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| Sculpt: |
| Commander Gree accompanies Jedi Grand Master Yoda to the planet Kashyyyk to repel Separatist forces in REVENGE OF THE SITH. When Chancellor Palpatine defeats Master Windu and declares himself Emperor, "Order 66" is initiated and the Jedi are killed for treasonous acts. Gree receives the order, but Yoda has been alerted by the reverberations in the Force, and Gree falls to the diminutive Jedi's lightsaber. This sculpt is mostly new, with Hasbro recycling only the head and helmet of the ROTS AT-TE Tank Gunner. The rest of the body is all-new, and is the most accurate version of the character Hasbro's produced so far: 9 out of 10. |
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| Paint: |
| Gree's head is molded in medium flesh, with black paint applications to the hair and eyebrows. His eyes are white, with brown irises and black pupils and lashes. His helmet is molded in light gray, with silver, metallic green, forest green, emerald, and black paint decos. Gree's arms, legs, and torso are all molded in medium gray. There is a flesh tone paint app at the neck, with a black paint app to the undersuit. The torso is painted medium green, with a forest green deco on the chest. His belted suspenders are light grey. Dark brown has been dry-brushed for weathering effects. His upper arms are painted forest green, with light gray and black decos. Silver is dry-brushed to simulate scrapes on the armor. The lower arms and elbow pads are painted in camo colors of olive, forest green, and medium green, with black apps to all exposed undersuit areas. His pelvis and belt are painted a similar camo pattern. His left thing has a knife holster with a gray st rap and light gray holster. His lower legs are a dark metallic gunmetal, with gray apps to the shoe straps and shoe soles. His antenna is the green camo pattern on the pack area, with a light gray paint app to the antenna itself. His blaster is molded in black, with no paint apps. His macro-scanner is molded in light gray, with green, yellow, and brown paint apps to the casing, and bright lime green apps to the viewer and lenses: 9/10. |
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| Articulation: |
| Gree's neck, waist, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, and ankles are all ball-jointed. The wrists are a bit thick, in order to support the ball-joints. About as super-articulated as we're likely to ever see a basic Clone Trooper: 9/10. |
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| Accessories: |
| Gree comes with a DC-15 blaster, removable helmet, removable communications antenna, macro-scanner, and character-specific figure stand: 8.5/10. |
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| Packaging: |
| The 30th Anniversary Collection card uses stylized "painted" imagery of the characters on the individual cards, with the STAR WARS logo in stark white and cut in on an angle. It's a design that initially had collectors divided: you either loved the new look or hated 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. Commander Gree is figure number 3 (2008 collection), from REVENGE OF THE SITH. The cardback features an actual screen shot from ROTS showing Gree with Yoda, and has text that explains the character's role and a "Character Profile": 8.5/10 |
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| Availability: |
| As of this writing, the figure has been appearing at retail for nearly two months, and is available from various online sources. It initially sold out instantly, but now seems to be sticking around a bit longer on the shelves: 8/10. |
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| Conclusion: |
| Clone Trooper fanatics have been awaiting a more film-accurate version of Gree since 2005, and they've finally been rewarded: 8.7/10. |
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