The new Sandtrooper has arrived in Canada. I had him pre-ordered at Amazon... but Amazon suddenly just didn't ship it, or have any information on when it would be shipped, or literally anything. It was just showing as a weird, dead order into nowhere. But at the same time, the figure I had pre-ordered that they were not shipping me was available with next day shipping.
Goddamn, Amazon is just a terrible company.
Anyway, I dumped my pre-order and just ordered the in stock one. He came today. He is ... a sandtrooper? Like, in the nicest way. I'm very glad to have him. He's exactly what I want him to be, minus the weapons*, but he's also just exactly what I expected him to be so there's nothing to get wowed over. Looks cool. Want another one with a dewback.
*Not a fan. Why does it seem like every fucking Stormtrooper in this line comes with a totally different E-11? Can we just agree on everyone getting the same mold, in the same color? This is fucking nonsense. I also don't love the long blaster, the designation of which I'm sure fucking Ru will tell me. As someone that no longer has any of the old Sandtroopers, I'm bummed by not having the weapons I actually remember them using. Not a big deal or anything, but just not a fan of the weapons.