The Star Tours sub line was seen in various iterations for about a ten year period or so starting with POTJ and seeing it’s final releases during the TVC 1.0 run that ended in 2012.  Starting out as single “basic” figures of various droids that appeared in the Star Tours them rides at Disney Parks, they eventually evolved into multi-pack.  Generally, the characters depicted are not from the films, but occasionally a familiar face can be seen.  Sometimes the characters are all new (like many of the droids), and other times Disney re-used familiar aliens or characters, but with a twist.  This pack seems to have them all.

The Signal Droid is exclusive to this set.  It’s got a clear plastic stand to give it a pretty neat hovering effect.  The shoulders, elbows, and hands are articulated (swivel) to allow the droid to perform various…signaling…moves with the attached glow sticks.  The design reminds me of the robot, Maximilian, from The Black Hole - possibly not a coincidence given the Disney ties.  Still, it’s a completely unique design in the Star Wars universe, and probably would fit in nicely as a background droid in a hangar somewhere.  For a few years this was the only “airport lineman” figure in the entire line, until Jyn Erso in disguise came along in 2016, cutting in on the Signal Droid’s action, and immediately increasing the lineman population by 100%.  Also of interest, I never realized until researching this that the droid appears to be nearly identical to the ones seen on screen during Attack of the Clones that are replacing the broken window of Senator Amidala’s apartment on Coruscant. 

Aly San San is a WA-7 waitress droid, the same model as the one found in Dexter’s Diner during Attack of the Clones.  Hasbro re-used the figure, but ditched the food tray accessory.  The figure is a repaint, so it maintains the peg on the right hand that originally plugged into the aforementioned food tray.  There’s a double jointed neck, and articulation at the shoulders, elbows and waist, while also including a working uni-wheel.  Like the AOTC figure, it cannot stay upright unassisted.  Hasbro eliminated the Dexter’s Diner-specific stand from the first figure, and added a second clear stand - the same as the one used for the Signal Droid.  The stand is a nice design, as it works perfectly with both droids, even though they are completely different in size and shape.  In researching this, I learned from Wookieepedia that the droid’s name was suggested by George Lucas to honor the voice actor of the Star Tours character, Allison Janney.  Aly San San was re-canonized because the droid was re-used for the new Galaxy’s Edge theme park.

ACE-38 was an AC series pilot droid.  This design and the figure are unique to this set.  He reminds me a bit of the Jedi Library droids from AOTC, but is generally pretty distinctive in appearance.  The shoulders, elbows, hips, knees, and head are articulated.  As I was posing it for the gallery, I discovered it’s got quite a nice center of balance, and can achieve a few strange poses.  In the old canon, ACE-38 was supposed to pilot the Starspeeder 1000, but for some reason that I don’t care about was replaced by C-3PO.  Notably, Patrick Warburton was originally going to provide the voice, but was recast.  In the new canon, the AC series droids exist as they were mentioned in the reference book “Star Wars: Droidography”, a strange book written from the perspective of a LEGO Battle Droid.  (Wookieepedia is a rabbit hole, I tells ya.)

C-3PO is a protocol dr….Oh, c’mon.  You know who C-3PO is, you silly people.  The figure is a straight repack of the TSC 042 version, which itself was repacked numerous times in the line.  It’s a very good vac-metalized Threepio that can sit.  When it came out it was one of my very favorite figure.  By some measures, it may still be considered one of the best C-3PO’s ever released.  The VC06 See-Threepio has grown on me (and Hasbro has definitely doubled- and tripled-down on that mold), but the vac metal keeps this one relevant.  Count me as a fan.  I probably have 5 or 6 of them in my collection.

The Luggage Attendant is an Utai, and is a repaint of the figure that was released in The Legacy Collection (Red) as BD41.  It’s very well articulated (It’s a 2009 figure, after all), with ball joints at the head, shoulders, elbows, knees, and ankles, and swivels at the forearms and hips.  This time around, instead of the Varactyl prod, he’s got a couple of Samonite luggage pieces.  They open to reveal…nothing inside, but still, they’re nice fodder for dioramas.  A very good figure.

All in all, these figures work together to form some kind of airport crew.  A lineman, a waitress, a pilot, a “replacement” pilot, and a baggage handler.  It satisfies all your Star Wars airport needs.  All of them can fit nicely in the background of a diorama, except for C-3PO.  He’s a star, dammit!