2023 TVC Mando N-1 Starfighter

[Matt_Fury]

It comes with 5 feet of fishing line and a couple of drywall anchors.  Screws are sold separately.

Cynical Rob is the best Rob.   

[Nicklab]

We saw tons of scenes of them putting the thing together, so that creates a possible play pattern.

So is that how Hasbro intends to cut down on those expensive assembly costs? 

Truthfully, a hot rodded N1 that you can tinker with is the stuff of George Lucas's dreams!  It's like American Graffitti, A New Hope and The Phantom Menace all wrapped into one roaring little ship.

[Rob]

It comes with 5 feet of fishing line and a couple of drywall anchors.  Screws are sold separately.

Cynical Rob is the best Rob.   

It’s all they’ve left me with. 

My focus this year so far has been entirely on vintage and Stan Solo stuff.

[Jeff]

I love that this comes with a stand!

[Matt_Fury]

I really like this!  The carded Mando is a nice touch and I absolutely love the stand!  It will be a nice counterpart to the Razorcrest.

[Mister Skeezler]

I wonder how much the price is affected by the carded figure.

[Rob]

What was the official price tag?

[Ryan]

Echoing sentiments on this so far… the set looks fantastic. I love these new style ball-jointed stands (like we got with the Speeder Bike). The carded Mando looks great, glad it’s just a repack of The Rescue set version. It’s also a really nice touch that some for Grogu can supposedly be removed and replaced and R5 BAD dome. (I wish they would have just included one though.)

[Jeff]

What was the official price tag?

$130 - so not too far off Jayson's initial ~$140 guess.

STAR WARS: THE VINTAGE COLLECTION THE MANDALORIAN’S N-1 STARFIGHTER
(HASBRO/Ages 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $129.99 / Available: Fall 2023)
 
This Republic-era handcrafted Naboo N-1 Starfighter has been extensively modified to be a truly one-of-a-kind vehicle for the Mandalorian and his foundling Grogu. Fans can celebrate the legacy of STAR WARS, the action-and-adventure-packed space saga from a galaxy far, far away with this premium 3.75-inch scale STAR WARS: THE VINTAGE COLLECTION THE MANDALORIAN’S N-1 STARFIGHTER and figures inspired by the ship’s and characters’ appearances in STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN. This vehicle and figure set features premium detail and design and highly articulated carded Mandalorian figure, a Grogu figure as well as packaging inspired by the original Kenner packaging and branding. Includes vehicle, figure with Grogu, droid socket, 2 stands and 5 entertainment-inspired accessories.

Available for pre-order 4/11 at 1 pm ET at Hasbro Pulse and other major retailers.



Adding in some more press pics - boxed and loose:

[Jeff]

Some zoom-ins of the side panels on the boxed shots -

The Mando N-1 can accomodate BAD astromech droids (or at least the head) - I guess they mentioned this in the panel but I must have missed that.



Also a look at the place to store Din's jetpack/gear when he is flying the N-1 - you store it underneath whatever removable/configurable place there is for Grogu/R5-D4.

[Nicklab]

The Vintage Collection Facebook group got some good images of the N1 at SWCE, including the open cockpit.  There's a small seat for Grogu that's removable, and it looks like a full astromech will fit in the droid socket.

The price is not outrageous.  Considering the price of the Antoc Merrick X-Wing, I see the $129.99 price tag as comparable.  Especially considering Hasbro won't be able to get re-use out of the design for future releases.

[Jeff]

The Vintage Collection Facebook group got some good images of the N1 at SWCE, including the open cockpit.  There's a small seat for Grogu that's removable, and it looks like a full astromech will fit in the droid socket.

If you have pics or links to pics, please share - I see some reports that the socket fits a whole astromech while other reports say that it's just the head of a BAD astromech that will work.  In the panel, Chris says "those heads that are removable from those droids can pop into the droid socket".

[Nicklab]

I just saw this on IG a moment ago.  Emily showed off the plug in for the B-A-D dome sockets to one of the sites that was reporting from SWCE

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq295NhMx03/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I'll see if I can find the images of the full rear compartment.

[Jeff]

Thanks, Nick!  That looks like it confirms it's just the BAD head that can be used/displayed. 

Makes me wonder if they are planning a re-issue of the BAD R5-D4 for those that might not have one... would make a nice set with Peli and her pit droids to go with this too!

[Nicklab]

I just looked at the VC040 R5-D4 over at Galactic Figures.  It's actually the B-A-D body, and the dome does come off.  I would be shocked if Hasbro doesn't rerelease that in the near future.