That poster really got some wheels spinning throughout the community! And it's good to see how a tease like that got some excitement and discussion out of a small image.
The Landspeeder seems like a natural offering in the Return To Tatooine theme. I honestly don't know if I ever bought the TVC version of the Landspeeder, though. I know that I bought the Saga version that was released in 2002, and the TVC 1.0 version is a repaint of that. Can Hasbro convince me to buy this again? We'll see...
As far as the figures go? The Ben Kenobi figure looks pretty promising. The likeness looks excellent, and the softgoods are reminiscent of how Hasbro improved the Jedi robes for figures like Sol and Indarra. When it comes to the Sandtrooper? I think it's likely that Hasbro adapted the new Stormtrooper buck as the basis for a new Sandtrooper. But the Sandtrooper in the background looks like it has the exact same blaster that came with the 2005 Evolutions Sandtrooper. I know that Hasbro's photographer often uses figures from his own collection for some of these images, and I don't think this situation is anything different. And then there's C-3PO. I *REALLY* want this to be a new C-3PO, but I am fully prepared for the possibility that it's not new. Jayson at Yakface added Threepio to his unofficial TVC figure release list, and his information tends to be really good. I guess we'll know more around the end of February as Hasbro prepares for Toy Fair.
