"Morak? There's nothing on Morak."
During the mission to Morak during Season 2 of The Mandalorian, Din Djarin ditches his armour in favour of a Juggernaut Pilot disguise to enable him and Migs Mayfeld to get access to the Imperial Remnant base. Following the release of the Migs Mayfeld disguised figure, it was inevitable that a Din Djarin figure would follow - and it finally arrived in 2023 as part of the Galaxy Collection Wave 10. The Din Djarin Morak release was number 31 in The Mandalorian series and the deep orange artwork on the box side connects with Luke Skywalker (Imperial Cruiser) at one side, and the R2-D2 release on the other.
This is essentially the same figure released a year earlier in 2022 as Migs Mayfeld, this time around the head having been swapped. The body is taken from the 2019 Mud Trooper Han Solo release with a new skirt, belt and holster piece. The armour is entirely olive green apart from the red upper right bicep which is not accurate to the Morak scenes and is an error carried forward from the original Mud Trooper figure. Despite this being called out on the Migs Mayfeld release, the error has been replicated on Din Djarin. The figure features a good level of weathering with a variant pattern in the mud splashes to Migs particularly a less intensive segment of splashing on the chest while the lighter dried mud on the boots varies also in application via the factory.
The Din Djarin head is surprisingly a new sculpt and not taken from the only other unmasked Mando from 2020. The likeness is not great with something off about the nose and the issue sadly gets worse once the helmet is added as the fit is so tight the nose starts to deform and be squashed further against the face.
The skin tone is cast plastic and yet another release where the finish of the face is too glossy. Facial printing is applied for the eyes and mouth as well as a hint of facial stubble. The hair piece is separate from the head and features sculpted strands and a neat finish where it connects around the forehead and the ears. Like the Migs figure the skin tone on the cast head and painted neck are not a good match and there is paint issues around the neck with coverage and edge clarity. The aforementioned helmet is the same one as included with Migs Mayfeld and that means the fit over the slightly larger head of Din Djarin is so tight it will damage the head.
Articulation is 16 points on an older body including the older double-jointed knees which proves a benefit in some poses including the ability to kneel. All the other joints work as intended and have a good range of motion to use with the included blaster - a simple piece, again the same as included with Migs Mayfeld but accurate to the episode. This simple black blaster fits in Din’s right hand or can be holstered when not in use.
Like the Migs Mayfeld release, this Din Djarin release on paper was a simple head swap and tweak to give us an episode-specific Din Djarin out of his usual Mando armour. The base figure is older but works fine for the episode-specific scenes, it just needed an accurate paint job on the arm without the red section. The helmet fit is a worry that this is not engineered well and I would urge you to leave the figure displayed without the helmet to protect the face beneath. An average release thanks to the errors.
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