Star Wars: The Force Awakens Global Toy Unboxing Event Part 2 (Hot Toys, The Black Series, Nerf, and More…)
The 18-hour-long global toy unboxing event has come to a close, and what a day it has been! From Micromachine playsets to 48″ tall action figures, and custom-built lightsabers to a BB-8 you can control from your phone – it seems that there’s something for every child (and quite possibly the child in you).
Force Friday will certainly give customers a lot to choose from. Many of the toys were shown in the previous article, but now that the event is done, let’s catch up on some of the ones we missed…
(Not pictured, but also included in the Black Series line-up are Poe Dameron, First Order Stormtrooper, First Order Snowtrooper, and Constable Zuvio.)
Along with the toys unboxed at the event, Hot Toys has also released images of 3 of the figures in their 1/6 scale line-up for The Force Awakens.
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So cool.
Kylo or Heavy gunner…..my overdraft is gonna take a pounding.
Keep your eyes peeled at this:
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/collectibles/star-wars-force-friday?ref=home-slider-Force_Friday_Coming_Soon-20150903
That Falcon toy is an abomination.
To a kid though…my 6-yr old is gonna freakin’ love that thing. I see a lot of “time-outs” in his future. 🙂 I assume you’re talking about the Nerf Falcon?
Yes….an abomination.
Excuse me while I turn my living room into the Kessel Run. If I cut around the couch, and over the Rancor (cat), I may be able to do it in 11 parsecs.
Hot Toys always does amazing work.
LEGO and Kylo Revan look good… But the rest is just crap, sorry.
What toys are going to be the most collectible and that are going to be hard to find later on?
That’s fairly easy and straightforward to figure out.
The limited edition super-detailed Lego sets of course, the super detailed, likely limited action figures, and the limited and pricey items like the Hot Toys scale figures. Also, anything unusual or out there. As in some really odd toys, or action figures for ignored characters. Those would eventually become collectibles, as they’d be rare after a few decades.
Also here is the link to Amazon’s total unveil for tomorrow in their Star Wars Store…with a countdown timer:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/281446
I…I think I’m going to have to buy that hot toys 1/6th Kylo figure…like, HAVE to
SO, BEAUTIFUL
Been examining high-res pics of the Kylo Ren figure. Some really fascinating details that the marketing sadly has yet to show us. Hot Toys has delivered though.
There are definitely burn and scorch marks on Ren’s helmet. This pretty much confirms 99.99% then that Ren’s helmet is Vader’s original burnt helmet, reconstructed. Also, assuming the Hot Toys figure is 100% factual, Ren is wearing a face mask/shroud under the helmet. This ties in with the early leaked concept art from months ago. Ren’s face then could very well be disfigured. I wonder if this is part of his obsession with Vader? This also draws some fascinating parallels with old tales from the Medieval Ages during the height of existence for knights. Certain tales of mysterious figures wearing iron masks, some with disfigured faces, some with not.
On a slightly different note, it’s also possible, but obviously not confirmed that the Knights of Ren could be a false flag or a facade made by “Snoke”. Snoke could quite possibly be a Sith, using Sith powers of deception and misdirection. We’ll see soon enough.
The Falcon looks Ridiculous.
I dunno. I like most of it. It’s all great for what it is. As an adult, I think the 1/6 scale stuff is the best of course. I’m a grown man, and I’d like the quadcopter to be honest. I’d have to see how it flew with YouTube reviews first of course. The 1/6 Kylo Ren is just damn sexy.
The kid costumes would be fine if you were a kid. I’d dress my kids up in that for Halloween. I think each toy/item is good for what it is.
Toys are for kids!! Where ia the damn trailer???
They couldn’t even put actual children in the costumes? Really?
LOL, you noticed the mannequins too huh?
Yeah I thought that was pretty sad as well.
The majority of the toys look either lame or average as usual. That Kylo Ren Hot Toys figure though… bad ass.
Where’s older Han, Luke and Leia?
In a galaxy far far away
Hot Toys do the best, you’d want that for the price. TFA 3.75 inch figures have only 5 points of articulation. I feel like a just hit 88mph in a Delorean. what happened to Vintage Collection and Black Series quality? The 6 inch figures have all the articulation a child, man or manchild (myself)could want but don’t appear to have much more detail than the 3.75 inch figures. The vehicles have gone smaller like the older stuff also. Hasbro peaked in ’05 and have been on a plain until about 2014 when the Rebels stuff started to hit the shelves. If they keep going this way it’ll be a downward spiral for Hasbro. I’ve got a massive 3.75 inch collection and I’d like to add to that but not if the quality goes backwards. The cheap approach is just going to alienate long term collectors. They may even do it Clone Wars style where the first few waves had the 5 points of articulation. Then they redone them with the same amount of articulation as the Legacy Collection, which is even more reason to hold out now. The less we buy, the more likely they are to do things up to scratch. At least we can only hope.
Correct. Vote with your wallet everyone! That’s the only language these myopic companies understand.
Meh, for my purposes 5 points of articulation isn’t a deal breaker. I suppose it would be better for kids to play with if they were a little more advanced.
Loving the commando-ish vest on that trooper.
Something I noticed about that Kylo Ren is that apparently the ignition button of his cross-saber is located in the butt-side. Quoting Obi Wan “All this is very unusual”, but it doesn´t worries me too much, I´m just curious.
And these Toys WILL make me poor
Interesting observation. Could possibly be due to the homemade nature of the saber, or possibly due to an unorthodox saber fighting style.
The Kio Ren toy does some talking and says something I found interesting. He says “I am the last Jedi.” What! Holy poop, that is crazy.
Any video footage of this? If so, that’s crazy indeed!
Excelente artículo! Muchas gracias por compartirlo, interesante y muy completa información. Agradecida 😉 Saludos…
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Seen the ‘Women’ of Star Wars line? That’s sexist against men.
Yeah well, some cool toys I’ve seen there. But the hype starts to annoy me. I know the sell out was always there with Star Wars but I really don’t see the need to squeal and rejoice just because someone unboxed a new Stormtrooper figurine. That’s just decadent and ill. One has got to be pretty brainwashed to watch an 18 hour advertisment show and feel entertained.
If you collect starships don’t overlook Mattel. The diecast content and quality of their product is far superior to Hasbro’s. In fact, a close look at Hasbro’s quality reveals a poorly executed product. Sloppy deco, low diecast content, and poor assembly (ex: tie fighter wings are loose). And their micro machines are built like army men- just poor quality plastic that makes the ships look warped and deformed. Not good.
lol Stormtrooper chest rig, Any one else here from the British army looking at that and thinking oh Christ