"Just point me at the enemy and stay out of my way."
The Republic Commando 1207 ‘Sev’ is a a 2022 Black Series release, arriving alongside his fellow Commando Fixer to join Boss who was released earlier the same year. We would have to wait until 2023 to complete the team with the release of Scorch. Sev is part of the Galaxy Collection Gaming Greats series featuring the turquoise blue colour scheme. He is number 11 in the collection, sitting in between the Night Brother and the 13th Batallion Clone Trooper, both from Jedi: Fallen Order. While this connecting montage is impressive, there is a miss here with not allowing the four Republic Commandos to connect with each other in a standalone collection. Like many Gaming Greats releases, Sev is an exclusive and he was distributed by Gamestop in the US. Here in the UK, he had exclusivity through Zavvi for a period of time, before a more substantial Fan Channel release.
Sev uses the same body as the previous Republic Commando releases, a body that originated with the Bad Batch and the initial release of Hunter. That base figure was always a little undersized thanks to its animated route and that does mean that all of the Republic Commando figures look slightly scrawny compared to the game. It also means they have a slightly strange socket on the left forearm where the original Hunter figure has a sheathed knife. There has been no attempt to resolve this. The body is a newer format, pinless and using a similar principle to the newer clones where white armour and black undersuit parts (joints) are cast in their base colours -including Sev’s unique grey chest piece - and then assembled.
Many of the armoured parts included sculpted battle damage with visible scratches and dings. Across the armour we then get Sev’s red-painted markings - applied with a rough finish to reflect how they were hand-painted in the game alongside some deep blue on the shoulder armour alongside a silver reflective central line. Weathering provides the final touches, but not extensively with some subtle dirtying up of the knees, thighs and chest.
The helmet is not removable and is cast in white with red markings painted around the visor along with black and grey components and vents around either side and to the back. The visor itself is the reflective blue we’ve seen on the other Commandos allowing for a uniform look. Sev is completed by a plug-in backpack that sits in a single hole in the back of the armour. This is the same backpack sported by Boss with a white base colour, grey panels and more red markings. It does not open or have any practical function in terms of the figure.
Sev has a single blaster rifle, another configuration of the DC-17M unique to him with an extended barrel protruding from the stocky main body of the weapon. The piece is black with sculpted detail but no paint. It can only be held in the right trigger hand, while the left can cradle the barrel to some extent. Articulation supports a number of posing possibilities including more dynamic action shots. There are 18 joints in total with the butterfly shoulders a miss. The figure also still uses the fixed knee armoured, so when the knee is bent the armour doesn’t move with it which can look odd.
Sev and the other Republic Commandos probably only exist in our collections thanks to the Bad Batch, the Gaming Greats line surviving in the main as repaints or tweaks of mainline releases that align with the video games even if they aren’t completely accurate. To that end, Sev is consistent with the other Commando figures and while there are some proportional issues, there is no denying that they do look impressive once lined up all together.
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