The good dudes over at Jedi Temple Archives have announced that wave 2 (3rd wave of 2012) has hit the Philippines meaning it won’t be too long before it starts showing up on US shores.  They even have a preview pic of the wave carded, so head on over to check it out.

This news is personally bitter sweet to me.  Between left over wave 1 Phantom Menace figures and a glut of AOTC wave returns from the $5 sales at discount stores, my local Target stores don’t have a lot of peg room for the only 5 new figures in this case.  Plus the moronic case assortment carries forward seven totally unnecessary wave 1 figures which will only further gum up the retail pipeline.

Hasbro, honestly did you learn NOTHING from 2011?  Start up your Q&A’s again so you can be held accountable for this.  Would combing wave 1.5 and 2 into a single case assortment so we could have 10 new figures to 2 carry forwards have made too much sense?  This really is pathetic on your part.  STOP STICKING STORES WITH MORE INVENTORY THEY CAN’T SELL THROUGH ALREADY JUST SO THEY CAN GET 5 FIGURES THAT WILL SELL OUT IN UNDER THE FIRST 30 MINUTES OF BEING PLACED ON THE PEGS.

Itching to see carded pics of Grand Moff Tarking, the Nikto Skiff Guard, Galen Marek and the debut figure of Shae Vizla?  Well head on over to Sandtroopers.com to check them out.  Considering Hasbro is forging forward with asinine case assortments, this may be your only chance at seeing them.

POTF2.com has pics of the heretofore unannounced Yavin Pilots and Ewok multi-packs.  Click over to give them a look.

He does it again.  Volkerc of Star Wars Figuren has another scoop for you too peep.  Here is the first ever carded pic (to my knowledge) of Odd Ball.  Mesa like.  Click on over to check it out.

Big Bad Toy Store has waves 2 (Luke Hoth / Malgus), 2.2 (Dr. Evazan / Aayla Secura) and 2.5 (mixed wave with hard to find 2010/11 revisits - Gamorrean Guard) available for pre-order.  Head on over to reserve yours.  This has been a rough go a retail for many of us, so why risk it? Guarantee yourself a shot at these awesome figures.

No Telling if this is permanent or a temporary price drop, but it’s good to see that Marshall Lucky has declared war on high prices.  Vintage Collection figures have returned to their former price of $8.99 still under the 1351 DPCI. Thank the maker.

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.

The boys over at Sandroopers.com have a sneak peak of the upcoming (and all new) Naboo Star Fighter.  Head on over to take a look.

Special thanks to forum member frankthedamned for pointing this out in the forums.

This is the fifth current standard A-Wing pilot we’ve received.  This time Hasbro changes up the script a bit by giving us a non-human species, but there are other subtle changes as well.  For those you have to click through and check out the Mon Calamari Rebel Pilot.

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.