Hot Toys Sandtrooper MMS 295

[Indyfan1234]

Marry her!

I have been thinking about it a lot

 

[FullMetalHippie]

My Sandie will be here Monday from BBTS. Ordered it this morning after much debate on whether to get one of these guys or get the new TFA Snowtrooper set. I have a feeling that most of the Episode VII troopers will be available at retail for the foreseeable future, whereas OT figures are drying up everywhere.

 

[SilverStar17]

My Sandie will be here Monday from BBTS. Ordered it this morning after much debate on whether to get one of these guys or get the new TFA Snowtrooper set. I have a feeling that most of the Episode VII troopers will be available at retail for the foreseeable future, whereas OT figures are drying up everywhere.

Congrats! He's a great figure, you'll like him.

And yeah, I don't see TFA Stormies really fetching more than retail on the secondary market. Especially since there's so many variations.

 

[Mandible]

That's one damn-fine girlfriend

Girlfriend got me this for valintines day

 

[Bustajesse]

Is the Sandtrooper heavy blaster the same as the Stormtrooper two pack heavy blaster? Is the paint the same?

 

[jkno]

Is the Sandtrooper heavy blaster the same as the Stormtrooper two pack heavy blaster? Is the paint the same?

It's the same, but the color on the Sandtrooper DLT-19 is lighter, the Stormie one is darker

 

[TurdFurgusonsHat]

That's one damn-fine girlfriend

I would be afraid to fall asleep at night if my ex gf picked up all the packages that arrive at my door these days

 

[hokietwo]

Try getting two tauntauns and the SS cantina environment diorama delivered on the same day, completely blocking the garage when we arrive home from work. My balls still hurt thinking about that beating. Unfortunately size does matter.

 

[TurdFurgusonsHat]

Try getting two tauntauns and the SS cantina environment diorama delivered on the same day, completely blocking the garage when we arrive home from work. My balls still hurt thinking about that beating. Unfortunately size does matter.

That is an ugly scene. The box for the taun taun is crazy big.

 

[macbacca]

Another victim to the shoulder strap Any advice how to properly put this on the shoulder?

 

[Mandible]

Yup me too I glued it and tried again and the other end came off too!

I was so pissed I wrote to HT - haven't heard a thing for 2 weeks.

Quick-fix!

First, I cut a slit in each end where the strap originally joined - about the same thickness as the strap itself. Then hardened the strap-end with superglue. Inserted the hardened end into the slit and glued again.

It worked really well because the strap is now a semi-circle shape and slid straight over the arm, while still being firm.

How many people have had the strap fail?

Another victim to the shoulder strap Any advice how to properly put this on the shoulder?

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[jkno]

My straps were all fine, but I have a hunch HT used some low quality glue on these accessories - remember the easy fall of the pauldron buttons. Plus I think the elastic straps will stretch in time like it happened to some SSC Stormie parts. Only time will tell

 

[Blaster Rex]

My wife and I have an understanding - she puts up with all my Star Wars 1/6 figures etc (and she buys me the occasional 1/6 Star Wars figure, including this HT Sandtrooper bless her) and I have to put up with her nagging.

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[CoolSpy]

How many people have had the strap fail?

Happened to me approximately 2 seconds after unboxing my Sandtrooper. This is the kind of details that is really irritating!! This spoils the joy of discovering a newly bought figure, really! How can't Hot Toys see that such a weak strap system will inevitably fail ??!!!

 

[Aliaz]

I didn't have a problem with the straps on either of my Sandies.

 

[Tinman2000]

Knock on wood, I haven't had a problem with the pouch strap although I was totally expecting it to pop when I was putting it on; HT should have used a similar strap to what was on the backpack so it could have been put on and tightened.

 

[SilverStar17]

I haven't had any problems (yet at least) either with parts on my Sandie.

 

[Aumakua]

guess I got ultra lucky! missing pin on shoulder AND broken shoulder pack (made it half way up the arm with no over stretching and then snap!)

why didn't they just package him with it on? or make a different kind of strap or make them a little more loose? they had to know this was going to be an issue!

 

[maru81]

Missing pin might still be somewhere in the box, I would double check.

 

[jkno]

guess I got ultra lucky! missing pin on shoulder AND broken shoulder pack (made it half way up the arm with no over stretching and then snap!)

why didn't they just package him with it on? or make a different kind of strap or make them a little more loose? they had to know this was going to be an issue!

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There are replacement buttons in the pegs bag. But do what I did, and use a sewing pin, see my mod a few posts above. Much better than what HT thought of doing