Star Wars Force Awakens: 9cm First Order Stormtrooper Review

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This is my first Star Wars figure in about 4 years, and I thought I'd review it.
Packaging

I think this is the standard packaging for all Force Awakens toys, with Kylo Ren on the background. As shown on the packaging, this is part of the 'Build a Weapon' sub-line, and this comes with the top of the turret for the weapon composed of Rey(?) and Vader's weapon parts.

Instructions


Are not needed.

Figure





The figure itself isn't bad at all as a display piece. It's got amazing sculpting for it's size, but its kind of lacking in paint apps (like most Legends Class Transformers). It's weapons are actually nicely painted, with lots of detail on the combining weapon cannon especially. It looks good! He can't stand too well with the combiner cannon unless you move his torso back a bit, but I think that makes sense as he is shooting up at a X-wing or something like that (at least in my head ).

Articulation
This is the only let down of the toy. It only has the following articulation: Ball-jointed head, and swivel join arm and legs. No awesome dynamic poses for you. I think he is more designed for more basic, younger child style play, where you pick up the toy with his gun arm up and saying 'Pew pew pew!'. If you want articulation, go for the Black Series one.

Overral
I didn't have enough money on me to pick up a Black Series Kylo Ren like I wanted too today, but for $15, I think this is a great pick-up, especially if bought on a sale. The only let-down of this toy is poor articulation, but there is pretty much nothing else to complain about this figure. It is an awesome display piece and good for kid play, but for older players I again would recommend a Black Series First Order Stormtrooper, but they are $20 more expensive at retail. This is a nice, cheap army builder, which I highly recommend!

8/10, only improvement would be more articulation and just a tiny bit more paint on the actual figure.