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The Clone Trooper Lieutenant is a figure that takes a 5 year old body, does a great job of adding the blue paint application, and repacks it into the new Galaxy Collection packaging. Our Lieutenant is armed with the usual Clone Trooper blasters that originated in 2015 with the original Clone Trooper sculpt. The legs are a little better on the posing front, but are still held back a little by the armour shape around the hips.Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at ourwarehouse. The sad part is that this release was preceded by the brand new Clone Trooper body (Kamino Phase 2 Trooper) and will be immediately followed in the Attack of the Clones series with the new updated body on a base Clone Trooper. The blue is applied onto the armour and within the blue applications are scratches and wear to signify damage. The coloured rank officers, as seen fleetingly in Attack of the Clones as the army left Kamino, are now complete with Green Sergeant, Red Captain, Yellow Commander and now Blue Lieutenant. The Clone Trooper Lieutenant has 18 points of articulation - two more than a normal Black Series release.

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As the image only uses the accent colour and then a grey scale finish, it is difficult to differentiate this Lieutenant to any other Phase 1 Clone. A few years ago Id have been happy, but knowing significant improvements were available and not used is disappointing - even if doing so would have left him looking different to the other 3.In Summer 2020, Hasbro moved to a Phase 4 packaging for their Star Wars Black Series figures, entitled the Galaxy Collection.

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The extra joints are found in the arms, where the elbows are double jointed and supported by a bicep swivel above them. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. The Green Sergeant from 2014 always suffered with a slightly off white base plastic and the Lieutenant has the same issue - looking much duller when stood with the Red or Yellow Clones or any of the basic troopers.LOOK FOR OTHER ROLEPLAY ITEMS FROM A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY: Look for other entertainment-inspired Star Wars The Black Series roleplay items (Each sold separately. Out of the box we have the usual Phase 1 body that has been in circulation since 2015 and cast in white with painted black undersuit.