Star Wars Figure of the Day: Day 3,274: Alexsandr Kallus (The Vintage Collection)

ALEXSANDR KALLUS Realistic Figure Debut
The Vintage Collection 3 3/4-Inch Action Figure
Item No.: Asst. F6878 No. G0933
Manufacturer: Hasbro
Number: #365
Includes: Bo-rifle, blast effects, helmet
Action Feature: Removable helmet
Retail: $16.99
Availability: July 2025
Appearances: Star Wars Rebels

Bio: Alexsandr Kallus served as an Imperial Security Bureau officer until he grew disillusioned with teh Empire. Now serving the Rebellion, he allies himself with teh Ghost crew in their battle to free the galaxy from tyranny. (Taken from the figure's cardback.)

Image: Adam's photo lab.

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Commentary: Disney-era bios have been surprisingly spoilerphobic, but Alexsandr Kallus pretty much spoils the first three seasons' worth of cat-and-mouse right on the box. The figure was pretty easy to get online when he first came out, which makes sense. For a few years, a lot of his toys were kind of expensive. When they first came out, nobody wanted to buy them. Pegs of the cartoon figures and shelves of the 12-inch cartoon figure just sat... until he turned to the Rebels and, I assume, hooked up with Zeb.

The figure is at least partially new. They're clearly reusing sculpted pieces in here, as the boots seem identical to Pallaeon. The thighs are a different mold, but you can see the folds and creases are pretty much the same across Imperial officer figures. The rumor is Lucasfilm is providing sculpts to Hasbro now, and they seem to be keen on taking shortcuts with their digital sculpts. They're nice sculpts, but we can tell. The helmet, head, chest are all new, but th lower skirt part of the uniform seems to also share 0s and 1s with other officers. Kallus has no holster, though, so it's at least a little different than some other figures.

The sculptor did a nice job making the "cartoon" head into a "real" person. The milestones are all here, from the scowl to the tight hair to the distinctive sideburns that show the helmet never really comes off. Due to the level of thickness of each row of hair, he comes off kind of like a werewolf. It works. He looks angry, the uniform translates nicely to "Vintage," and the articulation is on par with everything else we've been getting. Also his helmet fits like a glove. That can be hard to do well, so Hasbro and everybody deserve a medal for delivering a nicely-painted bit of headgear that just plain works.

His bo-rifle is fine. It's not great. Zeb's was better in that it's supposed to be a dynamic, adjustable, bizarre blaster thing... and this one is stuck in "bo" mode. It's huge, but nicely sculpted and able to plug energy bits on either end. Due to its massive size, he can't really plug it into his back armor either. One of the downers of these figures is when you can tell they did a great job sculpting them and going over all the finer details, but then whiff on things like "can carry weapon like on the TV show" or "can sit in a vehicle." If you're just going to have him standing and holding the staff? Perfection. But given how many people are diorama builders, I'm sure the alternate weapon would be appreciated. Maybe it's out of the budget, but if they dropped the energy bits I wouldn't really have noticed.

I complain a lot. Kallus is a great update of a great character, and one of three all-new (or mostly-new) sculpts in a wave of five solid figure choices. As of my writing this in August I've seen none of them on pegs - I don't know if it's because they're not getting good distribution or if they're selling. Either way, Asajj and Carson and Ponda and Dengar are all pretty great, and Kallus is too. If you got the Ghost or just want more ISB guys, he's a solid buy.

Timing Tangent: Star Wars as a property serves two categories: new/upcoming stories, and nostalgia. Right now Kallus occupies the nostalgia bucket as Reblels debuted in 2014 and that makes him 12 years old. It would be like getting Tarkin in 1989 (we got him in 1997) or Quinlan Vos in 2011 (which we did!) If they couldn't have him out during the show's run, this feels like a very good time to have him on shelf. The kids who watched the show at 4 or 5 are 16 or 17 now, and maybe they'll care. Well, if it were me, I'd care.

On the other hand we see the occasional figure which seems to be in an area that's too soon and too late. Once the movie window closes, or the series ends, people seem a bit less receptive for about a decade or so. There are always fans who want everything - like me - but there's a bitterness about not getting The Bad Batch after three seasons of cartoons that is hard to shake. Getting a The Book of Boba Fett figure five years after the show ended feels less like "hooray!" and more like "What took you so long?" I'm by no means saying "let's not do more figures," but if you can't do it within 5 years of the show ending, maybe just wait another 5 years and hope that it swings from "old and moldy" to "nostalgia-fueled excitement." This feels like roughly the right time for Rebels, and I sure wouldn't mind seeing more figures from the show. Imperial Wedge, anyone?

Collector's Notes: I got mine from Entertainment Earth.

--Adam Pawlus

Day 3,274 September 9, 2025