CLONE TROOPER LIEUTENANT (Teth)
The Vintage Collection 3 3/4-Inch Action Figure
Item No.: Asst. E7763 No. G0907
Manufacturer: Hasbro
Number: #348
Includes: Two clone rifles
Action Feature: n/a
Retail: $16.99
Availability: January 2025
Appearances: Ahsoka
Bio: Traveling through the World Between Worlds, Ahoka Tano recollects the perils of the Clone Wars and fighting alongside the brave clone troopers of the Galactic Republic. (Taken from the figure's cardback.)
Image: Adam's photo lab.
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Commentary: The
Clone Trooper Lieutenant (Teth) mold is good! Hasbro keeps tweaking the Clone design since the 2003 debut of the very first super-articulated Clone Trooper, which was shiny and corpulent. We got a very skinny one around 2010, and now we've got this one which has been used for some other figures too. It's thoroughly modern, with bend-and-swivel wrists and hidden shoulder joints. Ball-jointed hips mean you have lots of mobility for vehicles, and that goes well with thigh swivels and rocker ankles. He has no problem holding his unpainted blasters, and getting him to stand with all that articulation is easy. The joints are smooth, and Hasbro did a good job with the mold. The plain white armor has some shiny new pre-distressed stripes, which is admittedly a little odd.
We haven't had many Phase I clones with blue markings on the armor and none of the rank dots on the chest, and fewer still sans the "OII" markings on the back. I'm still waiting for one that says "
OOIOO" on it, but that's probably just getting esoteric to the point where only I will be pleased. And what's wrong with that? It looks like what we saw on the screen, minus the red tint and the budget-hiding fog of war from the streaming series.
We did indeed get a super-articulated $8 cartoon version of this figure as an exclusive back in 2008. He even had a rocket launcher with spring-loaded fun in there. Remember those days? Well, they're over and you're old now. You can have mature navel-gazing flashbacks now! This figure would probably be pretty exciting stuff if it were easier to troop build... and maybe if vehicles were around to buy... or droids or Separatists to fight. Basically this figure is a lot of fun if you already have a big toy collection. And if you have a big toy collection, you might soon realize you own over 300 different figures based on the Clone Trooper genome, and how the only other category that is in that general orbit are astromechs. While I like clones, it's also a category I could probably live without revisiting just because we got
so many. I did a full month of clone reviews early on and it was the only time I've ever had people write in asking me to review literally anything else because it got boring. I laughed, I thought that was funny, but they were right. After a while, enough is probably enough, so you know. Good thing the 2026 focus is
Geonosis.
In a vacuum this is a great figure. It's well-made, nicely decorated, and meets my expectations for a modern figure. There's no removable helmet, but that's OK, I don't need more parts to lose. For kids who didn't get the old ones, this is a great figure today. For those of you who have been here for the long haul, we'll review a non-Clone on Thursday. I promise.
Collector's Notes: I got mine from Entertainment Earth.
--Adam Pawlus
Day 3,278: September 23, 2025
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