1/6 Hot Toys Chrome Stormtrooper

[BurningRage]

I’m getting one.

 

[Dave_W]

"Let's put out a chrome stormtrooper!"

"Shall we use the same mold as the other 2 figures?"

"Nah! Let's use the R1 mold and have this one be the odd one out"

 

[chrisstbh]

"Let's put out a chrome stormtrooper!"

"Shall we use the same mold as the other 2 figures?"

"Nah! Let's use the R1 mold and have this one be the odd one out"

The best solution would have been to not make it at all

 

[jkno]

I'm looking for chrome Luke, Han, Leia and Chewie now.

 

[Sixth Scale Man]

I’ve never been so bored of this hobby.

I can’t speak for anyone else, but HT is feeling kinda stale. Personally, the repaints, reissues and figures from Disney+ have lowered my interest enormously. Oh…and….

 

[chrisstbh]

I can’t speak for anyone else, but HT is feeling kinda stale. Personally, the repaints, reissues and figures from Disney+ has lowered my interest enormously. Oh…and….
View attachment 593531

Same here. That Vader was the first thing to get me excited in a while.

 

[Sixth Scale Man]

Definitely a standout figure. I wish I liked the show!

 

[Star-Crunch]

It’s the Mando/RO stormy

 

[jaztermareal]

It’s the Mando/RO stormy

same armour used in Obiwan too. easier to call it Disney era stormie

 

[TurdFurgusonsHat]

Hot Toys was once really innovative. They really should be above stuff like this, but they aren't. I wonder if they even understand the difference between making this and the black Boba Fett?

 

[MyenShi]

Hot Toys was once really innovative. They really should be above stuff like this, but they aren't. I wonder if they even understand the difference between making this and the black Boba Fett?

Hot Toys: People seem to have really loved the Chrome Clone and Arena Fett. Guess they want more shiny repaints!

Us:

I don’t often call figures a waste of a production slot but this genuinely feels like it.

Almost any other figure they could’ve made with the available Stormtrooper molds would’ve been better.

 

[Darkseed]

at least better than DC has nothing, absolute zero

It kinda feels the same tho …..

 

[TurdFurgusonsHat]

Hot Toys: People seem to have really loved the Chrome Clone and Arena Fett. Guess they want more shiny repaints!

Us:
View attachment 593540

I don’t often call figures a waste of a production slot but this genuinely feels like it.

Almost any other figure they could’ve made with the available Stormtrooper molds would’ve been better.

Like Sixth Scale Man suggested the Sandtrooper variant they teased ages ago makes way more sense and doesn't really require much more effort on HT part. Lots of folks would probably like an OT Sandtrooper at this point and some folks would buy multiples.

Makes me wonder if Lucasfilm is mandating HT move away from the OT license

Or maybe Howard just likes his bling

 

[Smudger9]

No Hot Toys, this doesn’t count as an OT figure. There are still no OT figures currently on order. Sort it out.

 

[MyenShi]

Like Sixth Scale Man suggested the Sandtrooper variant they teased ages ago makes way more sense and doesn't really require much more effort on HT part. Lots of folks would probably like an OT Sandtrooper at this point and some folks would buy multiples.

Makes me wonder if Lucasfilm is mandating HT move away from the OT license

Or maybe Howard just likes his bling

They gotta dust off and refurbish those molds or make new ones probably. Sandy was in production getting close to a decade ago.

The RO armor is in current rotation. But since it is, even just a reissue of the clean RO version would make more sense to me personally.

I agree, there’s a bit of a disconnect with what fans want to see when it comes to figures like this. It is a Hot Toys store exclusive over there so I guess they’re just banking on the non fans buying a vaguely recognizable shiny object. Locally that is, since fewer people like Star Wars there.

 

[CrankbaitJon]

This is probably for some summer night event they are having this year. They had one last year in August.

 

[Tee-Kay]

Watching Jedha latest Youtube video, it seems Hot Toys are opening yet another store and those exclusives are linked to that event.

 

[j97e1]

I hope Sideshow will have it. I need two.

 

[CrankbaitJon]

If they are, they must be doing very well. For those that don't know Hong Kong, the last two stores they opened are in prime tourist / trendy locations. The rent are $$$$$.

 

[dukefett]

same armour used in Obiwan too. easier to call it Disney era stormie

Pretty sure Hasbro even said that's the basic decree from Lucasfilm a while back. All Stormtroopers will be the RO trooper going forward.