Other than the Didact, this figure is my favorite in this series.

I give you the Storm Jackal.

This figure comes with the ‘Engage’ Carbine skin. Once again the slender packaging is nice and really highlights the figure without any wasted space.

As you can see in the above pic, the Jackal is still just as lithe as it’s always been, even with the redesign of the head and armor. An amazing amount of detail has been poured into this figure.

The Carbine included is a vibrant metallic purple as you see above. Additional blue paint adds to the detail of the weapon.

Here you can see the amazing amount of detail put into the skin of the Jackal. Not only do the arms/shoulders show a ton of scaly bumps, but the neck is just littered with them which adds to the authenticity of the figure. Add the behind the jaw pouches and added mouth detail and it almost looks like it’s alive.

Above you can see the back fins have been well defined and even have lines sculpted in to show varying parts of armor. The two-toned look of the armor is well done. No complaints at all on the paint application here!

The leg detailing is great and just look at those toes!

This is the only one of the figures in this wave to include a figure stand. I DO wish they all came with one, regardless of character. It can’t be expensive to add in and would really help with posing the figures.

Finally, here you can see the figure’s articulation. Again amazing as all the rest are in this series. However, I think this one just LOOKS better than the rest for that articulation. I had to think why and figured it out. It’s not encumbered by as much armor as the rest in this series. So in that respect it is rewarded with greater range of motion in it’s articulation.

There are two minor things I’d have liked to see done better. Unless my eyes deceive me, the blue paint on the armor should be darker. That’s one I can easily over look though.

The other is the think spaghetti-like tooth bristles of it’s head and elbow ‘hair’. I’d have liked to have seen these done thinner and end more in a point than a rounded end. Again though, these do not detract significantly from the figure for me.

I absolutely recommend this figure. Even if you’re not a fan of the redesign by 343, which isn’t McFarlane’s fault, the figure itself is superb as a toy.

This gets a 9.75 out of 10 from me. Just the hair bristles…

Price for this ranges between $13-16 depending on where you get it from.

-Sal