Yeah, this news is a little scary, though potentially exciting here. Stormtrooper's back into the mix instead of that Endor Han (which makes me 12 for 12 on my picks, BTW
). I'm a little disappointed that the Emperor didn't get that last spot there, with the whole soft goods and super articulation theme of this line in mind.
So I guess the big question now is if this Stormtrooper will be an
ALL NEW sculpt, or some type of partially or fully rehashed Commtech version... With the near perfection of this Vintage 12/VOTC line that we've seen so far, I'd have to speculate that this will be a completely newly resculpted Stormtrooper, with even more articulation than last time. Very cool if that comes about, but of course there's the uber-frightening scenario of this figure being a "limited" release now though...
But like I've contended in other threads on the boards, I honestly think that Hasbro will re-card all 12 of these VOTC figures into the regular line at a later date - hopefully on the OTC cards even... I'd almost bank on that happening, since the added cost of creating these brilliant figures, and the desires for so many people to own them, will dictate them being more than just a limited release. Hopefully I'm right here, or there's going to be a lot of disappointed collectors, and dare I say it - even kids...