MOFF GIDEON 2024 Kids Line
Epic Hero Series Basic Figure
Item No.: Asst. F9405 No. G0144
Manufacturer: Hasbro
Number: n/a
Includes: Cape, Electrostaff
Action Feature: n/a
Retail: $7.99
Availability: July 2024
Appearances: The Mandalorian Bio: Clever and formidable, Imperial Moff Gideon is fiercely determined to capture the child known as Grogu. (Taken from the packaging)
Image: Adam's photo lab.
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Commentary: I put off opening this
Moff Gideon until recently because it's a lot like
Moff Gideon from the 2-pack with Bo-Katan Kryze at Walmart [FOTD #3,175] from last year. The figures are the same - but the accessories were changed. (Also, the first one I got had a half-painted belt, so I left that one carded and bought another one to open later.) It's a nice figure. I'm just irritated that the 2-pack has a flame blast and a jetpack, while the 1-pack has an electrostaff, so you'll want to buy both. It's peak Just Different Enough to Make You Mad... or maybe you'll just skip it. This Gideon was also blown out at Ross last December/January for about $3, but naturally I bought mine at full price because life is unfair.
The figure is still good. The design from the show matches the figure well - it's a black armored figure that looks sort of like Boba Fett painted black with Maul helmet horns and a cape. You can see that it's a pretty cheap figure deco, with a silver chest nub and belt buckle with a couple of red highlights. The pole is given some purple flourish, and it probably was a cheap figure to manufacture. Retail price was around $8, which is cheap by modern standards. He has a ball-jointed neck, plus swivel shoulders and hips. The cape connects by a peg, and fits very well.
Given the lack of a painted human head, it makes sense that the figure looks great. The armor shines in spots with some red highlights, and no eyes or eyebrows to worry about painting poorly. Sculpted details are nice, with sharp paint masks giving you a perfectly nice toy figure. What's particularly interesting was that this was the first fully-armored Gideon figure with the helmet -
The Black Series was 2025, and
The Vintage Collection still doesn't have one. While slightly taller than 3 3/4-inch scale figures, this 4-inch scale release does look pretty fantastic. Without a super-poseable figure against which to compare him, it looks great. It shows Hasbro can make a satisfying figure at a low price, with smooth joints and feet that don't cause the figure to topple over. It's simple, and functionally perfect.
Epic Hero Series would be a great line, if it had a little more support and were a smidgen shorter. Adult collectors poo-poo kid stuff, but I think they're wrong to do that here. This is a good product, but a small slice of adult fans online would rather pay more for articulation they probably won't use. I understand why - but I feel it's costing the larger market of kids and impulse-buyers entry-level lines.
Epic has been running almost two years and is still quite small, with a disjointed array of characters that don't all play well together. They're still well-made, and not a bad line to get and bounce off since it won't take up your whole house. Even with all the vehicles, you wouldn't fill an IKEA cabinet (so far, anyway.)
Collector's Notes: I got mine from Entertainment Earth.
--Adam Pawlus
Day 3,265: August 7, 2025
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