This here is Maurice...er..I mean a Spacetrooper from the Star Wars Legacy Collection. What makes this guy a "Spacetrooper" is the jet pack, the rebreather tube, and the big f'in hand cannon. Remove all that jazz and you have...
...a regular Stormtrooper!
Slap it all back on and you have a Spacetrooper. Keen.From the back of the packaging:
"Specialized stormtroopers, dubbed "spacetroopers," are deployed to Zero-G environments, such as areas outside the Death Star's artificially generated atmosphere. They wear specially designed suits that have sealed armor and are equipped with rebreather packs."
If anything makes a Stormtrooper awesomer than average, it's a jet pack.
This Spacetrooper also has a removable helmet. And he looks nothing like Jango Fett.Awesome.
I found this guy on the clearance aisle at K-Mart, and got him for $2.80. Getting a new "classic" Stormtrooper is pretty cool; getting one with a special non-canon gimmick is fun too - (EDIT: He is canon - according to Chunky B: "A pair of them were in a new hope, even before the special edition days. Plus the head sculpt is a nod to the man who wore one of the Spacetrooper suits in that scene...Joe Johnston.")I haven't bought a new Star Wars figure in some time. But getting one for $2.80 felt like old times, and that made finding this guy so much sweeter.
Wow that's a good catch! I love this troopers.
ReplyDeleteHe is canon there Buba. A pair of them were in a new hope, even before the special edition days. Plus the head sculpt is a nod to the man who wore one of the Spacetrooper suits in that scene.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah it was Joe Johnston...
ReplyDeletehttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Joe_Johnston
Now KMarts we gots! Getting a couple and "customizing" heads could be fun....
ReplyDelete(Word Verification: redangst....some Star Wars Death Star trench joke there....)
Looks pretty cool Bubba.
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