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Evolutions – The Sith Legacy review
I haven’t seen a lot elsewhere about this set, so while I’m curious to know what everyone else thought about it, at least I know I won’t be reflecting the sentiments of anyone else in this review. I’m just going to break it down figure by figure to keep things simple. So here we go…
Darth Maul (shirtless) – 6/10
The figure I was looking forward to the least of all in the set. I like Darth Maul, but I was satisfied with the first two variations of him released when TPM first came out, and never felt that huge a need for a shirtless version of him. Articulation is good, and the sculpt looks like Maul (as far as I can tell, though his complex tattoos would probably hide a myriad of issues if they were there). The paint job on his arms and body is very, very dark, compared to his head, which also used a very dark shade of red. Facial details were somewhat obscured by overuse of paint, and while he’s showing his teeth, they looked mostly black on the figure in the set I got. A small portion of his waist cloth is soft goods, I’m guessing to allow for a wide range of leg movement. His hands seem rather small, and while he grips his saber, it’s not a very secure grip. Overall not a bad figure, but more like something I’d expect from a regular figure wave, not what I came to expect after the great Vader Evolutions set.
Darth Bane – 9/10
I became familiar with Darth Bane only weeks before I got this set, and even then it was mostly only by the grace of Wookieepedia. The figure looks very good, and has a plastic cape, and a little bit of soft goods around his waist. I hate soft goods, so I was very thankful they chose to give him a plastic cape, it looks cool. Articulation is moderate, as his legs don’t seem capable of doing the splits, at least not as far as I could tell, but he has ball jointed shoulders and a decent range of arm movement. The figure comes with removable orbalisk armor that can be applied to his head, chest, and arms. The armor for the head and chest fit well, but the arm sections are squishy and don’t stay on well, not to mention they are translucent and easy to lose. On a side note, if you don’t already know what the armor is, there’s nothing included with the set to explain it to you, but that’s not all that unexpected. I’m just glad I knew before hand. The figure is much taller than most of the other figures in the standard waves, about the height of a Vader figure, and looks very imposing in full armor. He only has one hand capable of holding his saber, but I like the “beckoning” pose of his non-saber hand, so I’m not complaining. This is the figure I knew the least about before buying the set and had the fewest expectations about, so I was pleasantly surprised.
Darth Nihilus – 10/10
I basically bought this set for this figure, and thankfully, I wasn’t disappointed. The figure’s arm and leg articulation is good, though movement at the shoulders is inhibited slightly by the figure’s hood, and I didn’t test the movement limits of the legs as much as I could have. The figure has a soft goods cape, and while I hate soft goods, the fabric the cape is made of is stiff enough that it doesn’t flare out and look stupid like many other soft goods garments I’ve encountered (the fact that it’s riddled with holes is a kind of cool effect). The cape appears to be attached to the hood, and the hood looks to be removable, though I didn’t attempt to take it off. The paint details on the figure’s mask are very good, much better than product photos I’d seen before lead me to believe. Like the Bane figure, Nihilus can only hold his saber with one hand, and the saber handle is a little too small for him to get a decent grip on it. His left hand has the same open “beckoning” pose as the Darth Bane figure, but I think it works well. Given that this figure was the reason I bought the set, I was very pleased it was so well done.
Overall, a very good set, and I’m glad I bought it. Darth Maul was the low point, and even his figure wasn’t really bad, it just wasn’t what I considered to be Evolutions set material, and I felt they could have chosen someone else to take his place, since we already got a Darth Maul in the Sith Evolutions set that came out after ROTS. I was a little surprised at the lack of accessories that came with the set, but the more I think about it, the more I realize I can’t really think of anything they could have thrown in there to make it more interesting. Even if you’re not familiar with the source material all of these figures are taken from, I would still recommend the set for anyone who likes well done figs.
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