[En Sabah Nerd]

I got the new black series Admiral Ackbar yesterday. The first thing I noticed with this figure is that they unnecessarily gave him a soft plastic over-piece on his torso instead of just sculpting the whole thing, his uniform in the movie does have these layers but doing it this way on the toy doesn't look right. Also his sleeves should go down just past his elbows instead of ending before them. His articulation is subpar for the line but still serviceable, the main drawbacks are his neck being limited and his elbow and knee joints only bending 90 degrees despite other figures in the line getting more range also using single hinges. He comes with a blaster just because they wanted him to have one I suppose. His head and forearms look good, the sculpt is solid and the paint is well applied. If I weren't fond of Ackbar I'd probably be disappointed with this figure but at the end of the day I am happy to have the character's original look in the 6" scale. The Last Jedi Ackbar that was in the TRU two pack is probably the better toy in terms of "playability" but I can look at this one and imagine him yelling his iconic line.