Set of 3 collectible action figures based on characters in the sinister Sith Star Wars legacy.
Includes Darth Bane, Darth Maul and Darth Nihilus
Detailed figures each come with a weapon accessory
Darth Maul: I love the detail, if you look closly you can see pointed yellow teeth. His lightsaber is the darkest of this set. At first I was skepticel about his shirtlessness but I don't mind now. Part of his skirt-thing is cloth, as with everyone's in this set, a cool little addition. I recently bought another Maul figure with a cloth cloak, and I put it on this guy and he looks awsome.
Darth Bane: His lightsaber is puple. His removable armor (face-plate, wrist-gaurds) is pretty tight, however is the only extra the set comes with. His cape is removable, a cool little additon.
Darth Nihilous: This guy is from the video game Knights of the Old Republic 2, and being a game charecter I doubted much articulation. I noticed his left arm (your right side) was bent strangly in the photo. I assumed it could only swivel side to side. How wrong I was. His arm can actually bend like that, which is tight. His lightsaber is red, however lighter than Maul's. His cape is cloth and has an odd feel to it, perfect for Nihilous' character. His hood is removable revealing his hair tied in dreadlocks. His mask is nicly dietailed, and his hand is in a nice force posture.
This is an awsome set.
It's great to finally have some of the Sith Lords from the Expanded Universe. I got this set particularly for Darth Bane, who has become one of my favorite Star Wars characters ever after reading Drew Karpyshyn's
Path of Destruction. KOTOR II fans will also want to get Darth Nihilus.
The Darth Bane accessories are probably not technically accurate according to Path of Destruction, which describes Bane's robes as black. Also, Bane's lightsaber is clearly red and is frequently described as having a hook, like Dooku's. But I like them anyway.
Hasbro did a nice job of giving Bane a purple color scheme, with subtle purple highlights on the cape. Also, his lightsaber is amethyst, like Mace Windu's. The overall effect is to give Bane a somewhat more exotic yet royal look, which complements the otherwise ridiculous-looking orbalisks.
I have seen some fans repaint this figure black and give him a red lightsaber, but then Bane looks like just another Dark Jedi. This is one case where Hasbro's "mistake" made for a visually more interesting figure. I only wish they had taken more care with the orbalisks. They are a see-through yellowish plastic, which isn't horrible but almost look a bit too bright. Also, when you take the orbalisks off Bane's chest, there's not much underneath - indeed, he looks like he shed 100 pounds.
Darth Nihilus. He LOOKS like a Sith, with the creepy skull helmet. The tattered cloth cape has a great effect, flowing behind him. In fact, this is one of the few figures I wish had entirely cape clothing because I think it would have given the figure a real sense of formlessness. As it stands, this figure is great. However, my understanding was that Nihilus was like a vacuum of Dark energy. This figure has dreadlocks under the hood, which seems to imply that there was a man behind the mask.
Ralph McQuarrie, the concept artist who brought the Star Wars ideas of George Lucas to visual life, had died at the age of 82.
Within the past five years, Hasbro paid tribute to Ralph McQuarrie by turning many of McQuarrie's early concept art renderings for characters such as Chewbacca, Han Solo and the Imperial Snowtrooper into action figures.
