Our friends at Jedi Temple Archives are starting a grass roots collector movement to try to rescue the situation many of us are facing at brick and mortar retail with respect to the Vintage Collection.

Click through to see how you can participate.  This comes as interesting timing for us as we’ve had two forum members declare “no mas” when it comes to collecting in part due to this exact issue.

We’ve received word that wave 3 (officially wave 2) otherwise know as the “Malgus wave” may end up being shorted.  Don’t let this be cause for alarm.  No need to succumb to Ebay prices.  At least four of the five figures in the wave appear to be slated for re-release later in the year, so like a pair of Jedi trapped in a ray shield, patience.

Three of the figures (Vader, Hoth Luke and CW Anakin) will be released in the very next case show here at Big Bad Toy Store.

Unfortunately for many of us, the Malgus and Imperial Navy Commander figures are the most in-demand out of the five, and we’ll have to wait a bit longer.  Darth Malgus appears to be slated for the July Grand Moff Tarkin case:

1x 49687 Luke Skywalker (Jedi Origin, Episode VI Deleted Scene)
1x 37508 Darth Vader (Episode IV)
1x 37511 Luke Skywalker (Hoth, Episode V)
1x 37513 Darth Malgus (The Old Republic)
1x 98692 Rebel Pilot Wedge (Episode VI)
1x 98534 Bariss Offee (Episode II)
1x 98536 Bom Vimdin (Episode IV)
1x 37514 Clone Pilot Davijaan (Episode III)
1x 37516 Grand Moff Tarkin (Episode IV)
1x 37517 Nikto Skiff Guard (Episode VI)
1x 37518 Galen Marek (The Force Unleashed II)
1x 37519 Female Bounty Hunter (The Old Republic)

There are rumored fall cases that include the Imperial Navy Commander, so hopefully that will work out as well.

VolkerC, administrator of the German Star Wars site Star Wars Figuren.com (whatever on earth that means), has posted info on what the next three case assortments will contain among other products.  They are waves 2, 2.2 (available for pre-order in the US) and 2.5. The case assortment for wave 2 shows that Hasbro and their retail partners learned NOTHING from the retail quagmire they created from late 2010 on. 

Click through to check out what the man has to say.