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| Sculpt: |
| Asajj Ventress, an original character created for the CLONE WARS storylines, is seen here in her animated incarnation from the Cartoon Network micro-series. Her basic look has been very streamlined and stylized. Because of the stylized animation designs, there isn't much detail in the sculpt. Her body is thin and somewhat androgynous, dressed in a gray, skin-tight suit with a voluminous, flowing black skirt. Black forearm gauntlets and boots complement the black high collar around her thin, regal neck. An ornamental belt is her only conceit to decorative clothing. Her pale face and hands are a very light gray, with dark shadows around her unsettling all-white eyes. The pose is somewhat neutral, although her somewhat crouched legs, obscured under her skirt, suggest a battle-ready pose. The sculpt is very true to the cartoon design, and rates a 9 out of 10. |
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| Paint: |
| The paints in the animated line are rather flat, reflecting the two-dimensional look of the cartoons. Asajj has lots of light gray and black paint, with bluish hues for her lips and a burgendy accent for her belt buckle. Light blue is used to simulate the metallic colors of her lightsaber handles, making 6+ colors on this figure. It all looks good, so it gets 8.5 /10. |
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| Articulation: |
| Unfortunately, the entire CLONE WARS Animated line suffers from a distinct lack of all but the most basic articulation, and Asajj here is a prime example. Although she's the only one in wave one with a ball-jointed head, her only other articulation is at the shoulders and waist. I can't imagine that kids will be impressed with such limited play value, although non-opener collectors won't really care one way or the other: 6 /10. |
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| Accessories: |
| Included are her twin, curved-handled lightsabers and a figure stand. The lightsaber blades have little, pointed "starbursts" at the bottom, even though this is not a feature of the animated lightsaber blades. The figure stand is the same for all the animated figures: the STAR WARS: CLONE WARS logo with one peg for attaching the figures. Since Asajj's feet are so tiny, she doesn't even have peg-holes in them, making the stand rather superfluous! 7 /10 |
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| Packaging: |
| The same CLONE WARS card as the rest of the line, complete with profile-view Clone Trooper helmet and orange fireball on the front. The back has a full-figure shot of the character, plus some sketches in a "film strip" display on the back. Each cardback has the same description of the CLONE WARS animated series on the back, as well as tiny pictures of all eight figures from waves one and two. The inserts are die-cut portraits of the individual figures. 8.5 /10 |
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| Availability: |
| While these were hard to get when first hitting the shelves in early December, they are rather common now at all Target stores: 8.5 /10 |
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| Conclusion: |
| The animated line is something that you either are into, or you aren't. Some colloectors aren't at all impressed by the cartoonish depictions of the familiar STAR WARS characters from ATTACK OF THE CLONES, while others feel that the limited articulation doesn't justify the $6.99 price that Target is charging. Overall, I think Asajj is the best-looking of the first wave of these figures, even if she does have a few drawbacks: 7.9 /10 |
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