Star Wars: The Legacy Collection's Saesee Tiin's Lack of a Cape
Saturday, August 2, 2008
In the past week, fans have been gifted with a few dozen figures. Between build-a-droids and new sculpts, there's really something for everyone. I was particularly excited about the Clone Wars-themed Legacy Collection wave, based largely on the 2003-2005 animated series. Each figure has a lot of nice little touches, but a few things were left out. Notably missing is Saesee Tiin's cape.
If you want a cape, you've got a few options. For starters, you could make your own-- but if you're anything like me, you can't, because you're not very good at such things. So what I did was ape one from Mandalore, the ancient Mandalorian leader from the Tales of the Jedi comics and the recently rereleased Fett Legacy "Evolutions" pack. It just pops right off, and is close to a perfect fit. (It's a little long, actually.)
But there you go-- that's what Saesee Tiin would look like if Hasbro sprang the extra penny and included a cape with the figure. I rather like it, and while it's not a perfect match, it's better than what I had before. Which is nothing.
You might be asking "Adam, why didn't you just use a spare Obi-Wan Kenobi cape from the new clone armor release?" Good question. Due to how the cape attaches to the figure, it wouldn't work-- there are two loops which fit around little nubs on Obi-Wan's sculpted torso. The Mandalore cape is just a piece of elastic which fits around the neck. There aren't a lot of brown capes in this figure line, so I would say that, as of today, this is your best bet. I'd also say I fully expect a rerelease of Saesee Tiin in a Battle Pack in the next two years which will include an official, better cape... but I'm just not that patient.
Posted byAdam16bit at 10:16 PM
Labels: Action Figures, Hasbro, Playtime, The Legacy Collection
