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Boba Fett-Star Wars, Power of the Force, Hasbro Meat and Potatoes; 5.0 Perks; 5.0 Homer Factor; 5.0
					Description; oh please, it's THE bounty hunter from a galaxy far, far away. Figure is approximately 3" tall.  Pieces is clad  in a superb reproduction of the legandary Mandaloran batte-armor.  No, the back-pack DOES NOT shoot.  The figure comes with a blaster, and REMOVABLE rocket-pack and cape.
Remember when the Star Wars figures first came out?  EVERYBODY had them; Luke, Obi-Wan, and Vader with the neat light-saber-in-the-arm thingy, armies of Stormtroopers.  And, of course, Boba Fett.  When the Star Wars figures were being re-released, I wondered what was going to happen.  Ok, new molds, whatever.  It's still the same figure... right?  WRONG... waaaaaaay wrong.  Flash forward, to an era of super- detailed, 17 points of articulation, mega-sized frigures.  What's the itty-bitty Star Wars figure going to do?  Hasbro rose to the occasion and recreated the major players of the Star Wars mythos and wowed everyone with great sculpting, more accesssories... ok, so the articulation still isn't the best.  Hey, at least Luke actually LOOKS like Luke.  The stand-out piece for me is the mysterious Boba Fett.  The meat and potatoes of this piece rock, no question.  Ok, so the articulation could be better.  Hey, this thing is 3" tall, let's cut some slack here.  Besides, you gotta stick some nasty looking pins into the elbows and knees to get more joints, so I'll pass.  The sculpting and painting on this piece are some of the best, period.   The wrist-rocket on his left hand, the 'battle-damage' paint job on the chest and helmet, even the rocket-pack are all reprodused incredibly well.  The perks are also perfect... well, almost.  Ok, so the rocket-pack doesn't fire.  Deal.  To counter that flaw, the pack and Boba Fett's cape are removable.  In addition, rather then being packed with a generic blaster-rifle like the first generation SW figures, the Fett comes with a great reproduction of his blaster rifle. The Homer factor is through the roof on this guy.  I was never part of the initial Fett bandwagon.  Come on, the guy is on screen for... what, 15 minutes through the 'Empire' and 'Jedi?'  And he has THE most embarassing death since the lawyer bit the big one, literally, in 'Jurassic Park.'  However, in the COMICS AND SHORT STORIES, that's something different.  It's in these stories that we finally see the Fett at his best, not simply Sarlacc food.  As I harped on in my brief fanning on 'Twin Engines of Destrucition,' Fett is the Tyson of hunters; cold, efficient, merciless.... kinda like Batman accept he WILL kill if necessary and convenient.  Ok, not the best qualities in a hero, but qualities you can RESPECT.  Toshiro Mifune, you now have an equal in sci-fi.  Hasbo translated this sense of menace and awe perfectly in this figure. The end result is an amazing piece of work.  Ok, so more joints and a firing rocket-pack would have made this perfect.  Hey, NOTHING is perfect.  Nyah.  What we DO have is an awesome piece of work that would make the Fett proud.  At least, it better be that good if you know what's good for you.... gulp.