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SIDESHOW
COLLECTIBLES EXCLUSIVE 2007
$69.99 SOLD OUT
Limited Edition of 1250
Product Type: Polystone Diorama
Product Size: Approx. 10" Diameter x 4" Height
Product Weight: 6.00lbs
"Look, sir, droids!"
Trooper Davin Felth
Sideshow Collectibles and Lucasfilm
are proud to bring you this exciting, limited entry in the Star Wars
Diorama series. The diorama captures the critical moment when the
Sandtroopers realize that they are hunting for two droids that
escaped detection aboard the escape pod. Each piece is cast in high
quality polystone, hand-finished, and hand-painted to exacting
standards.
The seven man squad of Sandtroopers search the area surrounding the
abandoned escape pod from the Tantive IV, the rebel blockade runner
that has been intercepted and incapacitated by Darth Vader's Star
Destroyer. "Look, sir, droids!" the Sandtrooper Sergeant Davin Felth
exclaims, holding up the lost droid part to his squad leader,
DSS-0956. This iconic moment of discovery begins the massive
planet-wide search for C-3PO and R2-D2, the little droid whose
mission is to find Obi-Wan Kenobi.
The search would soon lead to the Jawas who had recovered the
droids. After questioning the tribe leader and learning they were
sold to a moisture farmer named Owen Lars, the Sandtrooper Commander
gave the order to execute every Jawa on the spot. The same fate lay
in store for Owen and Beru Lars, when the trooper squad arrived at
their small homestead and found the droids were not there. The
troopers set off for Mos Eisley in hopes of intercepting the droids
before they find transport off Tatooine.
In Mos Eisley, the commander relays the description of the two
droids to the other search squads and his most trusted informant,
Garindan. Less than an hour later he receives a transmission from
the elephant-nosed alien that the two droids are on their way to
docking bay 94, where a space freighter known as the Millennium
Falcon is being prepared for takeoff. The Sandtrooper Commander and
his squad arrive at the scene but are too late to stop the
Millennium Falcon from blasting off with the droids in a desperate
race to Alderaan with the Death Star plans.
With this, the second in the series of Cinema Dioramas I feel that
Sideshow Collectibles has a good thing going on here. Not only do
you get a nice representation of a pivotal scene from Star Wars, you
get it at a reasonable price.
The only drawback I find with this particular item is that on the
bottom of each Sandtroopers foot is a peg for it to connect to the
base. Unfortunately the pegs are smaller than the holes on the base
and the Sandtrooper figurines are loose and do not really stand like
they should. To keep three of them from falling over I had to add a
spot of hot glue to the bottom of their feet. Otherwise I think this
is a very neat item.
I hope that Sideshow Collectibles continues with this format of
diorama scenes.
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