This first figure of the Dark Lord of the Sith was used throughout Kenner's Star Wars line and it's nostalgia factor might influence a lot of collector's opinions and some might think a modern fan (such as myself who grew up in the late 90s) would not be a fan of this model but in fact I think it's a perfect start to a promising future and decent first attempt that was perfect for the era he was released in. I believe the choice of giving him a trench coat instead of a cloak or cape was a stylistic choice based on the robe Vader wears over his chest guard instead of under as he does in other films, so one could treat this as his robe and then add a cloak over, but it still looks great as it is. I've made my own version out of bluetac as a kid and own 2 as an adult and I think this Vader...[See More]

I like this figure because not only am I a huge fan of the star wars series, I also like collecting figures and I absolutely love this darth vader figurine. The paintwork is good although I think that it should be a set figure of him holding a light saber because darth vader always looks cool holding a light saber ready to battle someone. I recently purchased some star wars action figure myself and this is very good compared to them and I have lots of models and this would have to be quite high in the list. the paintwork on this figure is very good and one of my friends is a very good figure painter and he went over this figure and highlighted it with a bright blue and it is a wonderful touch to this model, the overall reason I like this model is because darth vader has always been my...[See More]

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