Elite Snowtrooper (Collector Mystery Box) — Star Wars The Black Series
The Black Series Elite Snowtrooper (Collector Mystery Box) — Target Triple Force Friday October 2019. $39.99. Slight repaint of FO Snowtrooper with differently coloured chest/backpack buttons and greeblies. 19 joints. Thick premium soft-goods robe (tied with string, slightly long). Backpack plugs firmly. Mystery Box extras: First Order pin, Sith-logo wool hat, Star Wars: Allegiance #1 exclusive cover. Box useful for storage.
Overview
The Elite Snowtrooper (Collector Mystery Box) is a Target Triple Force Friday exclusive released October 4th, 2019, at $39.99 — the same figure as the standard Elite Snowtrooper (id=23643) released in December 2019, but packaged in a collectible Collector Mystery Box with bonus items. The Snowtrooper itself is a slight repaint of the basic First Order Snowtrooper (id=3659), with differently coloured buttons and greeblies on the chest box and backpack. 19 joints — ball-jointed dual-axis neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, upper body, hips, swivel thighs, swivel joints above and below knees, ball-jointed ankles.
The Figure and Robe
The figure came with a blaster, a backpack (plugs firmly into the back hole), and a soft-goods robe. The robe feels thick and premium — a significant quality step above the thin soft-goods seen on other figures in the programme. It’s tied around the trooper via a string. The robe is a bit too long and needs patience to adjust it to hang down realistically. The kama around the waist is soft plastic and can be pulled off.
The trooper can hold the blaster tightly in each hand and is capable of a two-hand grip configuration. No head under the helmet.
The Mystery Box Extras
Three bonus items specific to this release: a First Order pin (collector’s enamel pin), a wool hat with the Sith trooper logo on it, and issue #1 of the Star Wars: Allegiance comic book with an exclusive cover not available with the regular edition. The Mystery Box itself has a First Order Snowtrooper design and makes for decent storage for unused Black Series accessories or display-resting figures.
The Ralph McQuarrie Connection
The source documentation notes this trooper design was inspired by Ralph McQuarrie concept art, and that Hasbro did a fantastic job translating the look and aesthetics into the figure. The design’s McQuarrie lineage gives it a visual distinctiveness that standard trooper variants lack.
Secondary Market
Target, Triple Force Friday 2019. Figure accessories: blaster, robe, backpack. Mystery Box extras: First Order pin, wool hat, comic book with exclusive cover. For full value, confirm all three bonus items are present.
Verdict
Elite Snowtrooper (Mystery Box) earns its $39.99 price through the combination of a premium-robe figure and a genuine collectible bonus set — the pin, hat, and exclusive-cover comic add tangible collector value beyond the figure itself. The robe quality is genuinely good. Worth having the Mystery Box version over the December single-boxed release if the extras matter to you.
Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Phase 3 Red Line. Related: Elite Snowtrooper Single-Boxed P3-EX-TARGET-SNOW | Commander Fox P3-EX-FOX.