Star Wars Toy Museum Blog

Pinch us - we’ve gone to Star Wars toy collector heaven. This August two AT-AT toys will hit stores, and we can’t hardly wait for them.
One is small - the Galactic Heroes AT-AT, which comes with a speeder bike - and the other is already being called The Big One - the big new Hasbro AT-AT toy. It’s going to be an amazing August for Star Wars toy collectors - for Hasbro - and for retail in general.

The Galactic Heroes AT-AT was unveiled recently and it is by far the most exciting offering in a line (Galactic Heroes) that has been getting more exciting all the time in recent years.

Here is the clearest photo yet of The Big One - the new Hasbro AT-AT - the mother of all Star Wars toys. It goes without saying that August can’t come fast enough for us. We cannot wait to walk into our local retailer and discover the arrival of The Big One.

The Huffington Post just posted an amusing photo gallery featuring The 11 Most Awesome Beds of All Time and included in that series of pics is a photo of the Millennium Mattress - a custom-made mattress that is fashioned after everyone’s favorite space freighter - the Millennium Falcon. We imagine Star Wars fans are going to be begging for someone to manufacture this in the same  way we demanded the TaunTaun sleeping bag go from gag to reality. We’d love to own the Millennium Mattress. She’s the fluffiest hunk of junk in the galaxy!

It was inevitable, of course. Just a day after Hasbro confirmed that the rumored new AT-AT toy is a fact, the first good photos of the big new AT-AT toy are being passed around the Internet faster than a probe droid. Here are the two new photos of the new AT-AT toy. Yeah, we’ll be standing in line for this one. I’m sure all Star Wars toy collectors agree.

In a press release issued today Hasbro verified what’s been rumored online for weeks - that a new, big AT-AT toy vehicle is in the production line for later this year. Here’s the full text of the AT-AT portion of the announcement:

STAR WARS AT-AT
(Approximate Retail Value: $99.99; Ages: 5 & up; Available: August 1, 2010)
In space, size does matter, and Hasbro certainly kept that in mind when creating its all-new, highly detailed STAR WARS AT-AT. The AT-AT (All Terrain Armored Transport) played a significant role in the Empire’s military assault in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, and it will play an equally important role in every fan’s toy collection this year! Measuring more than 24 inches tall, nearly 28 inches long, and 12 inches wide, this colossal vehicle holds up to 20 STAR WARS figures – 6 of which can fit in its head alone! – and includes so many play and electronic features true to its on-screen counterpart that it’s hard to believe! From the zip-line in its body and articulated legs for superb poseability, to its LED lights and authentic movie sounds and phrases, this is the must-have addition for STAR WARS fans of all ages. Includes a 3 ¾ inch AT-AT driver action figure and a pop-out speeder bike.

Star Wars toys are coming back to McDonald’s at the end of the month. Starting Feb. 26, McDonald’s Happy Meals will feature different Star Wars toy premiums including four character keepers - Darth Vader, Anakin, Yoda, and R2-D2 - and four starship launchers - Millennium Falcon, X-wing Fighter, Jedi Starfighter and Republic Gunship. 

Thank the maker for the Internet! Less than a month after word first hit that a new AT-AT toy is in the works, we get our first look at what could be the prototype design.

A new photo posted on the Chinese toy site actoys.net appears to show the prototype design of the new AT-AT toy from Hasbro that includes a bigger cockpit and a back hatch to accomodate a speeder bike.

What do you think of the AT-AT prototype - keeping in mind that often times the final version will include much more detail than the early prototype.

We just checked in with YakFace.com and got an exciting update about the new AT-AT toy that we first told you about a few weeks ago. The New AT-AT will reportedly have completely new molding (like the Big Millennium Falcon of 2008) and will be bigger than the original.

The new AT-AT will feature built-in sounds from the Star Wars movies and will hold a speeder bike in a rear hatch. Now we’ll have an answer to how troops debark the AT-AT as the new AT-AT toy will include a cable arm so that when you open the cover, passengers can slide down the AT-ATs side.

There’s also a nifty secret hatch in the new AT-AT toy’s belly that enables you to re-create Luke’s surprise grenade attack from The Empire Strikes Back.

To give you an idea about how big this toy will be - we’re told the cockpit will be able to hold six Star Wars action figures. The new AT-AT toy will come packaged with an AT-AT driver.