"We got a breach! They're coming in the airlock!"
In 2021 Disney Parks and Shop Disney launched a range of Star Wars Creatures as part of the Galaxy's Edge merchandise line. The range included plush releases of creatures like the Wampa, Loth Cat, and Kowakian Monkey Lizard - but also more sculpted 'action figure' creatures with a Mynock, Dewback and the figure we are looking at here, the Krykna Spider.
The Creatures from Galaxy's Edge releases were not scaled at any particular size with the Krykna one of the smallest of the releases and therefore a fit with both the Star Wars Black Series and Vintage Collection for those who wanted to expand their collection. The Creatures are sold with an outer 'crate' carry case and the items themselves simply feature a tag onto which is their details including homeworld - Attolon in the case of the Krykna. This release also comes with sound and movement and the tag also carries details of accessing the two AA batteries by sliding off the large upper dome section.
The Krykna is a hard plastic cast piece with eight legs connected into the main body. The piece is a decent likeness to the spider we see in Rebels and with a look that fits with both animated and liveaction collections. Paint work is basic but does enough to replicate the mottled white finish of the Krykna with painted black eyes sitting under the bulk of the main body. There are a few visual issues with the plastic seams visible where parts connect or where they've been cast. You can also see the speaker holes round the back for the sound effects and there is also copywrite embossed text on the legs and a very intrusive numbered code printed on one of the rear legs in dark grey.
The legs are not jointed ias such n terms of articulation, so the figure has no direct posing options. In stead the Krykna is meant to have a walking action which is activated by a button on the reverse of the figure. The 'walking action' is more of a vibrating action with each leg vibrating in its socket. That means there is no directional walking movement and just a wobble on the spot. The sound effects that come with it is also disappointing and lacks volume despite how large the speaker box appears to be.
Scale wise the Krykna only reaches the shoulder of a standard Black Series release. The Krykna spiders on Attolon wre larger than the Rebels crew, so the Disney Parks Krykna is suited more to 3.75 inch collections. Of course the Krykna are not the same Spiders as faced by Mando and Grogo on Maldo Kreis, but there are similarities and it is not significantly out of place to pose your Krykna with the Knobby White Ice Spiders from either the Black Series or VIntage Collection.
The Krykna originally retailed at £19.99 and it is now being discountined and sold through Disney Outlet at half that price. While the other plush releases offer something different for fans young and old, there is an opportunity missed for the likes of the Krykna and the Dewback with a definite gap in the market for lower price point but larger creatures to fit with Black Series collections.
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