Disneyland’s Best Star Wars Ride Is Now a Very Cool Toy
No matter what we might find at Galaxy’s Edge, Star Tours will always be the ultimate crossover between Disney’s parks and Star Wars. Smugglers Run and Rise of the Resistance may offer higher-tech glitz and glamor, but there’s something about the endless evolution of Disney and Lucasfilm’s first major collaboration at the parks that still has it enduring all these years later. And now, that endurance is being celebrated with maybe one of the coolest toys Disney’s ever made out of its parks offerings.
Announced for next weekend’s D23 event (via Jedi News), today Disney revealed a limited-edition playset of the Starspeeder 3000–in its original colors before it got a makeover for Star Tours: The Adventures Continue. Complete with two 3.75″ scaled figures of R2-D2 and RX-24 (aka Captain Rex before the other Captain Rex) from the “Droid Factory” line Disney sells at the parks, the massive vehicle can actually seat 25 figures inside once you remove the top section of the speeder, in seats that actually include elasticated, clip-in seat belts.
But that’s not all! The Starspeeder 3000 also comes with a wild host of electronic features, including opening doors on either side that play the Star Tours chime, a light-up display stand, as well as light features for the headlights, thrusters, and cannons on the exterior of the ship. Inside meanwhile, the front of the speeder has a 4.75″ LCD screen that can be activated by buttons to play authentic footage from various sequences of the ride itself, as well as phrases from Captain Rex.
At $300, it’s got quite a price tag on it, but honestly, the amount of features and functions the playset has is enough to justify the price, rivaling the scope and scale of some of the lavish vehicles from Hasbro’s HasLab crowdfunding campaigns. Plus, with actual Star Tours footage in it, it’s cheaper than a vacation to a Disney park to grab one and just experience the best Star Wars ride from the comfort of your own home!
Just 3,000 (you see what they did there) Starspeeders will be available when it releases first at D23 on August 9, and then online at the Disney Store starting August 12.
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