Picked this one up at a TRU for $17.95?
As seen in the Clone Wars animated movie and series, this is Count Dooku and his speeder bike.
The Dooku figure while wildly exaggerated in the Animated style, is very super arty which is a surprise to me as in this line, it's usually the clones who get the superarty treatment and no one else. He has ball jointed hips to help him sit properly on his speeder. He includes his lightsaber and a nifty looking removable hooded cloak with a mounted plastic chain clasp at the neck which looks really nice on the softgoods cloak.
His speeder features movable pegged footrests and an adjustable footrest carrage assembly which makes it nice for mounting of various figures so that their position while seated will look natural. There is a mounted seatbelt which is a chore to get a figure through to position onto the seat but does help hold the figure in place once he's there. The paint apps on my copy could have been a little neater and the speeder's controls could have had some more detail but all in all, It is a nice looking bike.
Once again, I had a chore getting the diorama display part of the packaging to separate from the rest of the box without tearing it apart. This operation requires some scissors, a sharp knife, patience, and about 10 min of your time. The end result is a nice little backdrop but looks funny with a repulsor-lift speeder in it that has no stand. A little clear plastic stand could have helped in this case.
I'm not really keen on the wildly exaggerated look of the Dooku sculpt but can probably find a Legacy version that will sit in this speeder.
