“Sometimes even the right reasons have the wrong consequences”
The first wave of Star Wars Black Series from the Ahsoka Disney+ series landed with retailers not long after the season finale had aired. The wave included five characters from the show, including Ahsoka herself. The Ahsoka figure was a repack from The Mandalorian wave, and for UK collectors was not offered for distribution making her initially only available only via import from the US or other territories.
The Wave 13 (Ahsoka) releases were the first full wave to revert back to window boxes after the short-lived plastic-free packaging. The Ahsoka assigned colour within the Galaxy Collection is another blue shade, very similar looking to the Gaming Greats, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and The Rise Of Skywalker. This accent colour is used on the labeling for the character and the side artwork. As expected, Ahsoka is number 1 in the Galaxy Collection for her new series and the artwork montage connects onward to Ezra Bridger from the same wave.
Ahsoka is wearing the same outfit she wears in The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and for the majority of the first season of Ahsoka. The torso is cast in grey plastic and is then inclusive of a painted green panel. The legs are similarly coloured, with two-tone grey painted detail on the shin armour. The exposed skin of Ahsoka’s shoulders are plugged into the torso and forms the butterfly joint, with the upper arms leading down to the long-length gloves and wraps with similar two-tone grey on the wrist armour. The costume is finished with a final individual belt and sash piece in a similar grey finish with a darker brown belt and a touch of metallic finish on the buckle and the tied ends.
The head sculpt bears a strong resemblance to actor Rosario Dawson in full makeup using the same skin tone plastic as the arms & shoulders, overlaid with photo real paint decor to capture the facial markings, eyes, and mouth. Around this, we have Ahsoka’s head tails in white plastic and painted blue markings, finished off with a headpiece in a brown leather finish and silver inlays.
There is no significant difference to the original release of this figure from 2022 and that was re-released in the standard colour pallet in a 2-pack from 2023 along with Luke and Grogu. There are some very minimal paint variances as you’d expect from different factory runs. It's a shame the soft goods cape from the Amazon Exclusive 2-pack wasn’t thrown into this release to create a bit more value for collectors.
Ahsoka features her twin lightsabers, the hilts cast in a silver finish with a limited level of detail and a small amount of grey paintwork added to pick out switches and panels. These fit into either hand as needed, and they can be held in a standard or reverse grip - although the reverse grip does see the saber hilt want to droop backward. When not in use the hilts are fitted with loops at each end that line up to very tiny hooks on Ahsoka’s belt. The fit here is no very secure, so while they hold they will dislodge really easily.
The saber blades are included, cast in a translucent milky white finish, and these slot into the hilts for an ignited saber look. The tabs on these blades are slim, but lock in and out securely.
Articulation is fully pinless, 19 points in total, and built really well into the body with the knees hidden nicely within the sculpt of the trousers while still allowing Ahsoka to kneel. Arm movement supported by jointed elbows, and the butterfly shoulders, allows a wide range of saber posing as well as adopting some of Ahsoka’s stances when training Sabine, or engaging with Huayang. The joints all work fine with the exception of the ankle rockers which remain loose between ratchets and Ahsoka can be a bit temperamental staying upright until the sweet spot is found in the position of the feet.
While there are no significant issues with this Ahsoka figure in terms of sculpt, decor, or articulation, the repacking of a figure so soon after its first release without giving it any point of difference other than packaging is disappointing. While I accept her costume remained consistent across The Mandalorian, Book of Boba Fett, and into Ahsoka there were options to tweak this release available to Hasbro such as adding in the existing soft goods robe from the 2-pack that many collectors didn't get due to Amazon availability or the significantly high RRP. Other options would have been adding some weathering or paint variation in line with perhaps her battle on Seatos, or adding in an accessory such as the Star Map.
One for the completists and boxed collectors who will want the full run of Ahsoka figures of which this release is the first. For loose collectors who just want an Ahsoka to display alongside Sabine, Morgan, and the other incoming figures - tracking down the 2022 Mandalorian release may be more financially beneficial. We can then await the very likely release of Ahsoka the White in an upcoming wave.
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