Following Lt. Commander Data earlier this year, 1:6-scale figure company EXO-6 delivered Captain Jean-Luc Picard its second Star Trek release of 2021, with the good captain stepping right out of Star Trek: First Contact for that film’s 25th anniversary.
Like the Data figure this summer, the 12-inch Picard figure comes with a full set of Starfleet accessories, from the character’s uniform, tricorder, and hand phaser to the two-handed phaser rifle and a trio of hand pairs to mix and match for possibility.
Unlike the Data figure, however, Captain Picard comes with a new uniform feature: the grey captain’s vest, worn by Patrick Stewart once the Enterprise-E crew took the fight below decks and to the Borg Queen directly.
It’s packaged nicely with a foam insert to prevent wrinkles or damage in transit, and with a Velcro flap built in to both garments, swapping the Starfleet uniform jacket for the vest is relatively easy to do.
(Perhaps it would be a bit cleaner to have the Velcro release on the back of the jacket and vest, to allow the front of the uniform to keep a well-tailored look.)
The only downside for the removable tops is that each doesn’t fit quite as tightly on the figure as a non-removable tailoring; the cut of the jacket makes the figure seem a little bulky due to the slightly larger size, which also hinders a little of the arm posability as well.
Underneath the jacket, Picard’s maroon undershirt is matched with black suspenders holding up his uniform — identical to the actor’s real costume on set; unfortunately, the red undershirt sleeves still have an issue staying in place when posing the arms of the figure, allowing the unpainted wrist joints to be exposed in a somewhat unsightly way.
It’s probably a difficult thing to manage at this scale, especially when the outer layer of the costuming is removable, but something at the wrist is really needed to keep that inner sleeve in place — especially when holding up a tricorder or phaser — and at minimum, the forearm and wrist joint need to be painted to match the hands to reduce the weirdness there.
The Picard figure also gave a bit of trouble when it came to attaching the various hand choices, requiring a great deal of force to keep the interchangeable hands in place — which made it a bit tricky to pose any accessories in his hands without the hands themselves falling off their wrist pegs.
As for the character likeness — well, that’s always going to be a bit subjective, but the head sculpt definitely has a few angles where you can see Patrick Stewart peeking out. (Certainly more than the preview images back in the late spring seemed to offer.
Here’s a whole bunch of additional photos of Starfleet’s flagship commander, with as much detail as we could capture on the skin detailing, face sculpt, posability, and costuming.
EXO-6 has also teased that an Enterprise-E captain’s chair accessory is in the works a few months back, hopefully that product is still viable because it would be a great addition to this Picard figure.
EXO-6’s Captain Janeway is arriving to collectors who ordered back in August, so watch for our review of the first Voyager figure here soon.
The USS Voyager’s holographic doctor set to follow in the early part of 2022, and the company’s their Mirror Spock from the classic Star Trek series are up for preorder now — with Seven of Nine, the Borg Queen, Star Trek: Discovery’s Emperor Georgiou, and more all teased for next year.
If you bought the Enterprise-E’s captain too, let’s hear your thoughts on EXO-6’s work in the comments below!