Star Wars Figure of the Day: Day 3,390: Devon Izara (The Vintage Collection)

DEVON IZARA 3 3/4-Inch Debut
The Vintage Collection 3 3/4-Inch basic figure
Item No.: Asst. G2786 No. G2625
Manufacturer: Hasbro
Number: #408
Includes: Lightsaber, hilt, cape
Action Feature: Removable hat
Retail: $19.99
Availability: August 20206
Appearances: Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord

Bio: On the run from the Empire with her Jedi Master, Devon is a well-trained and savvy Padawan, adept with her blue lightsaber. Her desire to take action sometimes conflicts with her master's wish to stay hidden. (Taken from the cardback. It is unusual in that it is a bio for a new show or movie, and it actually tells you something about the character.)

Image: Adam's photo lab.

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Commentary: This Devon Izara figure is pretty good, and she seems to have shown up smack dab in the middle of the end of season 1 and what I assume will be the debut of season 2 next year. It's not ideal timing, as right now people are probably more interested in the multiple other projects likely to be released next - but she's important and we got her. She survived the first season and since the first images were shown to fans, we've all been asking the same thing. "Is she going to wind up looking like Darth Talon?" Because she's super young, probably not as Devon favors pants and Talon seems to have no real use for such excesses. But we don't know how long this Shadow Lord show will run, and we know there's probably over a decade of missing time to play around with.

We got The Black Series Devon a few months ago, but I held out for this one. They both seem to come from the same ancestral CAD file, with more or less the same wrinkles and colors. Articulation is similar, but not identical. The 6-inch figure has bend-and-swivel wrists, while Hasbro opted to favor aesthetics by giving her forearms that swivel at the shirt. It looks better. The legs and other joints all seem to look fairly similar, so nitpickers may dislike the slight reduction in articulation while others might say "it's fine, it looks better this way." I found the figure to be functional and generally easy to pose.

The belts vary. The 3 3/4-inch figure has a hole to hang a lightsaber hilt on her left (our right), while The Black Series has a hook to hang a hilt on her right (our left.) I see stock photos of The Black Series figure let you tuck it behind her belt too, but this one doesn't seem to have that function. The belt serves a purpose of hiding the waist joint too, so you get good waist movement without compromising the torso with an ab crunch or one of those utterly terrible mid-torso cuts. The boots are molded in color, and look great. Her hands match her head nicely, and her left hand has her fingers stretched out in a great "Use the Force" pose. What's even more incredible, that hand can hold a lightsaber with two fingers and a thumb. They really did a good job.

Textures are fantastic. The lightsaber has her painted leather brown hilt, which looks very nice for the size. The black bands are not perfectly painted, but you get the brown and silver and that's pretty good. Maybe we could have the black bands if the situation called for one and not two weapons. Her cloak is really impressive, with little clumps of fabric, signs of wear, and some plastic representations of fabric pilling. It might be one of the best plastic capes we've seen in ages, and it's certainly one of the better scarfs. It's flexible, but you can't really pose it or anything - you just move it a bit to let whatever arm pose you want.

I like this figure a lot. Some elements are not a precise match to the CG show model, but that's OK - this is a "realistic" interpretation. I found her very easy to pose in a combat stance, with her knees slightly bent and both hands on the lightsaber. And she's not toppling over as I type, either. While short and arguably low on gear compared to other recent figures, it shows just how far Hasbro has come in engineering a figure at a small size that can actually accomplish quite a bit. Older fans have tuned out the show already, but they're missing out - it was fun. And this is another really good example of Hasbro making good figures and either spending the time or the money to ensure they have joints that work rather than serve to add to the cost of a figure with little benefit.

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

--Adam Pawlus

Day 3,390: October 20, 2026