Shin arrived today from Amazon. She's good, but definitely not great.

The body sculpt and articulation is pretty solid, though her shoulder armor should have a few noticeable triangular accents on it that are sculpted way too small. Unfortunately, most of the deco feels pretty flat, she needs a paint wash to bring it out and make her clothing and armor look more worn. I felt most let down with the head, but Hasbro didn't quite capture Ivanna Sakhno in TBS either. The likeness just isn't quite right, especially compared to so many other figures we've been getting lately. I was looking at the sculpt pretty closely, and I think it is mostly the nose and the eyes that feel off. The tip of her nose should be a bit more upturned and her eyes a little deeper set. The paint-app on the face doesn't help either; the eyes could have had more of a dark shadow to help sell them, and her beauty marks, while they are present, are so faint and small that they are almost unnoticeable. At this scale, I think Hasbro could have cheated those to be a little larger so that they are more visible, since they are a prominent feature of the actress's face. Shin's hair is also missing a paint wash to give her the darker roots and a bit of depth, as well as some detailing painting on her braid. And of course, there is the issue of the missing cloak.

All that being said, it is not a bad figure by any means and is still fairly close. It is good to finally get Shin in the line. I'm going to grab an extra to fix the paint apps up a bit and I may see if I can boil her head and reposition the nose a little bit too, but I don't want to flatten it. Hopefully, that should address most of my issues with her.

My Baylan is in a case from EE, so hopefully he isn't too far behind.

I'm keeping the mustache because only a clone would shave that thing off!

Unless that's what the original wanted you to think and shaved his off to blend in.

I wonder what that says about the actual wholesale cost of a TVC figure...

I would have to go back and rewatch, which I probably won’t, but I feel like between Rebels and Clone Wars they pretty much filled up all of the time gaps with Maul so I’m not sure where this could be set or how interesting it could be plot wise, but I’ll def check it out.

IIRC, it's close to 10-year timeline gap between the end of Clone Wars when Maul escapes from Ahsoka & the post-credit scene in Solo when we first see Maul again, having once again reestablished himself as a leader in the criminal underworld. After Solo, it is another 6-8 years or so until Maul reappears to Ezra outside the Sith Temple on Morriban in Rebels, having lost everything. So aside from the one brief check-in over a 16-year period, we don't really know any specifics about what he was up to during the "Rise of the Empire" period. I think there is a good amount of story potential there. 

Quote from: Matt_Fury on April 18, 2025, 03:04 PM

Available for Premium Members now.

Guess I'll check back in an hour or so.

That one hour delay for the common folk is maybe the dumbest "value" I've ever seen someone try and monetize with a premium membership.  Hasbro marketing should be ashamed of their stupidity.

... But ... it makes me feel so special when no one else does ...   :'(

 

Jk, It is pretty silly. The "free" shipping is ok, even though Premium is essiantiall just paying a flat yearly upfront fee that essentially equates to discounted shipping on each order. With the Haslabs and a few of the Pusle exclusives I order enough that the premiums saves me a few bucks a year on shipping, but there is really zero value to it beyond that.

I ended up ordering two Banthas to start with.

$17.99 each @ EE currently, waiting on the JD links to order.

I ended up grabbing the case of 8, plus an extra Crosshair, Merrin, Gideon, & 5 extra Rocket Troopers.

I am still a bit hesitant with Disney's production track record to get too excited here, but that sounds potentially promising. Fall isn't so far off, but a lot can happen before then. We will see if the cast/crew remain intact or if the writer/director are replaced 5 times and production is delayed indefinitely...

I don't collect much Black Series but man, that Kurt Russell Dash Rendar is sweet. And TBS gets Turgle & Skoova Stev?! I really wish these were coming in TVC too, I may end up picking a few of these up.