Just a reminder that we are getting live updates from inside the Toy Fair presentation on our Live Blog.  The Star Wars presentation hasn’t started yet, but they’re already through My Little Pony and Transformers and currently on Kreo.

Unfortunately I won’t be traveling to New York City today due to winter storm Quintus.  But don’t fear.  We will still be represented at the event by “nomadscout” who has covered Toy Fair every year since Bantha Skull’s inception.  He will be keeping you up to date in real time via our Toy Fair Live Blog.  Mother nature has foiled our plans for team coverage, but will still try to get you the information as soon as possible.

It’s back to the 6” scale for a review and 21 photos of the Black Series Princess Leia (Slave Outfit) figure.

For your reading and viewing pleasure, check out our review and full gallery of TBS6 #05 - Princess Leia (Slave Outfit)

We are pleased to announce that we will be live blogging from Hasbro’s Pre-Toy Fair presentation tomorrow.  We will be able to keep you up to date with the latest pics and news from the event in real time.  We have added a temporary menu link to the blog.  See it up there? Starting at 1 PM EST tomorrow, keep refreshing the live blog page for the latest news and pics.

USA Today has revealed the upcoming Karan figure in advance of Toy Fair.  Continuing Hasbro’s trend of copying Mattel and their hugely successfully minimally articulated Green Lantern and Superman figures, the figure sports 5 points of articulation.

We’re finally caught up on the Black Series.  Well the 3.75” scale line anyway.  To conclude wave 3, here’s Mace Windu as he appeared in the Clone Wars.

Freddie Prinz Jr. voices the character of Kanan

The site Hit Flix is reporting that Star Wars Episode VII will shoot from May through September and that the principal casting is complete.  The fact that principal casting is complete is a bit of a surprise since no confirmations have been made directly by the production team.

There is an amazing 123 piece Vintage Collection lot up for auction which includes many (if not all) wave 1 and 2 figures as well as other hard to find items such as Ponda Baba and the Echo Base Trooper.

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Chief Executive Brian Goldner called 2013 “a nonmovie year” when explaining a dip in boys’ lines sales, and is banking on 2014 movie properties to right the ship.

The Scum & Villainy blog highlights some unused Jabba the Hutt concepts.

Based on Chris’s review of the Vintage Republic Gunship, I visited a TRU yesterday to pick one up at the more-than-fair and already reduced price of $99.  But I didn’t buy it because the lines were too long.  But what a glorious day today is.  Did you see the TRU flyer for this week?  Some good deals there!  30% off Star Wars.  I went online and picked up the exclusive Gunship for $69.99 as well as the X-Wing for $41.99.  With free shipping, this all came out to less than the original price of the gunship alone.

Hasbro, take note.  Interesting Original Trilogy figures still have legs in this line.  Wave 3 consists of five figures.  The All Star of the wave is Darth Plagueis which has long since sold out.  The remaining four figures are three PT characters and one OT background alien.  Despite the PT characters including a hero, a clone and a Wookiee, the next figure after Plagueis to sell out on Hasbro Toy Shop is the OT alien, Vizam.  Again, Hasbro take note.  Huzzah!

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