Slave I review!

The Rise of Boba Fett Ultimate Battle Packs. $109.99. Five figures: Anakin, Mace, R8-B7, Boba, and Bossk. Last three are exclusive to this set. Two starships: Mace's Jedi Starfighter and the motherfucking Slave 1! I don't give a crap about the starfighter or the figures. I dislike the Clone Wars style figures. The droid is pretty nice though. It has a ton of gimmicks.


Slave 1. I've been waiting for a re-release of this vehicle for many years. This is, however, a great improvement over the Kenner version. It doesn't have the colors of the Empire Strikes Back ship, but it will do. Plus, this thing is huge! Look at Boba standing next to it!


First, let's look at the cockpit. Now the front seat here is designed for the young Boba Fett figure in this pack. There were no instructions on this, but you are able to take the "seats" out and use the rear ones in the front.




Now this is ready for the real Boba Fett to pilot. (Or whatever full size 3.75 figure you choose.)



So this Slave 1 has a compartment that opens up here and you can pose figures in a variety of positions. They put a couple of foot pegs to stick figures on. You can also see the holding cell from here.


There is a neat little ramp you can pull out.


Here the holding compartment is pulled down and the holding cell is out. It may not be able to hold a carbonite Han, but it's still an awesome little thing.


On the back/bottom of the ship there are two ship bombs. Another nice little addition. Also worth noting, the little canons on the bottom/back can shoot projectiles.

Now, there is one little flaw that I really can't overlook. The cockpit opening does not snap shut very well. So the cockpit will fall open when in use.

This is still by far the greatest Slave 1 release so far. If another Slave 1 with ESB colors is released, I unfortunately will still get it.

Another Combo Review

Super combo review. Sneaking suit Naked Snake, Fry, Bender, and "Vintage" Boba Fett.



The Big Boss came in from Kid Nemo. He comes with fist hands, handgun hands, two pistols, one silencer cap, and a shield. I wish it came with one more set of hands that are just open. The handgun hand is terrible when using it with no gun in it. His sculpt is one of the most awesome ones I have ever seen on an articulated toy. His actual articulation leaves a lot to be desired though. Let's compare to my other Play Arts Kai figure, Lightning.


Snake's face is leaps and bounds better than Lightning's. Snake's sculpt is highly detailed, but is also quite bulky. Something I was worried about when I picked and looked at Chris Redfield back at AX. He had a similar build to Snake, and when I saw him up close, he was incredibly bulky. Now that I have him, his sculpt does indeed hinder his articulation quite a bit.

His joint at the shoulder is very limited. Lightning can bend her arm back further than Snake's. This one thing prevents a lot of poses from looking right. I really can't stress how much this sucks.


His legs are on par with Lightning's. That is the only other good thing about him aside from his good looks. If you don't have the money for a Medicom Snake, this is an okay substitute. I would avoid it otherwise.

Boba Fett with a "Vintage" card. Who cares? This is a terrible scalpers product. This is actually an awesome figure, but the "Vintage" card makes it "collectible" and scalpers will sweep these up. Forcing people like me to pay more. Thankfully, I work at a toy store. Suck it scalpers.


This is my fourth Boba Fett. I thought my second one (an old Legends) had articulation. I found out I was wrong when I finally opened it up after forgetting about it for a couple years. So I probably should have bought the Evolutions pack with Boba, Mandalore, and Jango so I wouldn't have had to beat scalpers to buy this. My first was a Kenner, and my third Boba Fett was the Mcquarrie version.

This Fett has a helmet and a jet pack that comes off. He has a small cloth cape. He comes with two blasters. All of these are awesome things. His actual face is nicely detailed, but I don't really care for it. It's a typical modern Star Wars figure in the articulation department. His head is on a ball joint, so he has great movement. No ab swivel though. Great figure. Hope anyone who wants it, can pick it up themselves in store.



Fry and Bender. Normally I skip these cartoon figures because they normally don't have articulation. I saw that Fry had joints, and I naturally assumed Bender's arms and legs could bend into poses. I ended up buying both.


Fry comes with a holophonor, ray gun, Slurm can, and a tin of anchovies. His articulation is terrible. His shoulder, waist, and head are cut joints. His elbows and knees are pin joints. Very limited movement. Increased a bit with cut joints above both of the pin joints. Still, it's better than just a statue of a cartoon figure. I wish Fry came with interchangeable eyes like Bender.


Bender comes with a pile of cash and coins, can of robot oil, bottle of booze, and three sets of eyes. This is one of those characters that I thought wouldn't transfer well to a figure. They managed to do it here. The interchangeable eyes are fantastic. They should of had one more set that was just normal. The arms and legs are bendable, but are still very stiff. The fact that you can actually open up his chest is awesome. The only bad thing about this figure is the fingers. It's hard to have him hold anything well. This is still a very good toy.

I hope to see Leela, Zap, and Zoidberg soon.

Next review should hopefully be Sylvanas and maybe Thrall.