I agree that the HT Sandtrooper is the best one they have made so far, but it still shows a lot of room for improvement.
Here's a comparison I made of 4 buckets I have. From left to right: Marmit Sandtrooper, HT Stormtrooper, Custom stunt bucket (from solo_bones, painted by me), HT Sandtrooper.
I had a bit of time to unbox him and set him up. He doesn't disappoint!
I still need to water treat and style the beard and hair, but he already looks great as is. Mine already came styled quite well, I only futzed the hair with my fingers.
A quick phone pic:
Wow, great price!
Mine arrived last night as well. Just did a quick inspection of parts, everything looked good so far. Will dedicate some time today to properly unbox him.
Thanks for posting!
I think this looks pretty cool, but unfortunately I don't like him as much as I hoped I would.
I was particularly interested in the venom overload look, but specifically combined with the angry face. It's a bummer they didn't include a shot of that combination, assuming it's...
I think both of these releases look great, but I was also surprised by the lack of hands for both this (6) and Starkiller (5). I hate it when companies do this, it limits you so much in posing.
I'm in the same boat, and that's what I'm assuming is going on.
I've been waiting so long that a few more days of uncertainty won't make a difference anyway though. :lol
Made another mock-up for test fitting. The teeth are just painted with a black marker to get an idea of the look.
I'm already liking how the greater depth and actual separate layers create more shadows and contrast depending on the angle.
Ooh I didn't know about the different body on Rogue one, thanks for the info!
So it seems HT uses a different body every time it's not Prowse in costume?
With all this talk about the aftermarket prices, I just paid off my remaining balance early. No way am I accidentally missing the invoice once he comes in stock. :lol I can already see it happening that he arrives in stock the day I go on a two week vacation in June.
Yeah I assume so.
On my custom I dremeled down the lats, sides and inner triceps for exactly this purpose.
I also shaved down the chest and shoulder bells/deltoids since he was too big overall. But that's because I am using true 1:6 dimensions, whereas HT's parts are about 10% oversized, so...
For the customizers out there, it's quite interesting to see that HT is using a different body on this Vader.
As far as I know this is the first time they changed it up, all other Vaders used the other one.
Kenobi body (picture courtesy of toyanxiety):
Original body (picture courtesy of...
Can anybody here remind me again how it works when we want to pay off a pre-order early?
Do I simply reply to my order confirmation mail with a request to pay it off early?