Photos and info has been released for the SH Figuarts Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Riot Control Stormtrooper Figure. Tamashii Nations has posted the product page and gives us some great pics. The figure includes a riot shield and baton and interchangeable hands. Pre-orders should go live on November 20th at Bandai’s Web Shop. It’s scheduled for release in May 2016 and will be priced at 5,616 Yen (about $46 USD).
You can see the photos by reading on.
SH Figuarts Star Wars the Force Awakens Riot Control Stormtrooper

A Storm Trooper without his blaster is like Batman without his cape. Hasbro included them with their riot control two pack. I can't imagine this selling particularly well...
I don't think it's going to matter either way. Judging by the reactions on Facebook and Twitter, army builders are going to buy these up easily.
Can anyone recommend a Japanese source that offers direct international shipping? I'd like to eliminate the middleman for some of these Japanese products, and hopefully save some money in the process. Foreign exchange is getting brutal for me, shopping as I do from outside the USA.
Since they were pre-orders, i haven't actually received anything yet. However, i did pre-order something and cancel it through the same seller in the past, and he responded and quickly refunded my pre-order.
Thanks guys! Will check both out. Never heard of that Nippon-Yasan before, but it seems to have a decent online reputation.

Edit: I need to backtrack on my original comment about purchasing Figuarts at BBTS. My main problem, regardless of where I shop, seems to be the brutal added cost of foreign exchange.
For the record, I'm very happy with BBTS and still shop with them and EE and ToySource, among others.
Wow. It appears that this trooper may actually be badass:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7bh...layer_embedded
Funny how we get this glimpse around the same time that pre-orders begin for the newly-announced action figure. You'd almost think it was planned.
I don't care. I'm pre-ordered.
Edit: I need to backtrack on my original comment about purchasing Figuarts at BBTS. My main problem, regardless of where I shop, seems to be the brutal added cost of foreign exchange.
For the record, I'm very happy with BBTS and still shop with them and EE and ToySource, among others.
Generally this doesn't happen to web exclusives, because Bandai's preorder window is open a long time. Following the release of these figures they might jack the prices, but they pretty much keep the web exclusives at the same price during the entire preorder phase.
They carry all of the web exclusives though, so that's basically the only thing I use them for.
Full Thread: SH Figuarts Riot Control Stormtrooper
Not a member yet? Join Toyark Now!