Darth Sidious - Star Wars The Black Series Action Figure Review

[@chuckmann7127]

Boots and waist look to be reused from the Book of Boba Fett Luke.

[@DarthDeuces]

That makes sense, I don't own that figure but I see what you mean now that you mention it!

[@-Anonymous-.]

@@DarthDeucesthey’ll definitely re-use those legs for farmboy Luke 😂, makes sense.

[@megustaelindie]

They reused Luke's legs and waist. A little bit dissapointing, to be honest, considering how much are we paying for this figures.

[@MrMeowyAwa]

​@@megustaelindieWdym, Palpatine is average $24 retail price

[@jonathanhampshire6856]

Not bad. Nice they included his Sith Lightning hands. Myself, I'd prefer a soft goods hood. I favour pose-ability and think the one on the Jedi version works pretty well. Not perfect but good.

[@mattmcadam5550]

I want the version of Darth Sidious from Phantom Menace where he's in the black robe but unscarred face

[@DarthDeuces]

Me too, I hope they make that version. I'd also like to see a Chancellor Palpatine version when he duels Mace Windu

[@DontrelleRoosevelt]

You can pretend that the Episode VI one is that. It looks the same. Meanwhile, Finn from Episode IX is still unmade.

[@TimDavis-tj6oz]

A Sith Holocron would have been a nice inclusion.

[@Xelinea]

The body is not new.It's mandalorian Luke

[@jmcgin1453]

I didn't know this figure was making it's rounds, and it only took 11 years to get a Palpatine lightsaber in TBS. I just might get this, but in no rush to do so.

[@DarthDeuces]

Yeah I was surprised when GameStop shipped it out to me, definitely a highlight figure of the year so far for me from the Black Series.

[@evansmothermon1547]

ROTS yoda comes in a 2 pack with a clone I think. It’s coming out soon if it hasn’t already.

[@Lovve_less]

Do you know if the new lightning hands work with the archive palpatine you had in the video?

[@DarthDeuces]

@@Lovve_less They actually don't work, the peg on the new hands are too small. With modification you could maybe make it work.

[@OldDirtyCollector]

The body underneath is the Luke Skywalker body from the grogu two pack

[@shanequigley6745]

It's a decent sculpt with good articulation, reuse done right.

[@jordynhutch323]

Disappointed to see the lack of detail on the saber. Palpatine's saber is my all time favourite and it's the part of this release I was the most excited for. As for soft goods, I'd actually prefer to have a soft goods hood as I've had good luck with posing them on the Amazon Palpatine as well as the Walmart Luke.

[@DarthDeuces]

Agree on the saber, I am also pretty disappointed with the saber, it's also one of my favorite designs and feels like a disservice to not paint it correctly, especially when the figure is mostly softgoods and doesn't have much other paint apps.

[@magicmirror8627]

Soft Goods hoods almost never look good at this scale, I much prefer plastic hoods. Malgus is the only one with a decent wireless soft goods hood I can think of.

[@TransformersTalkRAW]

Solid vid pal.

[@blankwavemessiah]

Want want want want. 2 sabers would have been good, although I’ll just cannibalize and other red one I have. I also liked and agree with the holocron comment before this one

[@DarthDeuces]

Yeah I got two so I could have one with the Force lightning, and one with the dual sabers, and I gotta say the dual sabers looks really cool.

[@blankwavemessiah]

@@DarthDeuces good idea. I will likely do the same. Whenever I see em out in stores…. Have they hit the wild yet?

[@DarthDeuces]

@@blankwavemessiah I got mine via online preorder from GameStop Canada which means they've released so GameStop's up here could be getting stock on the shelves now/soon...can't speak for other retailers.

[@blankwavemessiah]

@@DarthDeuces thanks mate. SUBBED btw, Algorithm was definitely in your favor with this post. Thanks again, cheers!

[@chancebrown106]

Another score for 6 inch… Signed a 3 TVC collector..

[@DEATH2thaSTUpid]

Wow. You got that super early..doesn't get a release here until August..was hoping for a Darth Malgus type hood and a maniacal howl head to swap out..for different poses..otherwise looks great...cheers 🍺🍺🍻 SI FI

[@DarthDeuces]

That would've been pretty cool if they went that route for the heads/hood...Thanks for watching man!

[@TheStonedMandalorian]

Definitely appropriate reuse IMO. He looks spectacularly evil. Nice in depth review man. Can’t wait to get this one on the shelf!

[@DarthDeuces]

Thanks!

[@roygarcia7313]

The body is a reused Luke Skywalker from the,Luke and grogu 2 pack 💯

[@Kilobot88]

Is Rehuse from the Book of boba fett luke and the arms and head are from the ROTJ palpatine

[@Cornholio174]

The arms and also Luke’s and the head is brand new, none of this figure is reused from the rotj emperor

[@apollo1015]

Can't wait to get that figgy looks soo good, great review as always

[@Cornholio174]

For this weirdly the hands are all new despite being in the exact same positions as the original emperor hands, someone tried putting the lightning hands on the old figure and they didn’t work. I know the body is a complete reuse the the lower legs confuse me, I wouldn’t used Jedi Luke since I thought they had similar boots. Still very excited for this, should be getting it soon

[@DarthDeuces]

Oh really, that's interesting they made new hands I couldn't tell otherwise

[@Cornholio174]

@@DarthDeuces yeah, it’s so weird that they essentially are the same, I guess so they could fit into the Luke arms, I’m just happy they gave the lightning hands

[@droidzhunterz6861]

Hmm I dont like the smile, not very sith lord'ish. Also way too much soft goods on him. Hasbro could have picked the robe he wears when he rescues Anakin on Mustafar, all black of course. I think it's a pass for me sadly.

[@friendlypiranha9334]

Quite underwhelming and lazy reuse of so many parts. Thanks, you just saved me some money. Just canceled my pre-order.

[@WhiteDireWolf_217]

I doubt you actually wanted it. You aint gonna get a Sidious anywhere else other than a really expensive Hot Toy.

[@friendlypiranha9334]

@@WhiteDireWolf_217 I don't want a Luke Skywalker in disguise. Even if I could ignore that it's a repurposed whole body (which I can't) the head sculpt is so soft that it makes it look like a wax doll. I'm not willing to pay Hasbro's inflated prices for this level of quality. If you can settle for a lot less, good for you.

[@shanequigley6745]

The only positive is that the Luke body has good articulation.

[@magicmirror8627]

@@WhiteDireWolf_217 Nah, perfectly fine with my Kotobukiya Throne Room Emperor. And since I don't need ROTJ Palpatine to do anything other than sitting on his throne and looking good (as most people even with the BS one), can't care less about his lack of articulation in this case. It scales fine with BS and looks a million times better than any Hasbro version, which is the main thing. So no, Black Series if definitely not the only option. Although I would agree that this version is much better than any of their previous releases, and I would've bought it if they wouldn't put ROTS Yoda in the 2pack with a useless clone.

[@magicmirror8627]

@@friendlypiranha9334 Reusing parts is perfectly fine when you don't even see these part though. But poor paint of his lightsaber is inexcusable, also I don't like that they didn't use darker cloth for the central piece of his robes.

[@anthonium.]

He looks like a little doll. Cute Sidious.