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by MattG » Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:24 am
Buzz Bumble wrote: ...
R2-D2 has had arms at times, but not coming out of his head.
He did back in the concept stage
That's the inspiration behind this design.
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by MattG » Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:38 pm
StarWars.com showed a picture of the Chopper action figure too...
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by fredstar » Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:42 pm
Posted on the Star Wars Instagram Page
http://instagram.com/starwars
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by Reverend Strone » Wed Jan 29, 2014 1:46 am
Loving what I am seeing so far. I really dig Chopper's design and personailty, plus all the call-backs to old McQuarrie and Joe Johnston concept art. I think (with the possible exception of the Inquisitor who feels more prequelesque), so far everything has a wonderful ANH vibe to it.
I look forward to picking up that SL series Chopper figure and giving it some extra parts and custom paint to bring him up to sit comfortably alongside the collector grade figures. The bones are all there.
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by MattG » Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:14 am
Reverend Strone wrote: Loving what I am seeing so far...
Really hoping Hasbro's got all sorts up there sleeve to reveal at the Toy Fair in a couple of weeks.
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by MattG » Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:22 am
That life-size version of Chopper shows up in this video from the Nuremberg Toy Fair (from about the 4 minute mark):
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by Archon Revuge » Wed Jan 29, 2014 3:09 am
Thanks Matt. Great to see some shots of the Ghost and Phantom sets as well.
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by MattG » Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:11 pm
thehiflyer wrote: Looks like all of the OG Troopers are back (and some other guy) :
Oh, that's cool! Hadn't seen that one.
The "other guy" looks to be basically a McQuarrie concept Snowtrooper:
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