"He is a political idealist, not a murderer."
It feels like an age since Ki-Adi Mundi was unveiled in full as an upcoming Black Series release. It was in fact February 2023 at a Hasbro Fan Stream and he has since taken 16 months to reach collectors, finally arriving in early June 2024. The figure is part of the Attack of the Clones series within the Galaxy Collection, and only the fourth of that set so far. As number 4 in the series, Mundi’s deep red artwork follows on from fellow Jedi Aayla Secura and will sit before the incoming release of the Phase 1 Clone Trooper.
Ki-Adi Mundi’s outfit changed very little across all three of the Prequel Trilogy movies, and while this release is badged under Attack of the Clones he will also fit equally well into displays for The Phantom Menace, Revenge of the Sith, or indeed The Clone Wars. Ki-Adi’s Jedi robes are executed in cast browns with a lighter sandy tone on the arms and inner skirt, and darker brown for the legs and outer tunic and skirt.
The boots are a further variation on that brown with further painted detail added with a reddish-brown belt and a small pouch visible between his outer and inner robes. Despite detailing on his boots for clasps and fastenings, these are left unpainted which is a shame. And like most Black Series releases, there is no use of weathering or toned paint washes.
The head is fantastic and a superb likeness to the prosthetics and make-up worn by the actor Silas Carson. The Cerean physiology is accurately proportioned with a depth of sculpt to define the cranial ridges on the conical head. We have a sculpted beard and bushy eyebrows picked out in white and then defined with a grey wash and central facial features are applied with printed technology that adds realism to the eyes in particular which are gold in colour. The head detail is finished with Ki-Adi Mundi’s top knot and braided hair which is treated the same as his beard and forms part of the rear head sculpt and is partitioned by a brown hair tie.
The Jedi Master features a single accessory, his lightsaber, which is a new silver cast hilt with some tiny black detail on the switch. It features a small peg which can be plugged into a corresponding socket on the belt for a holstered option. The hilt will then fit into either of the hands with a removable translucent blue blade recreating the ignited saber.
The Jedi’s articulation is particularly well incorporated into the sculpt of the body and outfit with the elbows the only real joint on obvious display when Ki-Adi is posed in a neutral stance. There are 21 points of articulation throughout the figure - a couple extra than we would normally expect thanks to a boot-cut swivel. Mundi also still retains the thigh cut which was being phased out, and also benefits from the butterfly shoulders and a dual-jointed neck which greatly enhances the upper torso options.
The Black Series Ki-Adi Mundi figure was indeed worth the wait, providing us with another Prequel Jedi Master to display along with Mace Windu, Plo-Koon, Kit Fisto, and Aayla Secura. While relatively simple in his execution and with no extensive robes or soft goods, Ki-Adi Mundi is still a detailed and imposing figure with a particularly strong head sculpt. He is supported with great articulation and an appropriate accessory and there is little to fault other than perhaps a couple of missed paint detail opportunities and perhaps some additional Force Gesture hands.
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