{"id":33313,"date":"2017-05-26T10:43:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T15:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/?p=33313"},"modified":"2017-05-26T15:54:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T20:54:27","slug":"toyguide-update-6-tbs-qui-gon-jinn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/2017\/05\/26\/toyguide-update-6-tbs-qui-gon-jinn\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyguide Update: 6&#8243; TBS Qui-Gon Jinn (#40)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakfaceforums.com\/TGuide2004\/html\/TBS\/6inch\/40_quigon_jinn.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33314\" src=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TG_preview_QGJ.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakfaceforums.com\/TGuide2004\/tgmain.html\">Yakface Toyguide<\/a>\u00a0updates resume\u00a0with\u00a0our newest\u00a0entry in the\u00a06\u2033 Black Series\u00a0assortment for\u00a0the venerable\u00a0Jedi Master,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakfaceforums.com\/TGuide2004\/html\/TBS\/6inch\/40_quigon_jinn.html\">Qui-Gon Jinn<\/a>\u00a0(#40).<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROS:<\/strong>\u00a0 The 6&#8243; Black Series continues to impress with its level of detail, sculpting and paint &#8212;\u00a0Qui-Gon Jinn is no exception as Hasbro did an excellent job of capturing Liam Neeson&#8217;s large stature and ever-stoic personna. The overall sculpt of the figure is quite nice with great effort applied in rendering the different textures of the Jedi outfit. Articulation is extensive despite the lack of double-hinged elbows that would have made achieving\u00a0some two-handed lightsaber stances a bit easier. \u00a0Hasbro included an extra &#8220;gestured&#8221; left hand for striking alternate poses or attempting\u00a0Jedi mind tricks on your other figures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: <\/strong>a new detail has been brought to light thanks to a few of our readers. The eyes for Qui-Gon are actually separately cast and painted pieces allowing for much greater accuracy and realism!<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONS:<\/strong>\u00a0The main oversight this figure contends with is the absence of a soft goods robe. Qui-Gon spent a significant portion\u00a0of <em>The Phantom Menace<\/em> wearing it so it feel odd without it. Another accessory that could\u00a0have been a nice bonus is the Jedi communicator (you know, the one that looks like a women&#8217;s razor). A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakfaceforums.com\/TGuide2004\/html\/episodei\/quigonjinnjedi.html\">previous\u00a03.75&#8243; figure<\/a> has\u00a0included it the past &#8211; seems a shame not to revisit it for this release.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yakfaceforums.com\/TGuide2004\/html\/TBS\/6inch\/40_quigon_jinn.html\">Head to the toyguide<\/a>\u00a0for our detailed image gallery\u00a0and to judge for yourself whether this figure\u00a0is worth adding to your collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Yakface Toyguide\u00a0updates resume\u00a0with\u00a0our newest\u00a0entry in the\u00a06\u2033 Black Series\u00a0assortment for\u00a0the venerable\u00a0Jedi Master,\u00a0Qui-Gon Jinn\u00a0(#40). PROS:\u00a0 The 6&#8243; Black Series continues to impress with its level of detail, sculpting and paint &#8212;\u00a0Qui-Gon Jinn is no exception as Hasbro did an excellent job of capturing Liam Neeson&#8217;s large stature and ever-stoic personna. The overall sculpt of the figure is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/2017\/05\/26\/toyguide-update-6-tbs-qui-gon-jinn\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Toyguide Update: 6&#8243; TBS Qui-Gon Jinn (#40)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[687,120,39,783,243,1387],"class_list":["post-33313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collecting","category-toyguide","tag-black-series","tag-episode-i","tag-hasbro-2","tag-tbs","tag-the-phantom-menace","tag-toyguide-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33313"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33323,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33313\/revisions\/33323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}