Hot Toys MMS385 Rogue One Death Trooper Specialist

[ZE_501]

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[...]If you stick with the old, and don't come up with something slightly new or different, then what are you bringing to the table ?[...]

Exactly, they have to take some risks, and I try to remember that the OT I love was burned into my child-brain during my formative years. When I look at the (outstanding) S.H. Figuarts ANH Luke, I remember the Kenner figure, and I can remember the smell of motor oil and tire rubber from my dad's car when he was working in the garage; the feel of warm concrete when my friends and I had shootouts between Kenner figures with the Deathstar playset in the summer.

Nothing Disney does can compete with that and it's unfair to expect otherwise. So far, I've seen a good aesthetic even if there's the odd thing I don't like. As an adult I don't like a lot of elements from the OT, either. Doesn't mean I'm not a fan. All I want is an entertaining film that enables suspension of disbelief and is capable of stylistically transitioning into ANH -- with allowances made for 40 years of technological and cultural evolution in the real world.

 

[Hoody999]

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Sideshow Premium Format Figure is up !!

 

[Smudger9]

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No light up feature on a ¼ scale?

 

[Hoody999]

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Exactly, they have to take some risks, and I try to remember that the OT I love was burned into my child-brain during my formative years. When I look at the (outstanding) S.H. Figuarts ANH Luke, I remember the Kenner figure, and I can remember the smell of motor oil and tire rubber from my dad's car when he was working in the garage; the feel of warm concrete when my friends and I had shootouts between Kenner figures with the Deathstar playset in the summer.

Nothing Disney does can compete with that and it's unfair to expect otherwise. So far, I've seen a good aesthetic even if there's the odd thing I don't like. As an adult I don't like a lot of elements from the OT, either. Doesn't mean I'm not a fan. All I want is an entertaining film that enables suspension of disbelief and is capable of stylistically transitioning into ANH -- with allowances made for 40 years of technological and cultural evolution in the real world.

Very poetic ! But 100% spot on.

 

[Hoody999]

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TonTon is right. There is so much going on with this Deathtrooper......and with light up feature on the HT version. What more do you want ?

 

[galactiboy]

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At first I thought the exclusive blaster was the DLT 19X from Battlefront, but it just looks like a different DLT variation.

It's a cool looking trooper but I don't feel the need to pick up anything from this movie. If it's amazeballs I may change my tune, but for now I'm sitting it out.

 

[Sebkenobi]

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You guys are so funny... All drooling over this cool looking figure... What if the character ultimately only has 5 seconds screentime? Will you all be buying it anyway at 250$-300$? Remember Phasma from last fall?

 

[Smudger9]

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You guys are so funny... All drooling over this cool looking figure... What if the character ultimately only has 5 seconds screentime? Will you all be buying it anyway at 250$-300$? Remember Phasma from last fall?

We've seen these troops in several shots in the trailers so far, and they are protectors for the primary villain. They ain't no Phasma.

 

[Wah]

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this is the bizness right here. automatic purchase. this movie has got me hyped.

 

[JokersWarPig]

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I plan on building a squad of these guys.

 

[Mr.Tanker]

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I am actually much more interested in the other two troopers that flank him in this Figuarts shot. Especially the one on the left. The all black look is cool, but kind of boring visually.

 

[DerMann]

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I love this figure but it feels more TFA than pre-OT.

 

[Tom Day]

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I love this figure but it feels more TFA than pre-OT.

I agree. The figure looks great, but the design is too busy and modern to be believably Pre-OT.

 

[evenflow]

Re: Hot Toys Rogue One Death Trooper Specialist

Looks good so far. I imagine it will be a purchase.

 

[SunrayTheWingman]

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I love this figure but it feels more TFA than pre-OT.

I disagree, because I actually feel these trooper designs well represent the transition from Clone Trooper-era to Imperial-era. The Shoretrooper looks alot like the Kashyyk troopers from ROTS to me, and the Tanktrooper looks like he could be a Clonetrooper variation.

 

[SNIKT1950]

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Looks OT to me. Like everything else I've seen from ROGUE ONE.

 

[Niltusk]

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I'm glad to see this trooper, every OT movie introduced us to a new trooper variant; glad to see Rogue One is not breaking the tradition.

 

[Awesom-O 4000]

It's safe to say this will be an instant buy for me, hopefully the shore trooper isn't too far behind. My weakness is OT troopers (I even bit on that money grab gold chrome stormie when that went up for preorder )... and this being in the same era is enough to hit my sweet spot haha. Looking forward to the rest Rogue One line. Still waiting on a TFA Poe Dameron though.

 

[Awesom-O 4000]

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I am actually much more interested in the other two troopers that flank him in this Figuarts shot. Especially the one on the left. The all black look is cool, but kind of boring visually.

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I believe that's the shore trooper on the right... and that's my favorite of the bunch. Hoping Hot Toys will announce that one next!

 

[user 19388]

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I'm in for a couple of these