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REX Brand: Fortnite Genre: Video Games Product Type: Action Figure Series: Fortnite The ferocious and adorable Rex is stomping from the game right into your collection! PRODUCT FEATURES: Design directly sculpted and painted from in-game assets Hyper-Articulated (22 points) – perfect for Emote posing Comes complete with Iconic Scaly Back Bling Equipped with a devastating Rocket Launcher Harvest your materials with the included Bitemark Harvesting Tool Rex is showcased in premium glossy Fortnite-themed window box packaging Rex stands tall on a Fortnite-branded display base Sign up and use our comments option below to share your thoughts on this release. If you haven't signed up, see the login button at the top of this post

CUDDLE TEAM LEADER Brand: Fortnite Genre: Video Games Product Type: Action Figure Series: Fortnite The beloved Cuddle Team Leader is here to steal your heart and lead your team to victory. PRODUCT FEATURES Design directly sculpted and painted from in-game assets. Hyper-articulated (18+ points) – perfect for emote posing. Comes with iconic Cuddle Bow Back Bling. Equipped with the Legendary Assault Rifle. Harvest your materials with the included Rainbow Smash Harvesting Tool. Cuddle Team Leader is showcased in premium glossy Fortnite-themed window box packaging. Cuddle Team Leader stands tall on a Fortnite-branded display base. Sign up and use our comments option below to share your thoughts on this release. If you haven't signed up, see the login button at the top of this post

BLACK KNIGHT Brand: Fortnite Genre: Video Games Product Type: Action Figure Series: Fortnite The Black Knight is here to save your collection from utter despair. PRODUCT FEATURES Design directly sculpted and painted from in-game assets. Hyper-Articulated (18+ points) – perfect for emote posing. Comes complete with the Black Shield Back Bling. Equipped with the Grenade Launcher. Harvest your materials with the Axecalibur Harvesting Tool. Black Knight is showcased in premium glossy Fortnite-themed window box packaging. Black Knight stands tall on a Fortnite-branded display base Sign up and use our comments option below to share your thoughts on this release. If you haven't signed up, see the login button at the top of this post

RAPTOR Brand: Fortnite Genre: Video Games Product Type: Action Figure Series: Fortnite Roger That! Raptor can build, fight, and lead you to a Victory Royale. Over and out! Design directly sculpted and painted from in-game assets. Hyper-articulated (18+ points) – perfect for emote posing. Comes complete with the Raptor Satchel Back Bling. Equipped with the Drum Gun. Harvest your materials with the Ice Breaker Harvesting Tool. Raptor is showcased in premium glossy Fortnite-themed window box packaging. Raptor stands tall on a Fortnite-branded display base Sign up and use our comments option below to share your thoughts on this release. If you haven't signed up, see the login button at the top of this post

SKULL TROOPER Brand: Fortnite Genre: Video Games Product Type: Action Figure Series: Fortnite Skull Trooper is here to haunt your shelves and elevate your premium collection. PRODUCT FEATURES Design directly sculpted and painted from in-game assets. Hyper-articulated (18+ points) – perfect for emote posing. Comes complete with the sharp Precision Back Bling. Ready for battle with the powerful Epic Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle. Harvest your materials with the Death Valley Harvesting Tool. Skull Trooper is showcased in premium glossy Fortnite-themed window box packaging. Skull Trooper stands tall on a Fortnite-branded display base. Sign up and use our comments option below to share your thoughts on this release. If you haven't signed up, see the login button at the top of this post

NECA's long awaited, and often teased, quarter-scale 18" Shredder from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle 1990 movie has finally been revealed. The figure shares several parts with the previously announced Foot Soldier from the same film. They are all scaled to complement the existing quarter-scale Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle figures.

Welcome to our review of the Marvel Legends Iron-Man Mk7, released as part of the 2018 The First Ten Years of Marvel Studio series. This is the Mark 7 suit we see Iron-Man use in The Avengers when battling the Chitauri invasion of New York. Packaging 4/5 The First Ten Years packaging deviates away from the scooped sided Marvel Legends packaging to a more conventional box. The base colour remains black. The Marvel Studios The First Ten Years logo sits prominently top left, with the Legends series logo to the opposite side. The figure is visible through a shaped window that is framed in a red bar. This red bar expands under the figure to confirm the character name, specifically written in this case as IRON MAN MARK VII. Next to this is a large Avengers "A" circular logo. The front of the box finishes with the Hasbro logo to the right and the Avengers Movie logo. The right hand spine of the box carries a repeat of this movie logo at the bottom, and above this various scenes from the First Ten Years of the MCU in individual panels. These panels connect to the other releases when placed in number order to create a wider display piece. The left spine is headed with a Marvel Studios logo and beneath this a red panel designed to look almost like a data card. In here we get a synopsis of the movie and the year of release as 2012. "THE AVENGERS 2012 WHEN THE ALIEN CHITAURI THREATEN TO DESTROY NEW YORK CITY, TONY STARK MUST SUIT UP IN HIS MARK VII HEAVY-COMBAT ARMOR TO LAUNCH A NUCLEAR MISSILE AT THE APPROACHING ENEMY FLEET. IRON-MAN PUSHES THE SUIT TO ITS LIMIT, LOSING POWER AND CRASHING TO EARTH AS THE CHITAURI ARE DISABLED AND THE WORMHOLE DESTROYED AT LAST." Beneath this text panel is the Legends logo and a number 3, indicating this is number 3 in what was originally a 10 set release - there have now been 11 thanks to the addition of Ultron. The rear of the box see's another Marvel Studio Logo. The rear is then split into two halves. The right is a replication of the original 2012 Movie Poster. The left talks briefly about the Mark VII suit and its capabilities. "Equipped with a mighty Vibranium arc reactor and enhanced fligher capacities, the Mark VII is a Fully-Loaded Rapid Deployment suit built for heavy combat." The figure slides out via the top or bottom box flap. Like all Legends releases the figure sits in a clear plastic tray, surrounded by the spare parts, and that then sits into a cardboard insert. The cardboard insert is very well decorated and uses similar offset panels from MCU movies, this time in Black and White, as are used on the outer box. Paint & Sculpt 4/5 In hand and Iron-Man is a nice heavy piece with a crisp glossy finish. The head sculpt captures the face mask and it is sculpted with grooves between this and the rest of the helmet - although it is not removable. The red on the head, and the figure, is the base plastic colour and while not metallic it is the best colouration I've seen to date on an MCU Iron-Man. The gold painted on top for the mask is neat and is metallic, albeit duller than the red. The eyes are rimmed in blue to try and make them look illuminated - this works well at distance, but doesnt look the best really close up. Black lines have been used on the "mouth" and round to the cheek sections, but the rest of the panel lines on the helmet are left as they are. The body is fully cast in bright shiny red plastic. The shape and bulk of the suit are good, and this Iron-Man certainly isn't undersized standing at 6.5 inches tall. He does look like a man in a suit, which has been a problem with other earlier Iron-Man figures. The suit is painted with varying gold and silver panels. This is all applied neatly, although I have a couple of areas where silver has been dripped or caught on the red. They've even painted the ratcheted knee and elbow joints silver to make it look like an internal working part. The only thing that still does not quite work is the Arc reactor. Again this is applied as a white sticker. While this is reflective, it still looks plain and boring. While the plastic is perhaps the best so far for recreating that red metallic iron-man colouration, it still suffers from some internal defects from the casting process, particularly under lights. The figure is also a wash away from being fully finished. With so much panel detail on Iron-Man, seeing this lined out would have made a huge difference. Articulation 4/5 Despite the bulk, this Iron-Man still packs a good amount of articulation with 18 standard points of articulation, with another 6 moving parts built into the armour to both support movement and to add further posing options. The head is a ball joint and this rotates fully. There is also a peg within the neck joint and this allows the head to look down. Sadly you can do the opposite motion to have Iron-Man looking up as he would in launching or most flight poses. The same can be said of the mid-torso ball joint. This rotates but the lean and pivot on it are minimal. There is movement all round to help pose the upper torso, but not enough for more dynamic posing - again am thinking of flight poses. The legs are ball jointed at the hips with a thigh swivel almost immediately underneath. Because of the amour panels the legs will only raise up partially so there will be no Superhero landings from Iron-Man. Beneath the two hip joints are double jointed knees and ankle rockers. Both of these are tight and secure and Iron-Man stands perfectly well in most poses. The arms start with pegged hands and there are two sets included in the pack. We have a pair of fists and a pair of open firing hands. These are cast in red plastic with no paint apps. The fist hands are pivoted on the peg so these rotate and have some bend. The firing hands are pegged only so once plugged in they can only rotate and are fixed in position otherwise. The elbows are double jointed with the ability to bend to and beyond 90 degrees to a point where the hand is pretty much touching the shoulder. The shoulder ball joint also has full movement out and up with a flexible piece on the shoulder amour panel allowing it to move with the arm. This is not so much a joint, but a flexible piece and I suspect it will have a limited lifespan before the bending will take a toll and it may snap. The other articulation I alluded to are across four fin panels on the reverse of Iron-Man. These are used in the movie for flight. Each panel is a hinge joint and you can open each of them independently. Once opened there are painted details underneath and of course the gloss red plastic is a match. These fins do give some good additional posing options but it would have been beneficial to work on the neck and torso joints to allow true Iron-Man in flight posing with an appropriate flight stand. Accessories 3/5 So far this figure has been completely originally with a new sculpt throughout. That can't be said of the blast FX accessories included which were originally included in the Civil War Iron-Man and have also been recycled for the Homecoming Iron-Man and the Infinity War releases. These are essentially two cast pieces to represent the firing of Iron-Man's repulsors. They are cast in a softer translucent plastic and plug into holes on to the hands. While we have had blue ones in earlier releases, these are a more accurate yellow flame type. The plug in option is not brilliant and I am finding mine do drop out a little too easily. While these do work for firing poses, I think they are better utilised as repulsor blasts to show Iron-Man taking off. This looks even better when you employ an aftermarket stand as seen in our images. The blasts do also fit into Iron-Man's peg holes on the feet if you want to use them as foot boosters. This does beg my one question as to why we couldn't have maybe got four of these for the price point on this figure - especially when you consider the amount of content the Red Skull single release had included? Summary There is no doubt this is probably the best Iron-Man MCU figure to date, and the first to properly give us the height and bulk of Tony Stark in a suit. It scales really well with the other Avengers figures, but as these are now dated there is a big gulf in finish and quality of sculpt between them. I wonder if the MCU line continues we may see further do-overs? I can't find fault with the sculpt, and my only concerns remains the red plastic and the defects visible within it and the lack of a wash to bring out all that exquisite panel detail. With good articulation for this price point and lovely collector friendly packaging, then the Mark VII comes in with a 4 out of 5, a few paint apps away from top marks.

I tend to visit my local Entertainer more or less weekly. This weeks visit was pretty lacklustre with what has been a huge Star Wars section pre-Xmas relegated to a couple of ends and replaced with a wall of Funko Pops! If you are a Pops! collector then the prices on these seem excellent at £6.66 for most and a few marked as exclusive, although I am guessing not exclusive to The Entertainer? Star Wars reductions remains as they were post Xmas, other than the very earliest Black Series like the Flametrooper and Rey/BB8 packs which are now reduced again to £5.50 each. The Rex in my image is in the wrong place and the £5.50 tickets are quite specific to which character is priced at what price. The other big addition noticeable this week was Fortnite with a big section full of the new action figures and the associated Pop! releases.

NECA have released this new image of what we hope is the soon to be released Alien 3 creature pack for the 7 inch Alien series. The pack includes the juvenile dog Alien (Bambi Buster) along with some concept figures of the Queenhugger and Queenbuster, concepts that were dropped for the final cut of the movie. Expect a full reveal at New York Toy Fair

BEWARE this article contains spoilers for the 2019 Godzilla King of the Monsters movie Details are being released and confirmed for the Jakks Pacific line of Godzilla King of the Monsters movie figures for release in 2019. Up first is an enormous 20 inch long Godzilla. He stands nearly 12 inches high and is articulated at the shoulders and hips for leg and arm movement. Looking at the packaging the tail will be a separate item clipped on when unpacked "Officially licensed “Godzilla” action figure. From head to toe he stands 30 cm tall, but head to the tip of the tail this figure is a whopping 51 cm long. Godzilla has several points of articulation." And yet there is an even bigger Godzilla with this articulated 24 inch Godzilla. With the tail attached he will be an impressive 43 inches (109cm) long. This is the biggest Godzilla figure produced to date. The next size down will be a 6 inch / 15cm size assortment of Kaiju. We will have both Rodan and King Ghidorah in this format and they come with a break-apart building accessory and a vehicle - Rodan with a jet and King Ghidorah with a helicopter of sorts. While this 6 inch scale looks good you have to hope there is a Godzilla in this scale also to face off against the Kaiju, otherwise we will have a very unmatched set of scales in the line with Godzilla only as a giant figure. "Godzilla King of the Monsters Monster Action Figure Packs! RODAN and KING GHIDORAH: 15 cm Assortment of 4 action figures. Each figure stands approx. 15 cm tall and comes with diorama accessories in a window box" Finally the smallest scale which is 9cm. These will be double packs with two Monsters matching up against each other. Godzilla comes in all three packs - one against Rodan, one against Mothra and one against Ghidorah. The Mothra package is not shown here due to spoilers. These figures include a background scene of sorts and a clip to stand it in. This looks far too small vs the two figures included? "Godzilla King of the Monsters Monster Matchups Action Figures 9 cm 2-Packs Assortment, each containing two action figures and a backdrop diorama. Each figure stands approx. 9 cm tall. Window box packaging."

Welcome to our review of the McFarlane Stranger Things Lucas 7 inch scale action figure. After the debut wave of Eleven and Chief Hopper, McFarlane Toys expanded their Stranger Thing line with a 2nd wave made up of Lucas and his friend Dustin as well as a deluxe Demogorgon figure. The Lucas and Dustin wave was released in March 2018. "An integral piece to the strange things that occur in Hawkins, Indiana Lucas is there for his friends. Never afraid to voice his opinion Lucas is strong and always there for friends, no matter what the risk." Packaging 3/5 Perfectly in keeping with the show, the McFarlane Stranger Things figures are packaged on 1980 style blister cards. The artwork is also very 80''s with a movie poster type image of a number of the key characters sitting on top of the Stranger Things logo. Around the card is a red and white border, reminiscent of the silver bordering used on the vintage Star Wars line. This is broken at the top with the Netflix logo. And even the McFarlane logo gets a retro treatment as they've used their older inverted blue triangle design. The card back is a big change in style to the front and is split into contrasting blue and red panels. On the larger red panel are details of the current releases, as of this time this means images of Dustin and Lucas and the Demogorgon. To the side of the two kids is a blue circle with their numerous accessories pictured. To the left in the blue panel is the Stranger Things logo and then a number of "coming soon" characters. Each of the coming soon figures is represented as a head shot of the actual actor in a red circle. From the 5 pictured Mike, Will and Punk Eleven would be Wave 3. While Barb is an exclusive release. To date there has been no release or announcement for Steve? The card has to be ripped to access the blister and within the blister sits the figure in a further plastic tray. Lucas is strapped in with elasticated straps at his waist and feet. These straps can and do rub the paint so be careful taking these out. The same applies to the tape holding in the accessories which can have a habit of taking paint with it when it's torn off. This choice of blister card may work well for the retro feel of the show, but it they are hard to find in mint condition if you wish to keep your figure carded. A figure stand sits behind the card and you will need this in order to display the figure as we will see shortly. Paint & Sculpt 3/5 Before we can do anything with Lucas, the figure has to be placed on the inclusive Stranger Things stand. The stand is cast in a clear plastic, but it does have a faint yellow tone to it. The Stranger Things logo is printed on top. The stand has a single peg, and this corresponds to a hole in the right foot of Lucas. The fit is pretty tight and snug. While some collectors do not like these stand types, you will need some form of support for Lucas as McFarlane have not sculpted or designed him to stand on his own. Rather than the flat feet and ankle rockers we see on Hasbro or NECA figures, the McFarlane shoes are sculpted naturally with a bend in the trainers. The right leg is also longer than the left and this, and the shaped feet making Lucas almost impossible to stand on his own. From a distance, the likeness to actor Caleb McLaughlin looks good. But up close there are some flaws, predominantly with the paint apps. The eyes are very big and are then shaded very heavily, so it almost looks like makeup. The expression they've chosen is also odd and non-descript, and considering Lucas' role in the group he should be more assertive looking? His bandana is well painted with a neat camouflage design. The neck design is pretty bad and neck looks swollen and if you turn the head at all the neck sticks out further than the chin? Lucas' outfit is well presented. He has a plain blue T-shirt and over this red coat with beige collar. The jacket includes sculpted buttons that are then painted in silver. He wears a tool belt of sorts with individual pouches, and these are weathered so the edges look worn - a nice touch. The trousers can look varying in colour depending on the light. In our images they look purple, but are more brown in natural light on display. They are well sculpted to include the folds and creases of cloth and ruffle up around the worn trainers complete with stripes and sculpted laces. Accessories 4/5 You can't fault McFarlane for the accessories they are including with the Stranger Things figures. Lucas comes with a whole raft of pieces, starting with this military style torch. It is cast in hard plastic and painted in army green with tiny detail on the clips and the lens. We then have a slingshot, this time cast in a rubbery plastic so the armrest and the elasticated piece have some play for display purposes. The articulation in the arm won't stretch to a firing pose, but you can get a preparing to fire pose. The Walkie Talkie is going to get plenty of use as it will come with all the four main members of the gang. It looks oversized, but of course these are kids so it will look larger. McFarlane haven't worked out how to get a gripping hand to hold this - so the solution is a spare right hand with a giant peg in the middle. This peg slots into the back of the Walkie-Talkie to mimic Lucas actually holding it. This all works well except for the fact the ability to swap hands is almost impossible. The designers have used such delicate and tiny ball jointed wrists that the hands wont slot in and out easily. Too much force and the joint just disintegrates and your figure is ruined, not enough pressure and the piece won't clip in and hold. That means once the hand is out, it ain't going back on easily. Considering the articulation of the hands is rudimentary anyway, why a peg into the sleeve wasn't a better (and potentially cheaper) solution? The final accessory works much better - the rucksack. Each kid has a differing rucksack, so no re-use here which they could have got away with if they'd wanted. Both straps on the bag are closed, and you put it on by bringing the arms backwards and sliding it over them to the elbows and then up to the shoulder. Once in place it sits naturally enough and looks to be an extension of the figure with paint tone and finish to match. The bag is blue in colour, with silver stud details and a brown section underneath. You even have the loop on top where these bags are hung on coat hooks. Articulation 2/5 McFarlane are not renowned for extensive articulation, but since their return to 7 inch figures it has been improving and is now starting to close the gap with some of the other 7 inch producers like DCC and Diamond. Lucas has 13 points of articulation, starting with those difficult legs that refuse to stand without the inclusive stand. The legs are jointed at the hips with a T-joint allowing the hips to swing out forward and to size. This gives full movement, but looks awful when the lines of the trousers are broken when these joints are engaged. No matter how good the hips may move, they are then restricted back again by the knees which are single rotating joints that can't get to a right angle. When you combine all these factors it ultimately leaves Lucas in a neutral pose We have also seen some aspects of the arm articulation that commences with a shoulder joint that is not quite a ball but instead looks to be pinned just inside the torso. This shoulder can extend to aout 45 degrees from the body and also rotates. The elbow has a similar range, bending to 45 degrees and denying the figure the ability to be posed using his Walkie Talkie or firing that catapult. We finish the arms with those fragile wrist joints which allow rotation of the hands only within the sleeves of the jacket. Why on earth these aren't plugged into the sleeve is beyond me as the tiny ball joint seems too small and delicate for swapping out hands. The final joint is on that large swollen neck and here the head can rotate and has a few millimetres of forward and backward tilt. Summary The McFarlane Stranger Things line is a brave one for the team to go after. It is essentially bunch of 1980's kids with one or two cool monsters - it is a line that initially felt like it was going to let you down and finish before you had the core group of characters. And that is the very reason I held on getting Lucas and Dustin till I knew Mike and Will were also on shelves. The price of sub £20 is reasonable on these, particularly for the sculpt and the paint on the outfit at least - Lucas does have some issues on face tones. The amount of accessories is also impressive. The issues of course are around the joints. It is not so much the lack of articulation, but the thought process of not designing the figure to stand without a particularly ugly stand. And those terrible wrist joints on a figure that includes swap out hands. With a few tweaks this is an awesome figure, but as it stands (or rather doesn't) poor Lucas comes in at a below average 2/5

Review : Rey's Speeder (Jakku) and Rey Scavenger Star Wars Black Series (Hasbro) Wave/Series : Deluxe/Vehicle Series #03 Released : September 2017 Price : £69.99 In 2015 Hasbro took their Black Series to a whole new level with the release of a 1/12 scale First Order Tie Fighter. While we had been treated to some smaller vehicles like the Speeder Bike - and beasts like the Tauntaun, Wampa and Jabba - in the past, this Tie Fighter started a bold new era where even the bigger ships were no longer off limits. The Tie Fighter was #01 in what Hasbro confirmed would be an ongoing Vehicle series. It has taken a couple more years for us to get release #02 and #03 which were announced ahead of Star Wars Celebration 2017 as the X-34 Landspeeder (with Luke) and the Jakku Speeder (with Rey). Both vehicles were released on Force Friday II, 3rd September 2017. While the earlier box sets were presented with a window box, this precedent was changed with the release of the Tie Fighter and the box arrives sealed. This does mean you can't see the vehicle you are buying, but the benefit is that Hasbro can fit more into the box by delivering the set unassembled. There is a small window to the bottom left which shows off the accompanying Rey figure and her accessories. While there is no window to display the vehicle itself, the box front does carry both a large grey lined artwork of the Jakku Speeder and a couple of insert images of the speeder itself. The Star Wars Black Series logo sits top left. The rear of the box is split with the first third to the left turned over to the Star Wars Black Series logo, the number #03 in red and then a set of text which is split into two parts. The first gives a few lines about the Speeder itself, the second bit talks about Rey and her Scavenger existence on Jakku and how she is "toughened by a lifetime of dealing with the cutthroats of the harsh desert world of Jakku". Both sets of text are repeated in French, German and Spanish - as is common practice on the standard releases. The other two thirds of the box rear carry a number of images of the vehicle itself from different angles. It shows the various features you will get in the set ad the flight stand is picked out with a text label reading "Tilting Stand". The right spine (as you look at the box front) is a gloss red spine - identical to the single figure design. It has the large #03 in position at the top and the sets name underneath. The other side carries a large image of Rey in her Scavenger outfit. The box is opened by one of the sides, the red spine is the easiest route as the figure can be slid out - and this is the bit that can catch if pulling it from the other direction. While Rey is sat in a gloss red cardback, the rest of the box is plain cardboard. The Speeder, in three parts, is secured in place with a large number of elasticated ties. I would highly recommend just grabbing some scissors at this point and cutting it free - untangling them from the other side is a pretty labour intensive task. With the set freed from the box, let's assemble the Speeder first. You will find the main body of the Speeder, a second piece of "junk" and a clear stand. Assembly is pretty easy, but if you need any help then Hasbro have included a small instruction leaflet that is folded under the stand in the box. Job one is to clip the main chassis into the stand. This is simply a push in piece until you hear a click. It doesn't matter which way round the stand goes as it holds the Speeder either way and can easily be rotated - the natural position is to have the raised bit to the back to represent the super heated air under the Speeder. We then clip the junk stack into the side of the Speeder. There are two pegs on the junk that line up to two holes on the chassis above the netting. These are different shapes so can't be mixed up. The junk clicks in easily enough. The net has some elasticity to it and it stretches up then over the junk and you hook the two loops at either end to the silver hooks on the chassis. Your Speeder is now assembled and is a pretty hefty and impressive piece. It measures 12 1/2 inches from front to back, and stands 5 3/4 inches high as it sits on the stand (floor to windscreen). Take a look round the Speeder and checkout the wealth of detail that Hasbro have put into this thing. First thing of note is that the orange base colour is not a single tone - there is a second orange tone built into the trim. The orange is then also weathered really well. There are splashes of brown paint across all areas, and panels of faded paintwork to represent a sandblasting effect. We also get more physical damage like the dint at the front. There is even screen accurate damage to the fins on the front grille - checkout this image and you will see this isn't some factory error but these line up with the bent fins on the real prop. If you are being picky, this grille section is a bit too clean and some silver paint and sandy residue would have finished it off nicely. Other details include the cracked visor and the various controls for the rider which are picked out in silver. You can access the engine by means of some opening panels built into the Speeder. The first is above the netting and opens up on hinges. There is a similar access hatch on the other side - and here the larger panel comes off completely exposing the engine detail underneath. The workings under these panels are a metallic grey with some darker wash to dirty it up. Sadly the choice has been made to not replicate this paint technique on the exposed areas of the engine under the rider and these do look a tad clean. The speeder includes some other moving parts - including the two control levers for the rider, and two adjustable steering fins at the rear. There is also some poseability from the stand which is not just a one pose deal, but is ball jointed to allow the Speeder to lean to the side. This simple movement suddenly takes the inanimate Speeder and brings it to life dynamically, it now looks like it is speeding across the wastelands of Jakku. The stand will take quite a bit of lean, but there is a point where gravity takes over and the Speeder will topple. On to Rey now, and this is a brand new figure to the range giving the full Scavenger look that Rey sported at the start of the Force Awakens. It is difficult to say the head sculpt is a good likeness to Daisy Ridley a only the nose and mouth are visible. The head is swathed in a wrapped head piece with goggles over the top. The headpiece is a beige colouration with very deep sculptural wraps and creases - therefore even without any paint apps on top of the base colour, it still captures the light very well and looks fantastic. The goggles are a differing shade of beige, with silver trim and green gloss lens. Rey is a combination of sculpted parts and soft goods. Under the head and neck scarf is an under tunic and knee length trousers. Over the trousers is an inner skirt in soft goods that is held in place by being tucked into the waist joint area. Over the whole figure is a courser material that comes from under the neck area and crosses over at the torso. It is held in place by the belt and then hangs loose down over the legs. One side ends at the feet, while the other side loops round and comes up the same way at the back - I would guess this is a single piece of fabric hence the need for the loop. The belt is a dark brown with an olive green satchel. The satchel is very nicely detailed in its own right with visible sculpted straps and buckles and the key clasps picked out in gunmetal silver. While the headpiece is not removable, you can choose to have Rey's mouth covered or uncovered. This is achieved by a clever moulded piece that is packed separately in the pack. This mouthpiece has a small nub on the inside at the bottom, and this lines up and sits in a very small groove under Rey's chin. By moulding the mouthpiece with the shape of the nose - the nose is the second point of connection, and the whole thing sits in place pretty well. Be warned it won't take loads of movement and there is a risk of this dropping off without you noticing. Once in place the mouthpiece doesn't look out of place and lines up well enough with the rest of the head gear. Nicely done Hasbro. Where ever you have a vehicle and rider/pilot scenario the articulation of said rider/pilot is key - without ensuring the figure sits naturally on the vehicle, you end up with a frustratingly awkward display piece. Thankfully the designers have considered this with Rey, and that is one of the main reasons for the soft goods so that the articulation remains unhindered. Even with the neck gear, the head still moves a little to either side on its ball joint. The arms are ball jointed shoulders with full 90 degree rotating elbow joints and some play in the wrist pivotes. There is a torso joint hidden under the soft goods and this gives Rey some lean forward and backward. The legs have a ball jointed hip and double jointed knees, and the legs finish with ankle rockers. The staff packed with Rey is the same piece as came with her original Force Awakens single release. While this is a good sculpt in the staff itself, with handles that are sculpted to look like wrapped cloth, the strap remains relatively inflexible being a rubbery plastic and not soft goods. A new accessory is the back pack. This comes loose in the box but is easy enough to put onto the figure. The two straps pull out of loops on the rear of the backpack. You then place this over Rey's arms and onto her back - the straps then feed back through the hoops and can be tightened up. While being a softer rubber the backpack is still full of detail with canisters and straps painted in silver. There is a built in shoulder piece on the left which hangs over Rei's shoulder when the backpack is in place. With staff in hand and backpack in place the Rey figure is one that wouldn't have gone amiss in the main line as a single figure release. Comparing the new Rey to the existing sculpt it is surprising to find new Rey is quite a bit taller. There are no obvious re-used parts at all - even the boots and trousers looking like new sculpted parts. While Rey is ultimately designed to ride her Speeder, she looks good just stood next to the vehicle - a pose we see in the movie a couple of times. Once Rey is ready to ride the Speeder then she can actually stow her staff in the elasticated netting - again, accurate to the movie. Getting Rey into the rider's seat isn't quite as easy as it looks. First off there are peg holes on the feet pedals which are not overly easy to line up with the holes on Rey's feet. These pedals are articulated so can be adjusted if needed. You then turn the wrists sideways and put the hands around the two steering columns. Again these are articulated, but you will find as you attach one the other pops off, or the feet slip out. All good fun. With everything lined up you need to push Rey's bum down onto the seat and use that torso joint to bend her forward into a riding position. While it takes a bit of time to get right, once in place she stays in place really well. Granted the full lean forward for high speed driving isn't there - but what you to get, more importantly, looks great and natural. With Rey in the driving seat you can then start to play with that tilting stand to get the most out of your display. You will find that every pose will see you putting the netted side forward to your display - the other side is simply a bit plain and boring. Now there is a very important question that came to our mind as soon as this set was released - can Rey put BB-8 into the netting and transport him across Jakku? I am pleased so say the answer is yes. The elasticated netting will accommodate a Black Series BB-8 - although over time I guess it will stretch the netting. While some may argue a BB8 would have been a nice addition to the pack, for me it would have added unnecessary cost - there are enough BB-8's out there for collectors to replicate this look if they wish. There is no denying that Hasbro have done a very impressive job with Rey's Speeder. The colouring and paint job on both Speeder and figure are of a high standard - although the engine parts and front grille of the Speeder are a wash away from being perfect. The articulation of the figure matches the requirements to ride the Speeder and the whole thing works when Rey is in place in the riding position and is further enhanced with that tilting stand. The issue is therefore then one of price. Now this release is much more than any other set we've had (Tie Fighter aside) with a larger accessory and a full Black Series figure included. The Wampa and Tauntaun sets - which are the closest comparison - were about £45 at retail 3-years or so ago. If we use this as a benchmark and consider we'd be paying £25 for the figure - then my view is that these sets should come in between £55 and £60. In reality at present these are about a tenner too much, but that may change if the bigger retailers bring these in for a lower cost price with the economy of scale they bring to bear. While I do take value for money into consideration when it comes to scoring - I think there are deals out there for the Speeders and the prices are coming down. Assuming you don't pay more than £65 at a maximum price, then there is no reason Rey and Speeder can't score a 5 out of 5. Checkout the Star Wars Selection Over at Kapow Toys