If I were a member of Jabba’s palace, I think I would have been friends with Yak Face.  Ree-Yees was a straight up jerk.  You can tell everyone rolled their eyes whenever he came around.  Hermi Odle had that slovenly pudgy every-man quality.  Every guy has a friend like that.  They’re the life of the party.  But Odle was also a mouth breather and that would get old quick.  Everyone else is either a monster or a shirtless man.  No thank you.  Saelt-Marae, as he officially know, just seems like a nice fella and his figure bears a striking resemblance to Uncle Traveling Matt.  If you suspect that I’m stalling so I don’t have to start the review, you are correct.  There simply isn’t that much to say about this fairly poor example of an action figure. 

There was a minor local celebrity in these parts named Butch from the Cape who rose to notoriety as caller to sports radio.  He was a New Yorker and would rib the Boston teams.  When describing the merits of then Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe, he would say he’s tall, has a strong arm and he’s tall.  The obvious joke was that his positive attributes were so few, he had to repeat one of them.  If I had to list three positive attributes about this Saelt-Marae figure, “he’s tall” would have to be two of them.  The third is that it is associated with one of the rarest vintage Kenner figures.

If you go back and look at the photo documentation that was done on the web for this figure at the time of its release, you will notice that the galleries are rather brief.  You may think that is due to technological limitations of the internet and digital photography that were still getting on their legs.  I assure you it is not.  It’ because this figure doesn’t do anything.  There are only so many ways you can photograph the fours sides of something.  It’s a terrible plaything.  It just stands there with its massive hands and pastel ensemble.  Yet through the wonders of marketing, we’re told how great limited articulation figures are.  The massive battle ax might have been included with a mind towards some sort of play pattern where Yak Face cracks skulls from twelve feet away.  It’s too unwieldy and functions more appropriately as a staff.  Woo hoo!  STAFF ACTION!!

There isn’t a shred of documentation I can find that supports the color choices on this figure.  The stills seem to make it readily apparent that Saelt-Marae donned a beige fur lined poncho over a medium blue garment.  Where the long orange vest, and powder blue slacks and sleeves (just sleeves - no shirt) come from are a mystery.  It’s as if this figure is a tribute to Lloyd and Harry’s tuxedos in Dumb and Dumber.  It seems that the vintage Yak Face figure had a more accurate color pallet.  This figure is neither a compelling toy nor a passable display piece.  The only reason to own it is literally the name on the card.  If you want a modern Yak Face figure, this is the only one Hasbro has made.  At the time of this review, there have been persistent rumors of an upcoming update, but no official confirmation.  2 out of 10.