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INTRODUCTION
Princess Leia was born the Daughter of Anakin Skywalker
and Padme Amidala. After her birth she was adopted by Bail Organa
and his wife making her the Princess of Alderaan. She would go on to
be one of the most important people involved during the Galactic
Civil War.
At the age of Eighteen
Princess Leia became the youngest Senator in the Galactic Empire,
and in the years that followed she would twice be elected to office
of Chief Of State. While just a member of the senate she would help
steal the plans of the Death Star 1. They did get caught by Darth
Vader but little did Vader know Leia had received help from a droid
by the name of R2-D2.
She would later be later be
taken back to the Death Star by Vader where he tortured her to get
the information on the hidden Rebel Base. Leia though would not give
up the info even though her home world was being threatened with
extinction. Leia did give up some information to an old Rebel base
but that did not satisfy Tarkin nor Vader. They went ahead and blew
up Alderann causing one of the most infamous events of the Empires
history. Leia held strong though and did not give in and would go on
the help destroy the Empire. Years after the events of ROTJ she
would become a full fledged Jedi Knight after her training by Saba
Sebatyne.
Leia like the other figures
in this line has the usual Regular and Exclusive. The review of this
figure will be the Exclusive Version of Leia from from ANH.
PACKAGING - 10
Leia’s box is as nice as always and has the nice and simple look of
the new 30th Anniversary design. I love that SS continues to take
the collector in mind with these boxes. The box is the same as with
the Yavin Luke piece because it only has the one panel inside.
Inside you also get great information on Leia’s impact during ANH.
As with the rest of the boxes you get great shots of the figure and
images from the movie all along the box.
SCULPTING - 9
Again Sideshow has managed to nail Carrie Fisher quite well as they
did with the Boushh Version. The detailing in the face is fantastic
as is the job done on her hair with her cinnamon bun rolls hair do
being tricky to pull off. Overall, it’s a great job maybe not as
perfect as the Boushh version but it’s a great job.
PAINT - 8
The paint on the skin tone is really quite nice and as good as
anything in the line. There aren’t any issues with how natural the
skin tone comes across. The lips are well done also as are the eyes
which have been an issue with past figures. I think even the paint
on the hair looks really good and not too dark or too glossy. I’m
taking off two points here because of the distinction in paint color
of the hands to the body. It’s pretty noticeable and kind of just
makes it look off.
ARTICULATION - 10
I had no issues at all in posing this Leia like I did last time. The
outfit being so simple also helped me find poses easier. Actually,
this Leia should be pretty fun to pose with how simple the whole
figure is.
ACCESSORIES - 10
Leia’s exclusives are simple yet important to the overall piece.
They also came out looking so great that’s why I gave them a 10. The
detailing on the regular blaster and Stormtrooper blaster just
really are equal to anything else out there today. The handcuffs are
also done really well and if you want to reinvent the holding scene
from ANH this make it possible. The smallest exclusive items is the
Death Star Plans which again are central the character at this point
and only add a whole nother posing option once we get R2-D2.
OUTFIT - 6
This may be the simplest outfit Sideshow does in this entire Star
Wars 1:6th line. There just isn’t much complexity to the look of it.
This being said the outfit just doesn’t look as impressive as it
should based on how nice the other outfits have turned out so far.
The outfit on the Premium Format was more of a cloth type which is
the same as the movie. This is just too shiny and doesn’t look right
on the figure. Plus where the collar and dress meet there is a odd
gap that doesn’t help it out either. A final note that I don’t like
about the outfit is that it makes it hard to hold on the stand
because of how slick it is.
VALUE - 7.5
Leia was $55 which honestly I think might be a touch too much for
this figure. The outfit is simple and just doesn’t come off right,
but is made up for how cool the accessory items are. The sculpt and
overall paint apps are quite nice as well but in the end I just
think this figure costs $5 too much.
OVERALL - 7.5
This version of Leia gets a 7.5. Again, I go back to the outfit and
the difference in color of the hands to the rest of the figure.
Those just really toss off the overall look of the figure. The
sculpt is great as I said and the accessory items rock as well but
it just doesn’t all wash out in the end. Leia is a nice figure and I
suggest getting it but this might be one you try to get a little
cheaper.
RATINGS RECAP
Packaging - 10
Sculpt - 9
Paint - 8
Articulation - 10
Accessories - 10
Outfit - 6
Value - 7.5
Overall - 7.5
SPECIFICATIONS
Edition Size of the
Leia from ANH is 1977.
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