We're back after a little slowdown because of Comic-Con and other factors... We're picking up where we left off with the Tatooine Wave. This week's review is for:
The snitchiest snitch of Tatooine, Garindan.
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So I went into getting the Tatooine Wave in general with a little bit of a chip on my shoulder. Early photos showed the wave to clearly lack articulation that, had these come out in 2005, I really believe we'd have gotten something better. Hell, even in 2004, we got a wave of Cantina figures with elbow, wrist, and knee joints on all 3 for no real reason at all... Flash forward to '06 though and we're lacking knee joints.
Now that said, Momaw Nadon was as disappointing as I had imagined... However, when I got to Garindan, he was a figure that first and foremost NEEDED a resculpt desperately while Momaw I could've lived without and I don't think many others would've cared either. Garindan though was really one of those figures from the POTF2 line showing its age... And Hasbro responded.
Is he perfect? No... Like I said, he is lacking knee joints which is a shame no matter which way you try to slice it... It's 2006, Star Wars figures SHOULD have a better standard of articulation and Hasbro just doesn't set standards and keep to them with this line. That will always be frustrating to me...
But the good this figure has far outweighs the bad. The communicator, the cloth cloak, the incredible improvement to the working holster, the holster for the communicator (freaking cool little feature to me), and articulation that is close to being good... There's definitely a lot to like there. So I'll bitch less about knees this week in my review... I'll certainly rave a good bit about the cool features on this figure though, and let me say that I love Hasbro's rendition of the Kubaz species and what they look like... too bad his goggles don't come off and we get a whole headsculpt.
Read the review though, check it out... this figure has a lot to like, and it's one of those times that pictures didn't do it justice and it really actually was a figure that my opinion changed on it after I got it, opened it, and enjoyed it while reviewing it. Kudos to Hasbro for winning me over...
Now make better articulated figures a STANDARD already... Get off your asses and just do it and stop with the 1980 articulation (mostly on the legs) as it's getting old.