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.
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.
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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Mandalorian Merch: Hasbro Selling Mando's Rifle, Which Fires Nerf Bullets
This is rad. Needs more battle damage. Sound effects are cool, I remember most vehicles back in the day had sound effects, i loved that as a kid. Still, my favorite was the speeder bike that exploded.. that was the best, who was the industrial designer of the star wars toys from the 80's?