Nope, no changebots today. As mentioned yesterday, I’m doing a Star Wars thang for the rest of the week. Yesterday I looked at what was easily the most anticipated figure in the second assortment of The Force Awakens Black Series, and now I’m looking at what was probably the least… Constable Zuvio!

Now, don’t get me wrong, I definitely wanted this guy. Getting figures based on Star Wars characters I know nothing about is a fond memory of my childhood, as is making up convoluted backstories about them that turn out to be wrong. I have a feeling Constable Zuvio will have a slightly bigger part to play than the Squidheads and Prunefaces of my youth, but maybe not. I’ll know in a couple of days.

Zuvio is a somewhat short and stocky humanoid and I really dig the look of this guy. He’s got a filthy poncho and his wrapped arms and legs lead me to believe that he’s yet another resident of Jakku. The paint on the figure is mostly aimed at weathering and soiling to make his outfit look rather ragged and blasted by the elements. He’s got yellow wash on his legs and some green gunk on the bottom of his poncho.

You can’t see too much of his face, just a couple of piercing eyes and a rather flattened nose, the rest is wrapped up in a scarf. His flat helmet and shoulder armor have a very Star-Warsy look to me. Again, there’s a lot more of that great weathering here. The paint on the armor is chipped away revealing the bare metal under it and the helmet is pitted and distressed. These little aspects of the figure really drive home the whole “used future” aesthetic of the original Star Wars films.

Zuvio comes with a back pack that features a rather clever design. It pegs into his back, but has some partially sculpted straps that tab into slots on his poncho to make it look like it’s properly secured to him. It’s the first time I’ve seen something like this and the effect works pretty well. Again, we see some more weathering on the backpack.

The articulation features a lot of the usual points I’m used to seeing in my 6-inch Black figures. The arms have rotating hinges in the shoulders, elbows, and wrists. The legs are ball jointed in the hips, double hinged at the knees, and have swivels in the thighs. The ankles are hinged and have lateral rockers. It feels like there’s a ball joint buried in his torso. He can definitely swivel at the waist, but I think I feel a little more movement in there as well. Lastly, his neck is both hinged and ball jointed. The plastic poncho is slit on the sides so as not to inhibit the leg articulation too badly.

In addition to the backpack, Zuvio comes with another one of those staff weapons that seem to be so popular on the desert planets of the Star Wars Universe. This one is a little more primitive than others we’ve seen. It looks like the blade is roughly forged. There’s a lot of detail on it, particularly in the handle and it has a sculpted carry strap as well.

Constables… in… Spaaaaaaaaaaace!

With the highly popular Phasma, a main character, and a troop builder all taking up the other three-quarters of this wave, I have a feeling Zuvio has a future in peg warming. If that happens, it’ll be a shame because he really is a great little figure and a pretty cool character design. With so many of the “background” characters populating the 3 3/4-inch line, it’s nice to get some exotic aliens in the larger scale, so Zuvio is welcome on my display shelf any day. And speaking of the little guys, tomorrow, I’ll take a break from the 6-inch Black line and check out some of those 3 3/4-inch figures!