Shoretrooper (Andor) — Star Wars The Black Series #AND 03

Overview

The Shoretrooper at #AND 03 is the Andor Mural Collection’s beach-trooper army-builder figure — the sand-armoured Imperial trooper that first appeared in Rogue One on Scarif and that returns in Andor’s first season as part of the Empire’s deployed forces on Niamos and other beach-environment planets. Released mid-November 2022 as a single-boxed Target exclusive. MSRP $27.99 (Target exclusive premium). One accessory: a blaster. Standard 19-joint Phase 4 articulation. The figure is a rework of the 2016 Black Series Shoretrooper (#21 from the Rogue One wave) with a glued-on holster, a different blaster, and a different paint application giving it Andor-specific visual differentiation from the original release.

The 2016 Rework Question

This is a rework of the 2016 Black Series Shoretrooper from the Rogue One Phase 3 release. The base body sculpt is the same — same helmet design, same chest armour, same leg armour, same articulation pattern — with the changes being the additions of a glued-on holster (the 2016 figure had no holster), a different blaster (the included weapon is a different mould than the 2016 figure’s blaster), and a different paint application (the Andor version carries different weathering patterns and slight colour-tone differences from the original).

For collectors who already own the 2016 Shoretrooper and are wondering whether the Andor version is essentially a duplicate: the visual difference is meaningful but not transformative. The two figures display together as the same character class at two different appearances — Scarif Shoretrooper (Rogue One) versus Niamos Shoretrooper (Andor) — with enough differentiation to justify owning both for army-builder configurations or for chronological-display reasons. For collectors who don’t already own the 2016 figure and want a single Shoretrooper, the Andor version is the more recently-tooled and more Andor-Mural-Collection-fitting choice.

The Shoretrooper character class has appeared across multiple Star Wars media since Rogue One — the various Black Series Phase 3 Rogue One releases, the Vintage Collection 3.75-inch versions, the Disney Elite Series die-cast figures — and the Andor figure adds another entry to that lineage. For collectors building Shoretrooper displays specifically, the Andor version is the most recent canonical-design option.

The Glued-On Holster

The figure’s most significant addition over the 2016 version is the glued-on holster. The 2016 Rogue One Shoretrooper didn’t have a holster — the figure carried its blaster permanently in hand or set it aside. The Andor Shoretrooper has the holster sculpted (and glued) onto the figure’s belt, and the included blaster fits very well into it. This is a meaningful improvement for display flexibility — the holster supports the blaster-stowed configuration that the figure can adopt during the standing-on-patrol display, and the blaster can be drawn for the active-combat display.

The fact that the holster is glued rather than sculpted as part of the body suggests that Hasbro applied it as a post-tooling addition rather than re-tooling the entire body for the Andor release. This is the kind of cost-effective design decision that lets Hasbro re-use existing tooling while still providing a meaningfully different figure for the new release.

The Different Blaster

The blaster included with the Andor Shoretrooper is a different mould than the 2016 figure’s blaster. The two weapons read as visually distinct — different stock, different barrel, different scope arrangement — and the Andor blaster fits well into both of the figure’s hands. The weapon supports the screen-accurate Shoretrooper combat poses that the show’s beach-environment sequences depict.

For collectors who are interested in the small distinctions between Imperial trooper weapon variants — the Empire’s standardised weaponry that nonetheless varies subtly across deployment configurations — the Andor blaster is meaningfully different from the Rogue One blaster, and the difference is worth noting. For collectors who treat all Imperial blasters as functionally equivalent, the difference is cosmetic but still adds visual variation to multi-Shoretrooper displays.

The Paint Application and the Front-Heavy Weathering

Hasbro dirtied the Shoretrooper up on the front of the helmet and the armour. The front of the figure carries the kind of dirt-and-grime weathering that signals the character has been operating in a beach-and-sand environment for some time — appropriate to both the Rogue One Scarif setting and the Andor Niamos setting. The weathering reads as authentic deployment wear rather than as random distressing.

The weathering is, however, predominantly front-loaded. The back of the figure has cleaner paint application than the front, which creates the same asymmetry that affects the NED-B Deluxe (#OWK 10) figure from the parallel Obi-Wan Kenobi Mural Collection — figures with significant front-weathering and lighter back-weathering read as inconsistent from certain display angles. For collectors who display from multiple angles or photograph the figure from the rear, the asymmetric weathering becomes more visible. For collectors who face the figure forward in a standard shelf display, the front-weathering is what catches the eye and the back-side cleanliness goes unnoticed.

A more aggressive back-side dust application would have brought the figure to fully consistent paint quality. As shipped, the Andor Shoretrooper looks correctly weathered from the front and slightly under-weathered from the back. Minor critique, but worth flagging for collectors who care about 360-degree paint consistency.

The Non-Removable Ammo Pouch and No Underneath Head

Two specific design choices to note: the ammo pouch on the front of the figure is not removable, and there is no head underneath the helmet. Both are correct decisions for a Shoretrooper figure. The ammo pouch is a defining piece of the trooper silhouette — removing it would undermine the visual identity — and the lack of an unmasked head underneath is consistent with the broader Black Series treatment of generic Imperial trooper classes (no Stormtroopers, Snowtroopers, Death Troopers, Scout Troopers, or Shoretroopers in the line have an unmasked alternate head, and Hasbro has stayed consistent on this design language).

The trade-offs are minimal. Collectors who want a customisable Shoretrooper for kitbashing or for unmasked-trooper displays will look elsewhere. Collectors who want a screen-accurate Shoretrooper that holds its design integrity get exactly that.

Articulation

19 joints. Ball-jointed neck (single joint), lower swivel neck (up-and-down movement, distinct from the standard ball-jointed lower neck — this is the looking-up-and-down articulation specifically), ball-jointed shoulders, ball-jointed elbows, ball-jointed wrists, ball-jointed upper body, ball-jointed hips, swivel thighs, swivel joints above and below the knees, ball-jointed ankles. The double-swivel knee configuration and the up-and-down lower neck swivel are both upgrades over the standard 17-joint Phase 4 baseline, supporting the kneeling-and-bracing combat poses that beach-trooper combat sequences require.

The figure stands well on display without balance issues, which is the test the build needs to pass for a trooper figure that collectors will want to pose in active combat configurations. The Shoretrooper’s specific armour silhouette — the chest panels, the leg armour, the helmet shape — creates some visual mass that less well-balanced figures would struggle with, and the Andor Shoretrooper handles the load cleanly.

The Mural Collection Position

The Shoretrooper sits on the Empire side of the boxed Andor mural display alongside the Imperial Officer (Dark Times) at #AND 02 and the Imperial Officer (Ferrix) at #AND 04 — the three-figure Imperial trooper lineup that anchors the Andor Mural Collection’s Empire roster. For loose display, the Shoretrooper works best in multiples (the army-builder configuration that the character class is designed for) alongside other Shoretrooper figures from across the Black Series line, alongside other Imperial trooper classes for full Imperial military displays, or alongside the various Andor-era Imperial figures for the specific Andor-aesthetic display.

For collectors building Niamos displays specifically — the Andor first-season planet where the Shoretrooper class actually appears within the show’s narrative — the Andor Shoretrooper is the screen-accurate trooper to use. For collectors building Scarif displays, the Rogue One 2016 Shoretrooper is the more screen-accurate option, with the Andor version serving as a secondary multi-trooper population builder.

The Target Exclusive Distribution

The Shoretrooper (Andor) was a Target-exclusive single-boxed release in mid-November 2022. The Target exclusive arrangement meant Target stores and Target.com initial distribution, with periodic restocks through 2023 and into 2024. Secondary market prices have generally tracked at MSRP or slightly above, with the army-builder Shoretrooper-collector niche keeping demand firm.

For collectors looking to buy now, the figure is generally available through eBay, Target restocks, or aftermarket channels at fair prices. Verify the blaster is included and the holster fit is intact. No production variants documented. Worth flagging that the Target-exclusive distribution and the $27.99 MSRP make multi-figure army-builder configurations expensive at scale — five Shoretroopers is $140, ten is $280, which is the same army-builder pricing math that affects the Purge Trooper (#OWK 07) from the parallel Obi-Wan Kenobi Mural Collection.

Our Verdict

The Shoretrooper (Andor) at #AND 03 is the right figure for what it is: a 2016 base-tooling rework with meaningful Andor-era differentiation through the glued-on holster, the different blaster, and the front-weathered paint application. The 19-joint articulation supports the necessary trooper combat poses. The build quality is solid. The Mural Collection packaging completes the boxed display.

The asymmetric front-weathered/back-clean paint is a minor but real critique. The Target-exclusive premium pricing makes army-builder configurations expensive. The 2016 base tooling shows its age in some details — the 2022-and-later trooper releases benefit from more recent tooling improvements — though the base sculpt is still functional and screen-accurate. None of these are deal-breakers for the figure itself.

Buy this figure if you are completing the Andor Mural Collection, if you build Shoretrooper displays and want the Andor-era version in your roster, or if you build Imperial trooper army-builder configurations. The $27.99 MSRP is fair for the rework engineering and the Target-exclusive premium, even if the multi-figure pricing math gets expensive.

The beach trooper that returned for Andor. The 2016 figure with new holster, new blaster, new paint. The figure that adds Andor-era population to the Shoretrooper roster. Buy at least one. Display alongside the Imperial Officer (Dark Times) and the Imperial Officer (Ferrix) for the three-figure Andor Imperial trooper lineup. The Andor Mural Collection’s Empire side reads as a working military operation with the Shoretrooper included.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Phase 4 Andor Mural Collection. Related: Imperial Officer (Dark Times) P4-AND-02 | Imperial Officer (Ferrix) P4-AND-04 | Cassian Andor (Aldhani Mission) P4-AND-01.