Some collectors believe in a Force Friday conspiracy theory.  It states that Hasbro doesn’t release super-articulated 3.75” figures on Force Friday in the hopes that some impatient fool will purchase a five-points-of-articulation figure only to later purchase the super-articulated version of that same figure.  Ladies and gentleman, I give you that fool.  This was my impulse purchase on Force Friday 2017 even though I was armed with the full knowledge that a super-articulated 3.75” Jedi Master Luke was coming in the Black Series line.  Aside from the plastic cape, the figure does not have any accessories. Combine that with the meager five points of articulation, and this figure basically has no play value by iteself.  Yet, this was far and away the fastest selling 3.75’ 5POA item on Force Friday.  Middle-aged men who try to relive their youth are a sick bunch. 

Any of the poses this figure can achieve by engaging the existing points of articulation are rather silly.  You have the leaned back Dude strut and the “should we bolt” gesture with perfectly straight arms at opposing angles.  And that is it.  The jazzercise poses above are just so you can see the detail on the interior of the figure’s legs.  It is in no way a suggestion that you should pose your figure like that.  If you choose to do that on your own, that’s your business.  Just don’t go telling the authorities that Bantha Skull put you up to it. There is only one viable pose for this figure:  standing straight up and down with the cape on, and its arms pinned to its side.  This means that for collector purposes, the only engageable point of articulation is the ball and socket head, so the figure might as well be 1 POA.  Of course this figure’s level of articulation is intended for kids with their wacky imaginations, who might want to put this figure in the pilot seat of their TIE Silencer (or other vehicle).

You already know all these negatives by virtue of the line in which the figure is offered.  You didn’t need me to tell you that.  So where does the figure work?  Well, it doesn’t look terrible.  It’s funny, but we’ll all probably pose our super articulated Jedi Master Luke exactly as I described above, so that extra articulation is going to go unused.  With that in mind, this figure could be a viable display stand in.  I haven’t been paying attention to the 5POA line recently, but the separately sculpted and cast hair is a nice touch.  Inaccurately painted hairlines has been plaguing the line since its inception.  This completely eliminates that problem.  I hope this practice is brought into the Vintage Collection next year.  The eyes and eyebrows are in their anatomically correct positions.  There is a little overspray on the beard, but it’s not bad.  For the collector, this figure had one job:  accurate paint applications.  It did that.  I’m never going to give any limited articulation figure a high score, but I feel this hits a middle of the road 5 out of 10.