New Hot Toys and LEGO for Star Wars Celebration [Updated]
Star Wars Celebration starts today, and while we can’t be there, we’ll do our best to follow the announcements. After all, with Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens coming this year, this promises to be one of the biggest Celebrations yet. All the collectibles companies will be there in force (awful pun intended).
Hot Toys even has a new Stormtrooper created exclusively for Star Wars Celebration. The Spacetrooper was featured in Episode IV – you’ll see them, with their special zero-gravity and rebreather gear, when the Millenium Falcon is dragged into the hangar of the Death Star (“That’s no moon…”) You can pre-order the Spacetrooper Sixth Scale Figure by Hot Toys at Sideshow Collectibles.
LEGO revealed large scale buildable figures at Toy Fair this year, and they’ll have four new figures joining the first two, Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker, at Star Wars Celebration. They’ve sent us pictures of Obi-Wan Kenobi and General Grievous, and we’ll try to hunt down pics of Jango Fett and Commander Coby. These will be available at shop.lego.com and brick and mortar stores in September. [Update: LEGO has sent us pics of a new Tatooine mini-build set.]
Here’s the Hot Toys announcement for the Spacetrooper.
Star Wars EP4 ANH: 1/6th scale Spacetrooper Collectible Figure
Star Wars Celebration has been one of the biggest gathering events for Star Wars fans since its inception. With the long awaited sequel to the Star Wars saga, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, hitting theatres worldwide later this year, it has made the Celebration all the more special!
Today we are happy to let fans know that Hot Toys will be making an appearance at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2015 in a few days! To welcome this event, Hot Toys is excited to present the new 1/6th scale Spacetrooper Collectible Figure as a Star Wars Celebration Exclusive item, please stay tuned with your local distributor for pre-order details!
The Spacetroopers are assigned to operate in Zero-G environments and true Star Wars fans would notice these troopers making their appearance when the Millennium Falcon was first captured by the Death Star.
The highly-accurate collectible figure is specially crafted based on the image of Spacetrooper in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. This specialized trooper features a beautifully crafted armor and helmet, a highly detailed Spacetrooper rebreather pack with detachable parts, two types of blasters, and a specially designed figure stand.
Star Wars fanatics don’t miss the chance to add this first ever 1/6th scale Spacetrooper to your prized collection!
And here’s the LEGO announcement for Obi-Wan Kenobi and General Grievous:
The Battle for the galaxy is going to get bigger! Expanding the way children can build and play within the Star Wars universe, new LEGO® Star Wars™ large scale Buildable Figures are launching in September. The first sets featuring Darth Vader and Luck Skywalker were unveiled at New York Toy Fair in February, with four more being unveiled this week at Star War Celebration.
The six sets are Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker Jedi Knight, General Grevious, Obi-Wan Kenobi Jango Fett and Commander Cody. The last four will be unveiled at Star Wars Celebration and all six models will be on display. Prices range from $19.99 to $34.99 and will be available in September 2015.
Update: LEGO has also sent us a sneak peek at the new Star Wars Tatooine mini-build set. It has 178 pieces and will retail for $40.
May the Force be with you! Enjoy Star Wars Celebration!
