Got this one in the mail today which is the second of the new Retaliation wave 2 figures that I have seen.
I was expecting something very similar to the Flnt Figure that I got earlier in the week and surprisingly enough, I was wrong.
Figure Articulation First
Sneak Attack Stormie has
Ball jointed head
Double Jointed shoulders
Double Jointed elbows
Single jointed wrists
a Ball torso joint below the chest
Pin ball jointed hips
the always favorite double jointed knees "ahh yes"
and double jointed ankles
So, with the exception of the wave 1 Clone Wars like double jointed wrists, we are back to the articulation that we had come to expect from a good looking joe figure like this and he is good looking. Body and head sculpt look good and the paint apps are nice as well.
Gear wise, he has a removable hood-piece, What I suppose would be a removable vest, a sub machine gun, a backpack affair for his 4 swards which connect at the ends in pairs for some double bladed weapon action, a double handled weapon connected by a length of metal chain." chad, can you line me out on what this is", and although he has a holster on one side, no sidearm. I assume its part of a previously used sculpt.
Also, there is the zipline accessory which is alot cooler than the wonky affair that was packed in with the flint figure. this deal has a back peg but collapses together into a much tighter package. There are a pair of blades that can be swung out of the front and at the push of a button, two doors swing open to reveal two pulleys with string that can be removed and spread out along the length of the string to either end. Each pulley has a little hook built onto it that can either hook to something or accept the string were it wrapped around something and looped back through the hook. The hook acts as a peg which fits a slot in its bay in the backpack after the string is manually wound back up and the line itself runs through a hole in between these bay doors for zipline or repelling action. Altogether, it is a much nicer accessory than the one packed in with flint and even worthy of the higher price that these are to be marked at from what I hear. $10.99
Once again, no figure stand was provided so I had to pose him for a couple of shots using an old Scarlett stand. Now the inclusion of the double jointed knees seems interesting on this one especially since the side flaps and tails of his overcoat restrict the leg movement enough to almost negate the need for it but since we were all missing the articulation, I certainly cant complain about it rather should praise this figure for it and hope that we will be seeing a lot more of it in the future.
Overall, it is a solid Stormshadow release and certainly worthy of purchase.
and I forgot about this little pack in here which serves no real purpose. I suppose it can be slid onto someones arm but the one peg end is slotted to fit the button on the zipline back pack that opens the pulley doors but that button presses, it doesnt rotate or lock. There went the figure stand money............
Here is a shot of the two sward halves put together
and a couple of shots of him on Scarlett's stand
