Now this... this is what I wanted!
Ever since getting the Poncho
Cal Kestis and playing Fallen Order... I just wished that we'd get alternate costumes, and an accessory pack with multiple sabers, wished for them knowing it'd never happen.
It did. I mean, it's still Hasbro so, you know, they took a few shortcuts and recycling, but... dude, this is pretty much what I wished for
For starters, this is the Scoundrel Outfit, AKA the Han Solo outfit. It's not my favorite unlockable costume in the game, but even worse, this is
inaccurate to how it looks in-game. They
recycled the previous figure and only changed the vest, while in-game he gets Han's belt, pants, boots and undershirt. So, yeah,
lazy all-around. On the other hand, we get an alternate head with a stache and a mullet, which I don't like but I love the fact that it's here, opens up the door for more alternate Cal heads! But even better, they redid the head sculpt, now it looks closer to how it does in-game. And it doesn't stop there, we get FOUR different saber hilts, although, sadly, only two white sabers. I think I would've included a Blue, Green, Yellow, Purple and White sabers and let users play around, but I'm not complaining, this is a step in the right direction. We also get the mandatory BD-1.
The head looks a bit small, but it's closer to the actor, while still not perfect. For the next photos I'll be using the older head, as I want the better one on the outfit I liked
better! This three-pack also includes a gun for Turgle, but you can equip it on Cal anyways, I mean, he can
customize his gun too after all!
As for articulation he is identical to the previous Cal. Single jointed elbows and knees with deep cuts, a ball jointed waist, swivels on his thighs and butterfly joints that don't really give him all that much extra range, but they are
welcome anyways. He is a bit shorter than Bucky Cap.
If I was just scoring Cal himself... I'd probably score him exactly, or maybe a bit lower, than the previous release, because I don't really
care about this design.... but this figure makes the previous Cal even better. Now you can give him any of his hilts, you can customize them with white sabers, and we even get a better headsculpt. So all these extras push him above. I love this figure and what it represents, because now this means we can get more versions of Cal, with more hilts and more colored blades.
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