Can't get any more cold-blooded than this!
Well, I'm still trying to get all the Bounty Hunters from Empire Strikes Back, and the last one I found was
Bossk.
Well, this is another case of Black Series' sculpt over articulation, but we'll get onto the
specifics a bit late. As far as the articulation goes, it's
excellent. This is the archive re-release of Bossk, but considering he's an alien... I doubt the paint apps needed any upgrades. As with a lot of Star Wars designs, he is very simple, but the Black Series' team cooked hard with that. On his skin, they sculpted all the tiny
scales, and on his pilot-like costume they gave him
folds everywhere. He also had a lot of paint apps on his belt and metallic thingies alongside his shins and what not. The expression on his face is a bit empty... but it's an accurate match to how he looked in Empire Strikes Back, so bonus points for
accuracy. His trigger finger hand looks a bit goofy, I think two of his three fingers should've been
curled, but that's just me. His only accessory is a blaster rifle.
Articulation is where things fall off the rails, sadly. His articulation is better bellow the waist, as he gets double jointed knees as well as swivels on his thighs and shins. He has no waist articulation, as while there seems to be a swivel on his ab crunch... he can
barely twist 1 or 2 degrees, making it
useless.
His elbows are single jointed and don't even get up to a 90 degree bend, so you won't be striking many cool poses with his gun.
That said, you can close and open his mouth, which I found pretty
cute. He is a bit shorter than Bucky Cap.
Bossk looks really nice, it's a shame his articulation is a bit
limited. I think it's the lack of any waist or diaphragm articulation that really limits him. But I guess he can at least look sorta intimidating next to the other bounty hunters, because, for what it's worth, his sculpt is fantastic.
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