Our full gallery from the NYCC Preview Party is up. Check out 60 images of the product that will soon be heading into your collection.
I saw something at Target today that seriously made me wonder about how well Hasbro is managing their business. Not the Star Wars brand, but the business. Click through for my two cents.
Ralph McQuarrie perhaps had no bigger impact on the Star Wars saga than he did with Darth Vader. George Lucas did not plan for Vader to wear a helmet and it was though McQuarrie’s urging that one of the most iconic images and dehumanizing elements of the character was born. For today’s Throwback Review, we look at the figure based on the Concept Darth Vader.
Hasbro is holding their annual Twas The Night Before Comic Con preview night tomorrow evening and Bantha Skull will be there. The indomitable and irrepressible nomadscout will be on the ground, but he will be wearing his favorite proactive head gear as a precaution. Check in tomorrow as we effort to bring and news as soon as we can.
Do you remember those Imperial propaganda posters that made the rounds a few months back? They are featured on a new Jakks Pacific 4-way display hitting Walmart stores. Hmmmm, Jakks Pacific can get figures to the stores in time for the show. Click through for the full sized image.
As mentioned below in the post below, the Rebels TV series is heavily inspired by the art work of Ralph McQuarrie. In honor of that and in anticipation of the series premiere on October 13th, the next week of Throwback Reviews will focus on the 30th Anniversary R. McQuarrie Signature Series figures starting tomorrow.
It’s no secret that the visual style of Star Wars Rebels is directly inspired by the art of Ralph McQuarrie. While Zeb, the concept IG-88 and the concept Snowtrooper helmets in Spark of the Rebellionare fairly overt, did you catch the homage to the Han Solo concept art among the downtrodden in Tarkin Town? Click through for the full sized image.
The Spark of the Rebellion Rebels movie premieres tonight on Disney XD. Despite the fact that the show hasn’t even aired a single episode, Disney XD has ordered a second season according to a press release on the official site.
An ancient fear has returned. Trooper31 from Germany was lucky enough to get his hands on a Rebels Stormtrooper, but a familiar problem with white armor figures appears to have resurfaced.