Baby Yoda
Star Wars - The Mandalorian
Custom 3 3/4" scale figure
I have seen "The Mandalorian", and as far as the future of Star Wars goes...this is the way. Fan service done right without the
goofy "Guardians of the Galaxy" humor and without
lightsaber-a-second action sequences. You also get the most adorable practical effects character since baby Ewoks: Baby Yoda! Yes, even the Terrible Toyman is on the cutesy bandwagon. If it's good enough for
Werner Herzog, it's good enough for you, cowards! Baby Yoda is everything and bag of Star Wars
Pop Chips!
Even though the floodgates are about to be opened on merch (The quick-fix Disney cranked out looked like
Cafe Press garbage and
the good stuff won't arrive until early 2020) covering this adorable lil fella (dubbed "The Child" or "The Asset), I'm betting us die-hard, crotchety 3 3/4" figure collectors are getting left out. At best, we get ten to twelve "vintage" figures a year, and we're not even getting a
Mandalorian until April 2020! They could always surprise us with a pack-in accessory, but I have a back-up in case they don't.
I found three different tiny Baby Yoda sculpt to choose from with
one seller alone, and the quality looked pretty decent...I took a shot, and I am not disappointed! Sure, $10 for a figure that stands about an inch high sounds steep. And sure I have to paint him myself...but it's Baby Yoda! The savior of Star Wars!
My paint job is pretty minimalist, with the appropriate greens and browns. I'm not much of a painter, and I certainly don't have the customization skills of a Warhammer miniatures fan. I think it turned out fine, especially compared to other tiny Hasbro offerings of late.
Get Disney Plus just for "Mando." (Looking at the other content, one should burn out on it in two months tops.) Feel all that Star Wars could and should be. (Future prediction: this feeling cannot be found in Ewan "I've-got-an alimony-payment-to-make" McGregor's Obi-Wan series or the Cassian Andor series. Who cares about Cassian Andor, seriously?!) Get your fix on Baby Yoda. Buy this tiny figurine for your tiny figures. Be happy...until Disney mucks it up again.
I have seen "The Mandalorian", and as far as the future of Star Wars goes...this is the way. Fan service done right without the goofy "Guardians of the Galaxy" humor and without lightsaber-a-second action sequences. You also get the most adorable practical effects character since baby Ewoks: Baby Yoda! Yes, even the Terrible Toyman is on the cutesy bandwagon. If it's good enough for Werner Herzog, it's good enough for you, cowards! Baby Yoda is everything and bag of Star Wars Pop Chips!
He's so cute!! This figure does a really good job at capturing his adorable features! I'm glad people in the custom world are picking up the ball that Disney dropped SO HARD. Are the other guys old figures? I'm not surprised there is an Ugnaught figure from before. They are "very useful creatures" per our Star Wars ABC Book. Lol.
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