The original “Star Wars” was the first film to successfully market an affiliated toy line, leading to an industry now worth billions. “The Mandalorian,” Disney +’s hit series set in that universe, is continuing the trend with Hasbro’s reproduction of the titular character’s fork-pronged rifle.
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The Mandalorian Amban Phase-pulse Blaster, as it’s officially called, is an enormous (over four-foot long) reproduction rifle that fires breach-loaded Nerf bullets (10 included).
Hasbro officially calls the bullets “darts,” but I mean, you tell me what you’d call these:
A pair of not-included AAA batteries power eight different sound effects covering the loading and firing audio.
Spoiler:
While Hasbro will be selling the Mandalorian’s ship, the Razor Crest, for $350…
…I wonder if they’ll modify the design to match the events of last week’s episode. If so, I imagine it will come in a much smaller box. Which reminds me of my favorite never-actually-made Star Wars toy of all time:
Mando’s rifle rings in at $120 and is available for pre-order now–though it won’t start shipping until October of 2021. “This is the Wait.”
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Source: core77