Hot toys Snowspeeder Pilot Luke Skywalker

[Hando]

Regarding the helmet, am I the only one who was half expecting the hair sculpt to be removable when they saw the separate helmet liner? I was thinking that with both the hair and that extra layer the helmet would be slightly oversized by necessity, but looking at photos of Hamill in the helmet it was already huge lol.

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Does the visor go up on the helmet of the figure?

 

[davejames]

Not sure why, but I'm liking how the figure looks in the Dagobah pics a whole lot more than the Hoth ones.

Might just be down to the moodier and more dramatic lighting though.

 

[Hoody999]

OK you Star Wars experts out there......

Question "What does that respirator pipe into the pocket actually connect to" ?

 

[fantasticfrog]

His other lightsaber…

OK you Star Wars experts out there......

Question "What does that respirator pipe into the pocket actually connect to" ?

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[Uncle Bingo]

OK you Star Wars experts out there......

Question "What does that respirator pipe into the pocket actually connect to" ?

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[Geraldfire]

Saw the video, the figure is very good! I think more than we expected.

The sculpt is great, I see MH but works a lot better with the helmet. The hair is always the problem with all Lukes (DX07, ROTJ and Deluxe, new Bespin, etc.)

 

[Asta]

OK you Star Wars experts out there......

Question "What does that respirator pipe into the pocket actually connect to" ?

There appears to actually be a curious story behind that.

Lucas was inspired by the look of WWII pilots, and the hose resembles an oxygen tube. Yet there's no mask on the face to attach it to.

However, the original X-Wing helmet did have an attachment point for a hose:

Original X-wing pilot helmet prototype from Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope​

A prototype prop X-wing Fighter Pilot's helmet, the unfinished helmet of grey/brown vacu-formed plastic, with ridged top and sides and bolted-on mouthpiece section made for Star Wars in 1976. This helmet was made by Shepperton Design Studios (set up by Andrew Ainsworth in 1974) the company responsible for the production of all the helmets and armour (with the exception of Darth Vader) used in Star Wars, 1977. Star Wars Costume Designer, John Mollo, asked the vendor to work on the film after discovering that the vendor had the equipment needed to make the specialised vacuform plastic. To this end, with a frenetic deadline, they worked around the clock in their design studio from March - June, 1976 whilst filming was being carried out at Pinewood Studios. At that time, the huge success of Star Wars had not been anticipated and, according to the vendor, the making of the costumes was very much a process of trial and error. The company's original receipts show that in total they made fifty-six Stormtroopers' helmets, twelve Imperial Forces' helmets, twelve Imperial Fighter Pilots' helmets and twenty X-wing Fighter Pilots' helmets. This helmet is a prototype of the X-wing Fighter Pilots' helmets seen in the sequence where the Rebel Forces prepare to fly off in their X-wing fighters to attack the Death Star. The final used version of the helmets were painted white with red and blue insignia; they also had chin straps rather than the mouthpiece section of the helmet in this lot.

http://www.sciencefictionarchives.c...rototype-from-star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope

But for budget and time constraints the Rebels would've been equipped similarly to TIE Pilots:

 

[Bilbo Skywalker]

This does look great. Don’t think I’ve ever liked those toothy opened mouth sculpts though.

 

[jedijim3002]

Beautiful! Can’t wait!

 

[Wor-Gar]

Bottom edge of visor all wrong, wrong, wrong

Top: Original prop
Middle: Sideshow
Bottom: Hot Toys

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Does look like HT didn't put the black strap on the outside of the white chin-holder.

1st Mod

 

[jye4ever]

Does look like HT didn't put the black strap on the outside of the white chin-holder.

1st Mod

My 3rd batch will have this fixed.

 

[Wor-Gar]

My 3rd batch will have this fixed.

Yes it will.

 

[Hando]

Not sure why, but I'm liking how the figure looks in the Dagobah pics a whole lot more than the Hoth ones.

Might just be down to the moodier and more dramatic lighting though.

The look just fits a green setting more than a snow setting

 

[Creighton]

Why is there a magnet and underside of ATAT on the base? Am i missing something?

 

[Dave_W]

Does look like HT didn't put the black strap on the outside of the white chin-holder.

1st Mod

It's not entirely inaccurate, but I'll be changing that as well.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Looks like Luke is saying "Hold on Hot Shot... I don't have my strap in this shot"

 

[Wor-Gar]

Why is there a magnet and underside of ATAT on the base?

 

[davejames]

The long wait for this figure is going to be extra painful.

 

[Hando]

The wind hair looks good on this figure

 

[chrisstbh]

Why is there a magnet and underside of ATAT on the base? Am i missing something?

A whole movie it seems