[En Sabah Nerd]

I initially didn't think I'd really be picking up any more regular black series figures until Tarkin comes out since this latest force Friday wave had a few that I'd been waiting on and I had no trouble scooping those up, obviously I caved and got these. My picture doesn't really show it but I think Hasbro did a solid job capturing an older Carrie Fisher's likeness and now I have older Leia to go with older Han. There's not too much that can be said about the Praetorian as an entity from the movie besides the fact that it's obviously this trilogy's equivalent of the Imperial Guard, as a toy I like it except for a few spots. The skirt piece being plastic blocks the leg range although not too severely and his elbows also have limited range due to the design but I will admit they move more than I thought they would. I like the way the shoulder pads are on ball-joints so they can be moved out of the arms path, I really like the design of his space-naginata thing, and overall I just like the figure. I do prefer the enigma presented with the classic Royal Guard's appearance but this new generation of leader-protectors look cool too and it seems we may actually get to watch them fight as opposed to just standing around and then let off of work early.

A couple of quick thoughts having seen the rest of the wave. Finn looks alright but the eyes were a bit sloppy on the one I checked out. Maz's eyes kinda ruin that figure for me because they're painted to the size that they appear when the goggles are on so if you want to display her without the goggles on it's just plain wrong. Poe just looks bad to me, I guess Hasbro refuses to make a really good Oscar Isaac.