If you watch Mr. Plinket’s funny but vulgar review of Revenge of the Sith, he starts off the review with recaps of The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones.  He indicates that his optimism for Episode II was sapped the second Dexter Jettster appeared on screen.  The character appears to be a hodge podge of different species slapped together.  The six limbs and aspects of the head appear insectile, but the neck waddle and jelly belly indicate an endoskeleton.  The anthropomorphic insect from Episode IV, Kitik Keed’kak, had an exoskeleton.  It almost seems like the hybrid of a fly and an elephant.  All in all the design is dubious.

But as I’ve often said, I will not hold Hasbro accountable for LFL’s designs.  I didn’t purchase this figure when it was first released.  I bought this sample a few years ago to photograph for a review, but until these Throwback Reviews became a feature, I didn’t have the excuse to do so.  So I opened this figure for the first time ever to take the photographs for this review, and I was pleasantly surprised.  While the articulation is limited as I expected for a figure from the era, the sculpt and details are fantastic.  The slovenly short order cook is faithfully captured.  The pachydermatic wrinkles of the protruding gut poke out from a stained shirt.  Those same wrinkles and bumps are captured on the arms combined with a gradient paint applications that add a sense of depth.  The deco also captures tattoos on the character that I wasn’t even aware existed.  Dexter must be a gamer, because he has the Play Station buttons tattooed on his knuckles.

The hips on the figure swivel, but in an odd plane.  Instead of articulation plane that is perpendicular to the surface, it’s almost parallel.  The hips function more like a cut elbow where the angle of the swivel provides the articulation.  The legs actually rotate out, but this does allow the figure to sit.  So ft Hasbro ever listens to the hue and cry from the children and collectors alike to make a diner playset, you will be able to sit your Dexter Jettster figure opposite Obi-Wan Kenobi in the booth.  Each of the four arms has a single swivel point of articulation at the shoulder.  The sculpt of the arms and the other arms themselves can get in the way of the movement, but it does provide enough interactivity to make decent poses.  I’m surprisingly impressed by this figure. Hasbro seems to have taken a disproportionate amount of care for such an insignificant character.  6 out of 10.

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