Saga Screen Scene: Geonosian War Chamber Set 1 (Featuring Poggle the Lesser, Count Dooku & San Hill) Review
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Geonosian War Chamber
Featuring Poggle the Lesser, Count Dooku & San Hill
"In a conference room on Geonosis, leaders of the Confederacy of Independent Systems watch Republic and Separatist forces engage in what will become the first battle of the Clone Wars. A table displays holographic images of the various skirmishes. When Count Dooku prepares to escape, he takes with him secret plans for a deadly new weapon." --Excerpt from the package back
Sculpt: Poggle the Lesser--5/5, Count Dooku--2.5/5, San Hill--2.5/5 Count Dooku is not that bad, but I took points off because he utilizes the torso and "skirt" of the original Dooku figure. The headsculpt might be the same one as well. So now this Dooku figure has two cape chains--one sculpted on his body and one sculpted separately on his removable cape. His arms and legs appear to be all new, and thankfully they're not too wacky. His right hand is sculpted to hold the Death Star plans and unfortunately, this has bloated his hand to unnatural proportions. It doesn't look that bad though, as long as he's holding the Death Star plans. His left arm is straight and his left hand is sculpted as if he is holding his cape back. Dooku's legs are decent, but my figure's feet aren't flat--the toes on the left foot are slightly pointing upward, making it hard to find a stable standing pose. In the end, this figure is a one pose wonder; his cape is molded for a specific pose and he doesn't look good in other poses anyway. San Hill simply doesn't look like the San Hill in the movie. The body is fine, but the headsculpt is off. I can see how it'd be hard since this guy is so skinny, but his headsculpt just lacks the details that makes San Hill look like San Hill. For one thing, his eyes are too big. The rest of his head is just too generalized; certain angles in his facial structure just aren't sharp enough. Take a look at the real San Hill and you'll see there's a huge difference. This is disappointing since Hasbro usually does a good job on alien headsculpts. Articulation: Poggle the Lesser--3.5/5, Count Dooku--3/5, San Hill--3.5/5 Count Dooku has eight points: neck, shoulders, right elbow-cut, left wrist-cut, waist, and hips. Pretty basic stuff here too. The elbow-cut is pretty useless; what else can we do with this arm besides making strange gestures? The left wrist-cut is pretty useless as well but perhaps it can be useful for Sith lightning poses although the cape prohibits it. San Hill has six points: neck, ball-jointed shoulders, waist, and hips. Again, pretty basic. The ball-jointed shoulders are somewhat useful but they don't make that much of a difference. If San Hill did not have ball-jointed shoulders, I would not mind. Features--NA/5 Accessories--4/5 Poggle's cane is well done and fits into his hand albeit a bit loosely. The Death Star plans look cool and yes, they're out of scale. I don't really mind though, but I do wish there were more detail on the base. Paint--3/5 Packaging--4/5 Overall--4/5
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