LUKE SKYWALKER (Tatooine)
The Vintage Collection 3 3/4-Inch Landpeeder Vehicle Pack-in on Deluxe Action Figure Card
Item No.: No. G0673
Manufacturer: Hasbro
Number: #344A
Includes: Landspeeder, floppy hat, cloth poncho, macrobinoculars, lightsaber hilt, full lightsaber, droid caller
Action Feature: n/a
Retail: $59.99
Availability: June 2025
Appearances: Star Wars Bio: Luke Skywalker owned a battered but speedy X-34 Landspeeder, racing the sand-packed and sun-faded crat across the desert between the Lars homestead and outposts such as Tosche Station and Anchorhead. (Taken from marketing copy. There is no bio.)
Image: Adam's photo lab.
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Commentary: I'm constantly at war internally. The factions are "I want the best, cheapest thing" and "I want the best thing, period." Right now
Luke Skywalker (Tatooine) is a deluxe figure packed with the 2025 Landspeeder. It shares parts with
TVC #344 Luke Skywalker [FOTD #3,214] from earlier this year... but it's better. How much better? Would you believe just better enough to make you mad until you play with it? It's as perfect as you can possibly get these days.
If you want a figure to stand around and will never sit, you'll want the basic carded Luke. But you might also want this one for his accessories - many of them can swap between figures. If you want to use single Luke with the hat and poncho? Go wild. If you want to have Landspeeder Luke sit in the bar at the Cantina? Go nuts. I think the Landspeeder one is better, and makes a better argument for Hasbro's $25 deluxe program than its previous releases. I don't think the average fan necessarily wants a $25 Momaw Nadon, but the average fan probably doesn't know how much a Luke costs or cares. They just want a good one, and it's this one. Like the name says, it has all his Tatooine stuff and surprisingly it all fits on his belt. Sure, the holes are tight, but you can get them on there and they're not loose or anything. That's impressive.
This figure was designed to sit in the Landspeeder thanks to the cloth lower tunic. That's good! It works! But it's extremely difficult to get Luke's hands on the control yoke. The steering wheel can rotate, and your fingers are likely too big to get around in there. I wish the Landspeeder's "glass" came off so I could easily place them on the wheel, but no dice. You can get close though, and I assume close is going to be good enough for a lot of people. It would be nice if it were easier, and the only way to do that would be more moving parts on the Landspeeder or super gummy hands on Luke... and people don't like that. He fits though, and there's no resistance getting him in the seat.
The hat is new to this figure - we've had others, but this is a new mold - and fits perfectly. It's snug. The poncho takes some contortion to get over his body, but it's not too hard to do. Hasbro did a nice job. His hands can hold his stuff too, and short of a Treadwell droid buddy or some blue milk I can't really think of much else you'd want to throw in the box for Tatooine. Presumably there will be retools with a Stormtrooper belt down the road, or maybe a
Millennium Falcon version with a helmet and training remote. I could see other versions too - and depending on your display needs, they may be super welcome. You'd probably want one for every vehicle or playset if you set your stuff up like that, so even though you just bought a basic Luke, the Deluxe one serves a purpose. As long as I have a use or a function for new versions of the same guy, I can't complain too much. Hasbro did us a solid by changing up the deco on the leg wraps - these ones are dirty, so he isn't identical to the pure white basic carded version.
I really think Hasbro could take this deluxe figure and sell it for $25 on its own to a decent audience of fans. I'd recommend they all just buy the $60 Landspeeder set. A lot of that is probably just an affinity for the first movie and all of its stuff, but this is the very best version of this figure and this vehicle right now. The last new mold we got for a Landspeeder was in 2002. It's a good piece. If this is literally the only
Star Wars ship a fan ever buys, it's a good one, at a good price. It's rare to have an item I'd recommend to a cranky collector or a fresh newbie, but this is it. I don't know why anyone who loves the original trilogy wouldn't buy at least one.
Hasbro would probably have more enthusiasm toward the HasLab Gunship had more people had this in hand first. I'm not saying a ton... but you can pick it up and go "Oh yeah, this is a really good remake."
Landspeeder Notes: The Toys R Us exclusive Saga mold from 2002, repainted and repackaged for Target in The Vintage Collection around 2010, is proportionally and functionally similar. The wheels retract and roll, and they're the same basic shape. The 2010 model has similar colors to 2025, but the 2025 one feels sturdier and has more painted detail. The hood opens (like 1978/1995, not like 2002/2010) and there are lots of fancy painted bits under the hood and on the control console. It's more of a little prop than a toy. There aren't any good places to store the gear, and there are no foot pegs or magnets to secure R2-D2 or C-3PO to the back. But if you just want the very best 3 3/4-inch vehicle on a shelf, and you're not going to play with it, you can't beat this one. All of Hasbro's The Vintage Collection vehicle molds are excellent, getting you something close to a prop replica. The prices are expensive for a kiddo toy, but I think the discerning older fan will get this set and be pleased.
I assume Hasbro could someday do one with die-cast metal parts, magnetic levitation, an actual glass window, and some sort of internal lights. But I don't know that I need a $200 ultra-deluxe movie-quality 1:18 scale prop, when this is plenty good. But there might be a day when there's a squeeze for those last Generation X dollars in a few years.
Collector's Notes: I got mine from Entertainment Earth.
--Adam Pawlus
Day 3,280: October 7, 2025
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