“I'm a simple man making his way through the galaxy. Like my father before me.”
When Boba Fett returned to the Star Wars Saga in 2021, Hasbro went into overdrive with Boba Fett figures across the Black Series in 2022 revisiting some of his other looks such as the disguise from War of the Bounty Hunters, the cartoon look from Droids!, and the original Prototype armour pre-Empire Strikes Back. There was also a set of figures based on his return, a trio of releases that shared parts but reflected the three stages of his return. After the Tusken Raider Boba Fett from his return from the desert, we got a fully re-armoured Boba Fett to reflect his final look from The Mandalorian, and most significantly his step into his own series The Book of Boba Fett. Shortly after this release, the gap between the desert gear and the refurbished armour was filled with a Deluxe release of Boba Fett in his reclaimed, but battle-worn armour as seen when he met Mando on Tython at the Jedi Ruins. This set was an exclusive at Walmart in the US and sold through the Fan Channel elsewhere. As a deluxe release, it arrived in the wider box, but with the usual slanted side for the artwork. This Fett was badged under The Mandalorian collection using the deep orange colouring on the artwork. He is number 22 in the collection sitting between the Deathwatch Mandalorian and the New Republic Security Droid.
The base figure is identical to the BOBF Throne Room release, with a varied paint job and parts here are also shared with the Tusken Raider Boba Fett - notably the upper legs, skirt and belt - and with the Cobb Vanth release from the same Season of the Mandalorian with the use of the same helmet, backpack and gauntlets. The figure is a good recreation of Fett’s new get-up on Tython as he quickly dons his armour over his Tusken robes. This is executed on the figure with an upper torso overlaid with a sleeve for the chest armour inclusive of a collar to depict the robes underneath. The arms are plain brown and incorporate the shoulder armour which sits under the outcrop of the chest section. The gauntlets fit onto the elbow joint with the right-hand side having wiring and pipework in a softer white plastic that extends up the arm and behind the shoulder piece.
The lower section of the figure features the voluminous Tusken robes, but with adjustments to the lower legs as these now feature the knee armour. While the lower body is fairly plain in paintwork, cast or coloured in a flat colour of brown or grey - with yellow for the knee pads - the upper sections are more extensive in decor. The chest armour is green, but scratched and with peeling paint revealing the silver beneath - even the decal application has some wear and tear in the upper right corner. A similar level of weathering is added to the gauntlets while the belt has details added in the form of bronze-painted ammunition. The shoulder armour still features the Mythobeast symbols, but these are also weathered and ‘scratched’ with silver paintwork.
The same Temura Morrison head has been used across all of the Disney+ era Boba Fett releases, and the likeness her is great as is the facial printing - but the look is thrown considerably with the figure trying to replicate the damage from his time in the Sarlac pit. The intention here is good and accuracy to the screen look is important, sadly the end result merely looks like Boba has been doing some painting and has splashed his face with white paint. The helmet is a good fit over the head and like the armour features extensive wear and tear paint decor over the usual green and burgundy panels. The range finder is articulated and swings down over the black gloss visor. And the dent in the helmet remains in situ. The look is finished with the jetpack, coloured in the Return of the Jedi scheme with a blue prominent colour that is perhaps too bright vs what we see on screen. The jetpack also features cream sections as well as yellows, reds and a green finish to the rocket itself. Over this, we have more weathering and wear in silver with a large patch of silver across the central section recreating the repair from the damage sustained in the battle of the Pit of Carkoon. The fit of the jet pack remains an issue, with a central peg and two guidance pegs not really long enough to hold it securely in place.
Other accessories include Boba Fett’s blaster and blaster rifle. The blaster is relatively simple in its design, but quite delicate considering the scale with individual barrels and sites and a painted brown stock. This can be held in the right hand or secured in the working holster. The larger weapon is a bit more robust in its construction with a thick ridged barrel with a set of sites over the top. The offset grip is colored in brown and the trigger and some controls then coloured silver. It is trickier to engage in Fett’s grip due to its shape, and the hold here is not as secure. The figure can get into two-handed poses with this larger weapon, but the left hand is a bit too open to create a secure grip at the other end also.
Articulation is well incorporated into the figure sculpt with much of the joints hidden from immediate view apart from the elbows. We have about 23 joints in total with Boba Fett benefitting from some additional swivel joints the boot and forearm cuts due to the use of shared parts. His build and bulky legs restrict a fair bit of lower movement but he is perfectly stable once posed. The arms are more wide ranging with some neat engineering of the shoulder armour allowing it to retract under the chest sleeve when the arms are raised. This allows Boba to outstretch his arms fully if you want to pose him firing either his blasters or his wrist weaponry. You also do get some additional articulation as mentioned with the helmet range finder, and a pair of moveable thrusters on the jetpack allowing final tweaks when posing. You can also detach the rocket from the jetpack.
There is nothing visually wrong with this Tython Ruins release of Boba Fett and he is a great match to the onscreen scenes save a bit of colour variation on the jetpack which is probably too blue. The accessories are also accurate to the scenes on Tython and work reasonably well with the figure. The Deluxe status is probably the biggest issue considering we have had Boba Fett with Jetpack and Blasters as a standard boxed (and priced) release in the past. Hasbro put the Deluxe requirement down to paintwork complexity which I can understand, but we really needed that box filling out a bit more to add some value - whether that be additional weapons like the explosives he uses, or effect pieces for the jetpack or the flame thrower - pieces we know already exist courtesy of the Deluxe Return of the Jedi Boba Fett. The figure has also suffered with Boba Fett overload with seven releases of the same character across 2022 and that has reduced demand leaving the Tython Ruins Boba Fett relatively well available some 2 years later and at a much reduced RRP.
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