{"id":29575,"date":"2014-10-21T23:25:29","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T04:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=29575"},"modified":"2014-10-21T23:26:26","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T04:26:26","slug":"star-wars-black-04-chewbacca-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=29575","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Black #04
Chewbacca Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a> It\u2019s safe to say that I\u2019ve cooled off on my early Star Wars Black love. I was never going to be all in, but I love 6\u201d figures more than 4\u201d so this was always going to be the Star Wars line for me. And it\u2019s been a good line overall, but it\u2019s just not capturing my attention as much a year later. It\u2019s not you Star Wars Black, it\u2019s me. <\/p>\n

I\u2019m just not going to want many Prequel figures. And I like those movies well enough, but I\u2019m just thinking more iconic with this line. I\u2019m just not going to want many multiple versions of the same character. Thought I don\u2019t always know which iconic version stands out to me for every actor. I\u2019m just not going to army build. I will want to do that, but space\u2026 space is at a premium. <\/p>\n

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So with all those self-imposed restrictions, things got quiet on the SWB front for me this year. I did buy all of Wave 1 & Wave 2, but I pretty much skipped Wave 3 & Wave 4. I was almost out of the game until Walgreen\u2019s brought out that fantastic SWB (SWW?) Boba Fett exclusive. Hot on the heels of that release, Wave 5 dropped at Walgreens. And with that came a shot at two figures that fit my picky requirements: Chewie & Vader. <\/p>\n

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Normally, I don’t care much about packaging, but just quick a note here. The packaging has been changed to better accommodate Chewie’s height. The logo has been moved from the top left of the box and the window extended up so Chewie isn’t hidden. Works great. <\/p>\n

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The thing that\u2019s been the highlight of SWB, I think, has been the sculpts. Chewie is no exception. I was curious to see how they handled the big guy since fur is never easy at this scale. Well, any scale. I think they nailed it though. The different pieces are realistically shaggy and they layer well. He\u2019s visually really well done. Scale-wise, he may be a hair tall, especially when compared to Han, but not so much that it detracts from the figure. Besides, he was distractingly tall in the movies anyway. <\/p>\n

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The only thing I\u2019m not a fan of on the sculpt is the open mouth. Again, it\u2019s largely me \u2013 I hate screaming heads. They stick out like a sore thumb on a shelf with mostly expressionless figures. And they stick out in a bad way. Smiling? Angry? Mischievous? None of those would be right for Chewie, but those kinds of heads would look good mixed on a shelf \u2013 and we almost never get them. But we do get screaming heads. It almost makes sense for Chewie\u2026 it\u2019s a little more iconic for him, but I still don\u2019t like it much. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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If there is one drawback to that shaggy sculpt, it\u2019s the limits it places on the articulation. We\u2019ve got a ton of potential here: ball-joints at the neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, & ankles, swivel thighs, and two (Two) joints in the torso. Bicep swivels are all that\u2019s really missing. And yet? Poses can be tough due to all the excess fur. There\u2019s still fun to be had, and if you\u2019re an aesthetic over function guy, you\u2019ll be golden. <\/p>\n

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SWB is pretty good on sculpts. They\u2019re sharp on articulation. What they\u2019re fuzzy on though is paint. Chewbacca is spared the worst of it by not having any flesh tone areas. He\u2019s all fur and it helps hide the paint issues that hamper other figures, but not entirely. The dark on the upper arms & legs doesn\u2019t really transition to light well. And when we get to the completely unpainted fur areas, the plastic sheen looks funny against the flat paint. There\u2019s no real dealbreaker here, but I think all of SWB could come alive in the hands of a talented painter\/customizer. <\/p>\n

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Chewbacca included two accessories. His trademark satchel & bandolier looks fantastic and fits great on the figure while still moving easily with the articulation. It can pop out from under the head now and again, but it looks good. The bowcaster \u2013 I must\u2019ve gotten a bad one. It\u2019s packaged in two pieces and seems like it has assembled easily enough for others, but not so for me. The front bow part just will not stay on the main part of the rifle. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s up but it is frustrating. <\/p>\n

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Overall, SWB is still just find its feet. We\u2019re only on Wave 5. It\u2019s only been a year. And the figures are surprisingly ahead of the curve in that regard. The sculpts are top notch. The articulation is what we expect from nicer 6\u201d figures. The accessories are the ones you\u2019d expect to get (& expect to fit together!). It\u2019s really just the paint, or lack of paint, that keeps these figures from being something really special to me. I\u2019d love to see Hasbro step up their game. If nothing else, that would make it a lot more difficult to bow out on so many of their releases. I know I\u2019ve gotten picky, but I\u2019d have trouble sticking to it if Anakin Skywalker were painted better. I wouldn\u2019t dislike the Obi-Wan I did buy as much as I do. Hasbro has gotten so much right, I just want to see them round it out. <\/p>\n

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For more Star Wars Black reviews, check out our
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