The new face of the Sandtroopers ...

It's certain eBay that we can already find for sale this Sandtrooper from the 2012 range and which comes from the set 9490 Droid Escape.

We discover a little more the silkscreen printing of the sand on the outfit of this soldier stationed on Tatooine. But what turns out to be even more interesting is the character's head. No more black head without serigraphy, here is a new version which goes much better with the body with the very heavy serigraphy of the minifig.

From memory, we have not seen a Sandtrooper or Stormtrooper without his helmet in the Star Wars saga and we can wonder if this serigraphy on the face is ultimately very useful. But it remains interesting because it will allow the use of this face on other custom minifigs for example.

We will be entitled to two of these minifigs in the set 9490 Droid Escape and this new visual comforts me in the idea that it will be one of the best sets of this first wave 2012. 

We also find on eBay the minifig of C-3PO from the same set. We already know her well, but this photo confirms an impression we all had so far: C-3PO's eyes are well screen-printed.