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| Sculpt: |
| Mace Windu is seen in a heavily modified version of his Attack of the Clones costume in this Expanded Universe figure line. While intended to be reminiscent of the one he is seen wearing in the Cartoon Network Clone Wars micro-series, it isn't an attempt at an exact duplication. The head sculpt is a fair likeness of Samuel L. Jackson, but is not perfect. The eyes don't quite seem to line up properly, and the expression is a tad too whimsical when it needs to be determined. There is a lot of costuming details in the sculpt, with folds and material textures galore. A deserved 8 out of 10. |
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| Paint: |
| Mace is all about the earth tones. His outer robes are a dark brown, his tunic is a ruddy tan, and his shirt is a sandy brown. His boots are metallic dark copper, but his pants are a bone white. There are 8+ paints on this figure, including the black, gold and silver of his electrium-plated lightsaber handle. Another 8 /10 here. |
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| Articulation: |
| Mace has been given the deluxe treatment here with articulation. Both shoulders and elbows are ball-jointed, with planer wrist joints. His waist and legs have the standard joints, but his head is snap-on ball-jointed, like Asajj Ventress. Unfortunately, the ball-jointed head leaves him with a rather thin, feminine neck, completely out of character with Mace's no-nonsense attitude. Also, even with all the arm articulation, he can still just barely hold his lightsaber with both hands. The design was well-intentioned, but it ultimately didn't work: 7 /10. |
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| Accessories: |
| Mace comes with his one-piece purple-bladed lightsaber, the best version of the weapon yet. He has two coppery wrist gauntlets that snap on, and the lower half of his robes detatch from pins on his belt to allow him to fit inside a Jedi Starfighter vehicle. Not too shabby at all:
8.5 /10. |
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| Packaging: |
| The same Clone Wars card as the rest of the line, with a synopsis of Jedi Master Windu's heroic efforts in the Clone Wars. The insert art features a retouched photo of actor Samuel L. Jackson, expertly adding in a few of the accessories given his figure. As part of the second wave of CW figures, the packaging wasn't as fresh and exciting at the time: 7.5 /10. |
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| Availability: |
| As of this writing, the figure is extremely easy to find at retail--he seems to be the pegwarmer of choice from the second wave. Upon initial release in October 2003, he was in very good supply, and has come and gone several times, but never seems to completely leave the pegs:
9.5 /10. |
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| Conclusion: |
| If it weren't for the elongated neck due to the ball-jointed head, this just might be the best Mace Windu figure yet. But, it just never seemed to click with the rest of the line, and poor Mace has been passed over in favor of new-flavors Asajj Ventress and Durge. Still, it gets a respectable overall rating of 8.1 /10. |
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