MAFEX 208 Bo-Katan Kryze (The Mandalorian) QUICK Review

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Күн бұрын

Without a doubt, this was the most frustrating edit/upload of a review in my life.
I am convinced this figure is cursed.
There's some more strange things happening at the end of the video but I have washed my hands of it.
CURSED!
0:00 - Intro
0:05 - Facebook
0:17 - Box
0:26 - Unboxing
01:19 - Accessories
03:54 - Head Sculpt
04:36 - Articulation
08:51 - Scale
09:23 - Final Thoughts

Пікірлер: 49

@jameslohr4943 Ай бұрын

I think this looks great and has acceptable articulation. It’s a bummer you’re disappointed, hope you like the next one more.

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

Yeah I think it also looks great. The lack of anything more than 90° at the elbows to me is awful. The inability to tilt the head back without having to mod the neck stinks. I’ve held Ahsoka and messed around with it already. The articulation is much better than this one.

@CMCustom112 Ай бұрын

I had a bad feeling about this 2 months before release and canceled my PO. Glad I did. Ill wait for a significant discount comes around on retail before picking this up. And I WILL pick it up, just not for full price.

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

It’s not a bad figure. I gave it a 7.5/8 but the things that kept it from scoring higher are so ridiculously obvious that it’s maddening.

@CMCustom112 Ай бұрын

@@KaijuDaddyJapan Yeah, that right angle arm hindrance is inexcusable.

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

Terrible execution

@ICollectToys Ай бұрын

Thanks for the review!

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for watching

@Tokyo_Joey Ай бұрын

Great review, mate. Looks like MAFEX is gradually improving its human head-sculpts. As for the rest of the figure, I feel it looks decent, but you pointed out some important issues. Medicom need to up their game if they want to keep raising prices. I was surprised how many of their figures are still available at AmiAmi, and the owners of another Tokyo toy store told me they're struggling to shift their MAFEX figures.

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

Thanks. I’ve noticed a lot of older Mafex have disappeared over the past month due to the rise in tourists. Things that say for years suddenly vanished within a few weeks everywhere.

@TheToyOdyssey Ай бұрын

It’s new out the box. Did you break in the ab joints? Thats usually the case. Elbow range does suck.

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

The sculpt prevents the ab crunch

@TheToyOdyssey Ай бұрын

@@KaijuDaddyJapan shame. To be fair, their Mando isn’t much better. I think aesthetics wise, she still looks great and is serviceable.

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

The figure looks great, head aside. The main issue for me is the articulation (big issue)

@TheToyOdyssey Ай бұрын

@@KaijuDaddyJapan I feel like they struggle with their females. All of them bend barely past 90%.

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

Yeah there really is an issue with them. I wonder if certain engineers get assigned the females and that explains the lackluster results.

@gettoreadpoe Ай бұрын

I’m satisfied with the head which I most waited part. Mafex is needed to try body development.

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

I agree. The lack of range at all in some areas is unacceptable.

@dorothygale8984 Ай бұрын

🎉😮🎉😮

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Albertk96 Ай бұрын

I just made my payment to AmiAmi for this one. Somewhat disappointed already. I just don't know what to think about Mafex, who is making these decisions in that place? Just baffling. But then every other new release is a banger, so totally hard to predict.

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

The two that dropped this week were pretty disappointing.

@cookedit Ай бұрын

At least the face looks better than I feared and Mafex are the best at facial accuracy in 1/12 scale. But I think they really need to look at upgrading their articulation points,.which are very dated. Sentinel, SHF, Revoltech are all superior in that area.

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

The face ended up growing on me quickly. I saw the figure in store and thought it was soft but maybe it was just the lights I was under. The nailed the upper part of the head but the lower head looks nothing like the actress.

@rodrigovilches1824 Ай бұрын

Nice !!!

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Fuzzy_Barbarian Ай бұрын

The articulation on the Star Wars figures always seems to be lacking. I was worried this was gonna suck, so I cancelled my pre-order. For the price, this thing's articulation is worse than the Black Series figure in some areas, like the head, elbows and torso. The head sculpt is great, but that's the only thing I'd really get it for. Easy pass for me.

@gordonjohnson1077 Ай бұрын

Skill issue

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

No reason for the lack of double elbows and the head restrictions.

@DtLS Ай бұрын

Ooph, gonna need to stop preordering Mafex now.

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

2024 hasn’t been very strong for them so far.

@michaeljames9711 Ай бұрын

Wow. Guess I won't be ordering this one

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

It’s not a terrible figure but it’s not a great one either

@patrickomaolain1829 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the review. Pretty disappointing :(

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

No worries! Thanks for watching.

@flaminguo Ай бұрын

Is black series headsculpt better but then again it’s $25, Mafex should have better headsculpts but not their strength specially for female figures… I personally think Shf makes the best Star Wars figures mostly atleast

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

Their last two Star Wars releases had great head sculpts. Not sure what happened here

@flaminguo Ай бұрын

@@KaijuDaddyJapan male mafex figures usually turnout amazing not sure why the female figures always has less accessories and the face sculpt usually a let down… maybe different artists working on male and female figures

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

They hate women!! It’s the ONLY possible answer ;-)

@flaminguo Ай бұрын

@@KaijuDaddyJapan :) but sadly I’m slowly thinking this might be true after seeing that rogue head sculpt :(

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

Haha yeah

@Tcstewie Ай бұрын

Garbage hindered articulation for no reason. Also the headsculpt looks like a young John Cena. What a huge flop.

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

The sculpt and the paint/weathering save this figure from being a total waste

@ThinkAboutIt186 Ай бұрын

I swear it’s just their Star Wars figures that aren’t that great lmao. Their DC and Marvel stuff is actually pretty good.

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

But the head sculpts for Boba Fett and Mandalorian 2.0 were great, the Boba especially. Just cutting corners

@cookedit Ай бұрын

It's just the articulation that is dated. The last 3 Mafex Mandalorian figures details, paint and accessories blow away the Hasbro and SHF versions (especially Boba). If you can live with the articulation, they make for superior display pieces.

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

Agreed. If you find the one pose you like and plan on keep it in that pose for eternity, then it’s great. But if you like multiple poses in different set ups, it’s maddening.

@cookedit Ай бұрын

@@KaijuDaddyJapanSame with the ESB and ROTJ Boba Fetts. Great movie-like representations, but poor action figures.

@KaijuDaddyJapan Ай бұрын

Great analogy. But for me, those characters aren’t especially dynamic. They just sort of stand there for me and look badass.