Next up for the photo archives, is the K-Mart exclusive AT-ST, complete with Endor mud.  Getting this thing to stand up long enough to snap a photo was a maddening endeavor, and afterwards left me feeling like I had been sacked by Jason Pierre-Paul 17 times.Click through to help decide if you want to avoid this thing like the plague or if you’d want to avoid this thing like the plague.

For your reading and viewing pleasure, check out our review and full gallery of VC - AT-ST

Another figure for which exactly no one was clamoring to be updated, the Shock Trooper gets the superior articulation treatment.  Click through to see if you’ll be replacing that army that you just built in the past couple years.

Apparently Hasbro forgot that The Phantom Menace is horrible.  2012 is book ended with Episode I product.  One of the fall releases is Jar Jar Binks which hasn’t been updated since 1999.  Click through to see if the figure is worth the wait.

Bantha Skull reader DarthChuckMc informs us that he’s learned that the price of the K-Mart exclusive AT-ST Driver and Ewok 2-packs will be $14.99.  That’s a pretty sweet deal.  At that price I hope Hasbro had the foresight to pack the AT-ST drivers at a 2:1 ratio to the Ewoks because the army builders are going to FLY off the shelves.  Thanks to DarthChuckMc!

Update:  The UPC number is 653569779452

Just a reminder that series premiere of Toy Hunter (singular) airs on the Travel Chanel tonight at 10 Eastern / 9 Central. Set your DVRs accordingly.

It’s official.  Like officially official.  Yakface.com has the word from Hasbro stating that Wave 16 (formally referred to as Wave 5 2012 by Hasbro) is going to be on-line only. While this was widely believed to be the case, there had been no official comment from Hasbro.  For our response to how Hasbro has handled the line in 2012 please

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Our friend over at Jedi Temple Archives have learned the SKU/UPC information for the Toy R Us exclusive Pilot and Ewok multi-packs. Click through to arm yourself with the information to locate these much anticipated sets.

You’re not going to want to hear this, but you’re probably going to want to buy yet another Sandtrooper.  It’s pretty sweet.  Click through to check it out.

It’s numerically last in this run of the Vintage Collection, but will it be first in your heats?  Click through to find out.

So what did you do Friday night?  Me I spent some time taking pictures of a toy.  I’m that cool.  So take advantage of my nerdish leanings and click through for some pictures of the new Bespin gown Princess Leia figure.

Forum moderator, BIGJIM, alerted us to this post on the G.I. Joe site hisstank.com where a poster in Los Angeles picked up the new Yavin Pilot and Ewok multi-packs at Toys R Us for $39.99. Click through to check out the post for yourself.

The following is quoted directly from Entertainment Earth’s wholesale distribution email which was forwarded to us via an anonymous source.

This is in reference to Wave 05 of 2012 which is Wave 16 overall (or simply the Emperor’s Royal Guard wave):

This is it, folks.  Barring an unforeseen and shocking revelation at Celebration 6, this is the last Vintage Collection wave for this incarnation of the Vintage Collection prior to the switch over to the Legacy Collection in 2013.  This wave is also heavily rumored to be available online only.  Last wave plus exclusive is a double whammy as far as availability goes, so the best advice is to order early and order often.  Click here to get yours.

So one rumor floating around a popular Star Wars forum is that Hasbro is going to release Cantina alcoves as part of a “Build-A-Cantina” concept similar to Build-A-Droid in the Legacy Collection.  Forum base rumors need to be taken with extreme grains of salt even when coming from somewhat established sources, but they’re fun to talk about nonetheless.  So could this really work?  Would it be possible for a toy company to take on such a venture without breaking the bank?  We think the answer is yes.  It is feasible.  Click through to read how we think this can be accomplished.