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| Sculpt: |
| Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi is sent to the Utapau System to search for Separatist leader General Grievous in REVENGE OF THE SITH. He confronts Grievous and, after several chases, he confronts Grievous with an electro-staff and finally destroys the cyborg on a remote landing platform. Afterwards, Kenobi is attacked by his own Clone Troopers when Order 66 is issued. This Obi-Wan Kenobi uses the exact same mold as the ROTS Obi-Wan Kenobi with Pilot Gear (III #55) figure, with a retooled head that gives him "wet" hair and an open mouth for the underwater rebreather. The only thing is, Kenobi's hair was dry during his confrontation with Grievous, so the slicked back hair looks out of place for recreating those scenes. It rates an 8.5 out of 10. |
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| Paint: |
| The figure's head and hands are molded in light flesh color, with light brown paint applications to the hair, beard, and eyebrows. The eyes are white, blue, and black. There is no paint app to the interior of the mouth. The torso, arms, and lower tunic are molded in a light sand color, with a flesh-colored paint app to the neck and a dark brown paint app to the shirt at the neck. The belt has a medium brown paint app, with silver and gold paint decos. The pelvis and legs are molded in tan, with a medium brown paint app to the boot area of the lower legs. the feet are molded in a medium brown that doesn't quite match the rest of the boots. His rebreather is molded in flesh and painted silver. The electro-staff is molded in translucent blue, with silver paint apps ... the electro-bolts were purple in the film, though. The blaster that once belonged to General Grievous is molded in black, with no paint apps: 8/10. |
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| Articulation: |
| Ball-jointed neck, shoulders, elbows, waist, knees, and ankles. The wrists and hips are planer-cut joints. Again, the standard SA figure's 14 points of articulation: 9/10. |
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| Accessories: |
| Underwater rebreather, General Grievous' blaster, an electro-staff, and a character-specific collector coin: 8.5/10. |
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| Packaging: |
| The new 30th Anniversary Collection card uses painted imagery of the characters on the individual cards, with the new STAR WARS logo in stark white and cut in on an angle. It's a design that has divided collectors: you either love the new look or hate it! The film each figure comes from is at the bottom right edge of the card, while the character's number in the collection is on the blister insert. Obi-Wan Kenobi from ROTS is figure number 5. The cardback features a film shot of Obi-Wan as he takes aim with a blaster at General Grievous' torso, has text that explains the character's role in ROTS and a "Character Profile": 8.5/10. |
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| Availability: |
| As of this writing, the figure has been appearing at retail for three months. Along with Artoo-Deetoo, it's the major pegwarmer of the first wave of 30th Anniversary Collection figures. Long after other 30AC figures are sold out, you'll find this one clogging pegs and collecting dust. It's also available from most online sources: 9/10. |
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| Conclusion: |
| Of all the figures from wave 1, this was the most pointless. We've seen the ROTS #55 Obi-Wan repacked so many times now, that even a retooled head and movie-accurate electro-staff aren't even to move it off the pegs. It's not even a bad figure, just a matter of bad timing for its release: 8.6/10. |
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