Review - VC158 - Luke Skywalker (X-Wing Pilot)

Posted by Bret&Chris on 08/12 at 07:05 AM Comments Category: VC Numbered Figures

For your reading and viewing pleasure, check out our review and full gallery of VC158 - Luke Skywalker (X-Wing Pilot)

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Has The Cantina Scene’s Status As Pop Culture Royalty Changed?

Posted by Chris on 08/09 at 07:05 AM Comments Category: Star Wars Culture

In this article, I provided the receipts of how impactful that one scene was for decades.

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Is A Perfect Peg Warming Storm Coming To The Vintage Collection?

Posted by Chris on 08/08 at 07:05 AM Comments Category: Vintage Collection

The most brick and mortar viable wave in recent memory is hitting stores now, but the rest of the year…

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Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, The BAD Astromech Has Got To Go.

Posted by Chris on 08/07 at 07:05 AM Comments Category: Vintage Collection

It’s time for the community to pressure Hasbro into ditching the 16 year old Build-A-Droid astromech mold.

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A Discussion About The Future Of The Deluxe Vintage Collection Line

Posted by John Miko on 08/06 at 07:05 AM Comments Category: Vintage Collection

John Miko is back with another guest article, and he takes on the subject of what he’d like to see out of the deluxe line going forward.

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A 180 Degree Turn for 2024?

Posted by Bret on 08/05 at 07:05 AM Comments Category: Hasbro, Vintage Collection, Collecting

No, I’m not talking about the temperatures in Phoenix. 2024 got off to a rough start for TVC, but things are looking up…

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Figures That Make Me Happy: Aunt Beru

Posted by Chris on 08/02 at 07:05 AM Comments Category: Figures That Make Me Happy

We officially back to our normal programming schedule post HasLab. It’s Friday, so that means a Figures That Make Me Happy entry.

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It’s Time For Hasbro To Invest In New Protocol Droid Tooling

Posted by Chris on 08/01 at 07:05 AM Comments Category: Vintage Collection

It’s actually puzzling why Hasbro hasn’t sunk some tooling dollars into this yet.

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OPINION: Hasbro Has Their Fan Channel And Brick And Mortar Figures Crossed

Posted by Chris on 07/31 at 07:05 AM Comments Category: Vintage Collection

Fan Channel and Brick and Mortar have different sensibilities, but Hasbro hasn’t fine tuned them yet.

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Hasbro’s Classy And Annoying Problem With The Vintage Collection

Posted by Chris on 07/30 at 07:05 AM Comments Category: Vintage Collection

This problem Hasbro has may actually be either classy or annoying depending on your perspective, but some will definitely find this article annoying.

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SDCC Deep Thoughts

Posted by Bret on 07/29 at 07:05 AM Comments Category: Hasbro, Vintage Collection, SDCC

Usually Chris gives his thoughts following big reveals, but in a slight breach of etiquette, I’ll do it instead…

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The SDCC ‘24 Hasbro Star Wars Preorders Are Live

Posted by Chris on 07/27 at 04:59 PM Comments Category: The Black Series, Vintage Collection, SDCC

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The preorders should be live as of 5PM ET. This is a timed post that was composed earlier.

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OFFICIAL IMAGES: SDCC ‘24 Vintage Collection And Black Series Reveals

Posted by Chris on 07/27 at 02:38 AM Comments Category: The Black Series, Vintage Collection, SDCC, Official Images

Thank you to Hasbro and Rogers & Cowan PMK for the following images (121 total) and press release.

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Review - VC331 - The Armorer (Lakeside Covert World)

Posted by Chris on 07/26 at 07:45 PM Comments Category: VC Numbered Figures

For your reading and viewing pleasure, check out our review and full gallery of VC331 - The Armorer (Lakeside Covert World)

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The Hasbro Star Wars SDCC Panel Is Live…Maybe

Posted by Chris on 07/26 at 04:55 PM Comments Category: Vintage Collection, SDCC

This is going to be a little experimental. I don’t know for sure that the panel presentation is going to be carried live by the Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel, so I will also be embedding the stream from the Imperial Communique who is in attendance. We’ll have to see how this goes. Click through for the chaos.

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