Disneyland’s BestStar WarsRide Is Now a Very Cool Toy

No matter what we might find atGalaxy ’s Edge , Star Tourswill always bethe ultimate crossoverbetween Disney ’s parks andStar Wars . Smugglers RunandRise of the Resistancemay offer higher - technical school flashiness and glamour , but there ’s something about the endless organic evolution of Disney and Lucasfilm ’s first major collaboration at the parks that still has it enduringall these years later . And now , that survival is being celebrated with peradventure one of the nerveless toys Disney ’s ever made out of its parks offerings .

Announced fornext weekend ’s D23 event(viaJedi News ) , today Disney revealed a limited - edition playset of the Starspeeder 3000 – in its original colour before it catch a makeover forStar circuit : The AdventuresContinue . Complete with two 3.75″ scale figure of R2 - D2 and RX-24 ( aka Captain Rex before theotherCaptain Rex ) from the “ Droid Factory ” line Disney sell at the parks , the massive vehicle can actually seat25figures in spite of appearance once you murder the top plane section of the speeder , in tooshie that in reality let in elasticated , clip - in fanny belts .

But that ’s not all ! The Starspeeder 3000 also comes with a tempestuous master of ceremonies of electronic feature , including open doorway on either side that play theStar Tourschime , a light - up display stand , as well as light characteristic for the headlight , thrusters , and shank on the outside of the ship . within meanwhile , the front of the speeder has a 4.75″ LCD screen that can be touch off by buttons to play bona fide footage from various sequences of the ride itself , as well as idiom from Captain Rex .

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At $ 300 , it ’s sustain quite a price tag on it , but honestly , the amount of lineament and use the playset has is enough to absolve the price , rivaling the scope and scale of some of the lavish vehicle from Hasbro ’s HasLab crowdfunding effort . Plus , with actualStar Toursfootage in it , it ’s cheaper than a vacation to a Disney park to grab one and just experience the bestStar Warsride from the consolation of your own place !

Just 3,000 ( you see what they did there ) Starspeeders will be available when it let go of first at D23 on August 9 , and then online at the Disney Store starting August 12 .

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