"Teeka, if you're gonna steal my parts and sell them back to me, could you at least clean them first as a courtesy?"
The Jawa, Teeka, from the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series, was released in 2022 and was the 5th release in the Obi-Wan series within the Galaxy Collection. In the US Teeka was a Target Exclusive, and here in the UK she was initially exclusive to Smyths Toys - but then got a wider release in early 2023 as part of the large volume of discounted Hasbro products that landed in Game stores.
The Obi-Wan Kenobi packaging uses the blue accent colour on the usual black box with the angled side that contains an illustration of Teeka that then lines up with the figures on either side (Fifth Brother & Ben Kenobi from Tibidon Station) to create a wider montage for those that keep their figures in the box or retain the box for display. Teeka landed just before the implementation of plastic-free packaging so retains the window.
Teeka represented a relatively easy figure for Hasbro to execute for the Kenobi series, using the existing Jawa body and simply adding a new waistcoat sleeve piece. The Jawa body was always a strong sculpt in the 6-inch scale with the textured robes with their torn and tattered sleeves. The hood is an individual piece to allow the head articulation to work and beneath this the head is sculpted as though wrapped in black bandages with a pair of gold painted eyes.
The new waistcoat piece is an all-in-one item including the bandoleer so can't be removed unless you take off Teeka’s arms. This is cast in a sandy finish with the dark brown and silver elements of the strap and pouches painted over the top. There is very little other paintwork of note on the figure, with just the hint of weathering at the sleeves and the lower robes with a slightly darker brown applied over the textured robes to dirty them up.
Despite the smaller stature, Teeka comes with 16-points of articulation although much of it is restricted behind the Jawa robes. There is sufficient arm movement and as mentioned the head & hood can rotate with a further swivel ability at the hips. The legs do enough to keep Teeka standing with the knee, thigh and hip articulation essentially going unused.
Accessories include the usual Jawa weapon of choice, the Ion blaster. This is cast in a grey plastic with some additional paint apps to add some brushed silver/metallic effects over the top. The small hands of the Jawa’s have always been problematic for wielding any weapons and that hasn't been fixed here. The arms are also held back from hitting any two-handed pose, so the Ion blaster poses are all around Teeka holding it rather than aiming it.
Teeka also comes with two scrap parts that are both new to the range. There is a smaller piece that looks like a thruster or a lamp of sorts, and a larger bundle that looks to include wound trunking among other parts. Both these items are detailed well enough, cast in a grey plastic and with paint apps added to pick out certain components. The smaller item can be held in the hands, while the promo images show Teeka holding the larger bundle under one arm. The latter pose is very tricky to achieve with the arm articulation and for my photo I cheated and used some tac to hold the piece in place.
On first release Teeka, as an exclusive, was an eye-watering £27.99 here in the UK. The Game store reductions saw him drop to circa £15 in most places, and even going under a tenner on final clearance. As a minimal character that only shares a small amount of screentime with Obi-Wan, I can see why most collectors (including myself) left him on the shelves at the RRP and Hasbro are going to have to rethink that pricing strategy for exclusives of this nature. I was much happier to buy Teeka at the cheaper price and £20 or less feels OK to give some background character options to the Obi-Wan Kenobi collection. There is very little to criticise on the figure outside of the pricing - the tweaked parts give him individuality while the new scrap pieces are nice for dioramas even if you can't get Teeka to hold them.
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