Your instincts serve you well...
I'll admit, I've
never quite liked
Darth Vader's design. The bulky helmet looks so silly, and as years went by, the
sillier his costume looked. But, if I'm to have Star Wars figures, a Darth Vader is a must have in my collection, plus, I used to own his figure way back when.
Well, as far as the sculpt goes, he looks exactly like I remembered him. His black parts are very glossy, which I feel look quite accurate, and the use of soft-goods for his robes and cape look great. There's a nice amount of detail on his silly and
outdated chest-panel piece, and his outfit is filled with textures. The one thing, I think his hand could have a better grip on his blade.
While this is a new rerelease, it's a re-release of an
older figure, so, in some ways, he is a bit outdated,
even by Black Series' standards. This Vader has no butterfly joints on his arms, no extra hands and the unmask feature is nowhere to be seen... which I consider it a plus, as I don't want his helmet coming off and I would
never use his unmasked head anyways. He has a waist swivel and leg swivels, double jointed knees and single jointed elbows. His legs are a bit gummy, but it's
not too bad. Surprisingly, for a Series Black figure, he is as tall as the Bucky Cap mold.
Vader's eyes are sometimes depicted with a dull red shine to them... I don't think it came across too well with this figure, as his eyes end up looking a bit brown or maroon rather than red. It's not too distracting, and you have to
pay attention to his eyes to notice it, but, yeah...
I needed a Vader figure in my collection, and I'm quite content with it. I did some research on Vader figures and there's not one perfect figure, I feel. Sure, I would've liked butterfly joints,
but, I certainly didn't want the unmasking feature... So I feel that any one figure could've filled this spot in my collection. That said, I like this figure, and maybe... maybe he doesn't look
as silly as I've been thinking all this time.
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