This Jabba figure is fairly outstanding and it pains me to say that.  I want the 6” line to be terrible because I hate that it exists.  I have nearly twenty years invested in the 3.75” scale.  I simply will not buy into another scale as a collector.  As a contributor to this wretched web site, I am compelled to accumulate this line.  This figure simply nails it.  As Jabba the Hutt represents the height of Roman debauchery and indulgence, he is inert by his nature.  The primary role of this figure is almost as a display piece and it exceeds to that end.  It looks amazing.  The texture and splotchiness of his skin very much represents the “worn ridden filth” aspersion Han Solo cast upon the crime lord.  The folds and ridges evoke the perfect amount of grotesquery and disgust for this glutinous mass.

Jabba the Hutt does not move.  His environment moves around him.  For that reason, it’s hard to imagine any more points of articulation that Habsro could have included without violating the nature of the character.  The arms feature ball joints at each the shoulder, elbow and wrist.  Whatever little movement his Excellency will tolerate, the figure can mimic.  This includes holding the hookah pipe in his mouth.  The entire upper torso can swivel so that Jabba can face forward as he did during the Special Edition if you are a terrible person and wish to recreate that CGI atrocity in Docking Bay 94.

The play feature is a bit of a fizzle.  Moving the left arm up and down likewise moves the lower jaw in the same direction.  This would be useful to collectors is the mouth could locked in its position, but as soon as the pressure is removed from the arm, the mouth returns to the partially closed position.  Fortunately this play feature is not obtrusive to the figure, so it has no overall impact.  It’s simply a foul ball.  Overall this 6” scale Jabba the Hutt figure excels everywhere it needs to. 10 out of 10.

10/10 Bantha Skulls