The last Skywalker.
A lot can be said about Star Wars' Sequel Trilogy, but
most of it isn't very good. I've sorta warmed up, a bit, to Rey and
Kylo Ren, the leads, but that's as much as I'll give them. The Force Awakens was A New Hope but repackaged, The Last Jedi is still one of the prime cases of Character Assassination of a beloved character and Rise of Skywalker proofs that you can't climb out of a hole using nostalgia. But, alas, this is about the figure...
Having warmed up to the leads, I can now admit that the crossguard saber is sorta cool, and that Kylo Ren's visual design can be cool too. In that sense, the figure is a really good adaptation of how Ren looks, and I think that he looks kinda cool. The resemblance to Adam Driver is
relatively good, but it could've been a lot better, but, and it's a
BIG but...
why is his hair brown? Adam's hair is black, Ben Solo's hair is black, so... what is this? It makes the figure look very
odd. He also comes with an alternate, bladeless hilt, which is how all Jedi and Sith figures should come, as well as a soft-rubber cape that is only held by the figure's shoulders, making it completely
useless.
The articulation is on par with the
older Black Series' figures, having single jointed elbows but double jointed knees. His waist is on a ball-joint and he has swivels on thighs. While you can't get him on his Last Jedi 'pointing' blade pose he kept striking you can still get him on cool poses. He is as tall as Bucky Cap.
While there are some glaring issues with the figure, like the useless cape and the brown hair, the rest of the figure looks really nice, and he is a fine addition to my Sith figures.
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