Star Wars Figure of the Day: Day 3,293: Anakin Skywalker (Epic World of Action)

ANAKIN SKYWALKER 2025 Kids Line
Epic World of Action "Power the Force" Basic Figure
Item No.: Asst. F9405 No. G1156
Manufacturer: Hasbro
Number: n/a
Includes: Lightsaber
Action Feature: n/a
Retail: $7.99
Availability: August 2025
Appearances: The Clone Wars... or Ahsoka 

Bio: Discovered as a young boy on Tatooine by Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker had the potential to become one of the most powerful Jedi ever. (Taken from the packaging)

Image: Adam's photo lab.

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Commentary: I'm a fan of this format, but I'd say Epic World of Action Anakin Skywalker is almost good. The packaging gives up how this figure was meant to look with a render on the cardback that's actually quite impressive, with a great head sculpt that looks like a digitally smoothed Hayden Christensen with that sandy brown hair to match. The final figure has odder eyebrows, a chin that feels like someone had a slider on the Morph software to skew it a bit toward Sebastian Shaw, and neck armor that plain doesn't work. You can see the cardback render illustrates a thinner piece of armor that lets you see Anakin's neck. The final figure does not have this. I'm not one to rate figures, typically, but this is probably a C- just because ambition didn't pay off.

The body is more or less fine, and it looks like this figure was designed - like Obi-Wan - to pull double-duty as a Revenge of the Sith and a The Clone Wars figure. You can see where they tried to stretch the budget, because everything else seems pretty good. Hasbro did a nice job sculpting the costume with the Jedi gloves and straps and everything you might have wanted for a possible retool. The legs move well, even with the rubbery skirt piece. The arms have a good range of movement, and have the armor sculpted on. Sadly the chest doesn't - the torso is great, but not with the armor bib. That can't be a thick, floating piece you can swivel around here. It just doesn't look right. It comes very close, and I'm willing to bet we're maybe 1-2mm away from it actually working as designed. I could praise the figure's costume all day long, but one silly piece is enough to disrupt the look and feel of the figure. So far I haven't seen it in stores, so I can't really say it hurt sales. Something has to be available for you to not buy it.

Like a lot of Anakin heads, it's really not bad. It's just that the materials and paint aren't doing it any favors. In the right light you can see the chin and cheeks don't look terrible, but something about the material scatters the light in such a way where the skin doesn't look good. And the eyebrow paint masks aren't great. The eyes seem fine, but not quite as intense as the render on the packaging. It's annoyingly close to being really good, which just stings on a kid figure line like this one. The marketing and presentation seem to stack the deck against this surprisingly satisfying line, so when you have somebody like Anakin that doesn't quite match either the animated illustration nor the live-action-inspired render you might lose a customer. Emphasis on "might," because again, I haven't seen him on a peg anywhere.

The lightsaber is fine - you get a silver hilt and that blue energy crackle for the "Power the Force" sub-theme Disney enacted that fans are not at all aware was a thing this year. I love the concept here - doing a live-action Ahsoka Anakin that might also appeal to The Clone Wars kids was a great idea, but it looks like the factory fumbled this one near the end. With two The Vintage Collection figures based on this outfit, older collectors have no need of this particular figure - and it's not like kids will find it on pegs. Keep an eye on clearance stores for this one, because as an under-$5 clearance oddity I'd give it a strong "buy." The engineering is good, the Jedi symbol on the shoulder was nicely done, and I bet Hasbro could probably make a couple of minor deco changes and improve it to a B- or a B on a rerun or in a gift set. It's not the worst Skywalker we've ever got. That would be Target's exclusive Luke Skywalker (Battle at the Sarlacc Pit) [FOTD #1,508] from 2008. This Anakin is merely average, whereas that Luke was trash in 2008 and somehow even worse 17 years later. Collector's Notes: I got mine from Entertainment Earth.

--Adam Pawlus

Day 3,293: November 13, 2025