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Manufacturer: Hasbro
Recommended Age: 4 and up
Category: Action Figure, Star Wars
Overall Rating:
4 Stars out of 4
Review by Ken
4 Stars out of 4
I was actually thinking the other day how most of the action figures from
STAR WARS: EPISODE 1 are starting to seem a bit boring. I mean, the
characters that Hasbro has released so far hardly seem to match the supreme
coolness of Kenner's previous Power Of The Force figures like Bossk, Garindan,
Zuckuss and the all-out classic; Ponda Baba. Seriously, can you
really picture some 6-year old kid today getting all excited over a figure
like Episode 1's Ric Ollie (receding hairline and all), when we
have the Spawn guys putting out seriously groundbreaking stuff
like Dark Ages 2 and the new Movie Maniacs line? I guess Star Wars
is just so addictive and all-consuming that nobody stops
to think that some of these figures actually suck.'
Thankfully, the Dark Side of the Force has always provided us with a way
cool assortment of bad guys, and the shadowy Darth Sidious is no
exception. Our guy Sidious is the frigging mastermind who orchestrated the
entire trade blockade as well as the ensuing takeover of the
planet Naboo. Although he's rarely seen in the movie; you now have
the chance to see him as much as you want once you get the figure. The
detailing on the toy is done up very nicely, with Darth Sidious
seeming very calm yet unquestionably sinister. The robes should have been
made out of cloth instead of plastic, but I guess the toymakers
avoided this for their own reasons.
The foreign market version of this figure also comes with a bonus
Battle Droid, instead of the COMMTech Chip. The bonus droids actually go
a long way in helping fans to amass their own private droid armies. Sure,
most of the new Episode 1 figures may be dull as doorknobs; but Darth Sidious
avoids getting lumped together with the other crap simply
because he's a mean looking, cold-eyed Dark Lord of the frigging
Sith! 4 stars!!
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Darth Sidious
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