We have just received our first store report of the Rebels branded Saga Legends and Mission Series hitting a Target store in central Massachusetts.  Click through for the full sized image.

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I hated this figure when it was released in 2007.  They say time heals all wounds.  They be wrong.  I still hate the 30th Anniversary Collection Clone Trooper in Training Fatigues and today’s Throwback Review explains why.

Well, after around a week of being listed as “coming soon”, some of the newer carded Black Series figures like Galen Marek and Darth Malgus, as well as some newer 6” figures like Chewbacca and the Sandtrooper are up at hasbrotoyshop.com.
Get ‘em before they’re gone. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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This source of this 7th Legion Clone Trooper is so obscure that Hasbro didn’t even bother giving it a specific write up on the card back.  Instead they went with generic text about Clone Troopers in general, but that obscurity does not prevent our scrutiny in today’s Throwback Review.

Every single line should have a Stormtrooper available at some point.  That’s just an undeniable fact.  Unfortunately for the 30th Anniversary Collection, Hasbro took an aspect of the VOTC Stormtrooper that wasn’t broke and kept fixing it until it was for this Imperial Stormtrooper release.

While the web is awash (including here on Bantha Skull) with reports of new 3.75” Black Series and Rebels figures hitting en masse. I once again draw the booby prize.  My trip to Toys R Us uncovered super shampoo bottles.

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With five figures listed as Darth Vader on the card, you could argue that the 30th Anniversary Collection was Vader-palooza even though one of those Vaders was pre-armor.  The most basic armored version is this Episode IV take on the character and it proves that even core Vader figures are good.

Pictures are starting to come in of the new Black Series cards showing up at retail.
Forum member Darth Mire was kind enough to share this pic of the new Black Series cards littering the pegs at his local Toys R Us. Another forum member, RogueLeader also…

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We’re back to the 2007 line today with the Throwback Review of the General McQuarrie figure.  This figure is based on a cameo appearance by Ralph McQuarrie in The Empire Strikes back and despite lacking articulation, I argue this figure is a must own.

I apologize for the lateness of this review, but I couldn’t find the stand that went with the figure and hate to wait until my lunch break to look for it (ah the benefits of working from home).  Without further delay, here’s today’s Throwback Review of 2008’s Battle Damaged Darth Vader from The Force Unleashed.

It’s a wrap folks…but that’s not all.  We have an official title for Episode VII.

The Force Awakens

Not a bad title, but at least it’s not Attack of the Clones.

This is the figure I wanted to review yesterday, but I need to spread out the cool figures.  Despite being a much more interesting character than Po Nudo, this is not a great figure.  Today’s Throwback Review is for 2008’s Emperor’s Shadow Guard.

This has to be the most boring figure Hasbro has ever released.  I could have completed the review by only using the “Z” key on my keyboard. If I don’t sprinkle these figures in a long the way, the end of our coverage of the 30th Anniversary Collection would be several consecutive days of stinkers, so here’s the Throwback Review of Po Nudo.

We have just received word that the solid cases of the wave 5 Jabba’s Skiff Guard (Brock Starsher) figure have been canceled by the manufacturer.  This is bad news as the figure is already hard to get at one per case and now future availability is in question.  We assume the solid cases of Ree-Yees will soon succumb to the same fate.  There is always the potential that Hasbro could re-introduce these excellent figures in the phase 2 packaging, but for right now, it appears chances to own this figure are shrinking.

Well miracles shall never cease.  This particular store has not stocked any 3.75” Black Series product since wave one over a year ago.  They instead chose to let dusty Discover the Force figures occupy the pegs and then ligthsabers which didn’t have enough room.  I was pleasantly surprised to see Ree-Yees and (not) Brock Starsher on the pegs this morning.  Click through for the full sized image.

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