Sculpt--3/5
In terms of sculpting, this clone trooper doesn't really bring much new to the table. Detail-wise, he's a bit like the AT-TE Tank Gunner in that the sculpting isn't as sharp and crisp as on clone #6 or clone #41. For instance, the hip armor is somewhat featureless and looks a bit too smooth. Other details of note are the separately sculpted belt, the hips, and the clones shoe soles. This clone lacks peg-holes in his feet and so his shoe soles are fully sculpted. Granted, it's just a bunch of horizontal lines, but hey, they're sculpted nonetheless. The hips on this clone don't have the oddly wide look of clone #6's and are sculpted with enough room between the hip armor and the cod piece to allow for excellent hip motion. Unfortunately the legs that are seen under the armor look a bit on the skinny side. The belt is separately sculpted and is connected to the upper body so that when you move the upper body, the belt moves along with it. The transition from belt to abdomen isn't a good one though, and there is an obvious gap between them. All in all, this is my least favorite ROTS clone figure but it's not just because of the so-so sculpting.

Articulation--2/5
The deluxe clone trooper has 11 points of articulation: ball-jointed neck, standard shoulders, swivel right elbow, standard waist, standard hips, ball-jointed knees, and ball-jointed ankles. Everything below the waist is great; there's good motion in the hips and ball-jointed knees and ankles are always welcome. However, the arms on this figure are pathetic. No wrist articulation?! Only one elbow joint?! I have no idea what Hasbro was thinking here. I thought for sure there was elbow joints on both arms but when I nearly ripped off the left forearm I figured I should stop trying. They could have at least given us wrist joints to help with the posing, but that isn't the case. This all adds up to a limited amount of poses that you can do with the arms, and I hate being limited in this manner.

Features--3/5
The jet backpack features spring open wings and can fire two missiles. Pretty simple stuff but it works well. Push the red button on the jet pack and the wings spring out. Insert the missiles in the holes and you can fire them at will.

Accessories--3/5
You get the jetpack, two missiles, and a blaster rifle. The blaster rifle is all new and doesn't resemble the usual clone rifles we've been getting. This one looks more like it could be a sniper rifle with its scope and stock. If you hate rubbery weapons then you won't like this one; it's totally flimsy and chances are yours won't be straight when you take it out of the package. The jetpack is decent and attaches to the clone's back via a notched peg. By itself, it looks like it could be a small spaceship of some sort. You can potentially use it as some sort of drone or scout ship. Why a jet pack would have a cockpit looking thing is beyond me.

Paint--4/5
Not much to complain about here. The only thing that bugs me is that part of the knee articulation is cast in white plastic instead of black, making the knee articulation totally obvious. Other than that, the paint is good.

Packaging--3/5
The deluxe figures don't have the Darth Vader helmet like on the basic figures but the all the other design choices are pretty much the same. The plastic bubble still goes to the edges of the card and wraps around to the back, and annoying tape still keeps it all shut.

Overall--3/5
This is another case of "Why the hell is this a deluxe figure?" as there really isn't much here that deserves us spending ten dollars on it. Why should I spend ten dollars on a lousy clone with a small accessory when I could buy a better clone for about half the price? My advise is to buy one of these only if you really want the jetpack; if you're just looking for another clone then stick with clone #6 or #41.

--Photos and review by Garett Yoshimura
garett@carrotnetwork.com