NEW PRODUCT: HOT TOYS: SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY HAN SOLO (MUDTROOPER) 1/6TH SCALE COLLECTIBLE FIGURE

In the latest release Solo: A Star Wars Story from Star Wars saga, fans experience an all-new adventure to a galaxy far, far away… with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy! Han Solo served as a corporal with the 224th Imperial Armored Division, a new incarnation namely Mudtroopers with partial armor, augmented with respiratory gear and sealed bodysuits for combat in unhealthy environments such as Mimban.

Today, Hot Toys is very excited to present the 1/6th scale collectible figure of Han Solo as Mudtrooper, a brand-new Imperial trooper in the highly anticipated Solo: A Star Wars Story!

The highly-accurate collectible figure is specially crafted based on the appearance of Mudtrooper from Solo: A Star Wars Story. It features a head sculpt with incredible likeness of Han Solo, a newly designed Mudtrooper helmet wearable on head sculpt, impressive armor designs, a newly tailored fabric suit with details, a cape with specially applied weathering effects, a blaster rifle, and a figure stand!

Star Wars fanatics don’t miss the opportunity to add this special version of Han Solo collectible figure to show off your Solo: A Star Wars Story display.

The 1/6th scale Han Solo (Mudtrooper) Collectible Figure specially features:

- A head sculpt with authentic and detailed likeness of as Han Solo in Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Movie-accurate facial expression with detailed skin texture
- One (1) interchangeable brown color hair sculpture with magnetic feature
- One (1) newly designed Mudtrooper helmet with detachable goggles and detailed face mask (wearable on head sculpt)
- Highly detailed rebreather pack with detachable parts
- Body with over 30 points of articulations
- Approximately 31 cm tall
- Six (6) pieces of interchangeable black-colored gloved hands including:
- One (1) pair of fist
- One (1) pair of relaxed hands
- One (1) pair of hands for holding rifle
- Each piece of head sculpt is specially hand-painted

Costume:
- One (1) newly designed and finely crafted Mudtrooper dark green-colored chest armor
- One (1) dark green-colored long sleeve shirt with weathering effect
- One (1) red-colored bicep armor for upper right arm
- One (1) black-colored Mudtrooper belt
- One (1) pair of grey-colored pants with weathering effect
- One (1) pair of dark green-colored armored boots with weathering effect
- One (1) dark green-colored double layer cape

Weapon:
- One (1) articulated blaster rifle

Accessory:
- Specially designed figure stand with Star Wars logo and character nameplate with graphic card

Artists:
- Head Sculpted by So Young Lee
- 3D Designed by Da Hye Kim
- Head Painted by E-Lee
- Head Art Directed by JC. Hong
- Figure Painted by Lok Ho

Release date: Approximately Q2 – Q3, 2019

**Prototype shown, final product may be slightly different
**Product details could be subjected to change without further notice

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Well... it had to happen. At least it saves me on wondering whether to get HT's other Solo figure, but this one is like two-in-one. The mudtrooper is just regular imperial army with armor and a gas mask (note the similarity to the so-called AT-ST drivers from ROTJ and the outfit of General Veers in the AT-AT in ESB). The Alden Ehrenreich likeness looks very good, too (and I think maybe better than on the Solo figure itself), so I suppose that's a bonus (though not the reason I am interested in the figure). The dirty Mimban Stormtrooper variation in the background might mean they are making one of those, too. That and the biker scout on steroids do not really interest me, though the cool Patrol Trooper (while equally unnecessary) would be something I can't resist.

Don't care for him much, but the design is quite nice. I'd be up for BS or SHF Mudtrooper.

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Awesome! So going to make one at some point! An AT-AT commander crossed with PanzerCop! I wouldn't know which collection to put him in! Yes I have a PanzerCop collection too.. I love how they finally attached torches to the E11 type blasters, I gues because these guys don't have the fancy ST's 360 degree HUD with NV etc.. a mini Remington 870 pump action handle? That's nice and typical SW randomness!

I take a lot of convincing about the new trooper types if I'm honest Like GubernatorFan I am probably more interested in the Mimban Stormtrooper behind him:roll:

That said it seems a good rendition of what is seen on film so not all bad I suppose.

Paul

Sheesh, the two of you (Roger and Shovelchop) should have been around to join the FDR administration with all your acronyms! Apart from ST probably meaning Stormtrooper (as opposed to Star Trek), I understood nothing at all. Shovelchop, if I follow, torches/flashlights were already attached to the E-11 Blaster Rifle in Rogue One (or should I say RO or R1)?

LOL! BS= Black Series SHF= SH Figuarts. Both 1/12.

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Thank you Roger!

Be nice to have a 1/12 section, there are some really nice figures coming out. Coomodel have done some great looking Samurai.

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Yeah, sometimes I almost wish I had gotten in to 1/12. Half the expense and more room, but so far all boxed sets it seems. Not a lot of bashing can be done.

I actually like this. Not seen the film yet, but I am looking at making dioramas of stories that are outside the film using various troops. These mud troopers to me look great, and can make a good diorama with a few of them - both the Solo figure and the other trooper behind.

GubernatorFan wrote:Sheesh, the two of you (Roger and Shovelchop) should have been around to join the FDR administration with all your acronyms! Apart from ST probably meaning Stormtrooper (as opposed to Star Trek), I understood nothing at all. Shovelchop, if I follow, torches/flashlights were already attached to the E-11 Blaster Rifle in Rogue One (or should I say RO or R1)?

HUD= heads up display (think Iron Man in this case)

NV= night vision

SW= Star Wars

I imagine you know what an AT-AT is! LOL.

870 breacher (magnum)

Stryker2011 wrote:Yeah, sometimes I almost wish I had gotten in to 1/12. Half the expense and more room, but so far all boxed sets it seems. Not a lot of bashing can be done.

Actually, the Coomodel and DAM figures are scaled down 1/6 with cloth gear and full armour, so, there is loads of bash potential. If either do Nam I'll be all over them!

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Looks good. If a Trooper on the death star messed with vader, he was send for one year to the mud troopers

Ephiane wrote:Looks good. If a Trooper on the death star messed with vader, he was send for one year to the mud troopers

Like Sven Hassel's fictional 27th (Penal) Panzer Regiment!

Haha yeah. The 224th seems to be just like that penal regiment. Trouble maker? Yeah you’ll get sent to the 224th. I’m looking forward to making a diorama and story around these guys

This is by far my favourite of the Disney era trooper designs.

I still object to the silly label "mudtrooper." I am fairly certain these are just regular infantry units (which is in fact how they were referred to in the film) that happen to be deployed in a muddy environment. The mud part seems to be just happenstance, unlike the equipment of the "snow trooper." But anyway.

Their actual name is Swamp Trooper, which is still silly because, like Shore Trooper, it means there's a trooper type for every occasion.

Wookieepedia says they're a unit outside of the Stormtrooper Corps. So maybe a bit like Warhammer40K soldiers who aren't classed as Space Marines.

I like the classic design of the breastplate which recurs in K-2SO, then in Snow Troopers and as officer armour.

Asta wrote:Their actual name is Swamp Trooper, which is still silly because, like Shore Trooper, it means there's a trooper type for every occasion.

Wookieepedia says they're a unit outside of the Stormtrooper Corps. So maybe a bit like Warhammer40K soldiers who aren't classed as Space Marines.

I like the classic design of the breastplate which recurs in K-2SO, then in Snow Troopers  and as officer armour.

Oh no, "Swamp Trooper" is even worse -- at least "mud" would be findable in a variety of less specific locations. The same breast plate is found on all snowtroopers and on the AT-AT commander (which is actually an imperial general in the movie -- he had the same helmet, and so did the so-called AT-ST drivers).

There is also nothing specifically appropriate for mud in the design and uniform -- except perhaps (perhaps!) the earthy coloring.

The naming of troopers made sense once.

There was the basic Stormtooper for space and general planet operations.

Then Snow Troopers, who were designed for their environment. AT-AT Drivers shared a style similar to TIE Pilots.

Scout Troopers were lightly armoured reconnaissance . AT-ST were lighter armoured drivers.

Then Rogue One introduces Shore Troopers and tank troopers (plus Death Troopers), and Solo brings the Swamp Trooper and the Patrol Trooper (?)

Their titles are becoming so specific that they're little more than names to identify them on figure cards, so customers remember where they saw them in the films.

Asta wrote:The naming of troopers made sense once.
There was the basic Stormtooper for space and general planet operations.
Then Snow Troopers, who were designed for their environment. AT-AT Drivers shared a style similar to TIE Pilots.
Scout Troopers were lightly armoured reconnaissance . AT-ST were lighter armoured drivers.
Then Rogue One introduces Shore Troopers and tank troopers (plus Death Troopers), and Solo brings the Swamp Trooper and the Patrol Trooper (?)
Their titles are becoming so specific that they're little more than names to  identify them on figure cards, so customers remember where they saw them in the films.

Well, it certainly made more sense than it does now.
Technically, the Snowtroopers were simply Stormtroopers in winter gear. Likewise, Spacetroopers (with special oxygen equipment) and Sandtroopers (with unfinalized early version of Stormtrooper armor). AT-ST Drivers wore the basic imperial infantry (non-Stormtrooper) uniform, a more basic variation of the general's (from the AT-AT scenes in ESB); presumably AT-ST drivers on Hoth wore the same uniform as AT-AT drivers, though there is something not fully thought-out in the disparity of design there.
Rogue One introduced Shore Troopers, Death Troopers, Hovertank Drivers, and AT-ACT Drivers (which look almost the same as the Tank Drivers) -- none of them really necessary.
Solo also introduced four new trooper types: Patrol Troopers (the coolest design), Range Troopers (which look like heavier and winterized Scout Troopers), Mudtroopers, and Mimban Stormtroopers (slight variant on regular Stormtroopers and very dirtied up) -- again, none of them really necessary -- the first two could have been just Scout Troopers, the Mudtroopers are just infantry, and the Mimban Stormtroopers might have had some specific extra gear without the actual minor modification in armor.

There is a reason some claim that Star Wars is just fiction, not science fiction, and all this silliness seems to be part of it.

GubernatorFan wrote:There is a reason some claim that Star Wars is just fiction, not science fiction, and all this silliness seems to be part of it.

Yes, I see them as 'fantasy' as opposed to 'science fiction'.

They owe their origins to the 1930s/40s Flash Gordon serials, which are really fun when you give them a chance.

Which is why it doesn't pay too much to try and rationalise everything. But people will do just that, to the point of descending into petty arguments and name calling on message boards. As on Sideshow Freaks whenever the subject of the Sequels is raised. Even Solo is getting the same disdain from some - even the ones who say they're boycotting it and won't watch it.

With the figures there's a certain style I like, and it really pertains to the 'classic' Original Trilogy era. Mudtroopers will fit right into that.

Actually, the term goes back even further than Flash Gordon, all the way back to Edgar Rice Burroughs, and it’s referred to as Science Fantasy, because it has elements of both.

Stryker2011 wrote:Actually, the term goes back even further than Flash Gordon, all the way back to Edgar Rice Burroughs, and it’s referred to as Science Fantasy, because it has elements of both.

I meant Lucas' original inspiration for making the films, rather than the term.

But Burroughs is a good source for the genre, considering that Star Wars is characterised by guns and sword fighting wizards.