ANSWER: Yes, this has been addressed for the Luke #18. Any future releases of the Luke #12 will be corrected too. We do realize that Luke’s saber is different from Vader’s. Because we use several factories in China, sometimes they do not have the same figures or accessories and to save on tooling expenses we will sometimes specify a Vader hilt to be used without the black banding (but it has slipped by with the black in the past...). We will do our best to keep a close eye out in the future. Thanks for all the fans who help us out!
2.) Since it was confirmed in the last Q&A that the VTAC Snowtrooper does indeed have a removable helmet, do you have any "unmasked" pictures that you could send us?
ANSWER: See attached image. Also, please note that the front of the kama has been shortened since the time it was presented at Toy Fair, and in fact it's a little crooked in this sample. That will be corrected in final production, but this length is correct for the front.
3.) While we're on the subject of classic troopers with removable helmets, will you ever consider releasing non-Jango or variant, removable-helmet, classic troopers with different heads (packaged with their helmets off, of course) like you have with other soldiers and officers? Starwars.com's Q&A quotes Lucas as telling Episode III crew members that Classic Trilogy troopers were made up of Jango clones as well as other sources like new clone hosts, political favors, and academy graduates. You could even subtly delve a little into the Expanded Universe that has further developed this concept and use characters like the Joker Squad from the Legacy comics, former troopers from Marvel like Beilert Valance and Flint, video game ties like Brenn and Dellis Tantor in Force Commander, or even get into illustrious fan favorites like Davin Felth. An easy win could always just be to start with the existing Kir Kanos and Carnor Jax heads since all Royal Guards were supposedly once Stormtroopers.
ANSWER: We like this idea and it's a good candiate for future comic packs and ideas like it that rely more on the personality under the mask rather than simply a new head on a generic trooper body.
