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Kenner / Hasbro Collecting => General Hasbro collecting => Topic started by: Clonehead on December 06, 2009, 01:04:46 PM

Title: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: Clonehead on December 06, 2009, 01:04:46 PM
This image surfaced at coreplanets.com and was claimed to have came from an overseas source. It has been rumored that there was a new snowspeeder in the works. Is this a proto of that future release? only time will tell. What does the difference look like to you guys?

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2703/4163288309_42a6711016_m.jpg)

It was also said from another poster on this site that there was a rumored $150 atat walker in the works. No pics of that one.
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: Reconsgt on December 06, 2009, 01:08:01 PM
I am sure the ATAT- is something to watch, to me it looks like a differnt cockpit hatch but I don;t see any major changes,  the colors are just be a mold test to gear up for a new run, so that is cool to see they are at least that far in the stage
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: Tamer on December 06, 2009, 01:30:42 PM
Sweet pic Clint. I need to go find my atat walker rumor thread and add it to the list.
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: narceron on December 09, 2009, 04:31:05 PM
Please make a new doggy walker, please!

Snowspeeder looks ok, I'm not against it.
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: Tamer on December 09, 2009, 05:35:38 PM
I think next  year is our year if we are gonna get it. If we dont there are gonna be a lot of disappointed fans. Lets hope toyfair sheds some light on this and all the new ESB ships that are coming out, but if I know Hasbro, they will make us wait till SDCC or perhaps CV now.
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: Phatty on December 09, 2009, 06:37:35 PM
Those images were "requested" to be pulled from CorePlanets and Rebelscum, so that means there is credibility there.  I'm willing to bet we're just 2 months off from a huge ESB Anniversary unveiling.  New York Toy Fair is in Early February, and that's the first epic unveiling of new product.
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: narceron on December 10, 2009, 01:12:42 PM
time to dump all the crappy ESB vehicles...
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: Tamer on December 10, 2009, 01:40:04 PM
time to dump all the crappy ESB vehicles...

Does anyone need my address? 8)
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: FialaFernbrugg on December 10, 2009, 11:56:06 PM
looks great so far

I can't wait to see the new Swamp Speeder
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: narceron on December 11, 2009, 09:42:36 AM
time to dump all the crappy ESB vehicles...

Does anyone need my address? 8)

Maybe, whats the bounty on the current ATAT offered by the imperial commanders?
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: Tamer on December 11, 2009, 10:19:05 AM
time to dump all the crappy ESB vehicles...

Does anyone need my address? 8)

Maybe, whats the bounty on the current ATAT offered by the imperial commanders?

Well, I bought one last week for $35 smackers, boxed ofcourse would rate higher, but I can negotiate with willing Imperial Subjects! at dr
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: narceron on December 11, 2009, 08:15:28 PM
time to dump all the crappy ESB vehicles...

Does anyone need my address? 8)

Maybe, whats the bounty on the current ATAT offered by the imperial commanders?


Thats weird, I bought one last week for 50 and I thought it was a deal, that was shipped of course.  That one is on hold for an actual little boy that has wanted it since the summer. Segnett and I have been tracking it down, lol.
Well, I bought one last week for $35 smackers, boxed ofcourse would rate higher, but I can negotiate with willing Imperial Subjects! at dr
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: Clonehead on January 03, 2010, 07:09:25 PM
Here are some more shots of that snowspeeder proto as found at jedidefender.com
On the one side, there is a removable hatch which shows some detail under one of the engine nacelles?
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4243215084_7314d65e19.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4242442249_9848dbbb13.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2741/4242442045_33c657d14c.jpg)
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: night force cynic on January 03, 2010, 07:42:49 PM
I didn't post those pictures here too because I couldn't decide if they were new pictures of it or not.  Everything blends together in lime day-glow green. 
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: Clonehead on January 03, 2010, 07:45:00 PM
Newer pics of the same version, I think. What do you think that is in the bottom of that first pic, NFC?
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: Phatty on January 03, 2010, 08:09:45 PM
I'm guessing a foot.
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: Tamer on January 05, 2010, 10:40:40 AM
Is that a new harpoon canon?
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: B.R. Steel on January 14, 2010, 10:59:33 AM
I'm guessing newer pics of the last released version too...or at least I hope so.  I was under the impression from things Hasbro has said in the past that this would be a smaller (so despite the scale direction we're used to getting) more scale accurate sculpt.  I'd need a figure in the picture rather than a ruler to be more sure, but this looks like the same basic mold we've seen since the early 80s--just with some possible mods here and there.  So...not the snowspeeder I was hoping for.
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: night force cynic on January 26, 2010, 01:08:49 PM
boxed images
thanks to jedinews.co.uk for these images

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4306920271_faafab1e89_o.jpg)

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4306920397_a7070ce191_o.jpg)
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: Tamer on January 26, 2010, 02:38:49 PM
Sweet NFC! That looks great. Kinda wierd seeing a clonetrooper on front of the box, but I like the overall design.
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: Clonehead on January 26, 2010, 02:45:13 PM
Here's a shot of the final deco.
thanks to jedinews.co.uk for this shot
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2801/4307662290_848b416abc_o.jpg)
This looks pretty sharp to me. The differences from the old version arnt as easy to see as some of the new tooled vehicles that we have had.
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: Tamer on January 26, 2010, 06:06:47 PM
Wow, it seems pretty daggone sleek to me, seems flatter more movie accurate. I thought the harpoon cannon deserved a refit, but it doesn't seem to me by the pic to have recieved one. I like it though. Man, lets hope we see some new shots of the atat tomorrow. Thanks for the update folks. I am gonna need you guys to keep doing that as my home and work comptuers are biting the dust this week.
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: Clonehead on January 26, 2010, 06:10:14 PM
Can do buddy. I too, am excited to see what is unveiled tomorrow at the UK toyfair.
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: B.R. Steel on January 27, 2010, 07:39:32 AM
Thanks for providing these pics.  The rear box pictures showing a pilot figure within the cockpit actually alleviated some of my fears that this speeder sculpt wasn't going to be smaller than the previous.  Recalling the open canopy on the previous sculpt revealed almost the entire figure except for its feet, this one by contrast seems to reveal only from the torso up.  The AT-AT may have dropped from my "purchase-on-sight" list; but this one still shows promise.  Woo-hoo! 
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: Phatty on January 27, 2010, 09:00:45 AM
I'll have to see more shots of this one, but to me it looks JUST like the last version we got, with modified paint.  Sculpt seems to be the same.  Again, I can't really tell that well, so perhaps I'm just off my rocker.  Still, I've been wanting to do some customs of these, so now's my chance!
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: B.R. Steel on January 27, 2010, 09:25:48 AM
I'll have to see more shots of this one, but to me it looks JUST like the last version we got, with modified paint.  Sculpt seems to be the same.  Again, I can't really tell that well, so perhaps I'm just off my rocker.  Still, I've been wanting to do some customs of these, so now's my chance!

That's what I thought at first.  But again, if you take a good look at the photo depicting the back of the box and how the pilot sits inside, and how much of the figure that is covered up by the ship (for lack of a better phrase), it appears to be different.  Old sculpt with the canopy open and a figure in the pilot seat, the outer portion of the ship would cover at most the feet of the figure.  Again, this one looks different in that at least the lower half of the figure is concealed.  If this is true, the ship would be smaller.  Then again, it could be wishful thinking and I'm seeing what I want to see.   :-\
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: clones are awesome on January 27, 2010, 11:13:04 PM
Cool new packaging and it looks pretty nice.
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: Rodger on January 30, 2010, 05:13:49 AM
It looks different to me other than Paint.

Nothing major though.

I'll get one for the right price.  :D
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: B.R. Steel on February 02, 2010, 11:04:00 AM
Why does it show the Harpoon gun from the old sculpt on the front of the box, if it doesn't have the same old design?

One might also ask why does the front and back boxed photos have different harpoon guns depicted too.   The picture on the front looks to be an artist's rendition of the toy rather than the toy itself--this is important to remember.  I agree that there are tons of signs pointing to this being the same old design.  I am disheartened the general proportions of the ship itself even look identical to the old sculpt--i.e too wide in my eye.  I certainly don't intend to be that guy who says "Oh these photos definitely indicate such-and-such", merely stating there may still be some hope this is the foretold smaller sculpt Hasbro has indicated they were working on.  Then again, yes, it could definitely be the same old design.
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: B.R. Steel on February 14, 2010, 03:32:34 PM
Quoted from jeditemplearchives.com concerning the new snowspeeder:

"LUKE SKYWALKER'S SNOWSPEEDER - In stores Aug. '10
The new snowspeeder was first announced in a September 2008 Q&A session with JTA , and the staff here has been eagerly awaiting it ever since. This new version is scaled much more like the vehicle in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, which interestingly enough is actually SMALLER than the vintage toy that has been the basis for several modern era reissues. The new mold also features projectile firing cannons, stabilizer flaps and two interchangeable harpoon guns. One harpoon gun is movie accurate and the other features a firing tow cable for play with your AT-AT walker. "
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: droidbait on February 24, 2010, 12:41:14 PM
im actually happy the final product didnt turn out green lol i still havent got a snowspeeder might try and get this one
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: B.R. Steel on February 25, 2010, 05:26:20 PM
im actually happy the final product didnt turn out green lol i still havent got a snowspeeder might try and get this one

For the sake of accuracy, I think you'll be happy you waited until this particular release before picking yourself up a snowspeeder.
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: clonetrooper360 on April 26, 2010, 09:29:18 PM
i wish they released the prototype green version
Title: Re: New snowspeeder sculpt?
Post by: B.R. Steel on May 08, 2010, 06:21:51 PM
i wish they released the prototype green version

Man, that ain't funny.   ;)