Even though my local Toys R Us completed their reset, it seems they’re still tweaking as we get closer to the Rebels release.

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We continue our Throwback Review Vader Week with 1999’s Flashback Darth Vader with Lightsaber.  Somehow the inclusion of the lighsaber was worth marketing on the package.  This is Hasbro’s follow up to 1998’s removable helmet Darth Vader and you know what they say.  The sequel is never as good as the original.

For your reading and viewing pleasure, check out our review and full gallery of POTF2 Flashback - Darth Vader with Lightsaber

Well, after seeing the report by our friends over at JTA and Yakface about vehicle two packs showing up at retailers like Ollies and Kmart, I decided to take a swing by my local Big K after work and test my luck. As you can see in the picture below…

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I frequently check completed auctions on Ebay to see if anything is starting to creep up in value.  Due to its limited release and on-line only availability, the Vintage Collection Emperor’s Royal Guard has always fetched a premium, but when an Emperor's Royal Guard recently sold for $85, I was shocked.  Admittedly the final prices are typically in the mid $50 range, but this recent auction could start pushing the value.  Time to get this figure back on the market, Hasbro.

Site sponsor Big Bad Toy Store has the latest Rebels Saga Legends figures available for pre-order for October delivery.  The one month window between pre-order and fulfillment is vaguely reminiscent of life during the tail end of the Legacy Collection.

We’re going to make this week of Throwback Reviews a Vader Week.  If the Discovery Channel can do Shark Week, we can do this where we look back on five Vader (or Vader related) figures.  We kick off the festivities with a landmark figure that has not aged well.  I give you 1998’s Freeze Frame Darth Vader with Removable Helmet.

For your reading and viewing pleasure, check out our review and full gallery of POTF2 Freeze Frame - Darth Vader (Removable Helmet)

The POTF ‘85 Yak Face figure was already a legendary collector piece when the modern line launched in 1995.  Two years later when it’s ONLY modern counterpart arrived on the scene, it was greeted with the Price Is Right fail horns.  We examine this unfortunate plastic effigy for today’s Throwback Review.

For your reading and viewing pleasure, check out our review and full gallery of POTF2 - Saelt-Marae (Yak Face)

Julian57 from our forums posed a simple question.  How easily can the unfortunate head of the just released 6” Death Star II Luke be swapped with the head of the previously released Bespin fatigues Luke Skywalker?  Click through for the results.  It makes a world of difference.

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As the new Black Series 6” Sandtrooper Sergeant eludes me, we are forced to look at a figure from days gone by.  For today’s Throwback Review we consider 2006’s Saga Collection Princess Leia in Boushh disguise.

Please not that all credit for this photo goes to Rebelscum forum member BobaFrank82.  I have only copied it here for the purpose of annotation.  As an incentive to click through to his post, I can tell you that his post also includes a picture of the outside of the case.  What his picture shows is that 3 of the 8 figures in Walgreens cases are the Prototype Armor Boba Fett.  It’s the only figure at three per case.  Click through for the full sized image.

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If you get the nonsensical title of this post, you are certifiably insane (or watch too much Family Guy).  Moving along, I have 100% confirmation that the Walgreen’s stores throughout my area are receiving TWO 6” Black Series figures per shipment despite living in the third most densely populated state in the union.  When I see this post by our friends at Jedi Temple Archives it just makes me wonder how on earth the distribution decisions are made.  Trust me when I say the tease thumbnail below is just the tip of the iceberg.

Rebelscum has posted pics of a couple Disney Store “figure” sets (not to be confused with the Hasbro action figure line).  Since the community now hates articulation and quality, this should be a huge hit.