Boy. We can’t beg Hasbro to do running head swaps on army builders, but here they do one in the same wave. Click on through to check out the Naboo Pilot also know as Ric Olié with a different head and a slightly different helmet.
Forum member (and Banthaskull banner creator), streams, informs us of a potential variation to the currently shipping Discover the Force Mawhonic figure. He describes a communicator device below the figure’s left ear. It’s hard to say, but at first blush I would chalk up to an overspray factor error. However, there are two things arguing against that. First, there is no silver paint on the Mawhonic figure from which an overspray could result. Second, this appears to be a two tone paint app. Sufficed to say, the jury is out. Click the thumbnail below and you decide.
My camera battery is recharged, so the photos may continue. Click through to check out some images of Ric Olié, the man who piloted the chromed SR-71 in Episode I.
Now is the time on sprockets when we race some pod. The diminutive Gran pod racer has been added to our archive. Click here to take a look.
Next up is a key army builder from the Battle of Naboo. Click through to check out the Gungan Warrior.
Update: Special thanks to Sean from Facebook for identifying the staff as a Cesta.
He was the last astromech to get blasted off the Queen’s Royal Starship before R2-D2 managed to save the day. Click through to check out G8-R3.
We finally get the ball rolling with the Walmart exclusive Discover the Force line. Click through to check out the inaugural figure, Aurra Sing.
The funky drummer’s drummin’. No? Okay moving on.
A sign that our wallets are about to take another hit soon, the deleted scene wave (wave 11 or wave 1.5 depending on your accounting system) has appeared on Ebay. West Coasters keep your eyes peeled. Update: Our friends at Yakface have reported the same, only a day earlier than us.
With a new movie coming to theaters every year, the packaging is going to change rapidly. Click through to take a look at the packaging theme for 2013.
The presentation is underway, but as this is not an exclusively Star Wars event, they have several lines to show. Star Wars hasn’t come up yet. We’ll let you know when it does with a presentation play by play.
Update: They’ve been on Transformers for over 20 minutes now.
We usually like to give you a little more lead time, but we’ve been either celebrating or crying over the last Super Bowl. Anyway, our coverage should start kicking off around 1 PM EST with attempts at live coverage of the presentation to images of the showroom later. Keep checking in.
Most of us hoped that the “S” in the new $9.99 MSRP for the Vintage Collection would be taken very literally and remain just a suggestion. Unfortunately, I was surprised to see it come through on a local Target scanner this weekend. Click the thumbnail below to see for yourself.
Click through for your chance to pre-order what Big Bad Toy Store is calling Wave 1.5. The wave consists of the 5 deleted scene figures and 7 carry forward figures from the launch wave. Special thanks to forum member Darth Mire for point out that this assortment has hit e-tail.
Thanks to forum member DarthChuckMC for pointing out that Volkswagon returns to the Imperial March for it’s Super Bowl ad.