The custom action figure for the character of Sergeant Doallyn took less than one minute to make. I just sliced the neck ball joint off of the
Bane Malar figure and popped the head of the new Black Series Brock Starsher (Jabba's Skiff Guard #27) onto the Bane Malar body. I bought the Bane Malar as soon as I found out Brock Starsher was being released. It was a great way to add to Jabba's Denizens. Expect this custom to show up heavy in the forums by a variety of customizers. Lot's of people have plans to make this one.
I have to say I'm super pleased with Hasbro's Black Series release of Brock Starsher. Not only did they give us a really cool and unique addition for our Jabba dioramas, Hasbro gave us a figure with a head that could be used with one of their older releases to make a brand new unique figure for the same play environment. It's nice to know they're listening.
On a short side note, I want to share another complimentary remark in regards to Hasbro. Many collectors have been complaining about how easily the latest waves of Black Series figures come apart at the joints. I remember a while back, I asked Hasbro to start making action figure joints pop apart like they do on the Vintage collection Ponda Boba figure that way it would make it easier for us to customize our action figures and more kids could get in on the action. Sure, maybe the easily dismantled figures have more to do with lower production standards, but the
Droid Factory episode of Collector's Cast with Dan Curto and James Burns featuring the
interview with the artists of Boss Fight Studios, was really eye opening and made me realize that customizers ARE on Hasbro's radar.
There are actually two Doallyns in
Return of the Jedi. The first is Sergeant Doallyn who is seen more closely when
Chewbacca pushes him down the steps of the entrance to Jabba's Audience Chamber. This Doallyn wears a black mask and black body suit. Some believe that it is
Bane Malar who is pushed down the stairs, but the two characters have different helmets.
The
second Doallyn appears aboard the second skiff at the
Battle of the Great Pit of Carkoon. He wears a black helmet and a white body suit. This Doallyn is killed by
Luke Skywalker, yet Doallyn is supposed to have survived the battle of Carkoon and returned to
Jabba's Palace to rescue
Yarna d'al' Gargan. There were probably two actors wearing similar outfits and the same helmet during filming. It is assumed that the black-outfit Doallyn in Jabba's Palace is the actual Doallyn, while the white-outfit skiff guard is a completely different character that has been identified as
Brock Starsher.
A
hunter by trade, Doallyn had two reasons to wear a mask: the first being that he needed to breathe
hydron-three to stay alive on
planets with an
oxygen-rich
atmosphere, the second being that his face was once hideously scarred by the poisoned claws of a
Corellian sand panther. He eventually came to
Mos Eisley to hunt a
krayt dragon for
Jabba the
Hutt to pit against his
rancor in a head-to-head fight. However, he ended up getting drunk in the
cantina, and
gambled to his detriment. He awoke from his drinking binge to discover that he had lost the game and now owed Jabba a
year's service.
During one memorable time in
Jabba's palace, immediately following the feeding of
Oola to the
rancor, an
Ubese bounty hunter named
Boushh (actually
Princess Leia Organa in disguise) silenced the crowd with a
blaster shot. As Doallyn hurried over to inspect the situation, he found himself thrown painfully against the wall by "Boushh's" quarry, the powerful
Wookiee Chewbacca. Both Leia and Chewbacca were only posing as a bounty hunter and captive respectively to attempt to rescue their friend,
Han Solo.
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"Doallyn"
created by Darth Daddy
I kept enough off the ball joint on the torso so that the ball socket on the head snapped into place snugly.
SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER
Dad's Sergeant Doallyn was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.
