Review: Star Wars 501st legion Clone Trooper Action Figure | Hot Toys

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The 501st Legion is a tight-knit squadron of clone troopers known for their strength of character and unwavering loyalty.
Recently, Hot Toys officially launches the 501st Legion Clone Trooper action figure from “Star Wars: The Clone Wars“, and this figure is divided into two versions, Normal Version and Deluxe Version. Let’s take a look!


Normal Ver.

501st Legion Clone Trooper action figure

This 501st Legion Clone Trooper action figure is 1/6 scale, the overall height is approx. 30 cm, and his body totally with over 30 points of articulations.

501st Legion Clone Trooper figure

The Clone Trooper armor appearance with white and blue as the main color is well recreated the image in the movie.
At the same time, the blue stripe details on the armor are
also very vivid.

501st Battalion Clone Trooper figure

Everywhere on the helmet and armor has lifelike weathering and wear effects, as if it really comes back from a fierce battlefield, making the textures of the helmet and armor look more real.

501st Legion

It is worth mentioning that the normal version of the helmet recreates the 501st Legion Clone Trooper’s appearance in the late stages of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”.
The unique blue pattern above has been faithfully recreated.

rocker launcher

Besides, this action figure also comes with a jetpack.
And it can be attached to the back of Clone Trooper by magnetic adsorption.

Clone Trooper rocker launcher

At the same time, the jetpack also has two real-like thruster fire accessories.

501st Battalion Clone Trooper accessories

Hot Toys’ accessories have always been relatively abundant, except for 8 pieces of interchangeable gloved hands, this action figure also comes with a specially designed dynamic figure stand with Star Wars logo and character nameplate, and the weapons include rocket launcher, blaster rifle, blaster pistol and two thermal detonators.

Deluxe Ver.

Deluxe Ver.

Compared with the normal version, the deluxe version is attached with an interchangeable Phase 1 Clone Trooper helmet, an orange Ahsoka patterned Clone Trooper helmet, a rotary blaster cannon, and a white backpack.

backpack

The deluxe version’s white backpack also comes with a cover. In addition to the special pattern printing on the surface, the painting of weathering effects is also in place.

rotary blaster cannon

This unique rotary blaster is indeed very cool.
It’s really domineering to hold in the hands of the 501st Legion Clone Trooper action figure.

 Phase 1 Clone Trooper helmet

The biggest highlights of the deluxe version are the helmet accessories.
And the above picture recreates the appearance of the helmet from the 1st to 3rd seasons (Phase 1) of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”.
Besides, the iconic blue pattern on the helmet’s surface is also recreated.

orange patterned Clone Trooper helmet

And the other helmet recreates the look in the seventh season.
The surface is also changed to an orange Ahsoka pattern.

normal version

Plus the normal version’s helmet recreates the look from the 4th to 6th seasons.
So The three different looks from the 1st to 7th seasons of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” are all collected.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Build up your Star Wars: The Clone Wars collection with the new 501st Legion Clone Trooper (Deluxe) Sixth Scale action Figure today!


ADDITIONAL DETAILS & DIMENSIONS
Where to buy: Solaris Japan
501st Legion Clone Trooper action figure
Product Size
Height: 11.81″ (299.97 mm)
Brand
Star Wars
Manufacturer
Hot Toys
Type
Action Figure
Release Date
Q4, 2021 – Q1, 2022

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