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"That wizard's just a
crazy old man.
I don't think he exists anymore.
He died about the same time as your father."
- Owen Lars to Luke Skywalker
INTRODUCTION
Sideshow Collectibles second venture into the character
of Obi-Wan Kenobi comes from his days as the wandering hermit in A
New Hope. During the years following the Clone Wars and leaving Luke
with the Lars family Obi-Wan watched the growth of the one who might
set things right. While Obi-Wan watched from afar he was trained
once again by his former master Qui-Gon Jinn on how to become one
with the force. This tool would aide him down the road as he helped
the young Skywalker defeat the Empire.
Obi-Wan would make his
grand reentrance into the fight against the Sith when a little R2
unit sent his way by Princess Leia. R2’s adventure to Obi-Wan though
brought along some friends one of them being the son of Anakin
Skywalker. Obi-Wan saved Luke from a group of Tusken Raiders while
he searched for the lost R2 Unit, and after being saved Obi-Wan gave
him a very special gift. The gift was none other than Anakin’s
Lightsaber which Obi-Wan took with him after their fight on Mustafar.
In order to leave Tatooine
and help Princess Leia they had to head to the place full of Scum
and Villainy. They found them a ship and a very interesting pilot in
the person of Han Solo. They would ride in the Millennium Flacon to
Alderaan but would only find themselves being pulled into the Death
Star. This would set the stage for the most important action in Obi-Wan’s
existence.
On his way back to the
Falcon hoping to escape the Death Star Obi-Wan ran into his former
pupil. Here Vader and Obi-Wan would have one more final battle.
Obi-Wan used this time to help Luke, Han, and Leia escape by giving
himself to the force. Vader struck Obi-Wan down but not before being
warned that he would be more powerful than Vader could ever imagine.
Trevor Grove the young
sculptor of this just awesome piece gets a tip of the cap from me.
He did a great job on capturing the likeness and essence of Kenobi
from this point in the characters existence. I cannot wait to see
what this young mans talent has in store for us.
"You can't win Darth.
If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful
than you can possibly imagine."
- Obi-Wan Kenobi to Darth Vader
PACKAGING - 10
Old Bens box is as nice as always and has the nice and simple look
of the new 30th Anniversary design. Sideshow continues to keep the
collector in mind with the inner design of the packaging insuring
that our figures are in great shape. The inside of this figure is
the same as most of the other figures in this line with the two
panel display. On par with the rest of the boxes you get great shots
of the figure and images from the movie all along the box. You also
get a great story on is portion of Obi-Wan’s history.
SCULPTING - 10
This sculpt just plain rocks folks! Trevor did such an outstanding
job with this figure it just makes you shake your head at the talent
he has. The sculpt has everything Alec Guiness possessed down the
the wrinkles in his old Jedi face. The coolest thing though is you
feel the amazing knowledge that a Jedi like Obi-Wan posses. The
hands are quite well done and a very nice use of a hand from our
friend Legolas Greenleaf.
PAINT - 10
The paint on the skin tone is really quite nice and as good as
anything in the line despite my initial fears. This is one time
where I don’t think there is any doubt the paint job matches quite
well with the Prototype.
ARTICULATION - 10
I had no problems getting any of the possible poses I had thought
about using. There are always issues brought up with the buck body
but once again I’ve found poses I like that give a feel to the
character. I personally had no problem finding a pose that gave the
feel and essence of Obi-Wan.
ACCESSORIES - 10
The extra goodies you get with Old Ben are very cool and capture a
couple of cool moments relating to the character. You get the
multiple hands which allow you go get some great wise Old Ben poses
and as I stated you get help from Legolas Greenleaf. As always you
get the ignited and unignited Lightsabers which allow you to capture
scenes from ANH quite easily. The coolest extra is the little
training remote he had Luke use while on the Millennium Flacon and
if you’re lucky enough like me you get a second hidden one. The
exclusive item if that’s version you ordered is a mini-hologram of
Princess Leia giving the SOS message which would be delivered by R2.
OUTFIT - 10
The outfit is remarkably well done. As with the other Jedi the
outfit is somewhat simple but just very well done and it captures
the feel of the OT quite nicely. His leather belt hands loosely as
it should seeing as Obi-wan isn’t trying to look TOO Jedi like. The
boots are equal to how nice the same boots came out on the Old Ben
Premium Format.
VALUE - 10
Obi-Wan sold for $60 and that was the price for both the exclusive
and regular editions. The level of the sculpt and the paint job
alone make this figure worth that. Then you toss in the all the
other items and it is well beyond worth it.
OVERALL- 10
This figure just might be the best 1:6th figure from the entire Star
Wars line. I really do not see any issues at all with this piece no
matter how hard I stare at it. Trevor Grove as I stated earlier did
some of the most amazing work I’ve seen in capturing the actual
likeness of the actor and the feel of the character. Then you toss
the paint job which didn’t cause the piece to lose anything and you
have a perfect piece.
RATINGS RECAP
Packaging - 10
Sculpt - 10
Paint - 10
Articulation - 10
Accessories - 10
Outfit - 10
Value - 10
Overall - 10
SPECIFICATIONS
Edition Size of the
Obi-Wan Kenobi is 1977.
SOLD OUT!
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