WWE Ultimate Edition Wave 22 Jey Uso review
Jey Uso has legitimately earned the right to call himself Main Event Jey Uso. He’s become one of the top stars in the WWE regularly geeing some of the loudest cheers from the fans.
I incorrectly assumed the Ultimate Edition versions of The Usos would stick around for a while and was determined not to make that mistake again.
Packaging: For the UE packaging, Mattel stays with the white with red accents setup. The window makes it nice and easy to see the figure and all of his accessories. This is helpful in fighting off swappers.
The back shows off a picture of the figure in an action pose and a reference photo of Jey.
The bio does a nice job as always of explaining the story behind this attire, which is based on Jey’s Summerslam 2023 match against Roman Reigns.
Likeness: Some of the Usos head sculpts are better than others. The default one has a neutral expression, but it lacks any of Jey’s intensity or personality even with this stoic expression.
The sculpt does an excellent job with his hair texture and his beard. I was somewhat torn over the torso choice thinking it was too big. After checking more reference pics, this is more accurate than the slender Ultimate Edition torso and better suited compared to the overly muscular one.
His pants have the right amount of bagginess without being too loose.
Scale: Jey is 6’2” putting him at the same height as his little brother Solo Sikoa and close ally Cody Rhodes. That makes them both an inch shorter than their brother Jimmy Uso, and cousin Roman Reigns. The UE figure matches up pretty well compared to Roman and The Wise Man.
Paint: Jey’s paintwork is pretty solid. Most of the hard work comes from the tattoos along his arms, torso and back. The latter features the most intricate work.
His beard could use a touch up as the paintwork has a bit too much grey — although kudos for doing a hair blend in the first place! Some of the strands of his hair need some paint apps. One thing that’s becoming a bit too frequent an issue with the UE head sculpts is the random stray black marks along the faces of the figures. Jey has a number of them that are more annoying up close, but it’s a QC issue that Mattel needs to address.
Articulation: The UE articulation scheme is ideal for a wrestler like Jey.
There’s no issue pulling off any of his moves since they’re largely quick strike moves like spears, thrust kicks, Samoan drops and top rope splashes. In addition to a slew of dynamic punches.
Maybe most importantly, Jey can probably do a Yeet! pose.
Ultimate Edition Jey Uso has:
- neck
- bicep
- ball-jointed shoulders
- butterfly shoulders
- elbows (double-jointed)
- wrists
- wrist hinge
- upper torso
- waist
- hips (drop down)
- thighs
- knees (double-jointed)
- shin
- ankles
- toes
Accessories: Accessories for Ultimate Edition figures have become a mixed bag. Some are loaded out with plenty of gear. Others still have room to add on another one or two signature accessories.
Jey gets three additional sets of hands — index fingers raised, flat palms and fists. That’s the ideal mix of spare hands for any figure and well suited for Jey.
He also has his good chain and his white and red lei, not to be confused with Roman’s Ula Fala.
To complete his entrance gear, he’s got a cloth tank top shirt with The Real Chief on it with a very crisp red and white tampo.
Finally, there’s two additional portraits — one with Jey yelling and the other a gritted teeth expression. The yelling one is the most interesting and likely my default one.
Worth It? Jey doesn’t have enough to truly justify the usual $32.99 price point. His popularity will ensure he won’t see many deals but he’s much better suited for a $25-$29 price point.
Rating: 9.5 out of 10
Main Event Jey Uso gets a really nicely done solo Ultimate Edition figure though I am looking forward to other color variations of Uce.
Where to Get it? I got Main Event Uso from Amazon, but I’ve also spotted him at Target.
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