Got mine today. It’s a nice package and all the light up features work in my copy thankfully. Hooking up all the little cords to the box is a little cumbersome, but the effect is nice and nowhere near as bad as fidgeting with all those little batteries. It’s my first time with a figure that has that so I was expecting worse. The foam packing is done much better in this than InArt’s Gandalf.
Like others have said, the damaged Anakin reveal is really well done. However, I don’t like how much the damage on the helmet itself softened up on the production piece. I expected it based on pics but still disappointed by it.
I could be wrong but the pleather on this suit feels different from previous ones. This is looking a bit more like waxed fabrics instead of pleather.
I don’t mind the codpiece as much as others but also wouldn’t mind if it was maybe 10% smaller. If I keep this long enough that someone makes a scaled down version, then I’ll happily buy one.
Cape and inner robes aren’t the best. Wasn’t expecting that despite what others have said. Think I might try the sideshow ROTJ cape and robes for this instead when I get a chance as those have a pretty deep black to them that would go well with this.
Overall, even though it’s another Darth Vader, and will probably look very similar on the shelf, it’s different enough in the details. This definitely makes the RO version pretty obsolete, but I think there’s still a place for the ANH versions. That said, not sure I personally need two Vaders or even a third with the ROTJ version down the road.