“I left Kamino with you. This is where I wanna be”
Omega was the last of the main Bad Batch crew members to be released in the Star Wars Black Series arriving well after the main quartet of Hunter, Wrecker, Tech and Crosshairs and even landing after more secondary characters like Vice Admiral Rampart and the Clone Shocktrooper. Omega is number 10 in The Bad Batch Galaxy Collection, sitting between Imperial Armour Crosshair and Echo. She is packed in a window box with the deep red accent colour for Bad Batch across the front and rear text and the side artwork.
Omega is a new figure entirely and the first ‘child’ of the series, and one of only a handful of smaller stature characters alongside the likes of Yoda, Kuill, and the Jawa’s. She is wearing her uniform for Kamino with a white and blue tunic, with blue arms trimmed at the top and cuff in red. The tunic features a dark blue belt section and a softer plastic skirt piece. Beneath this are brown legs and a darker brown pair of boots.
The head sculpt is reflective of a Season 1 Omega, but translated from animation to a live-action setting as is standard for Black Series releases from this medium. The conversion is OK but is relatively generic and lacks any of the features we might expect to see in a female child who is a clone of a Temura Morrison Jango Fett. Facial printing adds realism to the eyes, but not much more detail, and the skin finish is very glossy a problem on many figures of the 2021/2022 era of releases. Omega features her silver pendant headpiece which is well painted as is the hair which is part of the overall head sculpt - predating the use of individual hair pieces.
Omega features 17 points of articulation with single joints across elbows and knees, and ball joints within the shoulder and hips. She features the newer two-part neck which both aids articulation and improves the looks without the need for a visible peg. She is relatively wide-ranging in posing options although her smaller stature does present some issues when we bring in the accessories.
The main accessory is her Energy Bow and this is made up of a large gold and black bow section with a front cover piece that clips in place. Inserted into the bow is a translucent pink ‘string’ and ‘arrow’ ready for the weapon to fire. The weapon is very large in comparison to Omega - standing almost as tall as she is - and this makes posing her with the weapon difficult, particularly when the sculpt of the weapon means it has to be used in a drawn and ready-to-fire position.
More impressive is her breather mask, a grey piece with white and silver detailing and engineered to sit over the mouth of Omega and hold in position using the shape alone rather than any clips, straps or visible connections. The release is then rounded out with the inclusion of Ruby the Lizard as seen in just two episodes of Season 1. Ruby is non-articulated and cast in two parts that are then fixed together. The front half is blue on top and green underneath with painted eyes and snout. The rear section is all green. The creature features a sculpted overlapping carapace but some softer shaping of the legs and feet which lack definition.
Omega from Season 1 of the Bad Batch is a figure that ticks a box and fills in a team from that first Season without being in any way spectacular. We get a figure that represents her Kaminoan uniform and a head sculpt that is recognisable as Omega without being as good a conversion from animation to live action as say Tech or Echo. Accessories are bundled in to fill the packaging and while the face mask works well, the bow has limited display options and Ruby is an odd choice considering her limited time on the show. While other Bad Batch releases have sold out and rocketed in price on the secondary market, Omega has done the opposite and I’ve seen her as low as £5 in stores. Certainly worth picking up anywhere near that price, and the Season 1 body does present an opportunity for some kit bashing when you get the Season 2 'Mercenary' version.
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