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INTRODUCTION
Not much is known of Kit Fisto before the Clone Wars but
what is known shows how great this Jedi was. Kit Fisto was one of
the Jedi Masters who helped rescue Obi-Wan Kenobi during the battle
of Geonosis. Weeks after this battle Kit was given the most honored
thing a Jedi could be given a seat on the Jedi Council. However,
this great Jedi would soon meet his end when he along with Mace
Windu, Agen Kolar, and Saesee Tiin went to arrest Chancellor
Palpatine.
Sideshow Collectibles made Kit Fisto the fourth figure in their
Order Of The Jedi Line though he is actually the third to ship. Kit
was put up for sale back in January of 2006. The man given the
chance to sculpt Kit Fisto was the artist Tim Miller.
If you are familiar with Sideshow Collectibles they do things in
Regular and Exclusive Formats. This review of the Kit Fisto figure
will be of the Exclusive Version.
PACKAGING - 10
Sideshow with the Kit Fist 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 Kit 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 Kit figure and on
the back of the box you get another great shot with some nice
pictures from ROTS.
When you go to open this figure instead of the standard one panel
you get multiple panels again as you did with the previous two
figures. Once opened you see text talking about the Order of the
Jedi line which is what kit 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 - 9.5
The overall sculpting on this piece is really good and looks just
like what Kit does on screen. It captures what Kit looked like in
ROTS with the exception of one area which I’ll go into later.
Despite what my one problem with the sculpt is he looks really good
from any possible angle.
The sculpting done on the
hands is fantastic Tim Miller did a good job getting kits hands to
look very alien like. Kit’s head is done really well his big buggy
eyes look just like they did on screen big and buggy looking. The
most amazing part of this figure was the job done on his tentacles.
They have a nice movability that I wasn’t sure would be there but it
is there. My one issue with this sculpt and what kept it from being
a perfect ten is the mouth. Not that it isn’t sculpted good but I
don’t like the overall look. It just strikes me as an odd look for
Kit something you don’t see him do I think a sculpted smile much as
you see in AOTC would have fit better.
PAINT - 10
The painting on Kit overall is very well done especially the skin
tone. He looks as green as he does in any of the pictures I’ve seen
of this character. The same goes for his set of hands that come with
this piece and even his body is green to match.
ARTICULATION - 10
The overall articulation with this figure equally as good with Kit
as any of the other two figures so far. So if you feel inclined to
pose him from your favorite scene from ROTS you will be able to do
so. Kit doesn’t seem to have long arms which seemed to plague Luke
and doesn’t have the dropsy’s on either arm which Anakin had. I’ve
not read anyone having problems with Kit so this figure gets a
prefect score on articulation.
ACCESSORIES - 10
The only difference in accessories for the Exclusive Kit and the
Regular is the head of a Battle Droid. This by the way is metal and
somewhat heavy.
Kit comes with no extra hands which isn’t a big deal since he has no
real use for extras. The most detailed piece is the droid head which
I already have stated is made of metal. It is a spitting image of
what they looked like on screen and on the bottom of it you can see
the wires that connected it to the body.
Some of the other accessories are a comlink, holoprojector, two
Lightsabers, and Jedi Cloak. All of these items are very well done
and will look great if you choose to use them.
Kit like both before him has not one but two Lightsabers you can
choose to use in your displaying options. Kit has an ignited
Lightsaber so you can choose to display him about to whoop someone
with it. Another option given to you is an unignited Lightsaber
hilt. The detail on both these Lightsabers is outstanding and looks
like what you saw on screen.
OUTFIT - 10
Kit’s outfit is really outstanding overall and the detail in it is
as good as we’ve seen so far. Sideshow’s color choices match what we
saw on screen to a “T”. There are no issues with how it fits or how
it looks on the figure. This is the first one I’ve thought about
actually not using the Jedi Cloak on I like it that much.
VALUE - 10
At $55 dollars to be able to get the best Kit Fist figure out there
is highway robbery. The level of detail and quality Sideshow put
into this figure will cause you to drop your jaw when you see it in
person. This figure is yet another reason to be so pleased Sideshow
was able to get this away from Hasbro and give the 12” line the life
it deserved.
OVERALL - 9.5
I know with as many 10’s as I gave this figure you’d think I would
give it a 10 for overall. However, to me a perfect figure has no
issues that would bother me about the figure. I think the overall
look on Kit’s face would have been better served by giving him his
trademark smile instead of the feed me grin he was given.
RATINGS RECAP
Packaging - 10
Sculpt - 9.5
Paint - 10
Articulation - 10
Accessories - 10
Outfit - 10
Value- 10
Overall - 9.5
SPECIFICATIONS
Sideshow Collectibles – Kit Fisto
Edition Size of the Exclusive Kit Fisto 1250
SOLD OUT!
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