Anakin Skywalker (Y-Wing)
Vehicle ModeMech Mode
Difficulty of Transformation: Medium
Color Scheme: White, dull yellow, dull dark navy blue, and some dark brown, black, dull gold, dull gray, transparent light blue, light sky blue, light dull brown, and dull milky fleshy brown
Rating: 8.1

(NOTE: Because this is a repaint, this is not a full-blown review. This mainly covers any changes made to the mold and the color scheme, and merely compares it to the original SWTF Y-Wing Pilot. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the original SWTF Y-Wing Pilot here.)

    Most of this version of Anakin Skywalker isn't really a repaint compared to the previous release of this mold as a simple Y-Wing Pilot. White and yellow are still easily the dominant colors, though a few subtle changes have been made with a slightly brighter yellow and a slightly different deco job with the stripes on vehicle mode. However, in mech mode the changes are quite obvious, with the colors on the chest, head, and arms being changed to closely mimic Anakin's. He looks quite good overall, and helps keep the toy from simply being all yellow-and-white. The shades of brown on the arms are particularly nice. However, there is a downside to this sudden change of color in mech mode, as in vehicle mode parts that normally wouldn't be obvious-- such as the arms on the bottom near the rear of the nosecone-- are made blatantly so by the change in color, thus ruining the illusion of a "genuine" Y-Wing a bit.
    As expected, Anakin has a new head mold to match how he looks in the Clone Wars cartoon. The head mold is okay, but I think the hair is a little too... "hair-like" and would have preferred ot to be a bit more square of a head to emphasize the robotic-ness of it. It also uses a rather bleh shade of fleshy pinkish brown for the face. Also, Anakin Skywalker comes with a lightsaber weapon, giving him a one-up in that department compared to the Y-Wing Pilot. However, it can't store anywhere in vehicle mode.
    The Y-Wing version of Anakin Skywalker is, I think, ever-so-slightly better than the Y-Wing Pilot, due to a more interesting color scheme in robot mode, even if that means a mech mode parts are a bit more obvious in vehicle mode. I do prefer the Y-Wing Pilot's head mold, though, and there's already been lots of Anakin SWTF toys released by this point, so... really, it's a toss-up more or less. It comes down to simply if you want another Anakin or another Clone Pilot when it comes to which version of this mold I'd recommend for you.


Anakin Skywalker (Y-Wing) Bio:
Anakin flies a Y-wing bomber to capture Cad Bane, the bounty hunter who invaded the Senate building and escaped with important information and hostages. Bane morphs his ship into an enormous mech an blasts Anakin with missiles, but the Jedi is ready: he also converts his Y-wing into a huge mech loaded with firepower!

Review by Beastbot

(Images from Hasbro.)

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