This is a sad day for us here at Bantha Skull. Legendary comic George Carlin has died at the age of 71 of heart failure. His comic styling went through many changes in his career, from clean cut and clean spoken, to the pony tailed, filthy mouthed old bastard he became, and we all loved. I myself only got to see him live once, but it was a show I will never for get. We bow our heads today for him, and his family.
Come pay your respects with us in our forums.
Click the link above for Hasbro’s latest responses to our questions….
(Bantha Skull Hasbro Q&A Week 1)
Several Bantha Skull forum members have spotted the Wal*Mart exclusive packs this week. I managed to pick up all 6 Droid Factory packs as well as the 3 Comic Packs yesterday at a Wal*Mart in New York. The hunt is back on!
Think you can skip the upcoming Legacy Collection A-Wing? Think again. Click through to see what is new for the fastest starfighter in existence.
Eurobricks.com has some bad ass pictures of the soon to be released Death Star Lego set. This thing is amazing looking. Multiple levels of play area. It encompasses not just ANH, but also ROTJ. It also comes with a scaled down model of Vaders Tie advanced, and 20…yes, TWENTY mini figs, including three different Luke Skywalkers! For all you Lego fanatics out there, this could be the set of the year.
Now only if Hasbro could follow suit and make a nice 3 3/4” Death Star Playset in the same vein…
It was released that only one figure in this photograph is truly in the set, with the other five as simply placeholders. The only figure that no one has a clue who he is, is the bald one with Stormtrooper armor. Banthaskull forum poster Nomadscout speculates that this figure is actually one of the members of a Stormtrooper Squadron in the Legacy comics.
And don’t forget to preorder the set at Entertainment Earth. Follow the link on the left side of our site!
JediDefender.com has another set of new pictures up. This time round it’s the upcoming Homing Spider Droid. Look at the size of that thing! I think Hasbro has some of their sizing issues under wraps.
Join the discussions in our forums! Don’t forget, there’s much more to see if you join up!
Click the thumbnail and head on over to JediDefender.com. A lucky forum member obtained the BMF in Canada and took some interesting shots. Come on back to our forums and discuss!
Newly added to our forums, the Photoguides to characters not produced by Hasbro. Not necessarily meant to represent EVERY single character shown in the movies, but definitely a very good list of many figures still needing some love from Hasbro…and some better left ignored.
Photoguides
for characters from the movies as well as EU not yet produced as figures
Don’t forget, if you want to see even more cool stuff, you’ll need to register in the forums.
JediDefender.com has posted a pic of what “may” be the “Clone Gear” from the pack-in lockers in the upcoming TLC Saga Legends line. Click the thumbnail to see the full-sized pic at JD!
Well, Bantha Skull has officially graduated from diapers to big boy pants!
Beginning immediately, we will be participating in the great program that is the Hasbro Bi-Weekly Star Wars Q&A. We’re excited to join in! If you’d like to participate with us, join or forums and submit your questions. Yours may go straight to Hasbro, and if you’re lucky, reveal a bit of news that sets the collecting world on fire!
Join our forums and participate right away!
Who says we’re all about Star Wars here?
Our own RebelTrooper1138 did a great job setting up the Indiana Jones section of our forum. Don’t let his hard work go to waste! Jump in and join the conversation.
Just a reminder that public forums at Bantha Skull are just the tip of the ice berg of what our forums have to offer, but you need to sign up to see the private forums where things really get crazy. So don’t hesitate. Join the forums!
Our very own Ruadh poses a great theory on what the hell a “Forward Base Alpha” (as mentioned by Rebelscum) playset might be:
Could it be the base that Yoda is taken to on Geonosis?
Head on over to our Forums to discuss what you think this mysterious rumor could be.
Just building more anticipation for the first animated Star Wars theatrical release.
Yes, Christopher Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Daniels, and others have been reported as lending their voices to their characters from the films.
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