Sometimes it feels like everyone within the rebellion is either a General or an Admiral, but low and behold here comes a colonel. Click through to check out Colonel Cracken from the Lost Rebels deleted scene (although I believe he can be seen in the background of the Falcon cockpit of the movie).
According to his Facebook page, Ralph McQuarrie, the visionary artist behind so much of the look of our beloved saga, has passed away at the age of 82. May you rest in peace, Mr. McQuarrie. Our thoughts go out to his family.
The last figure we need to complete the sandstorm deleted scene is Lando Calrissian. And with the 89th numbered Vintage Collection figure, it is delivered. Check it out.
This is one of two figures that we needed to complete the deleted sandstorm scene (yet we still don’t have a completed prisoner skiff grrr). Click through to check out Princess Leia (Sandstorm Outfit).
Most waves have that one must have figure. For the Deleted Scene wave, is that Luke Skywalker (Lightsaber Construction)? You’ll have to click through and make that call for yourself.
We finally have our hands on the deleted scene wave. In a sign of the times, click through to our Facebook gallery to take a look.
The Walmart exclusive Discover the Force subset includes two battle packs. The Royal Starship Droids is one of them. Check it out.
Scoop master supreme, volkerc, has the slide from the Toy Fair presentation that has all our interest piqued. In a departure from the recent pattern, Hasbro announced that the Naboo and Bespin battle packs would contain newly tooled figures. What’s more, they supposedly contained the best versions of Vader, Fett and Maul. Click through to see if there’s any truth to that statement (there isn’t). Collectors clearly are not the target for these items.
We did Class I. Now it’s time for Class II Attack Vehicles. Check out the newly retooled Armored Assault Tank (AAT).
Hot damn. Entertainment Earth has the Deleted Scene wave in stock RIGHT NOW! Click through to get yours.
Update: We have some info on this from Facebook that you’ll see on the click through.
I was bored and did a little DPCI checking at the Target scanner at lunch today. If you want to see what I found out…
The site One Per Case reports finding the Deleted Scene wave at a Target store in Northern California. Click through to check it out. The early appearance gives me hope that for once a media event launch wave won’t be over shipped.
Update: Also reported by Yakface.com
Check out this interesting yet unsubstantiated rumor from Twitter about when AOTC 3D could arrive in theaters.
And now it’s time for some love for the Class I Fleet Vehicles. This one has been out there a few times, but check out the Single Trooper Aerial Platform (STAP),
You may have already bought this figure on 2006, but click through to find out why you might want to buy the Discover the Force version of the Tusken Raider.
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