Review: Star Wars Retro Collection Ahsoka Tano from The Mandalorian
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“The Jedi Order fell a long time ago.”
The Retro Collection release of Ahsoka Tano first came under The Mandalorian banner; she would go on to be released again under her own series logo and with an added soft goods cloak.
The usual retro-inspired cardback and blister is used, taking an image of Ahsoka from The Mandalorian to use as the main artwork. The card features the Kenner-inspired tramlines and a reworked logo for The Mandalorian that also takes its inspiration from the Kenner cards of the '70s and '80s. The card also features faux wear & tear around the edges, and is overlaid with a large Retro Collection sticker, which seems unnecessary for these modern releases of new Star Wars shows, considering there is no way these can be passed off as original Kenner figures from the 70s/80s. The cardback moves away from paying homage, and rather than use a checklist of releases as images, it simply lists the other figures that form part of The Mandalorian series.
Ahsoka is wearing the outfit she wore on screen during The Mandalorian and into season 1 of her own Ahsoka Disney+ series. The execution of this is inspired by the original Kenner figures, with the skirt piece created as part of the legs, as seen with original figures like The Emperor and the Tusken Raider. The outfit is predominantly grey in colour, glossy in places, and accented with a dark blue vest, silver armour on the gauntlets and shin plates, and a brown belt with a silver buckle and wrapped blue rope.
The head sculpt is also in keeping with the Kenner figures, featuring a simplistic likeness that does come complete with facial markings as well as painted eyes and mouth. Her Lekku are wrapped around the head and down over the torso, coloured in white and blue.
Ahsoka comes with her twin lightsabers, styled after the Empire & Return of the Jedi sabers with a flat hilt, guard, and blade all in the same base colour. For Ahsoka, these are white with one saber shorter than the other and a bend included in the hilts.
There are five points of articulation, as was the Kenner standard, with rudimentary joints at the shoulders, hips, and neck. While the legs and arms can rotate fully around the joint, the head is held a little bit in check by the Lekku. While these are flexible and do bend as the head turns, the head cannot go all the way, thanks to the rear Lekku, which locks the full turn.
Ahsoka Tano is one of the new era of Star Wars key characters, and Hasbro has done a good job in realising her as a Kenner figure in the style of the original figures, mimicking some design features of the 70’s like the legs, and of the 80’s as seen in the flat-gripped lightsabers. A neat addition for anyone expanding their original Kenner collection, or building a Retro Collection in its own right.
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