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Rogue One AT-ACT Bookends Defend Your Library

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Being a child of the ’80s, I had a fully-decorated Star Wars bedroom for much of my youth. I was well known for buying cereal for the toys and joining book clubs just for the gifts and prizes. This is how I came by my Disney bookends that looked like Snow White’s castle. I’d have joined any book club out there that gave me an awesome Star Wars bookend set like this one.

This particular set of bookends is based on one of the AT-ACT walkers stomping down the beach in Rogue One. The AT-ACT is a larger version of the AT-AT we all know and love from Hoth. I wonder if the AT-ACT is as prone to death by tow cable as the AT-AT.

The set is available for pre-order for $239.99(USD) from Entertainment Earth, and is expected to ship starting in January 2018.

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Colin Furze Builds 18-Foot Star Wars AT-ACT Playhouse

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A giant tall imperial walker playhouse is every kid’s dream. Well, Colin Furze is making dreams come true, because he built one in his backyard for his kids.

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This 18 foot-tall walker was built to scale using an AT-ACT toy from Rogue One for reference. An AT-ACT is just like an AT-AT except that it means extra toy money for Hasbro. Its head is a bit different and it has a cargo compartment in its body. The playhouse has a retractable, electric-powered staircase, and an interior full of Star Wars toys and memorabilia.

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It towers over some of his neighbor’s houses and looks like it is about to start destroying things. I love the aerial shots of this thing in Colin’s video:

Obviously, it really rocks to have a mad scientist dad like Colin Furze. I’m not sure that his neighbors would agree though.

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[Screenrant] via [Geekologie]

Hasbro Rogue One AT-ACT Toy Walks and Shoots!

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Every Christmas growing up I asked for that old giant Kenner AT-AT toy. I never got one because I think my parents secretly hated me. I would end up with things like the Ewok Village Playset and other items instead. The most likely reason my AT-AT dreams never came true was that my parents waited too long and they were sold out.

Every time I played with that AT-AT at a friends house we always talked about how awesome it would be if it could actually walk. Fast forward a few decades and that ’80s dream has come true with the Star Wars Rogue One Rapid Fire Imperial AT-ACT vehicle. It’s not exactly an AT-AT, but it’s close enough.

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The walking action is controlled via a smartphone app, and it also moves its head side to side and makes authentic movie sounds. It comes with projectiles that actually fire, a removeable cargo bay, and comes with three 3-3/4″ action figures that are exclusive to the toy: R2-B5, Jyn Erso, and an Imperial AT-ACT driver. You can check out a video demo of the walker strutting its stuff below:

 

The toy is expected to ship starting in December 2016 for $299.99(USD). That is expensive, but dreams always are. You can pre-order yours now over at Entertainment Earth.