Star Wars 2010 CW20
Mace Windu
Since I’m trying to whittle my review backlog to a manageable level, let’s get a few more Star Wars figures out of the way.
This is the figure that first piqued my interest in the Star Wars line. I had skipped over these figures at Toy Kingd because of their limited articulation (usually a deal breaker for me), but then I read on the Cybertron PH boards that Mace Windu had articulation that approached that of the Marvel Universe line. I was totally like O_O.
Since I had no idea about the state of the market when it came to Star Wars, I immediately set out to find a Mace Windu, not realizing that at the time, he in demand and in short supply. If I remember correctly, that’s how I got the Snow Bunny Padme and Plo Koon; I couldn’t find Windu so I got the best figures I could find so I wouldn’t go home empty handed.
Thankfully, Hasbro is getting good at including popular figures in new shipments and Playkit (the local Philippine distributor for Hasbro products) seems to be getting a good number of these new assortments. I picked up A Windu when I got my Cad Bane & TODO.
We’ve already gone over the package in the last review. It’s a slightly-angled, square-ish, card-backed bubble. Again, it has the “Galactic Battle” card included with it.
I don’t know about these things. I guess I’d need more figures and cards to really get into it, but it stands to reason that the cards would have been more collectible if there was a better-sized artwork on the front. Or, since the stats listed in front may be part of the game, they could have dumped the rules from the back of the card and put a nice pin up there, with a thoughtful quote for the Jedi, a rousing call to arms from the clone troopers, or an vicious invective from the Sith.
As it is, they’re about as useless to me as the 20 or so identical dice I now have.
Aside from the Galactic Battle items, he’s also got a few more items in his inventory. There’s the now welcome sight of a figure stand (great for the Clone Wars line especially since only a few of them can really stand on their own without help), his unique purple lightsaber, and a Mandalorian helmet with a bomb secreted in one of the halves.
Honestly, I could care less about the helmet, since he can’t really do anything with it. There are some interesting displays you could probably do with it, but after that it’s value is nil. Kids will probably lose it in a few minutes after opening.
His lightsaber on the other hand is the same purple bad-motherfucker we saw in the movies and the series. That is awesome.
The only other thing I can think of that they could have included would be a hooded Jedi robe. That being said, I’d still be happy if it had just come with the lightsaber.
But the real thing that puts this figure above the rest of his Clone Wars brethren is his amazing acticulation.
Forget Marvel Universe. This toy surpasses the joint work done for the figures in that line (save for maybe the Bleeding Edge Iron Man). His upper half has the normal Hasbro ball jointed head, swivel-hinge shoulders, swivel-hinge elbows and swivel wrists with the standard swivel waist.
It’s below the belt when he goes nuts.
His hips are a huge improvement over the usual Star Wars T joint swivels. Instead, he’s got angled swivel-hinges that really allow for great, wide stances. With that he’s also got nice swivel-hinge knees, and get this, swivel-hinge ankles!
The ankles are the real kicker here, since the set up allows his feet to remain flat on the ground in almost any pose. This does an amazing amount of good for his stability.
I’d recommend this figure to anyone who likes the 3.75″ or 4″ scales. It’s a great thing that he’s still available around the metro in Toy Kingdom and Toys ‘R’ Us for the retail price of Php 500.00 (a little more than $10.00 US).
There is just one caveat however. This is a Clone Wars figure, which means that it follows the aesthetic of the show; blocky and exaggerated. If that’s not your cup of tea, then you should go for The Vintage Collection version.
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