With Rogue Friday upon us, Hot Toys has announced their newest 1:6 Movie Masterpiece figure from Rogue One – the Scarif Stormtrooper (Shoretrooper). Watch for preorders to go live for this figure soon at SideshowToy.com.
UPDATE: Preorders are now live.
The Yakface Toyguide with our first Rogue One entry: the Toys”R”Us Exclusive 6″ Black Series Imperial Hovertank Pilot.
PROS: Rogue One looks to have an extremely diverse range of Imperial troops in their ranks and Hasbro’s Hovertank Pilot an excellent interpretation of one of them. Unlike the lanky Deathtrooper, the Hovertank Pilot has a stockier build and a battle-warn appearance. Hasbro went above and beyond in giving this figure an in-universe look with a nice wash on the off-white armor complete with scuffs and scrapes. The articulation is what we’ve been accustomed to for this scale so the figure has no problem being posed in a wide and varying range of stances. He has no issue holding the new blaster with both hands in either a relaxed or aiming posture.
CONS: The jury is still out whether or not the accuracy of the deco for this trooper is correct as we’ve only seen brief glimpses of the pilot in the trailers. If not, I suppose the door is left open for a screen accurate repaint in the future. This figure is exclusive to Toys”R”Us starting on Sept. 30 so he might be difficult to find initially.
Head to the toyguide for our detailed image gallery and to judge for yourself whether this figure is worth adding to your collection.
The unofficial “Go Rogue: A Star Wars Collecting Checklist” is now available for download. As additional information comes to light, we will amend the checklist and post a notice when a new update/download is available.
UPDATE: The third and final version (3.0) of the checklist is now available for download. Thank you to everyone who sent in store reports, links to eBay auctions and tagged us via social media as you, the fans, were instrumental in the creation of this list. Good luck to everyone heading out tonight!
In the latest episode of The Star Wars Show, David Collins pops into a photo shoot for a Rogue One commercial in production by Target. Within the storyboards, can clearly see the rumored exclusive 6″ Black Series Captain Cassian Andor figure. Just announce it already.
Disney Park Blog has updated today announced several new pieces of exclusive merchandise coming to Disney Parks. Head on over to check all out include a new Droid Factory Astromech set featuring 4 new droids from Rogue One. Look for these to launch September 30!
Hasbro has confirmed via JediDefender, that the Nerf-firing Imperial AT-ACT WILL NOT be available at retail for the Rogue Friday/Force Friday launch on September 30. Look for it in stores and online later this fall.
Kotobukiya has just announced their R-3PO ARTFX+ Statue available through Barnes & Noble this November. Click on through from the details and image gallery.
Sideshow Collectibles has updated today with final production images for their Ralph McQuarrie Boba Fett Concept Artist Series Statue. Look for a full toyguide update for this gorgeous piece in the near future.
Join Jayson (yakface.com), Corey (makingstarwars.net), and Chris Salton (“The Collectors Hutt”) for another new episode of “The Cargo Hold”. Tonight we discuss Jayson’s “Go Rogue” product checklist, new Rogue One figure reveals and more!
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StarWars.com has posted an image via Twitter showing of the new assortment of Star Wars Rebels POP! figures. Look for these in stores in November!
UPDATE: loose and boxed images added after the break