Hot Toys Star Wars Stormtrooper

[Wor-Gar]

Strange to include everything you need for a Luke/Han set -- guns, mouse droid -- yet not give us the sculpts. A v2 with just headsculpts seems really lame at these price points.

Maybe once the actual preorder begins, they will reveal that these come with Han and Luke swappable heads. Dreaming!

 

[YankeesFanboy]

Love this!!

Look at this, leanin' back, hand on his belt...this mofo's all gangsta!

 

[stshammgod]

Do these come with non yellowing plastic?

 

[jra81984]

Strange to include everything you need for a Luke/Han set -- guns, mouse droid -- yet not give us the sculpts. A v2 with just headsculpts seems really lame at these price points.

Maybe once the actual preorder begins, they will reveal that these come with Han and Luke swappable heads. Dreaming!

It is a really strange choice to do that. But i guess they can be whoever you want them to be right? haha. A Han / Luke set screams for a convention type release..... I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't one for SDCC next year

 

[Mad Old Lu]

It is a really strange choice to do that. But i guess they can be whoever you want them to be right? haha. A Han / Luke set screams for a convention type release..... I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't one for SDCC next year

I agree--I'm thinking the Han/Luke variants are going to be convention exclusives. Funny because Sideshow's were also SDCC exclusives...

 

[YankeesFanboy]

 

[DiFabio]

It's weird, I look at them and see "Luke and Han", not "Stormtroopers".

I love that hand gesture Han gives the officer about Luke, like "don't pay attention to this guy, he's an idiot".

 

[Wor-Gar]

I really like the squat stormtrooper.

 

[DiFabio]

I really like the squat stormtrooper.

We need to give them names. "Fat Boi" and "Stretch".

 

[K1NG J0RDAN]

Do these come with non yellowing plastic?

Just don't smoke around them. That would be awful.

 

[Wor-Gar]

We need to give them names. "Fat Boi" and "Stretch".

How about "Squat" and "Stretch"?

Sounds like something you could actually do.

 

[JonEl]

The height disparity makes me not want this set. If it was han and luke it would be okay. But the line in the description of not being clones feels like prequel bashing and turns me off. It's like at best they were designed as han and luke and aren't giving us the heads. At worst they purposely chose an uncharacteristicly large height disparity for the sake of being "not clones". Either way it feels dirty. If I want two troops flanking Vader at the same height I have to pass on the extras and pay more. No thanks

 

[Wor-Gar]

The height disparity makes me not want this set.

This is exactly why I do want them.

the line in the description of not being clones feels like prequel bashing

I'm OK with that.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

If Luke and Han Stormies are TF exclusives, it's gonna suck. But I'll probably pay. Because I love those scenes. And because I'm a schnook.

 

[Darth Waller]

Strange to include everything you need for a Luke/Han set -- guns, mouse droid -- yet not give us the sculpts. A v2 with just headsculpts seems really lame at these price points.

Maybe once the actual preorder begins, they will reveal that these come with Han and Luke swappable heads. Dreaming!

I like the way you dream.

 

[JonEl]

I'm OK with that.

And I'm not. The prequel hate really annoys me and it's even worse when coming from an official product announcement. Then again it boils my blood whenever someone makes fun of someone's creative work, things like mystery science theater and Scary/Epic/Date Movie franchise where people just do that and call it funny drives me crazy, and prequel bashing has become just that, bashing for the sake of bashing because it's somehow cool.

End rant.

 

[Wor-Gar]

And I'm not. The prequel hate really annoys me and it's even worse when coming from an official product announcement. Then again it boils my blood whenever someone makes fun of someone's creative work, things like mystery science theater and Scary/Epic/Date Movie franchise where people just do that and call it funny drives me crazy, and prequel bashing has become just that, bashing for the sake of bashing because it's somehow cool.

End rant.

All things come to get bashed in time. Then they got retro and become cool again. Its the ebb and flow of "build them up, and break them down".

I remember OT getting bashed for years after Jedi and Star Wars being pretty uncool for some time. Until about 1995 when the new toys got announced and there was this crazy resurgence.

 

[Pixelpiper]

This is exactly why I do want them.

Me too. A two-pack of the same trooper would be a colossal waste of time.

 

[TonTon]

I don't think it's meant to be bashing, but people have been hammered with clones for years with the movies, show, and Sideshow, so maybe it's to remind people that Stormies were not all identical in height.

 

[Pixelpiper]

And I'm not. The prequel hate really annoys me and it's even worse when coming from an official product announcement.

You're reading too much into it. And I've yet to see anyone bash the prequels because "it's cool to do."