I’m wanting ahead to the Skeleton Crew present, and I’m hoping for a little bit of light-hearted enjoyable within the Star Wars galaxy, so once I noticed Amazon had the entire wave at a slight low cost, I pre-ordered the bunch. The children all have an analogous really feel as figures, so I made a decision to do them in all one go. Let’s check out Neel, Wim, Fern, and KB from Skeleton Crew!
The novelty of the marginally modified field package deal has worn off for me. I do just like the interlinked aspect art work and nothing there actually disagrees with the figures inside, so I’m fairly impartial on it.
All 4 children include a backpack and a flashlight whereas Neel and Wim additionally get walkie talkies and one additional accent every. The packs all have distinctive sculpts and paint particulars and match securely on the figures through straps and have slots for the flashlights. The flashlights all have distinctive sculpts and paint jobs as nicely. It’s type of ironic that the packs for these 4 children work higher functionally than most G.I. Joe backpacks. Fern’s pack straps do make her arms stand out from her physique a bit greater than the others as a result of the straps weren’t designed to go flat on the determine’s sides just like the others are.
Wim has an additional spot for his space-wrench (hydro-spanner?) in his pack, although there doesn’t seem like a storage choice for the Walkie-talkie. The Walkie additionally has a pair paint hits, which appears actually good for the way in which this line has been going currently. There’s a bizarre wanting orange factor in Wim’s pack that could be a separate piece, however not removeable. It type of seems like a shovel and trowel mixed and in addition will get quite a lot of paint for this line.
Neel has storage for all his stuff. I’m not fairly certain what the silver factor is meant to be, it type of seems like binoculars and that’s one thing a child with a walkie-talkie would possibly carry, so I’m going with that for now. No matter it’s, it’s silver and appears techy and matches on his belt. The walkie attaches to a strap on his belt, and the flashlight matches within the pack.
Sculpting seems fairly nice on this crew. I particularly like all of the completely different fabric textures utilized to the completely different textiles the children put on. Neel has these loopy osh-kosh-bygosh wanting overalls with an nearly corduroy texture. All the techno-gubbins on his belt and the truth that he’s a cute little elephant-person maintain it firmly within the Star Wars design aesthetic.
Fern has a jacket that remembers Han Solo’s Hoth gear and there’s a ton of tiny element in all of the patches on the factor. I believe additionally they conveyed a little bit of sass in that portrait and I like that she and KB proceed the fingerless gloves design cue from Rebels’ Ezra and Kanan.
KB seems fairly stoic and doubtless essentially the most Star Wars-y after Neel together with her jumpsuit and Lobot-like head gear. She does have one of many extra irregular sculpting points because the overhang of her thigh on the knees is basically unnatural wanting when the legs are bent.
Wim’s in all probability essentially the most earth-like outfit with cargo pants, velcro footwear, and a sweater, however that jacket is lower in a really Star Wars type. I really feel like his likeness is a bit off, along with his hair seeming shorter and his options slightly extra cherubic than I recall from trailers.
Articulation is just about Black Collection customary, although I discover Wim and Fern’s waist ball joint is fairly restricted and KB’s neck is fairly stiff. Wim has exceptionally good wanting up vary. At first I believed the sculpt of the crotch piece on Neel and KB’s jumpsuits didn’t permit for as a lot leg motion, however they do appear to be of a softer plastic, to allow them to transfer nearly 90, although Neel’s knees don’t fairly hit a 90 diploma bend both as a result of saggy pants. I do want all the children’ swivel/hinge elbows obtained higher than 90 diploma bend to higher seize their pack straps or convey the walkies nearer to their mouths, nevertheless it’s all mainly simply 90 diploma movement there as nicely. I additionally discovered myself wishing the up/down hinge within the wrists moved slightly extra so that they posed with the flashlights pointing ahead a bit higher. They’ve:
- Swivel/hinge shoulders, elbows, hips, knees, and ankles
- Ball and socket head and waist
- Swivel thighs (besides Neel)
- Swivel beneath the pants leg (besides KB)
Paint is fairly strong on these as nicely. There’s much more little paint element hits on these characters and their equipment than you would possibly suppose at first look and it’s all pretty clear. For as soon as, I don’t really feel like the dearth of washes or weathering is a unfavorable right here since these are children from the house suburbs. Principally I’m glad for the brightness of a few of the design selection colours. There’s nonetheless quite a lot of brown and gray, however Neel’s blue pores and skin and orange and crimson outfit actually pop as do the yellow accents on KB’s outfit.
Total, these are 4 very good figures, outdoors of whether or not I find yourself liking the present or not. I’ve quite a lot of hope for the present, however I’m additionally getting in anticipating only a enjoyable journey that doesn’t want to maneuver all the (nearly) 50 year-old saga ahead. For a franchise designed for youths, the grownup followers do are inclined to react poorly to precise children within the story, so I’m crossing my fingers that these characters land nicely and the present is the enjoyable romp the previews make it out to be. Skeleton Crew premiers 12/2/2024 at 9PM EST and these figures are nonetheless accessible at locations like BBTS and Amazon.
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