BD25 - General Grievous

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Reference

Wookieepedia article on General Grievous

Major Variants
*This figure was re-released in the following wave (wave 5) with a new droid part.

Notes
*The “bd” numbering system is the abbreviation for “Build-a-droid”.  This figure comes with the head of MB-RA7.

Roundtable Reviews!

nomadscout

6/10 Bantha Skulls

Very Disappointing.

That sums it up.  This figure had a lot of potential, but it falls short.  Grievous is obviously part of Hasbro’s category of figures: “2 steps forward, 1 step back, 2 steps sideways, and one diaganolly back and to the left.” They’ll probably never release him in a version tha will make everyone happy.

Good:
-This figure is very tall, which is great.  Fans complained about all previous Grievous figures being too short.  Hasbro fixed this.  He’s as tall as Chewbacca.
-The paint job is very good.  Lots of detail and weathering.
-Lots of articulation.  Grievous has a new double jointed knee which allows him to be posed in some unusual stances.
-He has a 2 arm and 4-arm mode, both of which look very good.
-He comes with removeable chest plates, which expose his living guts.
-The neck piece is removeable, so you can recreate the scene in which Grevious takes off his neck piece after a hard days work killing Jedi.

Bad:
-No cape!  A poor oversight by hasbro.  A nice silky soft goods cape with the appropriate logo would have carried this figure a very long way.
-His hands are sculpted poorly, making holding his pistol and/or lightsabers difficult.  He holds the gun better than the lightsabers.
-His hands look odd, especially the one with his pinky extended, as if he’s preparing for a spot of tea.
-His elbow joints aren’t optimal.  When in 4 arm mode, his elbows allow for a decent range of motion.  However, when the arms are together in 2-arm mode, his elbow articulation is limited.
-His arms are supposed to connect at the forearms, with 2 pins on one arm, and 2 holes on the other.  Unfortunately, they don’t stick to well. I “solved” this problem by using the ubiquitious clear rubber bands to hold the arms in place, but this obviously hampers the ability of the figure to switch in to 4-arm mode.
-His head is too small.  This is pinhead Grievous.
-Even though he is tall and sports a ball jointed torso, he still can’t be posed like a hunchback, which is how he is for most of the movie.

Overall, it’s an impressive looking figure at first glance.  But a quick inspection reveals some major flaws.  If you’re waiting for the definitive Greivous, keep waiting and pass on this.  If you are looking for the best one so far, this is probably it.