Star Wars The Black Series Heavy Infantry Mandalorian Paz Vizsla review (2019)

The Heavy Infantry Mandalorian aka Paz Viszla is the definition of a dude who’ll talk plenty of trash and disregard members of his clan, but he’d fight anyone who dared to attack them. He quickly emerged as a fan favorite on the first season of The Mandalorian and has been a regular in the Mando corner of the Star Wars TV universe ever since.

It’s taken me awhile to get the Black Series version of Paz, but I finally have him. The timing isn’t bad either for what’s now becoming a two-shelf Mandalorian shelf in my Star Wars collection.

Let’s see if the big bruising Heavy Infantry is ready to take his place besides Mando and The Armorer or will be disgraced like his predecessor…who still needs a figure in the Black Series line too.

Packaging: This is such a dated Black Series review that he’s got the old school presentation with the grey scale drawing of the Heavy Infantry and the red left side panel. It takes seeing the newer ones to really appreciate the enhancements to this old design, which wasn’t the most peg friendly setup.

His bio — in prime storytelling fashion, a hallmark of the Black Series in general — breaks down his role for his clan without mentioning his name. Though I’m not sure if we knew it in the first season.

Likeness:  Paz is a big, burly warrior and looks intimidating even amongst the other cool looking Mandalorians. Fitting for his size, his helmet is wider and looks a bit sturdier than the norm. The scale is correct as it looks like a head of a larger guy would fit in the helmet without squeezing it on. It features a thicker antenna and the device he has on the right side of his helmet.

Paz’s overall frame is larger than the normal Black Series figure. As has been the case with various Mandalorians, Hasbro doesn’t skimp on the details of the armor plating sculpting all the paneling, buttons, slots and even battle damage.

Even on small elements like the tube going under his right chestplate. The extended elbow joint is the only thing that looks a little off as it breaks up the pattern of the non-armored portion of his arms.

His flame thrower isn’t subtle like other Mandalorians as it’s bigger and extends past his left hand. There’s a few details like the stomach armor plating, the insignia in the center of his armor and belt that aren’t completely accurate to the show design, but this is likely due to Hasbro getting early designs to work with for the figure. They’re not glaringly obvious if you’re not looking at the reference photos though.

I like how the Mandalorians have their unique flair. In his case, Heavy Infantry has got a cloth piece — done in plastic for the figure — that’s on the backside of his belt.

Scale:  Of the Mandalorians, Paz Viszla is the tallest and thickest. Heavy Infantry stands noticeably taller than Mando, which is the most important scale measurement for him.

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Paint:  Heavy Infantry has exemplary paintwork. His armor features a ton of scraped battle damage throughout conveyed with silver scratches. The silver is applied strongly and has an unevenness to imply the damage instead of paint design.

Hasbro also included a wash for his tan armor elements like his left gauntlet, the bottom piece of his left shoulder pad, the knee pads and the right shin guard. Combined with the silver battle damage, this looks really well done.

I also like the shade of blue used for his armor as it allows the sky-blue accents to stand out. His belt has two shades of brown with the pouches matching the darker brown used on his right gauntlet. His left gauntlet has various buttons, which also have numerous paint apps instead of just being all black.

Articulation:  Due to his size, Heavy Infantry is not the quickest Mandalorian. He tends to move more methodically since his attacks tend to be more damaging. He also prefers to use his heavy repeating blaster when he fights from a distance so his dual gun wielding poses are a must.

For my earlier aesthetic complaints about the elbow joint, it does allow for some surprising range so Heavy Infantry can hold his massive blaster and convincingly use his gauntlet devices.

Paz Vizsla has:

• neck
• ball-jointed shoulders
• elbow (with swivel)
• wrist
• wrist hinge
• torso
• hips
• thighs
• knees (double jointed)
• ankles

Accessories: As the heavy infantry gunner, Paz doesn’t has two blasters.

He just needs his massive one. It also features a great amount of detail and can be plugged into his yellow jetpack.

Like the rest of the figure, the jetpack has a staggering amount of detailing with the paneling and battle damage. It has a smaller grey tube that connects to the flamethrower to show where Paz powers it.

Heavy Infantry is just missing his signature knife, which would have been nice to include. Maybe a Joe Classified Series figure will be willing to donate to the cause?

Worth it?  Given his bigger size and more complex accessories, I was OK paying a higher deluxe price for him. Typically, Paz is around $32. That’s too much for me so when he dropped to $27, I happily jumped at that price. Considering his complex paint job as well I don’t think that was a bad deal.

Rating: 9.7 out of 10

Heavy Infantry or Paz gets a pretty solid figure that provides a massive presence on the Mandalorian shelf with a fun, unique weapon in the Mandalorian army.

Where to get it?  The Heavy Infantry Mandalorian is long out of stores now, but you can still get him easily enough from Amazon.

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