We take a pause from our normal Star Wars feed to bring you this public service announcement:
One of the most anticipated figures of the year, the Emperor’s Royal Guard lands in our photo archive. Click through to check it out.
We’re leading off with Weequay from the final Vintage Colllection wave for selfish reasons (see the review). Click through to check out this LONG overdue update.
I owe my friend Paul from Jedi Temple Archives a debt of gratitude. He reported that fiVe BELoW stores were resetting with a wheelbarrow display filled with wave 3 and 6 of the vintage collection. A slightly out of the way trek to my nearest fiVe BELoW store paid dividend. I did not find wave 3, so no cheap Gamorrean Guards, but I did find wave 6 and was able to fill in some gaps in my carded collection I never thought I’d fill.
One such hole in my cared collection is the 212th Battalion Clone. I never added that figure to my personal mix because of the disgustingly green discolored helmets. The one I found today was a pristine white. This other report from Jedi Temple Archives explains why the helmet was not defective. TRUST ME. You want to click through and read that. It’s borderline shocking in a good way.
Today, we’re not striking at Hasbro for a change. YOU may be in our cross-hairs. If all you see is doom and gloom in the Disney purchase of Lucasfilm, you might not want to
Bringing the story of the Toys R Us SOTDS vehicle 2-packs full circle, starwarscollector.com has photographic proof of the Anakin Starfighter / Mandalorian Shuttle 2-pack. Click through for confirmation.
Update: Our friends at both Jedi Temple Archives and Yakface are reporting that the ultra rare MANDALORIAN SHUTTLE is being found in these value packs!
Some of the later (and scarcer) Shadows of the Dark Side vehicles are showing up at Toys R Us as part of a specially priced 2-pack. There are three 2-packs per case and are priced at $39.99. The 2-pack tandems I saw were:
I don’t know if these are the only combinations to be found or if the contents will vary from case to case. Click the thumbnails below for a larger view:
Bring on the Barge! We have partnered with several other fan sites to solicit support for a 3-3/4? scale Jabba’s Sail Barge Vehicle/Playset. Hasbro has shown interest in building such a vehicle but we need to let them know WE WANT IT by gathering as many signatures as possible and presenting them to the Star Wars brand team at Toy Fair. Head on over to show your support by signing the petition and thanks to all of our colleagues for working together in this collaborative effort.
* above images is an artist’s concept from Michel at www.mintinbox.net
Entertainment Earth has the online only wave 16 IN STOCK. Click through to get the best wave of the year.
Thanks to our moderator, Darth Dre, for posting this info.
Again, if you’re in our target demo, these aren’t for you. But if you want to see the newer smaller scaled mid-sized vehicles, click through to sandtroopers.com for your hookup.
Almost every hard to find 2012 single figure is available to pre-order on Hasbro Toy Shop right now. So click through to get your order in.
Of course, but the time I checked, the Imperial Navy Commander was already out of stock. For my response to having missed the Imperial Navy Commander once again you’ll have to…