BD44 Commander Cody
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Major Variants
*None reported
Notes
*The “bd” numbering system is the abbreviation for “Build-a-droid”. This figure comes with the left arm of YVH-1.
Roundtable Reviews!
nomadscout
6/10 Banthaskulls
Of the 3 resculpts in the wave, this was the one I was most anticipating. At first glance, he looks phenomenal. But he’s got some issues.
First off, the overall sculpt is excellent, as is the paint job, complete with battle damage (both painted AND sculpted). The helmet is highly detailed and looks fantastic. Now, his head seems small to me, which is funny, considering the first Cody suffered the same problem. Of course, technically, the clone should be smaller than he looks, because the armor is pretty much depicted as skin tight, but it actually looks to scale - which in turn makes it look wierd .
Anyway, cody’s got grey hair along the side of his head. He’s got tons of articulation with bj head, shoulders, elbows, knees, ankles, chest and HIPS (didn’t know that, did you?). Only his wrists are swivel. The left leg on my figure is slightly warped.
He grips the rifle well in one or both hands. His backpack doesn’t really fit tightly on his back, at least with my sample. The slightest touch will send it falling off. He comes with Obi-Wan’s saber hilt, and what appears to be a hole in his belt for it. Unfortunately the hole is too small for the nub on the hilt, so it doesn’t fit. Sucks. The Sidious holo that also comes with the figure isn’t screen accurate. Instead of a disc that Cody can hold in his palm the holo seems to come out of a candlestick looking thing, that cody grips in such a way to make it look like some kind of dessert cone. You can arrange it so Cody holds it more like in the movie, but he doesn’t hold it too tightly. Of course, once you get it to sit right in his hand, the backpack will fall off, where it can sit on the table next to Obi-Wan’s hilt that he can’t hold.
Anyway, this is a lot of stuff going on, and some is pulled off well, and some sucks bad. It’s like they tried too hard, and fell short. I’m not a huge fan, but I’ve seen a lot worse.
DarthDre758
I just got Cody in the mail from Duke today. Overall, I’m happy with him. I know all the errors Hasbro has issued with him, from the belt to the shoulder antenna, and I know that we shouldn’t have to ‘fix’ these things when we buy a figure, but I will, and I’ll still be happy with it. The sculpt is great. All the damage marks are deep and make you think he’s had one too many close calls. The ball joint hips are a great surprise, and though he does lean a little when standing, it doesn’t seem to hinder him in action poses. The shoulder joints are a very welcome (and much needed) addition to the figure. Now, I’ve read the discussion of the head being the same mold as the Saga version. I think it’s different. The hair isn’t quite the same, and I know it’s painted different, but this one seems to have a more ‘mushroom’ shape to the hair than the original does. His rifle is the chunky version of the DC-15 from the ROTS line. I like this mold better than the super skinny Evo version, personally. The Sidious hologram thingy is pretty cool, but also wrong. The base is correct, yes, but that’s all there should be. I know it’d be hard for him to hold it then, but it’s possible. Nothing like a frozen Sith on a stick to cool you off in the hot summer.
All in all, I do like him, and hope to find another to use as fodder. I think this is a well done update to a mediocre original figure.
