@@TK421Collectibles MMS393 is the basic Rogue One trooper. Hard to find but I have arranged a deal with someone who has 2. Once I get a Remnant Trooper and Stormtrooper Squad Leader, that will complete my collection of the RO-style Stormtroopers.
Correct sorry, I got my MMS numbers mixed up (I’ve been trying to remember them off the top of my head but got too cocky 🤣🤣) so yeah your display is going to look even sicker with two of those bad boys!! 🙌🏻
I recently bought a 'standalone' Stormtrooper that didn't come with the box, the stand or extra hands, (hence the significantly knocked down price I paid!) It just came with the E-11 blaster. After watching loads of reviews beforehand, I realised straight away from the distinct weathering, it was this 'stripped down' Squad Leader figure. Today, after admitting to myself that the Sandtrooper and Jedha Patrol figures are pretty much out of my price range, I pulled the trigger and bought a brand new, sealed Squad Leader! (A little bit pricey, but mate, I want that orange pauldron and E-22!!) 😅 I may sell-on the other figure as-is and recoup some fundage... or not! We'll see! 😂 The Sandtrooper and Jedha Patrol are defo superior with their heavy weathering and backpacks, but so are the prices! Cracking comparison vid. Good to see all three together! 👌
Very underrated trooper this one and I'm surprised it's not sold out. The other orange pauldron troopers are very weathered so it's definitely good to have an almost pristine trooper with the orange pauldron! So yeah good decision to picked up one BNIB! 👊🏻
@@TK421Collectibles It might be sold out, I got this one unopened on e-Bay 👍 If I was to buy brand new from an established Hot Toy website, (with the Sandtrooper Sergeant in mind), which one(s) would you recommend?
@@TheRowlandstone73 Sideshow still have the figure available so they never sold out their allocation (Sideshow being the official US/European distributor for Hot Toys). For recommendations, I don't like to recommend in case your experience is not the same as mine! But if you're UK based, for brand new announced figures The Good The Bad And The Robots are the best for preorders price-wise, and *amazing* customer service (Lee Ward the owner is a legend). For in-stock items you could use Sideshow, very good customer service but very expensive - add at least 20% to the price for import/customs fees. There are also UK based resellers Toys on Fire UK and DP Toys Collectibles (although I've never used the latter). If you're feeling brave it's possible to order direct from Hong Kong resellers too, I've used Toys Buying Agent for years. But could be tricky if there are issues and you have to send anything back though (never happened to me touch wood)! Hope this helps, but again, use at your own risk!!!
@@TK421Collectibles Nice one, thanks for the heads-up! 👍 Yeah, I can appreciate not recommending just in case someone has a bad experience. I checked out TGTBaTR but they'd sold out their allocation and Toys on Fire seem to only be selling the full Dewback set at the moment. I wanted to keep it UK based and not have to worry about all that import/custom malarkey, so I ended up pre-ordering the Sandtrooper Sergeant from Planet Action Figures. Cheers for the help, mate - it'll no doubt come in handy in the future! Edit: One last thing.. Just out of interest, I checked Sideshow to see how much the Squad Leader was going for - it said £183 which is a LOT cheaper than I paid for it on e-Bay(!!) 😧although, after what you said, I'm wondering if the shipping, customs and taxes would have blown that price up considerably anyway? Apologies for the constant questions! 😅
@@TheRowlandstone73 TGTBTR tend to sell out their allocation quick because the price is great and they are very reliable. Never used PAF, hope it goes well, let me know what you think of them! 👊🏻 Regarding your Sideshow price question, a quick and easy thing I do to guesstimate the total cost of buying something from Sideshow is Google Sideshow and the name of the figure and in the search results find the Sideshow result and before you click on it it should show you the price in dollars before it converts to £, I’ve just done it and it’s says $225 for Stormie squad leader. So this will probably end up being around £225 all-in if you ordered from Sideshow. So £183 payable to Sideshow like you saw, and then a further £40-£50 payable to DHL when they collect it from UK customs and it’s ready to deliver. Hope that helps 👊🏻
That’s a great pick up for sure, customs is exasperating and a real hindrance for us all, feels like it takes forever for collectibles to get to us here in the UK. I know troopers are among your favourites and you have so many great ones in your line up💥. As always, looking forward to your new content throughout 2022, please stay well👍
Amazing review!!!! Ughhhh that Sandtrooper I want it sooo bad haha! I wonder if Hot Toys will ever go back to the ANH helmet Stormtroopers. I doubt it! Debating getting this. Only have one standard stormtrooper and it is the ANH. Hmmm
Thanks mate 🙂 I’d highly recommend trying to get hold of the sandtrooper if you can source one. It’s an amazing figure! This squad leader is a great alternative though 👍🏻
Mine came today. I'm happy with him. I like the weathering, more than a shiny, fresh off the deathstar trooper but not as much as the Sandtrooper or Jedha troopers. Liked the trooper comparison. I definitely need more troopers.
Excellent addition to the trooper collection. It hasn't been released in the U.s. yet, but I can wait. About the exclusive sticker, if memory serves me correctly, in the USA it was only available through Sideshow, and not through any of the secondary retailers.
Ah ok cheers Daniel! I thought it might be that but then I got confused because there’s also Sideshow Exclusive hot toys aren’t there? Anyway it’s a nice sticker 😅
Hot toys exclusive is from Secret base in Hong Kong if from Sideshow I think it comes with a Sideshow exclusive label - good figure picking up 2 and will remove the Pauldron from one and may replace the helmet that will come with the Boba Fett 2 pack
Ah cheers for the info! Yeah that makes sense, I remember seeing “Sideshow exclusive” stickers too. Great idea getting 2! Hopefully the helmet in the Boba 2 pack will fit on to the trooper, will make a great display! 👍🏻
Congrats! He looks fantastic! I've got mine on pre-order from my local collectibles shop, just waiting for it to come in. Yeah, that commander pauldron is pristine! I guess he was only recently promoted. Too bad his first command assignment was going up again Boba Fett :).
Finally yours has arrived, i wouldn't care when i ordered mine from TBA i ordered with the free shipping option and it arrived super quick. Great trooper, if you are familiar with the Rogue One Stormtrooper design and armour then you know what to expect. Have you got your Boba two pack on its ay to you yet? Great review, when you get an exclusive direct from Hong Kong it is usually a Hot Toys exclusive where as if you purchase direct from Sideshow then it will usually be a Sideshow exclusive.
I don’t mind delays tbh, these things happen. Just a bit irksome when I pay extra for quick delivery but then it gets stuck! And the free delivery would have been just as quick 🤣🤦🏻♂️ But no matter, he’s arrived safe and sound 😃 and yeah Boba should land early next week hopefully! Thanks for the info on the exclusivity sticker 👍🏻
@@bobavader1862 nah not arrived yet! I paid an obscene amount for 2 day priority shipping too, 7 days later still waiting 😅🤦🏻♂️ Glad you’ve got yours anyway mate and it’s as good as we were hoping! I’m even more hyped now 😃
@@TK421Collectibles No way, thats not on at all. I know mine took a couple of days to get picked up and on a flight from TBA. I hope yours arrives soon, looking forward to your review on it, i can not stop looking at them both.
@@TK421Collectibles yeah he dodged that bullet, I do wonder why they have that mark on the helmet, it's so precise but doesn't seem to be a reason behind it.
@@TK421Collectibles it's probably a case of they ordered thousands and it was too late so they painted I'm the details on the mistake and said it was a part of it. Don't know if you remember me mentioning the sideshow Bossk the other week but it arrived yesterday, I think it's my favorite 1:6 scale I own, not just from the about 30 star wars ones. I really wasn't expecting much in the details but it blew me away! It turns out that sideshow did 2 runs, one is highly detailed with more limey/ yellow skin and a re-release with much more green skin and less details. I got the exclusive version with the second open mouth head sculpt which has the more yellowish skin. Well impressed!
@@OdinAnon ah congrats on receiving Bossk! I was checking the figure out and noticed they’d done two runs of it. Glad you’re pleased with it. I almost snagged a Sideshow Tie Pilot and the AT-AT Driver after we discussed Sideshow figures the other week. Unfortunately it fell through - my fault as they were pretty pricey and I took too long to make the decision to purchase them, by which time they’d already sold! I took it as a sign anyway just to stick with Hot Toys for now!! Really need to reign the spending in this year!
Hé looks cool, a bit to clean maybe compared to the other two, which i like more! I now own the ROTJ, incinnerator, death trooper , both new shore troopers, 2 pack snowtroopers, and the sideshow Scout, Tie and AT-AT trooper. But there is so much coming that i had to pass on these!
Wow, I can see why you passed on this, sounds like you have an awesome trooper collection 👌🏻😃 I’m really tempted to pick up some of those Sideshow figures you mention!
@@TK421Collectibles oh i think you should definitly get that AT-AT and Tie pilot 🤙🏼 they are still up to date and a must to complete your trooper collection 🙏🏼
@@jaccobreedveld7149 Yesss!! Those are the two that are definitely tempting me! 👍🏻 would love an OT Tie pilot for sure. Really surprised HT haven’t done one yet!
@@TK421Collectibles go for it, both of them! Pretty sure you will love them as much as the modern troopers ! I see a new type of review and hunt for the channel 😋
Still waiting to hear from SS, despite having paid in full. However; following ur comparison the Jedda kicks ass and the Sandtrooper is also a far better trooper.
SS have unboxed the Boba Fett 2 Pk, looks amazing and will only look better in person. Looking forward to seeing your unboxing & hopefully will get mine soon 👍🏻👍🏻
Really want this trooper. Buying a pair of MMS393 in the next couple of weeks, though.
Think I just about prefer ANH / RO style helmet but those ROTJ troopers do look great!! Cool idea getting two as well!! Thanks for watching 🙌🏻
@@TK421Collectibles MMS393 is the basic Rogue One trooper. Hard to find but I have arranged a deal with someone who has 2. Once I get a Remnant Trooper and Stormtrooper Squad Leader, that will complete my collection of the RO-style Stormtroopers.
Correct sorry, I got my MMS numbers mixed up (I’ve been trying to remember them off the top of my head but got too cocky 🤣🤣) so yeah your display is going to look even sicker with two of those bad boys!! 🙌🏻
I recently bought a 'standalone' Stormtrooper that didn't come with the box, the stand or extra hands, (hence the significantly knocked down price I paid!) It just came with the E-11 blaster. After watching loads of reviews beforehand, I realised straight away from the distinct weathering, it was this 'stripped down' Squad Leader figure.
Today, after admitting to myself that the Sandtrooper and Jedha Patrol figures are pretty much out of my price range, I pulled the trigger and bought a brand new, sealed Squad Leader! (A little bit pricey, but mate, I want that orange pauldron and E-22!!) 😅 I may sell-on the other figure as-is and recoup some fundage... or not! We'll see! 😂
The Sandtrooper and Jedha Patrol are defo superior with their heavy weathering and backpacks, but so are the prices!
Cracking comparison vid. Good to see all three together! 👌
Very underrated trooper this one and I'm surprised it's not sold out. The other orange pauldron troopers are very weathered so it's definitely good to have an almost pristine trooper with the orange pauldron! So yeah good decision to picked up one BNIB! 👊🏻
@@TK421Collectibles It might be sold out, I got this one unopened on e-Bay 👍 If I was to buy brand new from an established Hot Toy website, (with the Sandtrooper Sergeant in mind), which one(s) would you recommend?
@@TheRowlandstone73 Sideshow still have the figure available so they never sold out their allocation (Sideshow being the official US/European distributor for Hot Toys).
For recommendations, I don't like to recommend in case your experience is not the same as mine! But if you're UK based, for brand new announced figures The Good The Bad And The Robots are the best for preorders price-wise, and *amazing* customer service (Lee Ward the owner is a legend). For in-stock items you could use Sideshow, very good customer service but very expensive - add at least 20% to the price for import/customs fees. There are also UK based resellers Toys on Fire UK and DP Toys Collectibles (although I've never used the latter). If you're feeling brave it's possible to order direct from Hong Kong resellers too, I've used Toys Buying Agent for years. But could be tricky if there are issues and you have to send anything back though (never happened to me touch wood)! Hope this helps, but again, use at your own risk!!!
@@TK421Collectibles Nice one, thanks for the heads-up! 👍 Yeah, I can appreciate not recommending just in case someone has a bad experience.
I checked out TGTBaTR but they'd sold out their allocation and Toys on Fire seem to only be selling the full Dewback set at the moment. I wanted to keep it UK based and not have to worry about all that import/custom malarkey, so I ended up pre-ordering the Sandtrooper Sergeant from Planet Action Figures.
Cheers for the help, mate - it'll no doubt come in handy in the future!
Edit: One last thing.. Just out of interest, I checked Sideshow to see how much the Squad Leader was going for - it said £183 which is a LOT cheaper than I paid for it on e-Bay(!!) 😧although, after what you said, I'm wondering if the shipping, customs and taxes would have blown that price up considerably anyway?
Apologies for the constant questions! 😅
@@TheRowlandstone73
TGTBTR tend to sell out their allocation quick because the price is great and they are very reliable. Never used PAF, hope it goes well, let me know what you think of them! 👊🏻
Regarding your Sideshow price question, a quick and easy thing I do to guesstimate the total cost of buying something from Sideshow is Google Sideshow and the name of the figure and in the search results find the Sideshow result and before you click on it it should show you the price in dollars before it converts to £, I’ve just done it and it’s says $225 for Stormie squad leader. So this will probably end up being around £225 all-in if you ordered from Sideshow. So £183 payable to Sideshow like you saw, and then a further £40-£50 payable to DHL when they collect it from UK customs and it’s ready to deliver. Hope that helps 👊🏻
Great review mate as always. Can’t wait to see the Boba 2pack review
Thanks mate! Really looking forward to seeing what the Boba figures have turned out like!
That’s a great pick up for sure, customs is exasperating and a real hindrance for us all, feels like it takes forever for collectibles to get to us here in the UK. I know troopers are among your favourites and you have so many great ones in your line up💥. As always, looking forward to your new content throughout 2022, please stay well👍
Thanks mate!! Hope you enjoy the content this year!! 👍🏻🙂
Amazing review!!!!
Ughhhh that Sandtrooper I want it sooo bad haha! I wonder if Hot Toys will ever go back to the ANH helmet Stormtroopers. I doubt it!
Debating getting this. Only have one standard stormtrooper and it is the ANH. Hmmm
Thanks mate 🙂 I’d highly recommend trying to get hold of the sandtrooper if you can source one. It’s an amazing figure! This squad leader is a great alternative though 👍🏻
Mine came today. I'm happy with him. I like the weathering, more than a shiny, fresh off the deathstar trooper but not as much as the Sandtrooper or Jedha troopers.
Liked the trooper comparison. I definitely need more troopers.
Ah cool glad yours landed too!! 😀👌🏻
Awesome review as always mate,,,was on the fence with this one but glad I'm getting it
Thank you Kumar!! Glad you’re getting one, it will look great in your display 👌🏻👍🏻
Very nice.................mine is on pre-order from Sideshow...................might get it in 2023:)
😲Hope you don’t have to wait that long mate!
He looks amazing!!! Great review , I have a Sideshow sand trooper with an obscene amount of guns , I like to get this guy to go with him .
Yes! This will make a great companion piece to go with the sand trooper 👍🏻
Can't wait for mine to arrive. Got two coming so i can remove the pauldron on one to have a regular stormtrooper
Yeah great idea! Get a squad going 👌🏻👍🏻
Excellent addition to the trooper collection. It hasn't been released in the U.s. yet, but I can wait.
About the exclusive sticker, if memory serves me correctly, in the USA it was only available through Sideshow, and not through any of the secondary retailers.
Ah ok cheers Daniel! I thought it might be that but then I got confused because there’s also Sideshow Exclusive hot toys aren’t there? Anyway it’s a nice sticker 😅
I thought this was only exclusive through sideshow as the seller for the hot toys fig.
Ah ok cheers 👍🏻🙂
Hot toys exclusive is from Secret base in Hong Kong if from Sideshow I think it comes with a Sideshow exclusive label - good figure picking up 2 and will remove the Pauldron from one and may replace the helmet that will come with the Boba Fett 2 pack
Ah cheers for the info! Yeah that makes sense, I remember seeing “Sideshow exclusive” stickers too.
Great idea getting 2! Hopefully the helmet in the Boba 2 pack will fit on to the trooper, will make a great display! 👍🏻
Congrats! He looks fantastic! I've got mine on pre-order from my local collectibles shop, just waiting for it to come in.
Yeah, that commander pauldron is pristine! I guess he was only recently promoted. Too bad his first command assignment was going up again Boba Fett :).
Thanks 😊 Hope you don’t have to wait too long 👍🏻
Ha! Yeah I was actually thinking maybe he’d just got promoted! Unlucky first day in the new role 😅
Hi mate, can I ask where you ordered from ?
@@alancunningham6033 from a local collectible shop in Canada.
Great Review, looking forward to putting it with the Boba Fett two pack.
Yeah I was thinking exactly the same. Trooper and Boba is going to look great! 😀
Lovely 😊
Thanks 😊
Finally yours has arrived, i wouldn't care when i ordered mine from TBA i ordered with the free shipping option and it arrived super quick. Great trooper, if you are familiar with the Rogue One Stormtrooper design and armour then you know what to expect. Have you got your Boba two pack on its ay to you yet? Great review, when you get an exclusive direct from Hong Kong it is usually a Hot Toys exclusive where as if you purchase direct from Sideshow then it will usually be a Sideshow exclusive.
I don’t mind delays tbh, these things happen. Just a bit irksome when I pay extra for quick delivery but then it gets stuck! And the free delivery would have been just as quick 🤣🤦🏻♂️ But no matter, he’s arrived safe and sound 😃 and yeah Boba should land early next week hopefully! Thanks for the info on the exclusivity sticker 👍🏻
@@TK421Collectibles Mate, has your Boba two pack arrived yet, mine arrived today and all i can say is just WOW, WOW, WOW!
@@bobavader1862 nah not arrived yet! I paid an obscene amount for 2 day priority shipping too, 7 days later still waiting 😅🤦🏻♂️ Glad you’ve got yours anyway mate and it’s as good as we were hoping! I’m even more hyped now 😃
@@TK421Collectibles No way, thats not on at all. I know mine took a couple of days to get picked up and on a flight from TBA. I hope yours arrives soon, looking forward to your review on it, i can not stop looking at them both.
@@bobavader1862 I know what you mean about not being able to stop looking at them!! Insanely good 😃👍🏻
I like to think that mark on his helmet was because a few years before, he banged his head running after Han solo on the death star! haha
Haha!! Yeah you never know! Maybe he was lucky to get off the station before it blew!
@@TK421Collectibles yeah he dodged that bullet, I do wonder why they have that mark on the helmet, it's so precise but doesn't seem to be a reason behind it.
@@OdinAnon yeah bit strange. Possibly a hairline fracture of the armour maybe.
@@TK421Collectibles it's probably a case of they ordered thousands and it was too late so they painted I'm the details on the mistake and said it was a part of it. Don't know if you remember me mentioning the sideshow Bossk the other week but it arrived yesterday, I think it's my favorite 1:6 scale I own, not just from the about 30 star wars ones. I really wasn't expecting much in the details but it blew me away! It turns out that sideshow did 2 runs, one is highly detailed with more limey/ yellow skin and a re-release with much more green skin and less details. I got the exclusive version with the second open mouth head sculpt which has the more yellowish skin. Well impressed!
@@OdinAnon ah congrats on receiving Bossk! I was checking the figure out and noticed they’d done two runs of it. Glad you’re pleased with it. I almost snagged a Sideshow Tie Pilot and the AT-AT Driver after we discussed Sideshow figures the other week. Unfortunately it fell through - my fault as they were pretty pricey and I took too long to make the decision to purchase them, by which time they’d already sold! I took it as a sign anyway just to stick with Hot Toys for now!! Really need to reign the spending in this year!
Hé looks cool, a bit to clean maybe compared to the other two, which i like more! I now own the ROTJ, incinnerator, death trooper , both new shore troopers, 2 pack snowtroopers, and the sideshow Scout, Tie and AT-AT trooper. But there is so much coming that i had to pass on these!
Wow, I can see why you passed on this, sounds like you have an awesome trooper collection 👌🏻😃 I’m really tempted to pick up some of those Sideshow figures you mention!
@@TK421Collectibles oh i think you should definitly get that AT-AT and Tie pilot 🤙🏼 they are still up to date and a must to complete your trooper collection 🙏🏼
@@jaccobreedveld7149 Yesss!! Those are the two that are definitely tempting me! 👍🏻 would love an OT Tie pilot for sure. Really surprised HT haven’t done one yet!
@@TK421Collectibles go for it, both of them! Pretty sure you will love them as much as the modern troopers !
I see a new type of review and hunt for the channel 😋
Get all your pauldroned troopers to have a conference. Stormtrooper Command Assemble!
I think they’d end up squabbling about who outranks who!
@@TK421Collectibles I love the ROTJ Stormtrooper Deluxe, but Sandtroopers have so much more personality. I’m torn between them.
@@DioBrando-jm7uf yeah I do like those orange pauldron stormies!!
Nice hatrick.
3-nil to the Imperials!
Im glad I waited to start collecting Stormtroopers after they began using the Rogue One style. It is the superior version of the stormtrooper IMO.
Agreed! I much prefer it to the RotJ style
Still waiting to hear from SS, despite having paid in full. However; following ur comparison the Jedda kicks ass and the Sandtrooper is also a far better trooper.
Hope you don’t have to wait too long mate!
SS have unboxed the Boba Fett 2 Pk, looks amazing and will only look better in person. Looking forward to seeing your unboxing & hopefully will get mine soon 👍🏻👍🏻
Ah they beat me to it 😅 really looking forward to getting in now. Big time hype!! 😍