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Deluxe Jango Fett- Star Wars; Episode 2, Hasbro Meat and Potatoes; 4.5 Perks; 5.0 Homer Factor; 5.0					Description; Ah, Papa-Fett has a chance to shine.  Jango's figure is the standard 3 1/2 inches tall in in metallic blue with silver and black high-lights.  The look is very similary to Boba Fett's, naturally; the classic Mandoloran battle-armor, the cool helmet and baaaaaad jet-pack.  However, a few liberties were taken on the figure.  The chest-plate and gauntlets are not removable, and the monster-sized back-pack has a sound-chip to re-create the sound of a rocket.  The figure also comes with two plaster-pistols and a large blaster-rifle with a 'missile' that it can fire.
	Ok, let me get this straight; you train your boy to be THE Bad-Ass bounty hunter in the galaxy, feared by all, and he gets taken out by a BLIND MAN WHO  SMACKS THE KID'S ROCKET-PACK?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!!!!  Boba, Boba, Boba... Dad's gonna need to talk with you big time...  Oh well, until that major 'DOH' Boba Fett was a major player.  But where did he come from?  Well, the most famous character to have less then 15 minutes of screen time in movies finally gets some background in Episode 2.  Boba apparently followed his Dad's notorious foot-steps, which also means Jango gets a butt-kicking figure of his own.  So how does it hold up to the youngster's figure? Well, over all, not too bad... but not as great as you would have hoped.  The meat and potatoes of the figure are good, but should have been better.  Like the rest of the line, the sculpt is killer; great details to capture the well-worn look of Jango's armor.  Even the breast-plate has little dings and dents in it.  Oh, another nice touch is the little antenna thing on Jango's helmet moves up and down.  Unfortunately, the articulation is a bit more mediocre then usual.  The shoulders do move, and there are extra joints in the biceps so Jango's arms can shift in order to hold-on to a blaster-rifle.  Unfortunately, Jango's legs are static.  The figure has a huge cavity in the back to hold a special-effects-laden jet-pack, so the hip joints have been sacrificed.  Granted, the 'Star Wars' figures were never known for being super-articulated, but still... ouch. Perks, though do make up for it.  Finally, the armor is REMOVABLE.  ...ok, it's not like EVERYTHING comes off, but the wrist gauntlets and chest-plate all come off.  Jango is also armed with a pair of blaster-pistols and a large blaster-rifle with a big launching missile in it.  The rocket-pack... well... I was hoping the pack would have a large, firing missile as well.  Instead, Hasbro went for the special 'effect' and put in a sound chip that makes a rocket sound, which isn't bad.  Unfortunately, like I pointed out before, this extra heft created a giant hole in Jango's back and caused any leg-joints to be dumped.  Sigh. Homer factor?  Are you kidding?  Before the Big Bad, there was Jango.  ...ok, not a name that inspires fear in the hearts of men, but still, this is Boba's DAD... and besides, the figure is pretty well done, problems aside. Over all, it's a good figure.  Yes, the articulation should be better and the sound-effect rocket-pack is eh... but keep in mind this thing is also a whole 3 1/2" tall.  Hey Gundam, take that.