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Year Released: 2003
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Retail Price: $4.99
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Figure# 49
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Asst: 84849 / 84851
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UPC: 76930 84849
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Card # 6190303600
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Insert # 6190543600
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Figure Includes:
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• Lightsaber
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| Sculpt: |
| Kit Fisto is a Nautolan Jedi whose ability to breathe underwater allows him to lead battles on watery worlds such as Mon Calamari and Kamino during the CLONE WARS. Fisto's amphibious biology makes him ideal for leading Clone Troopers outfitted in pressurized aquatic armor into battle, and his lightsaber has been specially modified for underwater use. The sculpt is based on the way Fisto was presented in the Cartoon Network's CLONE WARS micro-series, season one. Of course, the stylized look of the animated micro-series has been eschewed for a more realistic (a.k.a. movie-style) look. Attention to detail here has been great, and the sculpt gets him a total of 8 out of 10. |
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| Paint: |
| Kit Fisto's head, arms, torso, and feet are molded in a light olive green plastic. The head has light brown and light green washes, with light green spots on his head tentacles. The eyes are a glossy dark gray. The tips of his tentacles are a flat dark gray. There are rust-colored paint decos to the bands that hold the tentacles together in bunches. The torso, arms, and feet have light green washes. The arms and feet have rust-colored paint applications to the wrappings on his forearms and the his foot bindings. His Jedi sash and skirt are molded in light tan, with medium brown, gold, and silver paint apps to the belt. His pelvis and legs are molded in medium brown, with a darker brown wash over his pants legs. The leather leggings at the bottom of each pants leg have rust paint apps with a tiny dot of silver deco on the metal tab. His lightsaber is molded in translucent green, with a silver paint app to the handle. 8.5/10. |
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| Articulation: |
| The articulation is surprisingly minimal. His ball-jointed head is limited in range of motion by the head tentacles. Planer-cut shoulders, waist, and hips make him little more than a POTF2-grade figure. Yet, because he's supposed to be able to "swim," he has ball-jointed feet. If they had at least given him ball-jointed shoulders so his arms could do more than move up and down, giving him good lightsaber poses, it would have been great. Or, they could have given him planer joints at the places where his arm wrappings meet his arm, just below the elbows. As it stands, he only gets 6.5/10. |
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| Accessories: |
| Kit Fisto comes with his lightsaber. In the cartoon series, he did have a Jedi robe that he removes just before entering the waters of Mon Calamari. A softgoods robe would have been a nice addition here: 6.5/10. |
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| Packaging: |
| The same CLONE WARS card as the rest of the line, with a brief synopsis of Fisto's involvement on Geonosis and his leading the campaign against Separatist forces on Mon Calamari. The insert depicts photo-manipulated artwork of Fisto, stripped to the waist. As this figure was part of the second wave of CW figures, the packaging wasn't as fresh and exciting at the time: 7.5/10. |
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| Availability: |
| As of this writing, the figure is rather difficult to find at retail, but is available from most online sources. Upon initial release in late 2003, it was in very good supply well into December. It wasn't long before he became scarce, along with the CLONE WARS version of Saesee Tiin, but not as impossible to find as the Super Articulated Clone Trooper. I think anyone really looking for this figure probably found it after a bit of tireless hunting: 8/10. |
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| Conclusion: |
| An interesting new version of a rather fascinating alien Jedi character. Unlike his Saga '02/#05 release, this one has no action features or magnets. Fans of Cartoon Network's CLONE WARS will like it, but it might not be all that appealing to those who aren't followers of Expanded Universe material. Overall, it's a nice figure that could have been great with just a bit more articulation and another accessory or two: 7.5/10. |
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