The Mandalorian - Moff Gideon and Tusken Raider Previews by Hot Toys

That's real nice that Hot Toys is milking Mando for all its worth with a bunch of figures, but how about finally putting up the preorders for that Bespin Han and AOTC Padme that were teased LONG ago, as well as some of the other figures that we've been teased with for 2-4 years now? The delay with Bespin Han in particular is ridiculous considering how well it would sell and that it should have been officially listed THIS year for the 40th anniversary of ESB.

As much as I enjoy the Mandalorian I have to agree with you. ESB Han is one of my most favorites and I've been waiting forever for Hot Toys to finally put up the pre-order. At this rate I guess they don't plan on it being a 40th anniversary release. Starting to wonder if it'll ever come out. If it does we'll have like 3 different mandos alone by then.

Sadly we'll probably get a Cobb Vanth figure too before getting Bespin Han or other OT/PT figures that have been teased because it's a cheap and easy re-use of the Boba Fett parts they've already sculpted.

Honestly I'd be ok with that. As much as I want an ESB Han, Cobb Vanth was excellent, and since the QMX Raylan seems like it'll never release I'd be all over a Hot Toys Cobb figure. You're right, they can reuse a lot of parts on that figure if they wanna cut costs.

Yup. Either there's a likeness issue or Howard Chan won't release them until he finds a way to incorporate Iron Man into the figures.

Yeah there's absolutely no way they're purposely not releasing a Bespin Han figure. It has to be likeness rights or something else. It's not like they didn't give us other much desired OT figures like RotJ Luke and others.

For these releases, I'm getting both of them, but the Tusken Raider looks pretty hefty.

As a relatively new Hot Toys collector, I've been kicking myself for having missed some terrific releases from years gone by. If they do Bespin Solo -- arguably the best Solo of all, if they do a decent head sculpt -- that would be a grail. That said, given the extraordinary delay for other HT figures that I've pre-ordered, I suppose it'll be a long time yet before such a thing surfaces.

Yeah between the stupid delays in listing preorders and the long wait until figures actually ship, we'll be lucky to get Bespin Han for the 45th anniversary of ESB in 2025!