Okay, so the Aayla doll actually does look better in the images from mcwtoys.com’s review, though I’m sorry Captain Toy, she is still not pretty, no matter how desperately you claim she is. (Amy Allen is pretty. My Asajj doll is…well, evil-looking, but pretty. This? Not so much.) And in this shot in particular, her waist looks totally different and better suited to her outfit…but it still doesn’t look that great, and removing her robe (which I for one would, because Aayla? Not so much for wearing her robe) just reveals her to be uber-skinny and kind of badly proportioned. And what the hell is with that mid-forearm seam/joint? Not only is it unattractive and distractingly obvious, but it appears as though having her wield her lightsaber causes the entire hand to hang oddly off that joint. What good is a Jedi doll that’s ruined by holding its lightsaber? Ugh. What the flying fuck, Sideshow?

Also, in the review, he’s talking $65 at the Con, $70 +shipping after. This is closer to the usual prices for Sideshow figures, and about what Asajj cost as a pre-order. I paid somewhat less for my Plo Koon and Boromir figures (about $40 each, with $12 – $19 shipping), but I got both of them off eBay, and I was completely crazed about A) getting them, and B) not having my wallet raped up the ass in the process. And, okay, the Con was in May, and Cinequest only JUST NOW is like, “Oh, hey, y’all can buy this!” So…is the 80% mark-up because they’ve gotten their hands on a few leftovers of the SDCC Edition, or did someone at Sideshow say, “Hey, those sold so well we should do a second run, and jack up the price, thus pissing off the people who want to buy it, and the people who did buy it, because we just made it less special.”

Either way, man, there needs to be a lot more awesomeness and a lot less half-assedry with that figure. And a whole hell of a lot less drugs, because $125 is just off-the-charts ridiculous.