I believe Hasbro have commented that we wouldn't be seeing the Imperial Assault Hovertank this year at least but maybe down the track we will. Is the Imperial Assault Hovertank a vehicle you'd purchase if Hasbro made it?
Imperial Assault Hovertank
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Yes, I would buy this. It appears to be some kind of armored transport rather than a true tank. So it'd be cool if those orange containers were removable and the vehicle could then double as a small troop transport to get some extra play value out of the toy.
As long as they don't ruin it with a nerf feature, I would certainly get it.
Hasbro has an opportunity to make something on the smaller side, simple design and no need for bells and whistles and yet they take a pass for 2016? Hell, its their dream come true, all gray with little need for additional paint! So odd.
I would buy one (if it had no Nerf feature as well)!
I can see it now. Non-removable pilot head!
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Like the cruise missile trooper? That would be awful! But well within the realm of Hasbro's thought process
o-o You would press it down to shoot the nerf dart...
No matter what it can't be as bad as the Cruise Missile Trooper. I hope atleast.
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I'm pretty sure the report I saw had Hasbro saying "no plans", but also not ruling it out.
This seems like a worthwhile distinction to make, since I bet a lot of collectors would see "not in 2016" and just assume it'll be a Q1 or Q2 of next year release. It's a hugely "toyetic" design, an easily handled size, and offers an obvious pairing with a great potentially exclusive figure, so that kind of speculation would make vastly more sense than any alternative. But apparently Hasbro has taken zero steps towards making it available.
That said, if the report was misleading, or if they simply get talked into it and get it out there in 2018, I too would be down for one.
This seems like a worthwhile distinction to make, since I bet a lot of collectors would see "not in 2016" and just assume it'll be a Q1 or Q2 of next year release. It's a hugely "toyetic" design, an easily handled size, and offers an obvious pairing with a great potentially exclusive figure, so that kind of speculation would make vastly more sense than any alternative. But apparently Hasbro has taken zero steps towards making it available.
That said, if the report was misleading, or if they simply get talked into it and get it out there in 2018, I too would be down for one.
I would definitely buy a number of these at full price. I think this is such a cool vehicle and it should have been available on FF this year. The fact that Hasbro didn't make this and doesn't have any plans for it at this point is a really bad joke or a nightmare. It's really hard to believe that this vehicle isn't leading the way in the Class II Deluxe line or whatever it's called.
However, with Hasbro basically saying they aren't making 3.75" stuff for collectors, I guess someone will need to get a bunch of kids to start a petition to get this thing made.
However, with Hasbro basically saying they aren't making 3.75" stuff for collectors, I guess someone will need to get a bunch of kids to start a petition to get this thing made.
What really gets me is, they have no plans to make this yet how many vehicles did they give us in the TFA line that were either cut from the film or not even ever in it at all? Hasbro 
And there's their logic. TFA ships performed poorly, so they cut back.
An absolute missed opportunity it would be, if Hasbro didn't produce this...
When I look at their vehicle line-up for the fall, outside of the bigger stuff, there isn't really anything connected to RO. They have TFA stuff that could be re-released next year for E VIII, yet they don't have this hovertank at all. I think the MM line or whatever it's called has this vehicle, so Hasbro must have had some pics for them to make those. That this hasn't even been planned is jus mind-boggling.
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...and re-pack
Kids just don't like vehicles just like playsets. They just want their figures to stand around and look at each other with their arms raised.
And adults like to put those figures with their arms raised, but sitting in the cockpit of a vehicle.
Best place for them, it hides the fact that they're missing 90% of their articulation.
I do have to say that most of the 5POA seem to sit better than the SA figures. Example is the Tie Fighter pilot that came with the Tie Striker vs the SA one from the Legacy line.
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The Hovertank stuff was very misleading as the one in the movie is a tracked tank. Pablo's Visual book has two models of this tank, one that has standard tank treads and one that hovers. The one that hovers was never in the finished film.
Do either of them actually have a turret or in any way resemble a tank? The one I have seen pics of looks more like a cargo hauler and has the guns in the worst possible location for being effective in combat.
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No, both models of the TX-225 Occupier are identical apparently except for one has tracks(the standard called TX-225 GAVw) the other replaces the track with the repulsorlifts to hover (TX-225 GAVr). For the profile this tank appears to be a combat assault tank oddly enough when it seems more like an APC minus trooper storage although it seems its main duty is transportation of heavy payloads. The cannons are supposed to be very powerful. I think the Clone Wars tank(one from battlefront) or the the AAT was much better.
I don't recall seeing the treads in the film, but it certainly moved like it had treads. Obviously not very mobile or "hovery".
Definitely wear they gave us a tank driver and no tank for him...
Er, I mean "weird."
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I never noticed that, I want one now! The idea of a Toy tank with working threads has me all flustered.
This has become my refrain for almost every vehicle released in the last few years. Kind of regretting the money spent on the TIE Striker after the little time it had to shine in the movie.
I wish they made one. Star Wars is filled with vehicles that have done nothing cool but are still fun to have in toy form. And honestly, this was a simple one for Hasbro to make that required very little effort. Even so, they still let us down.
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I'm the same way. I was bummed they didn't make this but after seeing the movie I don't really care to have it.
