The Hammer-headed Ithorian Momaw Nadon’s temporary look in Star Wars is fairly iconic, however I believe he’s a Star Wars character I largely care about due to toys. The unique Hammerhead determine was a favourite of mine and I’ve fond reminiscences of discovering the POTF2 determine on the pegs after I was a bit older. I can’t bear in mind if I first discovered the identify Momaw Nadon from the POTF2 determine or from the Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina ebook, however I do bear in mind being shocked that he wasn’t sporting a blue onesie just like the classic determine since I don’t suppose his outfit actually ever registered with me. At any price, I really like the alien figures on this line, so let’s check out the Black Sequence Momaw Nadon!
The packaging is much like current releases, however they eliminated the angled part of the field for a extra conventional proper angles. It’s truthfully not very giant and I really feel like he might be an everyday carded determine. It does actually name into query the “deluxe” designation for this determine for me, however Hasbro does are inclined to play fairly quick and free with what is taken into account deluxe.
The determine comes with three cups and a normal Imperial Blaster. I imagine the cups are from Bib Fortuna and the blaster makes a certain quantity of sense for the reason that determine had one initially within the classic launch. He can maintain it in his proper hand securely. You may finagle the second finger into the set off guard, nevertheless it kind of tilts the gun a bit.
He holds it greatest with the grip across the outdoors of the set off guard.
The cups match greatest in the correct hand and somewhat cockeyed within the left. I do suppose they’re applicable equipment for a cantina patron, if somewhat uninteresting. That mentioned, his solely canon look is briefly nursing a drink in a bar. I believe I’d have preferred the desk and chair he sat in, that might have made it deluxe and would encourage me to complete off my Cantina diorama. One other factor I wouldn’t have minded was his obnoxiously giant gun from POTF2, however in case you have the outdated one it really works fairly effectively with this determine.
The sculpting on this man is fairly good as they’ve captured his squinty eyes and leathery pores and skin texture from the film effectively. I believe numerous his costume and decrease anatomy has been invented over time and this determine matches in effectively with the movie established look and the Ithorian anatomy established over time in supplementary materials and different canon Ithorians. It re-uses an excessive amount of the current Dok Ondar determine to nice impact, possible a deliberate components sharing throughout two releases. I do hope to see an eventual classic shade re-issue, although I hope in the event that they do this they add some new naked higher legs and arms for that genuine onesie look.
The articulation is pretty customary for a Black Sequence determine although since he re-uses components from an older determine he retains the thigh swivels which have been faraway from current releases. Momaw has:
- Swivel/hinge shoulders, elbows, hips, wrists, elbws, and ankles
- Ball and socket waist, head, and neck
- Swivel thighs
- Butterfly hinged pecs
The skirt has slits alongside the edges, however it’s longer on the correct facet than the left due to the sculpted element of the rope round his waist and due to this fact the ahead leg motion is best on the correct facet than the left. He doesn’t sit nice and for a personality that solely sits on display screen, I’d have preferred extra consideration paid to creating certain he may sit higher.
The paint is somewhat higher than the standard black collection as the good sculpted texture on the pores and skin is highlighted with a wash. My impression of Hammerhead within the movie is that he has some lighter coloring on the underside of his head or that might be the underlighting from the desk within the scene, so it is probably not an omission. There are some clear element hits on the belt, rope, and little pouches on the belt.
Total, it is a stable launch and the sort of alien character makes for a enjoyable determine even when he doesn’t do a lot within the movie. Do I want I may have paid common determine worth for him, sure. The deluxe seems like a little bit of a worth gouge to me. The Ithorians have turn into a major species within the Star Wars universe, so it’s good to get the unique mannequin in Black Sequence lastly. Typically talking, I discover the alien character make for extra attention-grabbing figures to me and would like to see them make extra Cantina aliens.
