The Boutros77 dioramas on Flickr have taken the community by storm.  Many of the collecting sites are abuzz with excitement over his excellent workmanship. He let us know that he has set up this contact page where he can be reached if you would like to commission him for a diorama project.

JJ Abrams was asked about the use of 3D for Episode VII among other questions.  While he doesn’t actually answer the question in typical Abrams fashion, he sure seem hint that plastic glasses may be part of the experience.

To kick of your Monday morning, we review the latest Stormtrooper indignity foist onto the collecting community by Hasbro.

The man who taught Palpatine to be such a jerk, Darth Plagueis the Wise, has been immortalized in photos in our archive and undergoes the harsh scrutiny of a Bantha Skull nerd.  See how he fares.

After a LONG hiatus during the holidays we return to what totally normal adult men do in their spare time:  take pictures of toys.  We jump back into the fray with Vizam.  Why?  I WAS DYING TO OPEN THE FIGURE!  It’s been torture having not opened a Star Wars toy in months.

From heroes in white armor to Chewbacca and Boba Fett.  I also appears they are going to start employing a relative scale for the characters.

Thank you to Trooper31 for bringing this to our attention.

New series goes to dark places, embraces 1977 film’s spirit…

You have to check out the amazing custom Star Wars dioramas by Boutros77 on his Flickr page .  I would pay any amount of money to own these.  I would pay Peter Griffin feety pajama money for these.

According to Latino Review, Pixar may be getting its own Star Wars sandbox to play in. From my perspective this seems hugely risky.  It could just as easily weaken the overall brand as it could be something fresh and brilliant.

Forum member Bossk_MR sends photographic proof that wave 3 of the Black Series has reached the northeast.

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Our friends at Jedi Temple Archives have revealed the exciting case assortments for waves 4 and 5 of the Black Series.  It’s not just what’s there that is exciting.  It’s what’s not.

Could Judi Dench be making the transition from “M” to “Mon”?

JJ Abrams discussed Episode VII as the Television Critics Association.  Click the link below to see what he had to say.  The most reassuring tidbit is that the script is complete.

As we get closer to production, it’s important to set expectations on the news that is delivered.  These are just rumors and should only be considering talking points and not things to get your hopes up for. Having said that, I LOVE everything that is being discussed.

A wave 3 revision case has showed up on the web site of a European Hasbro distributor for March delivery.  This horrible case assortment brings more unneeded Biggs and Anakin figures to market while dropping two of the new figures, Merumeru and Windu.  Like David Hasselhoff, lets hope this stays a European problem (but it probably won’t).  If this hits US shores not only will the new figures from wave 4 be delayed, but retail will become an utter log jam.

Thanks to Trooper31 for bringing us this unfortunate news.

Important note:  The jury may still be out on this.  The contents list in the description does not match the image.  I’m inclined to believe the image is correct because the content list matches wave 3 exactly and does not represent a revision.  But we’ll have to monitor this.