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| Sculpt: |
| Concept Art figures are always a gamble, as there are usually a few good designs that get tossed out, while the best ones are what are used in the films. For REVENGE OF THE SITH, one design for Anakin Skywalker was meant to resemble Luke Skywalker's Jedi Knight costume from RETURN OF THE JEDI. Ultimately, the film used a design that was nearly identical to Anakin's costume from ATTACK OF THE CLONES. This concept art figure uses the ROTJ-style design as its starting point, but keeps to Hayden Christensen's look for ROTS (minus the facial scar). The sculpt is of a sleeker, thinner Anakin, but the neck is too thin, almost feminine. The black, hoodless cloak is more Vaderesque than Jedi. There was a more bulked-up costume design in THE ART OF REVENGE OF THE SITH that might have made a more interesting figure: 8 out of 10. |
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| Paint: |
| Anakin's head and left hand are molded in neutral flesh color. His head has brown paint apps to the hair and eyebrows. His eyes are white, with a black lashes and irises/pupils. His torso, arms, legs, and pelvis are molded in black. His right arm has charcoal paint apps to the straps around his glove and upper arm. His boots have charcoal paint apps to the straps on them. His belt is molded in charcoal gray and has silver paint decos. His cloak is molded in black, with a charcoal app to the collar. His lightsaber is molded in translucent blue, with silver and black apps to the hilt. His unlit hilt is silver, with black decos: 8.5/10. |
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| Articulation: |
| Anakin's head, shoulders, elbows, knees, and ankles are all ball-jointed. His waist, wrists, and hips have standard, planer-cut joints: 9/10. |
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| Accessories: |
| Anakin comes with a removable cape, ignited lightsaber, lightsaber hilt, and the right arm of buildable figure HK-47: 8.5/10. |
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| Packaging: |
| The Legacy Collection card uses a diecut stormtrooper helmet as its base, with the STAR WARS logo in light blue and "The Legacy Collection" printed in black just beneath it. The figure info is printed on the blister insert, and depicts the concept art design of Anakin from ROTS. Each figure's name is in the center of the insert, while their number in the collection is just below their image. Anakin is figure number 48. The cardback features photos of all six figures in the wave (as well as the four figures in the next, repack wave), and has text that explains the character's role in ROTS: 8/10. |
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| Availability: |
| As of this writing, the figure has just hit retail, and is also available from various online sources: 7/10. |
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| Conclusion: |
| Four concept art figures are set to hit The Legacy Collection, but only Anakin will be on the current card design. As I said earlier, it isn't the best concept design they could have chosen, but it still makes for an interesting figure: 8.2/10. |
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