Hot Toys Star Wars Stormtrooper

[momaw]

After the official reveal of Hot Toys’ first wave of high-end Star Wars collectible figures featuring the infamous struggler Han Solo and his best friend Chewbacca which were well-received by fans, we are moving the spotlight to the Galactic Empire for this new wave!

The carbonite only blinded him temporarily.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

Do we already have a price for this?


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Not yet, should be coming in the next few days. Which means the death of this thread. But the start of a new one!

 

[TheSensationalSean]

The short-tall combo is interesting, at least they're a little different. If the height is an issue, one could display them in poses to mask the difference.

 

[HeubertMichael]

Local dealer posted this for $200 single, and $400 for the 2-pack with EX items.

 

[K1NG J0RDAN]

I'll pre-order the set if it's $350. Knowing Sideshow it'll be $379.99 or something. I hope not.. It's only stormtroopers.

 

[HeubertMichael]

FWIW, the individual Stormie is MMS267, the set is MMS268.

That solves the little puzzle we shortly discussed over at the DOFP thread

 

[HeubertMichael]

I'll pre-order the set if it's $350. Knowing Sideshow it'll be $379.99 or something. I hope not.. It's only stormtroopers.

Our local dealer's prices are usually = or +/- $5-10 compared to SSC's, so you can expect the single to be around $200-$210 and the 2-pack for $400-$410.

 

[K1NG J0RDAN]

Our local dealer's prices are usually = or +/- $5-10 compared to SSC's, so you can expect the single to be around $200-$210 and the 2-pack for $400-$410.

If it's $400+ that is asinine.

They better not pull a stunt like that.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

If it's $400+ that is asinine.

They better not pull a stunt like that.

It's Hot Toys. It's Star Wars. There you go!

I thought $375 was pushing it, so I went with $350. But at $400? No bueno. Will wait for the Han/Luke two-pack and a coupon/promotion instead.

 

[bebe13junior]

I'm going to buy the single trooper. I find the tall short combo is such an homage to the luke/han in my kind and I'm not going for that with my StormTrooper. Just want one to display with Vader. I understand they were not clones, but it does look weird with the height difference. Plus, when Leia says to Luke "you look short for a StormTrooper" implies they are usually taller. Anyways, I never thought or noticed in the movies they had drastic height differences.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

I'm going to buy the single trooper. I find the tall short combo is such an homage to the luke/han in my kind and I'm not going for that with my StormTrooper. Just want one to display with Vader. I understand they were not clones, but it does look weird with the height difference. Plus, when Leia says to Luke "you look short for a StormTrooper" implies they are usually taller. Anyways, I never thought or noticed in the movies they had drastic height differences.

According to starwars wikia:

Despite the influx of new troopers from various sources, the ranks remained dominated by Human males, thus reflecting the New Order's Human High Culture. By 0 BBY, roughly one-third of the stormtroopers were clones based on the Fett template, while recruits steadily became the majority within the Stormtrooper Corps.[20] Service in the Stormtrooper Corps was open to both Human men and women, but female stormtroopers were an extremely rare sight under Palpatine's reign and on average there were never more than three female stormtroopers within a whole legion.[1].[21] In spite of this disparity, some female troopers served in elite units, such as the Coruscant Guard.[22]

 

[TheFiend]

They do look great, man. But unless I hit the big bucks or something most of this stuff is a pass.

I love how they been inserting things that are attributed to that character as an icon in the titles.

Hans blaster
Chewys bandolier/strap thingy
Stormtrooper helmet

 

[YankeesFanboy]

I couldn't say one way or the other, but can any SW fanatic comment on the proportions of these Stormies, maybe vis-à-vis their SSC counterparts?

I remember earlier in the thread, after these first debuted at the VIP event at SB, there was some concern about proportions, which were chalked up to lens distortion.

These look pretty dawn awesome to my layman's eyes, but are these the best Stormtrooper figures ever made?

 

[devilof76]

I'd say yes.

 

[TaliBane]

I'd say yes.

That one real short dude is certainly getting a lot of attention lately.

 

[greygoose]

I take it the individual trooper is the tall one?

EDIT: Just saw that it is.

 

[DarthTrafford]

Looks like they didn't get the mouse droids approval for its image rights.
It's just a silhouette image.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

That mouse droid always drove a hard bargain.

 

[Smudger9]

Not yet, should be coming in the next few days. Which means the death of this thread. But the start of a new one!

Won't this thread morph into MMS 267?

Can't wait for the PO. Undecided whether to get 1 tall, 2 tall or the 2-pack.

 

[inked]

In for the 2 pack. If I have the cash at release I may pick up a single trooper too