Product Review

With its flailing black cape, this scary, rubber replica of Star Wars‘s Darth Sidious resembles a black feather duster, or a cornered cat. Most striking are the trademark streaks of lightning that shoot from the Sith Lord’s fingertips. (For an alternate look, the figure comes with a second set of hands without the lightning bolts.) The soles of Sidious’s feet plug onto a display stand designed to look like a platform on a spaceship. As such, the action figure is meant more for show, not so much to play with. --Andy Boynton