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INTRODUCTION
Darth Maul is the first known apprentice to Darth Sidious.
He had no memory of his childhood and along with that Sidious raised
him to have nothing more than a bloodlust and rage. As part of the
way he allowed him self to show his love for the Dark Side was he
got his whole muscular body tattooed in Sith Tattoos.
He was abandoned by Sidious on an outer rim world to help train him.
After a month of being alone on this out rim world he returned and
was challenged Sidious. He lost the battle and when he was told he
would no longer be the Sith apprentice Maul nearly defeated Sidious.
Maul was super skilled with a Lightsaber specifically Form VII. This
would help him defeat many opponents on his way to the Dual of Fates
in Episode 1. His mission in The Phantom Menace was to capture the
Queen of Naboo and kill the two Jedi. He was partially successful in
this mission. During his battle with the Jedi he was able to take
out Qui-Gon Jinn. However, due to his ego getting in the way his
Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi was able to slice Maul in half.
Sideshow Collectibles made Darth Maul the second figure in their
Lords Of The Sith Line though he is actually the Eighth to ship.
Darth Maul was put up for sale back in June of 2006 as the first
Inclusive Figure. The man given the chance to sculpt Darth Maul was
the outstanding sculptor Oluf W. Hartvigson.
If you are familiar with Sideshow Collectibles they do things in
Regular, Exclusive Formats, and now Inclusive. This review of the
Darth Maul figure will be of the Inclusive Version.
PACKAGING - 10
Sideshow with the Darth Maul figure stayed with the same box design
they had used on the every Star Wars figure making it very collector
friendly. As with the with all the figures before Darth Maul you
will get a cool gold sticker letting you know which version you
received. A long the side of the box you have the name of the figure
and at the bottom. On both sides you get great shots of the Darth
Maul figure and on the back of the box you get another great shot
with some nice pictures from TPM. Along with some of the upcoming
figures located at the bottom
When you go to open this figure instead of the standard one panel
you get multiple panels again as you did with the previous figures
in this line. Once opened you see text talking about the Lords Of
The Sith Line which is what Darth Maul like the others falls into,
next you will see his accessories (which I’ll go into later), then a
description of the character, and finally the panel in which the
character is held in.
SCULPTING - 10
Oluf did some of the best work I’ve ever seen when it comes to
figures in this scale. It is dead on to Ray Park and what he looked
like as Darth Maul. The horns are very well sculpted to and have a
very real life look to them.
PAINT - 10
The paint job on this Maul is some of the best work to ever come
from Sideshow. The Sith tattoos have to be some of the hardest work
they have done and it came out amazing. It looks dead on to what we
saw on screen in TPM. This was something I was worried about when he
was shipping but those fears where quickly erased.
ARTICULATION - 10
The articulation is awesome on this figure. With this figure I had
no problems capturing any pose I wanted to try.
ACCESSORIES - 10
The Inclusive Maul comes with a couple more items than the regular
which is something a little different. He comes with his Lightsaber
that gets cut in half except you get both halves.
Maul comes with normal set of extra hands helps which we have come
to expect and even has a hand that will go with his probe droids
that ship later. Maul comes with an insane amount of Lightsabers
even more than what you normally get. You get a dual ignited
Lightsaber, single ignited Lightsaber, unignited Lightsaber, and of
course each half of his battle damaged Lightsaber (one of the halves
is still ignited). He also comes with his electro binoculars and his
Sith hood. All of these items are very well done and will look great
no matter how many of the dozens of poses you choose.
OUTFIT - 10
Maul’s outfit is really outstanding overall and the detail in it is
as good as we’ve seen from any of the other figures in this line.
Sideshow nailed how Maul’s outfit looked in TPM. The material
appears to be from what I can tell pretty close to what they used on
screen as well.
VALUE - 10
At $55 dollars to be able to get the best Maul figure ever is
highway robbery. The amount of stuff you get with the Inclusive Maul
makes me so happy Sideshow gave as many people as possible a chance
to get him. While I’ve seen the Hasbro Maul’s and they do look nice
this is the very reason I’m glad SS has this license.
OVERALL - 10
This figure matched the personal level I wanted him to be at. I am
so happy Sideshow nailed Maul and has given me the Maul figure I’ve
always wanted. Now, that I have him posed to match one of my
Autograph Maul pictures I’ll be eager with anticipation of my Darth
Maul Premium Format. Maul is my personal favorite character and they
did my guy justice!!
RATINGS RECAP
Packaging- 10
Sculpt- 10
Paint- 10
Articulation- 10
Accessories- 10
Outfit- 10
Value- 10
Overall- 10
SPECIFICATIONS
Sideshow Collectibles
– Darth Maul
Edition Size is unknown at this time.
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