The new waves of 6-inch scale Black Series figures are hitting fast and furious lately with wave 3 starting to show up a couple weeks back, wave 4 hitting now, and just yesterday I saw the first reports of wave 5 on the pegs. It’s great that so much stuff is hitting that I want, but I could use the break from hunting for these guys! Today we’ll take a look at the wave 4 figure of Domhanll Gleason’s villainous General Hux. I do talk a little about the film in the opening paragraph below, so skip that if you are one of five people on Earth that hasn’t seen The Force Awakens yet.
General Hux appears to be the highest ranking First Order officer we see in The Force Awakens, and he capably carries on the tradition of unctuously evil bureaucrats from the original trilogy, like Admiral Motti and Grand Moff Tarkin.
Hux delivers a positively Hitlerian speech that shows he is a true believer in the First Order and will go to any lengths to secure power. Easily and immediately hateable, he makes for a great “B” villain, and I enjoyed his back-and-forth with Kylo Ren as they jockeyed for approval from Supreme Leader Snoke.
Accessories
Hux is light on accessories, coming with a blaster that looks to be a reissue of the Tie Pilot blaster pistol. Hux doesn’t use one in the film, but I like the addition.
I would have loved an alternate head sculpt without the hat and some swappable arms for an “indoor” Hux look, but that seems a bit beyond the scope of what Hasbro does with the Black Series, unfortunately.
Sculpt
The sculpt on the outfit looks sharp and there is some texture in the cloth. The whole outfit is sculpted underneath the jacket, down to the little poofs on the sides of the pants that Imperial/First Order stylists tend to favor.
The head sculpt looks okay and I can sort of see the likeness, but it looks a little soft in detail and I don’t think the head sculpt is quite as thin as Gleason appeared to me in the film and his neck is a little short. I think that’s partially because of the flesh-tone plastic his face is cast in. I would love to see what an expert painter would make of it.
One choice I love is that his left hand is sculpted in a way that it looks like he’s pointing. I like having commanders that can point at stuff for some reason.
Paint
Hux is light on paint as well, being cast in mostly black for the costume and flesh tone for the head. The boots have a great fascist gloss and the eyes, while utilitarian, hit the right spots on the head.
I know that sounds like faint praise, but since wave 2’s Poe Dameron, I’m pretty pleased when that happens. The flesh tone plastic is pretty shiny for a human face, and I would prefer a painted head to this.
Articulation
Articulation is actually pretty good. He has the usual POA:
- Swivel/Hinge neck, shoulders, elbows, hips, wrists, and ankles
- Ball-and-socket head and mid-torso
- Swivel thigh
- Double-hinged knees
You can check out the full range of motion in Robo’s video review:
I personally prefer double-hinged elbows with a bicep swivel to the swivel-hinged elbow, but what we get here all works well.
The skirt and jacket are pretty pliable and skirt has a slit up the side that allows for good leg movement.
Overall
Hux is a decent figure though he doesn’t quite blow me away. I think I would have preferred a regular indoor look without the jacket and hat, but this look makes total sense since it’s his real highlight scene.
The First Order uniform is so well done here that I’m really looking forward to seeing Grand Moff Tarkin in this line.
