Hi Wraithnine here with another review ,this time round its the revision of the 2012 Capt Rex.
Apparently Hasbro have announced that this last wave (cos the Dimwits have cancelled TCW) is to be a European exclusive thus annoying every American TCW collector in the universe.
first up the packaging ,now i actually like the Yoda line look as its very fresh and colourful.
Front:
Rear:
the figure itself has nice clean armour gone is the dirty grey plastic they have also revised the paintwork unfortunatly not for the better ,which i will explain later .
the figures comes with 2 DC-17 blaster pistols and a brand new Z-6 rotary cannon which contrary to the packaging blurb does not "spin"
yes it rotates and its quite stiff but it has to be turned by hand still its a massive improvement over the previous incarnation,and some fighterpods crap.
heres a pic to compare the 2:
a big difference as you can see.
now on to the figure ,Rex's armour is nice and clean and as i have said they have revised the paintwork the blue used is of a lighter shade than before and the striping is much narrower as well ,and the annoying thing is that the tally marks on his forearms have gone.
Also the chin piece and circular vents have been painted a very light grey and not black as they should be (something i swiftly rectified)
also the "weld" line on the torso is way too wavey(me just being picky)
see some comparison pics:
The articulation is as follows :
Ball jointed head
Ball jointed shoulders
Ball jointed elbows
No articulation in the wrists
Swivel waist
Ball jointed..Knees
yes he has knees!(hooray)
No ankle articulation
on balance an excellent figure only let down by a couple of minor flaws.
