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Jabba's Throne


One of my recent Star Wars purchases was Jabba's Throne playset. I'm planning to make this the centerpiece of my Tattooine collection and I've already purchased some of the aliens seen in Jabba's palace.

The playset came in a nicely designed big box together with lots of fasteners and tape. Lots and lots of tape.







Be careful while unpacking the items because you might accidentally cut the black string taped behind Oola the Dancing girl's container. That's actually a leash connected to Oola's neck!

The stone dais is nicely detailed with sculptured chain rings and nice stone texturing. And it rolls! A pack contains a variety of pillows that can be positioned on the dais. Towards the back of a dais is a stand that carries Jabba's hookah. and a very nicely detailed piece this is! Salacious Crumb, Jabba's jester, is a Kowakian monkey-lizard and comes with articulation. Cool!







Oola, the ill-fated Twi'lek dancing slave girl, is a fantastic figure! With 14 points of articulation, the figure is quite poseable. Some annohying flash and mold release lines on her arms need to be shaved off though and I can't quite understand the extra bit of length on her elbows. But her dress is fantastic. The flimsy net costume is a separate piece attached to the figure, not a mesh effect sculpted on the limbs and body. Her features are pretty delicate and the piant apps are nice. Too bad though that her leku are not poseable.











Now the best part -- Jabba himself! Jabba's bulky, large and very well detailed. His tail is poseable and can be twisted and bent around. Detail is very good with nice paint apps and extra attention to detail. His face featurers bloodshot eyes and drool! He also has his tattoo and his scar. His torso and arms can be reposed and they work well.














I picked this piece up for around $48, which was quite expensive since this retailed in the U.S. at around $20 back in 2010. Worth the purchase though and I'm pretty happy with the set. I'm actually building my collection with this set as the main theme. So far, I've managed to score a few of the denizens portrayed as being members of Jabba's criminal empire. More on these figs soon.

 "... my kind of scum: fearless and inventive.."
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