This is where I usually write “I can’t trust MAFEX, blah blah blah” but I’m actually hearing great things about the ESB Boba Fett. I wouldn’t know, mine seems to be in Midwestern Post Office hell. But if I believe the reports, and I do, Medicom lives to fight another day on my shelves. Which is good because I like options and this Death Trooper is looking pretty sweet.
Although to be perfectly honest, I was looking forward to saving a little money by deciding to pass the line altogether. Medicom does seem to alternate between good figures and bad figures, so I’m not making any final decisions just yet. I’ll still pre-order this Death Trooper but pre-orders can be cancelled.
Impossible to see, the future is.*
By now we have a lot of options for the Death Trooper, but when it comes to troopers, the more the merrier. And I’ll admit, the MAFEX version looks good.
Medicom could have given us just the basic Death Trooper but like the Bandai model kit, they go above and beyond to give us included optional parts to make the Death Trooper Specialist too.
The additional pauldron, ammo packs, and loaded webgear look awesome. I’m a little thrown off at how lanky the design of the troopers are so the added bulk of the specialist gear completely does it for me.
Even an extra head to finish the Specialist look is included, along with full weapons array.
I don’t believe I have seen the long rifle included with other Death Trooper action figures. Or I’ve slept since then. But that along with the pistol and other rifle makes this figure look ready for anything.
The Medicom MAFEX Death Trooper is scheduled to release August 2017 (!!) and will run about $50.
*Oh ho ho, hit you with a Star Wars reference, but one from the prequels. You don’t know what to think now. You want to be impressed but at the same time you’re a bit let down that I busted out Attack of the Clones instead of “Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future” from The Empire Strikes Back. There was an excitement mixed with confusion, followed by an uncertainty built upon a foundation of familiarity. Take all of those emotions, jumble them around, and you’ve got my feelings about MAFEX.
