[En Sabah Nerd]

Picked up the black series Darth Malak at Gamestop today, they didn't have Bastila so the search for her goes on. Mechanically he's what I've come to expect from the line at this point, standard articulation and good joints. Visually I think he's great and it's interesting how they made deviations from his original look while still being unmistakably Malak. I don't know if this is/was going to be his design in the KOTOR remake or if Hasbro just took some liberties, most notably his attire is some kind of officer's uniform with modifications as opposed to being a sorta-wetsuit-wrap thing and his head markings have been altered. His cyber-jaw does come off in two pieces to reveal his disfiguring injury, paint washing is used well to highlight the scars. I was curious how they'd handle his height since the guy's fairly tall in the game and they handled it pretty well, he's close to or maybe even a smidge taller than the black series Dooku (Christopher Lee was 6'5") so he's tall but not absurdly so. Ever since the black series Revan released back in 2016 I've been anticipating more dedicated KOTOR figures and this Malak is a very satisfying start towards fulfillment of that want.