So this is pretty much the ultimate in Bobas. The UbaBoba. Just a great looking figure, accurate as far as I can tell, if you ignore the fact his rifle is all warped. Probably my fault anyways for leaving it like that. Came with his dad and great-great-great-grandad in an Evolutions pack.
In the long interval between Empire and Jedi the only Star Wars stories to be had were Marvel Comics, and they did a pretty good job of keeping us entertained. They loved to fake you out with covers implying that Han had been found and battles with Boba Fett were imminent, and to us unsophisticates of the 80s it could only mean that Return of the Jedi was about to be released. Like Fenn Shysha here. I know I am spelling his name wrong but this is how I read it for like ten years. You see that amazing cover and you think oh my god Leia is gonna fight Boba Fett! And then it turns out it was this guy named Fenn who she kisses instead of fights! What? At least there was a cool backstory for the Mandalorians, a name that was new to me at that point. It hinted at the Clone Wars which of course were a huge mystery back then. Anyways, Fenn here is a repaint of Boba Fett and a pretty good likeness of his comical origins. Him and Tobe Dalla (spelling?) were both put in seperate comic two-packs that was catered to us 80s children. Even if it was a fakeout, I have a high nostalgic love of the original not-Boba Mandalorian.
So this guy is a little weird looking, at least for Star Wars. He looks more like he belongs in Lord of the Rings. Although I guess battleaxes are an accepted weapon in the SW galaxy. I looked him up in Wookiepedia to see where he comes from and he is from the Great Sith War of an even longer time ago in that galaxy far, far away. Fair enough, I guess he is the great grandpa of all Mandalorians. Anyways, as figures go he is nicely done, but he just feels out of place alongside the others. He came in an Evolutions pack with Boba and Jango.
It's been a while I know. Daughter born and all that. But actually I still have time, just all camera resources are dedicated to her right now! But I took a quick shot of Jango and sons. This Jango is from the Fett Evolutions set, the one with that weird battle-ax wielding Mandalore guy. I guess Gamorrean Guards have the battle-axes so it fits. Anyways, this is not about him. This is about Jango. His helmet looks great, and his jetpack is fine too, different from Boba's. Not sure about his shirt, the color seems a little off. The other Jango I have is stuck in a pose, so it's nice to have a more posable Jango. They should also make a head-comes-off Jango. Poor guy. I never really understood why he was fighting on Dooku's side. Wasn't he hired, at least ostensibly, by the Republic? Oh well. At least he got to do more than Boba.
Back when I was a kid I used to freeze my Star Wars figures in the little plastic bubble that attached to the cards they came in. It was fun because they would come out of the freezer in a state of perfect hibernation, and for the next couple of hours you could pretend that your figure is on his way to Jabba the Hutt, all frozen in carbonite. The downside was, the process turned their arms and legs all loosey goosey. So I stopped doing it. Jodo Kast here, one of only three figures I wanted to get from Legacy Wave 3, apparently spent some time in carbonite. His arms and head are supa loose! Sucks! He was already borderline lame to begin with- a yellow Mandalorian? Most of Wave 3 is even lamer- holographic Dooku? Yaddle and Paddle? Please. But I am a sucker for Mandalorians even if they are yellow. But not if they are also loosey goosey! And it turns out, according to his bio, he's not even a real Mandalorian- he is an impostor of Boba Fett who decides to track him down and give him a lesson. Maybe Boba snapped his shoulders and neck! That would make more sense . . .
