Preview: Vintage ROTJ Endor AT-AT

The 2010 AT-AT was released to much fanfare and acclaim for its larger size, cool electronic action features, and movie inspired playability that outshone the older and oft used Kenner mold. AToysRUs exclusive Vintage Collection Empire Strikes Back packaged version was also released during the holiday season of that year, and quickly sold out at a $110 pricepoint.Fast forward in 2012 and Hasbro revisits the Imperial Walker but updates the deco for a Return of the Jedi Endor version and specially packages it Vintage Collection style once again for ToysRUs. Variations from the Hoth release include mud deco on the feet, an AT-AT Driver with black gloves and boots, and a brown colored speeder bike as opposed to the whiteness of the Hoth version.

http://www.galactichunter.com/gh/sit...AT-Box-001.jpg2010 ESB Edition and 2012 ROTJ Editionhttp://www.galactichunter.com/gh/sit...AT-Box-002.jpgEndor AT-AT Box Front

Hasbro announced that this was slated for an October release at Comic-Con, and while the EndorAT-AT was released at ToysRUs Canada (at a $149.99 CDN pricepoint), it has yet to show up on U.S. shelves for the holiday shopping season, raising speculation that it may have been bumped to next spring. Why the bump? Perhaps TRU needed a spring exclusive, and with the blue boxed AT-AT readily available online and in stores and the Vintage BMF being the huge exclusive ship of the season for the retailer, it may not be a bad move. There's still a chance this may show up in the next few weeks, but it's looking more like it's been held back.Being suckers for Vintage packaging and variants (and that old school Kenner line art), we were able to photograph a Canadian tri-lingual sample for your perusal. Stay tuned for updates on Galactic Hunter.

http://www.galactichunter.com/gh/sit...AT-Box-003.jpgEndor AT-AT Box Backhttp://www.galactichunter.com/gh/sit...AT-Box-004.jpg

Here is the original Kenner version this is modeled after:
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I LOVE when they copy the layouts of the old Kenner stuff with contemporary-ish stuff!

Man, I really love what they've done here but between a lack of space and spare cash I can't do this one.

Hopefully the speculation about a Spring release is true. While I would really like to get this, I only have one big vehicle in my pre-Christmas budget so the AT-AT would probably lose to the MTT. If the releases are spread out a bit, I can most likely add both vehicles to my collection.

Well Christmas has come and gone and we're now into January with still no sign of this at TRU stores. I wonder if it'll show up within the next few weeks after their store resets.