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The Militaries of Star Wars continue to march into our collections from Sideshow...
The latest is Clone Commander Bly of the 327 Star Corps serving under Jedi General Aayla Secura.
Bly is another well-rendered clone. The head portrait has better/cleaner paint apps than Cody did (no weepy eyes from too much clearcoat like Cody had). I was hoping he would look "older" too with the dusting of grey at the temples the prototype featured, but that didn't make it to production. But, there is a splotch of yellow "warpaint" is...interesting.
Both helmets are well-rendered with the visors that position up or down well. The armor looks real good. The usual futzing is required upon removing the figure from the box - removing the armor pieces and re-positioning the limbs. It just required a little more caution with the added gear on some of the pieces to avoid snapping those pieces off.
I think the detailing and application is really good. The shading is really well-applied on this one too. While the mottling texture on the pauldron pieces looks a bit garish in photos, it looks fine "in hand" and depending on the lighting conditions really adds some great texture.
Seems like the perfect clone. eh? Well...there is one thing which may not be an issue to some but for me is really the "dropped ball" of this figure and that's the straps that come off of the waist ammo belt. They are ill-fitting, too short and fastened wrong onto the kama. There is no way to pull them down across the front of the figure as illustrated on the box photos or the film. It's really unfortunate, because as small a detail as they may seem, they really are one of the "signature" looks to this clone commander that set it apart from the others. There have been enough "in hand" photos of this production version appearing on the board here to show that it's not an isolated thing, but it seems to have happened on all of them.
I may get brave enough to try and fix/replace them myself...
Bottom line for me...another great clone figure from Sideshow with one bad production flaw (the straps), but still a worthy display piece in the "Militaries of SW" collection...here's hoping Gree comes out well too.
Gotta say...Cody's still the best "Commander" figure so far for me...
Next up, Gree! Here's hoping to see Bacara and Neyo on deck soon!
The latest is Clone Commander Bly of the 327 Star Corps serving under Jedi General Aayla Secura.
Bly is another well-rendered clone. The head portrait has better/cleaner paint apps than Cody did (no weepy eyes from too much clearcoat like Cody had). I was hoping he would look "older" too with the dusting of grey at the temples the prototype featured, but that didn't make it to production. But, there is a splotch of yellow "warpaint" is...interesting.
Both helmets are well-rendered with the visors that position up or down well. The armor looks real good. The usual futzing is required upon removing the figure from the box - removing the armor pieces and re-positioning the limbs. It just required a little more caution with the added gear on some of the pieces to avoid snapping those pieces off.
I think the detailing and application is really good. The shading is really well-applied on this one too. While the mottling texture on the pauldron pieces looks a bit garish in photos, it looks fine "in hand" and depending on the lighting conditions really adds some great texture.
Seems like the perfect clone. eh? Well...there is one thing which may not be an issue to some but for me is really the "dropped ball" of this figure and that's the straps that come off of the waist ammo belt. They are ill-fitting, too short and fastened wrong onto the kama. There is no way to pull them down across the front of the figure as illustrated on the box photos or the film. It's really unfortunate, because as small a detail as they may seem, they really are one of the "signature" looks to this clone commander that set it apart from the others. There have been enough "in hand" photos of this production version appearing on the board here to show that it's not an isolated thing, but it seems to have happened on all of them.
I may get brave enough to try and fix/replace them myself...
Bottom line for me...another great clone figure from Sideshow with one bad production flaw (the straps), but still a worthy display piece in the "Militaries of SW" collection...here's hoping Gree comes out well too.
Gotta say...Cody's still the best "Commander" figure so far for me...
Next up, Gree! Here's hoping to see Bacara and Neyo on deck soon!
