s yet another 2-pack with 3 figures, so I think Hasbro quality control is screwing up and mistakenly packing an extra figure in the boxes.  Such a deal!  Wait…what?  Hold on, folks.  Okay, we have just received word that this was in fact intentional, and there are supposed to be 3 figures in the box.  Man, okay, I thought we had uncovered a goldmine here, but let’s just move along.

So you do get 3 figures here, but two of them are tiny, so it’s kind of similar in value to 2 regular figures, if you look at in terms of plastic.  I think this is a good deal because you get two all new characters, and a BB-8 that has thus far been absent from the TLJ line.

Rose (First Order Disguise) is a pretty good looking figure.  The sculpt is very good, even if it is simple.  The uniform has some texture to it, although the crisp nature of First Order dress standards don’t allow for the typical crinkles and folds you’ll find in the uniforms of the less kempt Resistance members.  Fortunately, The Last Jedi gave us a glimpse into exactly how FO officers keep their uniforms looking so sharp.  The paint is relatively simply applied, and manages to avoid much overspray or bleeding, with the exception (at least on my sample) of Rose’s face.  There a couple of neat touches.  The tiny cover (hat) insignia looks to be painted fairly sharply, as does the Aurebesh writing on Rose’s left forearm. 

According to Wookiepedia:

As part of the First Order’s commemorative rank insignia system, honoring famous units and heroes of the Galactic Civil War, Tarkin’s last name was present on the armband insignia for the rank of Major.

Majors also wore teal uniforms, so Rose is painted accurately.  Finn donned a grey uniform, indicative of a junior officer. When he is released in the upcoming Phasma 2-pack, we’ll see if Hasbro gets the color and the armband name correct, which should be “Dillon”, according to Wookieepedia.

There are some stray paint marks on Rose’s face, and the eyes are a bit odd.  Like several other figures in the line, the lips look okay until you see how they missed the actual sculpted part.  Her face sculpt appears to be in a neutral expression, but the lips, as painted, look to be smiling a bit.  Anyway, it’s not awful, just not a strong point.  On my sample, there is also unfortunately a rather undesirable blob of paint/plastic on the very top of the hat, but I’ll just ignore that.

Rose comes with a blaster that fits snugly in the holster, but she has some difficulty holding on to it solidly with her hand.  She also comes with a baton, which she can hold in either hand, and wave it angrily at the FO troops as they approach to arrest her.  [EDIT:  The baton is actually part of the cannon accessory - although Rose can still use it as a baton, dammit!  Thanks to Snobiwan for this correction!]  Finally, there is a blaster canon that sits on a stand.  The gun can swivel and move around, but unfortunately, there is really no way for Rose to interact with it.  Could be useful for some super-articulated stormtroopers, but not much value here.  It’s better than one of those ridiculous contraptions that has often accompanied figures in the TFA and RO lines, but it’s still fairly meaningless to collectors, unless I missed it being an actual prop in the film somewhere. [EDIT:  Indeed, it was in both TFA and TLJ.  Thanks to Mic Windu and John Morog for pointing this out.]

BB-8 is a different sculpt from the TFA versions, although there isn’t much here that is distinctive enough to have warranted said re-sculpt.  I will say that BB-8’s head seems to have a bit more accurate of a shape to it, and it sits on the body in a way that may be slightly more screen accurate, but again, it’s subtle.  Given the choice, I think I like this version better, but it’s pretty subjective, kind of like the difference between the TFA and TLJ stormtroopers.  Oh, also, he doesn’t have a peg hole on the bottom of his body now.  It’s important to note that there is no other BB-8 in the TLJ line.  While there were 3 in the TFA line (of varying degrees of difficulty/expense to find/own), this is it for TLJ.  The paint isn’t bad, but the best part is the sound effects that come from the Force Link chip.  This continues to be a fun addition to the line.  A neat idea for an accessory, probably better than the blaster cannon, would have been the trash can that Finn puts over BB-8 so he has his own disguise. 

BB-9E is also a cute figure, similar to BB-8, except for the shape of the head.  The Force Link chip also activates some angry BB-9E beeps and whistles, along with some noises that are probably from him scanning the intruders on Snoke’s ship.  It’s a nice addition to the line.  I had expected BB-8 and BB-9E to have a massive duel to the death, like R2-D2 and that Pittsburgh Steelers droid in The Clone Wars cartoon, but that obviously came to nothing.  I don’t know if something was cut from the film, if this was a purposeful marketing ploy, or the droid beef was just made up. 

Overall, it’s a fairly well-executed set.  The combo makes sense.  We’re getting the Finn (disguise) and Phasma 2-pack soon, so if you’re interested in completing the scene to compete with Randy’s magnificent Supremacy hangar diorama, we’ll need Hasbro to make a disguised DJ, maybe in a 2-pack with a stormtrooper, and his loot crates.  See that, Electronic Arts?  Loot crates aren’t all bad.