You were supposed to destroy the Sith!
Considering how much I loved Clone Wars, I've been meaning to get my hands on
General Anakin Skywalker for a while now, so the Ahsoka update was everything I wanted... or is it?
Well... I like the soft-goods on this guy, and I really
dig the Clone Wars armored suit, even if I prefer his usual attire. The best thing about this figure is how
perfectly they nailed Haysen Christensen's
older likeness. He looks exactly like he looks in the Ahsoka series, which is just incredible. But that's about all the good things I can say about this guy. Firstly, they reused the basic Anakin's double jointed legs,
gumminess and everything. But that's
nothing compared to what they did to his arms. His shoulders droop from way too low, which already makes him look off, but they are also extra long, in no small part due to how thick his elbows are. No matter how you pose him, you'll always feel like something is
off with him. And then there's the shoulder pads, the bit of plastic that connects the butterfly joint to the pad itself is of different lengths between the right and left arm, and I looked it up and it happens with every copy of the figure, so his arms look even more uneven and wrong.
This is honestly one of the ugliest Black Series figures I've seen.
His waist is on a ball joint, he has single jointed elbows, with a nice, deep cut, and double jointed knees with swivels on his thighs. He has very
generous butterfly joints that lets him hit some very neat poses... if only his arms weren't so
long.
This is what I meant about the thick elbows. They do this ugly figure no favors. He is as tall as the other Anakin figures, and slightly shorter than Bucky Cap.
Sure, he is a remake of an older figure... but they've been doing such a great job updating older figures... why didn't this Anakin get a full upgrade instead of just a simple head update? Which, admittedly, is a
fantastic new headsculpt, but still. It gets even worse because the General Kenobi figure is so darn good, so why didn't General Skywalker get something that good too? I'm only being generous with the score because I do love this head sculpt, I like the design and Anakin is my favorite character next to Cal.
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