Han Solo (Hoth) & TaunTaun — Star Wars The Black Series

Overview

The Han Solo (Hoth) & TaunTaun is a 2015 Black Series deluxe set released in the Phase 2 Blue Line era at $39.99 with wide retail availability. It pairs Han Solo in his iconic The Empire Strikes Back Hoth survival gear with a fully articulated TaunTaun — one of the few creature-scale releases in the Black Series 6” programme. Both figures are sculpted and painted with plenty of detail. The source documentation’s verdict is direct: this is a beautiful set that should be part of anybody’s 6-inch Star Wars collection.

Note: Hasbro updated Han Solo Hoth in 2021 with a brown coat and photo-real face printing technology as a separate standalone release. This 2015 blue-line set uses the original sculpt and paint application.

Han Solo in Hoth Gear

Han is in his Hoth survival configuration — the white parka, goggles, and cold-weather kit from the Hoth sequence in The Empire Strikes Back.

19 joints. Ball-jointed top neck, swivel neck, ball-jointed shoulders, elbows, and wrists, swivel forearms, ball-jointed waist, ball-jointed hips, swivel thighs, swivel joints above and below both knees, ball-jointed ankles. Above-baseline through swivel forearms.

Seven accessories:

Plastic hood — removable by pulling it over the head. The hat underneath is permanently attached to Han’s head. The hood leaves enough room for Han to wear the goggles and hood simultaneously — an important compatibility detail for the canonical fully-geared Hoth display configuration.

Blaster — fits well in each hand and sits cleanly in the holster.

Removable belt — the comlink is sculpted onto the belt and not removable separately. The belt opens at the back and can be taken off the figure entirely.

Binoculars — the figure is unable to hold the binoculars properly in a two-hand grip, but they can be hung over the shoulder for display.

Goggles — fit very, very tightly over Han’s head. Removal and replacement requires patience. Once on they stay on securely.

Han has two peg holes in the bottom of each foot — one front, one back — allowing the figure to be secured into the saddle’s foot rests. The legs are just not quite long enough to touch down onto both foot rests properly, but with patience the saddle configuration can be made to look good.

The TaunTaun

The TaunTaun is an impressive creature-scale piece for the 6” Black Series format — appropriately sized to carry a 6” figure and detailed throughout.

7 points of articulation: ball-jointed neck, 2 swivel arms, 2 swivel legs, 2 ball-jointed ankles. Limited but functional articulation that supports stable display in the canonical standing configuration.

The saddle and harness are separate accessories that can be unplugged from the TaunTaun — allowing display with or without tack. The saddle has foot-rest pegs that align with the holes in Han’s boot soles for a mounted display configuration.

The Hoth Context

The set recreates one of The Empire Strikes Back’s most memorable survival moments — Han Solo using his TaunTaun’s body heat to keep the hypothermic Luke Skywalker alive on the Hoth surface. The packaging text captures it directly: “When Han’s tauntaun dies of exposure, he uses the beast’s body to keep the badly wounded Luke Skywalker from freezing to death until the pair can be rescued.” For collectors building Hoth displays, this is the foundational creature-scale set that establishes the outdoor surface environment.

Secondary Market

Wide retail release, 2015, Phase 2 Blue Line packaging. No longer at retail — available on the secondary market. The 2021 update (Han Solo Hoth standalone with photo-real face and brown coat) is a separate release. Verify all seven accessories: hood, blaster, belt, binoculars, goggles, saddle, and harness. The goggles and binoculars are the most easily separated small components.

Verdict

Han Solo (Hoth) & TaunTaun is exactly what a Black Series deluxe creature set should be — a beautifully sculpted pairing of a well-equipped figure and a properly sized creature, with the engineering details (removable belt, pluggable saddle, dual boot pegs) that make the mounted display configuration functional rather than just decorative. The goggles are extremely tight, the legs don’t quite reach the foot rests perfectly, and the binoculars can’t be held in a shooting pose — three minor notes on an otherwise excellent set.

If you’re building a Hoth display, this is the centrepiece. If you collect Black Series deluxe creature releases, this is the benchmark the programme set in 2015.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Phase 2 Blue Line. Related: Han Solo (Hoth) — 2021 Photo-Real Update | Luke Skywalker (Snowspeeder) P4-ESB-02 | Rebel Trooper (Hoth) P4-ESB-03.