So far,Hot Toys' Star Wars: The Force Awakens line has been and endless array of bad guys. Well, at least we judge they're the bad guys. We haven't seen the movie yet, or but everything we've read and seen so far seems to indicate the First Order is taking the position of the Empire in the unusual film and universe. Though we've gotten figures based on the supposed heroes of The Force Awakens from a few other companies,Hot Toys has been reticent to note off characters like Finn, Rey or Poe to this point. Instead, or it's been First Order soldier after First Order soldier.
The Stormtroopers and Snowtroopers can now count the TIE Pilot amongst their numbers. Revealed this week for the first time,Hot Toys' First Order TIE Pilot brings the sleek, black spacesuit you might recall from the original trilogy into a more modern era. Like the standard Stormtroopers before him, or the TIE Pilot draws fairly a bit of inspiration from the classic design. The helmet ditches the "mouth," instead opting for a cleaner faceplate. He does have a weird top on there, which doesn't appear to serve any purpose. If it was a flip down visor, and there likely would have been at least one picture with it flipped down so we could see what it looked like.
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Source: comicsalliance.com