Spider Maul, Spider Maul, does whatever a spider does, y'all!

Love or hate Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, almost everyone is on the same page when it comes to the badass tattooed Sith Apprentice Darth Maul.

Maul was idiotically killed off in TPM, but was later revived in the Star Wars: Rebels animated series. First with a six legged insect body, and later with sweet sweet robot legs. Because SCIENCE!

I don't watch Star Wars: Rebels. I also could care less about the Hero Mashers toyline Hasbro has been Hero Mashing down our throats for the past couple years.

However I simply could not pass up this Hero Mashers Darth Maul  (especially since I found him on clearance)...

...which includes both is spider-body and his chicken legs! The 'spider body' is a simple hollow shell, but it's effective.

The chicken legs are solid, but only move at the reverse-knee. Hero Mashers are more visually impressive than they are articulated. This figure looks like he should have joints all over the place ("Hey, it's medicinal! I'm a paraplegic for cryin out loud!")  But it's all in the sculpt, and there's not much actual engineering going on. That';s fine, as this guy would probably be double or triple the price if that were the case.

I have to admit, I'm curious now to see what another Hero masher would look like with Maul's robot-chicken legs! Maybe this Hero Mashers concept isn't so stupid after all.

Nah, it's pretty stupid.

"You lost your legs? Cry me a river."

Darth Maul Android Body LEGO minifigure

I made some trades with a local LEGO seller and acquired this Darth Maul with android body minifigure.

I'm no big fan of the Star Wars prequels, but if they had a bright point (that they were sure to snuff out quickly) it was Darth Maul. The concept that Darth Maul was not eliminated when Obi Wan Kenobi sliced him in two - that he in fact had some android legs built and now stomps around on said robot legs with a vengance-on for those damned Jedi - that's pretty cool.

He came to me with dual light sabers. Not sure why one is black, I did get him second-hand, so this may be canon and it may be just a random addition tot he figure. Feel free to enlighten me in the comments.

Not only do I now own a Darth Maul minifigure, but more importantly I now own a pair of LEGO android legs. Expect these things to show up on unsuspecting minifigures in the future!