Now shipping from Sideshow Collectibles is the Imperial Probe Droid Sixth Scale Figure! Some collectors will remember the previous version with the Hoth Base from 2014. That version has been long sold out, so if you missed it then, now is the time to grab it (sans the Hoth add on) before it sells out again! I will dig in to all the details shortly, but this is a beast and a must have piece in your collection! From the articulation to the weathered deco and lights, this guy has it all, and it’s HUGE (as it should be).
First, we take a look at the box and how it comes packaged, this guy is not hard to assemble but, take it slow as there are tons of little working pieces on the articulated legs. Each leg is labeled so just match up the numbers and you are good to go. There is a very easy to follow guide included!
This has sounds and lights, but you first need to remove two small strips before the batteries will be usable. Below are close ups of each section where you need to remove these strips. Also, you will see a small ON/OFF molded to the inside of the body, but there is NOT a switch there, the button to operate the light is on the exterior top. I spent a solid 10 minutes trying to figure out if my sample was missing a switch or broken before I realized it was not there. My guess is maybe that was the intent to have a switch in there, but it was later moved to the exterior.
Once you have all that done, you just snap it all back together and pose it as you wish. There are a ton of possibilities, use you imagination. Next, we will take a look at the light up eye. You get two different lights, the white/blue and the yellow/orange. The first one is mega bright and lights up a dark room easily, while the yellow/orange is dimmer. Both worked well, one click for white, another click for yellow, third click is off.
It only has one sound, but it is an iconic one. Just press the button on the side and you’ll hear the garbled transmission sound effects just as they were in the movie. You can hear it below in a short clip we uploaded to Instagram when it arrived.
You can spin the head around 360 degrees, it stands at 17″ H (431.8mm) x 7.5″ W (190.5mm) x 7.5″ L (190.5m). The Imperial Probe Droid Sixth Scale Figure by Sideshow Collectibles is a great piece, it has an awesome paint application, great weathering and articulation. There are also 2 extending antennas that you can extend as you wish or mix it up and keep one short and one long! The display options on this are diverse.
We want to thank Sideshow Collectibles for providing this sample to us to review, you can click here to add him to your collection today
