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INTRODUCTION
The Militaries Of Star Wars line is a line that will allow Sideshow
Collectibles to delve into all the soldiers from this Saga. Needless
to say this line presents some challenges with the armored
characters that will be coming like Clones, Stormtroopers, and
Sandtroopers. However the start of this line got off to a somewhat
controversial start with the choice of the Fighting Force of Endor.
Sideshow announced three from this group to head the start of the
Militaries line.
They where sold in a most unique way we’ve seen something sold in
the Star Wars line. Sideshow gave several options to buy these three
figures. If you wanted to you could buy all three together in a
bundle or the old fashioned way individually.
The Rebel Alliance was formed in the late stages of the Clone Wars
well before the Battle of Endor. As things begin to unfold the
Alliance needed soldiers willing to fight for the cause. These
soldiers did that and at the Battle of Endor things would finally
come to an end for the Empire. If not for guys in the infantry like
this soldier here the Empire may have won.
If you are familiar with Sideshow Collectibles they do things in
Regular, Exclusive, and Inclusive Formats. This review is for the
Infantry Soldier and he was sold ONLY in regular format.
PACKAGING - 10
Sideshow with these figures has stayed with the style of the box
that has become so popular. As always it’s as collector friendly as
anything you can find on the market. The only thing that has changed
is the new 30th anniversary design which we saw on Jabba and his
Throne. This has all the other aspects we expect on past boxes
mixing figure pictures with movie pictures. This figure being the
regular it lacks the gold exclusive sticker.
As with the other boxes on the inside you get multiple panels which
display the figure beautifully along with all the accessories. After
opening this figure you also notice something else that hasn’t
changed. You get a great back story on the Military line and the
grunt himself.
SCULPTING - 10
The hard thing about grading the sculpting on this figure was it’s
not based on anyone. In what appears to be a generic looking soldier
Sideshow did an outstanding job. The hands on this figure and the
rest of the group are sculpted gloves and came out looking very
nice.
PAINT - 9
Really the painting detail on this piece came out looking like what
we expect from Sideshow. The skin color is great as are the color on
the gloves in matching the outfit. Where I have a problem with the
paint is in the eyes and how they look from a distance. It almost
looks as if the eyes are looking down though they’re straight ahead.
ARTICULATION - 8.5
The overall articulation with this figure is really very good. I
could pretty much get any pose I wanted with this figure. There
where a few poses I couldn’t get with the gun which did cut down a
couple options I wanted. Something I’ve found to not be an issue on
the figures with lightsabers.
ACCESSORIES - 8.5
There isn’t much in the way of accessories with these figures. You
get a helmet which is nicely put together and their backpack. The
coolest part of the accessories items is the gun which for this guy
is the A-295 Blaster rifle. His backpack is also quite nice and is
the best of the three figures backpacks.
OUTFIT - 10
The outfit on this figure is among the most impressive in the entire
Star Wars line. There are so many little details in the outfit you
really need to take time see them all. This outfit and the others
from the Endor Boys show just how cool things can get with this
complete line.
VALUE - 8.5
For $59 I’d like to see a little more in the way of accessories with
this guy. The outfit and sculpt make it worth the money but you just
don’t get enough with this guy.
OVERALL - 8.5
I am glad I got this guy and wouldn’t have thought twice about
ordering him. The costume and sculpt are so very very good they make
this figure what it is. Also the rifle and the backpack are quite
nice and make the accessories as cool as they can be. Outside the
lack of more accessories items he’s a winner.
RATINGS RECAP
Packaging - 10
Sculpt - 10
Paint - 9
Articulation - 8.5
Accessories - 8.5
Outfit - 10
Value - 8.5
Overall - 8.5
SPECIFICATIONS
Edition Size of the
Rebel Infantry Soldier is 4500.
SOLD OUT!
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