Later this week , Star Wars Celebration will kick off , take with it a veritable host of undivided goodies for fan to spend their firmly - earned credits on . But Funko ’s bringing along something rather neat : Star Wars play that mix retro nostalgia for the Kenner toy with nostalgia for honest-to-goodness Nipponese automaton toy .
In the west we know them as Shogun Warriors , imported 24 - in magniloquent Japanese Toys turn into a toyline by Mattel in the 1970 ’s . The sizes of the figures was inspired by the crowing roaring of Japanese toys in the same menses : Chokogin , diecast models of super robots and tokusatsu graphic symbol ( named after the fancied metal that Mazinger Z was made out of ) . The popularity of diecast alloy figures wore out eventually , leaving the scale to be taken up by cheap charge plate toy , just like the likes of Shogun Warriors would do to be . In an eld where retro - figures are usually just trying to emulate the old 3.75″ classics of Kenner ’s Star Wars line , it ’s decent to see something that ’s unquestionably not that .
The two single toy — which , just like Shogun warrior , have picayune wheels on their feet as well as the power to fire their spring - loaded fists — are a Shadow Stormtrooper , a long dear idea for variant Stormtrooper toys , and a double retro dosage with a Boba Fett establish on Kenner ’s original toy . That Boba Fett was of track infamous for being secrete with a rocket - firing jetpack , and quickly withdrawn from promotional offering due to health and refuge concerns before being quickly replaced with a version that could n’t kindle the rocket engine . gratefully , this Boba raise his roquette too . I intend , you ’ve already catch can fists , what extra harm is a rocket going to do ?
The toys will be available at Funko ’s booth during Celebration for an undisclosed price ( as with all retro - style toys , I ’m snuff it to hazard a godforsaken guessing at “ pricey ” ) .
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