Ahsoka’s articulation is good, but not great. The Vintage Collection figures are really spoiling me I think. I was getting so used to these super articulated figures that I forgot what normal articulation is on a Star Wars figure. Ahsoka’s head is a ball joint, but it’s slightly hampered by her hair tendrils. Her shoulders, elbows, and knees are swivel hinges. Her forearms, waist, and hips are swivel joints. This gives her a good range of movement, but because I’m now spoiled, I wish it were better. What’s really lacking here are ankle joints. In the show, Ahsoka does a lot of crouching and lower stance posing when fighting. Ankle joints would go a long way in making these poses possible.
Just a quick aside here while I’m talking about articulation. Hasbro needs to find a better way to articulate hips. These swivel joints look good, but they just aren’t cutting it when it comes to posing. I’m not a big fan of the swivel/hinge joints they use either. Those joints are great for articulation, but usually look very strange on the figure. Just look at the strange hips on the Vintage Collection Lando. On figures like this Ahsoka I would have preferred swivel/hinges just because they would be hidden by her skirt. But that won’t work with every figure, and I think it’s about time we got something that worked for both looks and articulation.
Ahsoka comes with two lightsabers that are powered on and two hilts. In this new season, she’s learning to master the art of using two blades at once, and her second lightsaber is a smaller dagger-like weapon. I’m really glad they went this way with the character as it adds much more personality to her fighting style. The figure looks good with them as well. Hasbro was also considerate enough to add two holes to Ahsoka’s belt that her two lightsaber hilts can attach to, which also looks pretty good.
Since this figure is part of that Galactic Battle Game, she also comes with a stand, one game die, and a statistics card.
I’m pretty happy with this figure, even with its few issues. I love the character’s new look in the show and I’m glad Hasbro didn’t take long to duplicate it in plastic. The only thing that would make it better is if they released these Clone Wars characters in a more realistic look eventually.
-Vault
Wow, she does look very nice.
You got to hand it to the writers. When the “Clone Wars” movie came out, I remember a lot of people hated Ahsoka, but she’s developed into a pretty interesting character.
Part of me still wonders if Ahsoka’s reverse-grip fighting style inspired Vader to teach it to the Secret Apprentice.
Yeah, I am really liking her character development.
I’m really interested on how they’re going to end the show because it really can’t turn out well, especially for Ahsoka.
It also makes you feel bad for the clones. Their added characterization makes the sting much worse when they turn on the Jedi, most of whom are their friends.
excellent review – totally agree on the subject of articulation, the lack of ankles (for no other reason than pure cheapness) on the current Anakin, Obi-Wan and now Ahsoka is beyond annoying. We all know Hasbro CAN do ankle-joints well on Star Wars figures, not doing them shouldn’t be an option on Jedi-Type characters. Ditto the ball-joint hips, this is a Company that’s been making Joe-type bodies since the 80’s but can’t come up with a hip-joint for Star Wars that works? I think not.
Other than that the reverse grip fighting style – I know somebody out there will correct me that some badass-worrior-Kung-fu Clan of Killers has been using a reverse grip for centuraries but with a freakin Lightsaber it just seems like the biggest self-amputation waiting to happen since the Yakuza all got the Big-Bosses’ Sake temperature wrong at the same time.
Thanks Motor. I’m hoping as the Vintage line progresses, we’ll start seeing more of that articulation trickle over to the Clone Wars line. And you’re entirely right about the GI Joes. This should all be old hat to Hasbro.
In the various bios I’ve read for Ahsoka, it mentions that Anakin disapproves of her reverse grip style and is trying to break her of that habit. So even in continuity it’s not the best attack stance. But I have to admit it does look cool, lol.
Great review! I, too, am a huge fan of Clone Wars but have not picked up any figures, as I don’t really collect Star Wars. I really debated getting the first Ahsoka but ultimately passed due to the too small arms and not close enough likeness. After reading this review, I will definitely be on the lookout for this figure. She looks great!
Thanks. I had the same feelings as you. The first figure just didn’t look quite right. I think you’ll be much happier with this version of her though.
was the jemm figure you picked upped “truly outrageous”?
Yes, yes he is. 🙂