2009 Clone Wars Figures Wave 3

Ok, so here are my thoughts on the Clone Wars figures from 2009 wave "3", except for the space gear Anakin and Ahsoka as I passed on them, but will get both in the "Cad Bane's Escape" battle pack!

CW20 Clone Trooper Denal: Denal made his debut in the episode "Duel of the Droids", from which the gear of this figure is based on. He later appeared, and was killed in the episode "Cargo of Doom" where he sported different gear, which appears in the same battle pack mentioned above. One of the best parts about this figure is the remoable helmet, Denal never removed his helmet in the show, so to get a removable helmet anyway without him taking it off is fantastic, even if he just has the standard Clone head on him. Articulation for this figure is excellent, in all the good places, even ankle, as this figure isn't in the Stone mold. Detail wise, he doesn't have much detail on him, so it can't have been much work on his detail. He has a customized helmet, blue lines on his fin, across the top of his black area, and down the helmet too. He has the standard 501st legion arms. Aside from that, he has the regular Clone body. His acessories are a standard Clone DC-15 blaster, and a jetpack. Both based off what he used in "Duel of the Droids". I rate this figure at 9/10. It's a cool new Clone to add to the collection, the detail is accurate and he has nice acessories. Only problem is that he can't hold his blaster well, which is a bit of a problem.

CW22 Cad Bane: Cad Bane made his debut in the season 1 finale, in the episode "Hostage Crisis". This was the first Cad Bane to be released, followed by a better articulation and designed one in 2011, plus in Clone Trooper disgiuse in a battle pack. This was at the time a pretty good figure, considering it was Hasbro's first attempt at Bane. Looking back over it though, it really is a really poor figure, now that they've well improved it. The size of everything, like the head, the hat is off. The articulation is absolutely apalling on this figure. I can't think of a Clone Wars figure with worse! The legs have absolutely no movement, it's movement in the arms is minimal. The detail is also pretty poor, the cloak's detail is wrong, the arm pads are off, and the head looks squashed in and inaccurate. The hat is also pretty poor. Acessories included are two blaster pistols and a sniper rifle. Hasbro tried hard with a quick release of Bane, but honestly, they would have been better off waiting a bit to make this figure better. I rate this figure at a really poor 3/10. The acessories are nice, and the holsters are a cool, but otherwise, it really is poor. The 2011 version is much better, and even if you have this 2009 version, I advise you to get the 2011 one as it is MUCH better than this one.