Stats:
Company: Hasbro
Size: 4"
Price: my sample was a gift, but if you're frosty, you can get one for between $5 - $10 on eBay
Packaging: Carded
Looks:
This Boba Fett very well may be the coolest-looking Star Wars figure around. I love the concept design and the sculpt represents it well. There isn't much in the way of fudged paint, either. The "cloth" part of the costume is a slightly different shade of white, which gives it some much-needed variation to keep the figure from becoming an all-white bore.
There's also a little bit of gold detailing on the wrists and ankles, which kind of gives Boba the vibe of a NASA spacesuit.
Articulation:
This Boba has articulation similar to most Star Wars figures today: ball-socket neck, ball-hinge shoulders, ball-hinge elbows, swivel wrists, swivel waist, swivel hips, and ball-hinge knees. That's pretty good, but the lack of ankle articulation limits the posability of the legs.
Accessories:
McQuarrie Fett comes a gun, backpack, flames, collector's coin, and an extra concept head! I commend Hasbro for going the extra mile with the figure's accessories, and the extra head is particularly awesome as you can drastically change the appearance of the figure. In fact if you're a particularly obsessive Fett fan, you might want to buy two for display: one for each head design.
Value:
You can probably buy this figure for less than $10, which is a pretty good price considering it's a Fett figure that's no longer on the shelves. Unfortunately, what really hampers the value of this figure is the poor design of the waist joint. The figure is designed so that you can pop off the waist to flip down the stomach missile (see below for more on that). But the waist pops off way too easily, which isn't a problem for display, but is a problem for playability.
Coolness:
The coolest thing about this figure is that, unlike virtually all figures from the Expanded Universe, conceptual designs, and the Prequels, it actually looks like it would exist in the universe of the original Star Wars trilogy. The design is kind of a cross between a Stormtrooper and Boba Fett. In fact, maybe they should have just used this design for the AOTC Clonetroopers.
Another cool feature that bumps up the fun is the stomach armor which can be flipped down to reveal a hidden missile! I'm not sure if Boba was initially conceptualized as a robot, but the stomach missile is something straight out of the classic Shogun Warriors toyline. And anything that reminds me of Shogun Warriors is automatically revered.
Overall:
There's a lot of great stuff happening with the design of this figure... he has elements of the original Star Wars trilogy, a NASA spacesuit, and Shogun Warriors, all rolled-up into one super-cool design. The problematic waist joint keeps this figure from a perfect score, but Boba fanatics won't want to miss out on this one.
6 comments:
I was able to actually score this figure as well as the other Boba Fetts from the 30th ann series right in the middle of the chaos. In fact My Concept Boba was even the Galactic Hunt version with the Gold coin, so that was a bonus. An interesting point about the 30th ann figs is that the coins actually look pretty low quality in the package, even so that I originally thought they were coated plastic coins. I was happy they were indeed a cast metal.
But this is probably one of the best Boba figures out there ever made for the 3 3/4th inch line. And I should know cause I have most of them. My only problem with the figure is his Flame attachment. It's sturdy for a while, but eventually having the figure displayed with it attached will end up with the HEAVY front end warping the thin shaft of the flame.
I didn't notice a problem with the torso on my figure being loose at all, and in fact mine seems rather tight, but you are correct about the ankle articulation. I was sad he didn't have it, especially since all the other Bobas in the series did.
Still a great figure, and a great if not somewhat Posthumous Review. If you waited any longer it would have been a Retro Review. :D
That's a very cool Fett figure. I love the helmet design.
Funny that you mention that this might have qualified as a Retro Review, URS... I actually went back and forth about whether or not to make it Retro. I finally decided that anything that's 10 years or older at the time of the review counts as Retro. That's a bit of an arbitrary boundary, but I just tend to think of stuff from the previous decade as retro.
I agree, 10 years is a good set. The figure may not be readily availabe in stores anymore, but I know you can find one in just about any Comic, Card, or Action Figure specialty shop you walk into. Not to mention online.
Most anything Retro requires some adequate search and shop time to aquire I think.
This is a very cool figure, but I would rather not have the stomach gun if it meant he wouldn't fall apart any time I pick him up. I love the two heads and the fireball. Only the waist and the non-articulated ankles (why?) keep this figure from being 5 out of 5 in my book. Another example of Hasbro falling just short.
I agree. Although I think the stomach gun is a cool feature, I would rather have a more stable figure. They should have either not included it, or redesigned the stomach door so that it opens without having to take off the waist.
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