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INTRODUCTION
Qui-Gon Jinn the most maverick of all the Jedi was also
one of the greatest. He was a firm believer in the living force
rather than the unifying force. Qui-Gon was never on the Jedi
Council but this is not something he was ever concerned with. This
great Jedi had a hard time dealing with the loss of a previous
padawan which made him reluctant to take on another. He would
eventually take on one last padawan which just happens to be Obi-Wan
Kenobi. He would help teach Obi-Wan how to be the best Jedi and the
way to live in the force. Qui-Gon also did one other thing before
his untimely death at the hands of Darth Maul. He found Anakin
Skywalker on Tatooine and helped free the chosen one. He wanted to
take on Anakin as a Padawan but as I said died in one of the best
battles in Star Wars history when Darth Maul took him down. That was
not the end for Qui-Gon as he would find a way to become one with
the force. He then would teach Yoda and Obi-Wan how to do the same.
This would become helpful to defeating the Sith/Empire.
Sideshow Collectibles made
Qui-Gon the sixth figure in their Order Of The Jedi Line though he
is actually the Seventh to ship. Qui-Gon was put up for sale back in
March of 2006. The man given the chance to sculpt Qui-Gon was the
outstanding sculptor Oluf W. Hartvigson.
If you are familiar with
Sideshow Collectibles they do things in Regular and Exclusive
Formats. This review of the Qui-Gon figure will be of the Exclusive
Version.
PACKAGING - 10
Sideshow with the Qui-Gon 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 Qui-Gon 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 Qui-Gon 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 Order of the Jedi line which is what
Qui-Gon 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
Oluf did a very nice job with the sculpt but unlike with the last
figure Obi-Wan it’s just not perfect. From straight on it’s nice and
does have a nice resemblance to Liam Neeson. Where it really is dead
on is from the side or profile that is dead on Liam Neeson. Another
issue with the sculpt is the design of the hair over the top the
ears this has been corrected some since the proto but still has a
bit of the George Washington look.
PAINT - 10
The paint job on this is equally as good as we’ve gotten in this
line so far. The grey in his beard came out very nicely as did his
hair color. The skin tone looks great and I actually wish I had as
good as skin tone that Qui-Gon does.
ARTICULATION - 8.5
The articulation is as good as any figure we’ve had so far in this
line. However, the thing that drove me a little nuts with Qui-Gon is
for my figure there seemed to be a difficult time with his hands.
The right hand on this one just gave me fits and made posing him
hard. I was actually quite frustrated with this figure.
ACCESSORIES - 10
The only difference in accessories for the Exclusive Qui-Gon and the
Regular is his moisture farmer poncho. This is a unique accessory in
that you can really change the look of the figure with this.
Qui-Gon comes with normal
set of extra hands helps make posing him easier normally. Qui-Gon
comes with the standard set of Lightsabers so you can choose between
an ignited and unignited saber. The poncho lets you recreate any
scene from the time during TPM when he wore that and will come in
handy when Darth Maul comes out. Some of the other accessories are a
comlink, holoprojector, Jedi aqua breather, and Jedi Cloak. All of
these items are very well done and will look great if you choose to
use them.
OUTFIT - 10
Qui-Gon’s outfit is really outstanding overall and the detail in it
is as good as we’ve seen from any of the other Jedi. Sideshow’s
color choices match what we saw on screen in TPM to a “T”. The
material appears to be from what I can tell pretty close to what
they used on screen as well. The poncho is also pretty awesome and
really fits the figure much better than I anticipated.
VALUE - 10
At $50 dollars to be able to get the best Qui-Gon figure out there
is highway robbery. The crazy amount of detail in Qui-Gon shows why
Sideshow is the best at what they do. This Qui-Gon is the exact
reason why nobody but SS should be doing Star Wars figures in the
12” format.
OVERALL - 9
This figure was overall much better than I thought it would be. I’m
very happy to have this guy in my collection as Qui-Gon is one of my
favorite Jedi but the hand issue did kind of bug the crap out of me.
Now, that I have him all posed the way I want I look at him and
think, "Man, what a amazing job!" It also makes me look forward to Darth
Maul that much more.
RATINGS RECAP
Packaging - 10
Sculpt- 9
Paint - 10
Articulation - 8.5
Accessories - 10
Outfit - 10
Value - 10
Overall - 9
SPECIFICATIONS
Sideshow Collectibles
Edition Size of the Exclusive Qui-Gon Jinn 2000
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