A re-release of the HT Luke Jedi with new Mando-style hairpiece and baby Yoda is a 100% certainty within the next month or so. That to me is without a doubt the next HT release.
What should be next? Well....
• Veers
• AT-ST driver
• Death Star trooper
• Rebel trooper ROTJ
• Han Solo ROTJ and ESB
• Boushh Leia
• [1-990] clone trooper
• Stormtrooper rerelease of ANH
• Bespin Luke
• Chewbacca ESB with 3PO
• Diecast C-3PO
• R2-D2
What should be next? Well....
? Veers
? AT-ST driver
? Death Star trooper
? Rebel trooper ROTJ
? Han Solo ROTJ and ESB
? Boushh Leia
? [1-990] clone trooper
? Stormtrooper rerelease of ANH
? Bespin Luke
? Chewbacca ESB with 3PO
? Diecast C-3PO
? R2-D2
You are 100% correct that those should all be up for preorder, but if we get even one of those in all of 2021 for preorder we will be lucky. I would buy every one of those and probably multiples of a few. My guess is only bespin luke some time in the summer. I gave up on getting any figures of Ford. Something is up.
What should be next? Well....
? Veers
? AT-ST driver
? Death Star trooper
? Rebel trooper ROTJ
? Han Solo ROTJ and ESB
? Boushh Leia
? [1-990] clone trooper
? Stormtrooper rerelease of ANH
? Bespin Luke
? Chewbacca ESB with 3PO
? Diecast C-3PO
? R2-D2
It's a little odd that they never revisited that DX05 Indiana Jones too. That one is screaming for a second try and they remade DX Jack Sparrow instead(which didn't really "need" a V2).
With how much Hot Toys loves making figures from the Empire, it's odd they haven't made General Veers yet.
There was potential for Veers to appear in the next movie, Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. In an early draft of the film's script, Veers was slated to return as the Commander of Endor's Garrison, personally leading the battle on the moon.[17] Robert Watts, co-producer of the movie, contacted Julian Glover to offer him the bit, but the actor was working on something else at the time and could not do it.[18]
An easy release would be a Tantive IV Rebel Trooper.
Seen in ANH and Rogue One, throw in the fact that like the Stormies, they are army builder figures, they should be a no-brainer.
Price them well and people will buy multiples, swapping head sculpts just for variation.
I would love a General Veers and an Admiral Piett, too.
If Hot Toys hasn't made a Death Star Trooper they're not making a Rebel Fleet Trooper, and certainly not an AT-ST Driver. I just can't see us getting to the stage where Hot Toys uses generic headsculpts for troopers. Too expensive and difficult to army-build. For the OT I think TIE Fighter Pilots, Scout Troopers, and AT-AT Pilots are far more likely.
Piett for $250...?
On the shelf, he'd compete with Tarkin. I think I'd pass. At least Veers could have the helmet and chest piece to differentiate him.
I would like to see a genuine OT TIE Pilot also. Death Star Trooper and TIE pilot would really round out my ANH Imperial shelf.
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