“Sounds great Sarge. But I fight to not get shot! I say we blow the whole building”
The 3rd wave of Star Wars Black Series Publishing figures from Hasbro brought us our second member of Task Force 99 from the Star Wars comics series. SCAR Trooper Mic joins Sergeant Kreel from the Wave 2. As with all the Publishing releases, Mic is packed in closed, book-inspired packaging with the front cover art taken directly from a panel within the Star Wars comic series depicting SCAR squadron.
The box features an opening front cover with more comic book artwork and some background text on the inside leaf. Sadly, the 3rd Wave of Publishing figures fell into the ‘plastic free’ era of packaging for Hasbro and rather than open the cover to reveal the figure, the cover disappointingly opens to reveal another cover with an image of the figure confirming the contents which themselves are wrapped in waxy paper and held in place by a cardboard inner tray.
Mic uses the newer second edition Storm Trooper body, with no adjustments throughout the armour other than the inclusion on the left wrist of the same holo-comm device used on Kreel. Like all the newer Troopers the armour is a glossy hard white plastic and connected by black joints providing Mic with a crisp and clean look and practically zero paint applications. The body armour is tweaked through decor with some black lines on the chest armour and the midsection components left unpainted as opposed to the usual series of black component parts.
Mic features a new sculpted helmet reflecting his role as the Squad’s slicer. This variation on the usual Stormtrooper helmet includes a side aerial and integrated light, a grooved pattern to the front of the helmet, and a reflective blue visor rather than black. The final element of Mic’s gear is a brand new backpack design - cast in white with a grey central panel inserted with a further blue metallic piece. The ‘arms’ of the backpack extend on grey pistons. Hasbro has tried to make the pack fit into the existing rear section of a Stormtrooper, shaping the rear of the back pack in an inverted pattern hoping the two would then clip together. Sadly this is a complete disaster and the backpack fails to engage in any level - this may vary between figures depending on the cast. The only way I could get the backpack to sit in place was through the use of Blutac.
As well as the backpack, Mic is also provided with a standard E-11 blaster rifle. This is on closer inspection an adjusted version of the E-11 with sights both up top and to the side near the barrel. The piece is cast in grey with a touch of silver detail down the main shaft. Unlike Kreel, Mic does not get a working holster.
The figure has the same 19 points of articulation as incorporated into the new Stormtrooper body with technical two further joints on the backpack although that opening mechanism is rudimentary at best. Mic poses really well and holds most poses with a good level of stability.
These SCAR Trooper variants of the relatively uniform Stormtrooper design are a nice way of expanding Imperial Forces and providing rank variants, even if you are not a fan or follow the comic book series. For those who are invested in Task Force 99 we now have two of the team in figure form and perhaps can hope for more in the future under the Publishing Series banner.
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