Wednesday, February 15, 2012


continued from the previous post...



Point to note: I saw some pictures of this same Battle Droid where the reviewer had failed to extend the neck fully, thus resulting in a rather awkward looking Battle Droid that wasn't realizing its full potential. Its chin was touching its chest and it looked like it was hunching at its shoulders :( it wasn't a very pretty picture.

This Sideshow Collectibles 1/6 scale Infantry Battle Droid has a swivel and pivot head joint, pivoting neck joint, pivoting as well as swiveling shoulder joints, pivot biceps, pivot elbows, swivel forearms, and swivel and pivot wrists with joint movement in its claws / fingers (ball jointed thumbs and pivot knuckles).

It also has ball jointed torso, ball jointed hips, pivot knees and ball jointed ankles! The ball joints on the ankles allows this Sideshow Collectibles 12-inch Infantry Battle Droid robot figure to strike some pretty sturdy poses and it will not just stand ramrod straight which would have been very disappointing. An example of that would be the Hasbro 12-inch Battle Droid figure which wasn't very articulated at all :(

This 1/6 scale B1 battle droid was just a lot of fun to tinker with and I'm really glad that Sideshow in its wisdom decided to sell this as a two-pack because one would have been very lonely and miserable whereas two seems to be just right. Of course, two more wouldn't hurt either haha

In the Star Wars universe, B1 battle droids were battle droids - also referred to as war droid or killer droid designed for combat - that made up the backbone of the Trade Federation Droid Army and the Separatist Droid Army.



B1 battle droids' heads were designed to imitate the shape of a Neimoidian's skull after death. In this way, they were intended to strike fear into an enemy's heart. In addition, their bodies vaguely resembled those of the Geonosians.

Sideshow Collectibles Militaries of Star Wars Series 1:6 scale Infantry Battle Droids 12-inch Figure two-pack included two (2) Detailed Backpacks with droid identification numbering (which were different from each other - this one is 6-2-8-7 while the other backpack had the Galactic Basic Numbers 7-8-2-8) and extending antennae (longer one for signal reception and shorter one for transmitting).

Here are some close-up shots of the Battle Droid's imitation brain sac. When left unburied and unburned, Neimoidian brain mantles wither to dried sacs behind the top of the skull. They are actually specialized movement processors and sampled movement cycle memory processors.

General command storage is located at the top of the skull husk head and optical sensors are situated where the eyes would have been.

Scroll down to see more close-up pictures of this Sideshow Collectibles Star Wars 1/6 scale Infantry Battle Droid 12-inch robot figure.


The E-5 blaster rifle was the standard blaster rifle of the B1 battle droids. The E-5 blaster rifle was a powerful, light, but somewhat inaccurate weapon. The fact that the weapon was intended for use by non-living wielders allowed BAW to skimp on some of the finer points - such as the fact that short barreled weapons are comparatively fragile and produce great deal of heat over repeated firings.

And here's a look at the B1 battle droid's ultra-thin legs. Who would have thought that such thin legs could carry the entire weight of the droid / robot. Even more surprising is that fact that Sideshow managed to make their 1/6 scale infantry battle droid's legs ultra sturdy and the tight joints help to ensure that the droid stays upright without any problems at all.

If only they did the same with their human figures :( The Sideshow Collectibles Clone Troopers all suffer from the weak ankles syndrome and what happens when they have weak ankles? They fall over very easily because the feet are just not able to support the entire weight of the figure.

Not so these Sideshow Infantry Battle Droids. They were certainly a lot of fun to pose and tinker with

NEXT: There are two battle droids right? Let's see them side-by-side and together ;p

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