One of the most anticipated figures of the year, the Emperor’s Royal Guard lands in our photo archive. Click through to check it out.
Okay, I almost didn’t post this because haters gonna hate on this one. I know Russell Brand was largely cricketed on Saturday Night Live, but that’s because American audiences are terrible. I have no excuse for Arthur. But back in the nineties, no one thought funny man Michael Keaton could play Batman and that turned out pretty swell (for the time). So keep an open mind. Russel Brand tells Metro UK that he wants to play a Jedi in Episode VII.
Type in “star wars e” into a Google search, and you’ll be thrilled to see what the first suggestion is!
While you might not need the figures, the price is hard to beat. For Black Friday, Walmart will have Star Wars and Avengers 8-packs for the insanely low price of $25. Click here to cheek out your local Black Friday Walmart ad. Click the thumbnail below to check out this particular offer.
We’re leading off with Weequay from the final Vintage Colllection wave for selfish reasons (see the review). Click through to check out this LONG overdue update.
Wow. All the OT actors want a piece of Episode VII. The web site comicbook.com has quotes from Jeremy Bulloch stating he would like to see Boba Fett return for Episode VII. We’re with you on this, Jeremy!
Scoundrels rejoice. In the biggest news since the announcement of Episode VII, the web site Comic Book Movies reports that Harrison Ford is open to playing Captain Solo once more. All the pieces are coming together.
Update: Our friends from Jedi Temple Archives are linking to a story from Entertainment Weekly which mentions a potential contract proviso we all felt was coming.
I owe my friend Paul from Jedi Temple Archives a debt of gratitude. He reported that fiVe BELoW stores were resetting with a wheelbarrow display filled with wave 3 and 6 of the vintage collection. A slightly out of the way trek to my nearest fiVe BELoW store paid dividend. I did not find wave 3, so no cheap Gamorrean Guards, but I did find wave 6 and was able to fill in some gaps in my carded collection I never thought I’d fill.
One such hole in my cared collection is the 212th Battalion Clone. I never added that figure to my personal mix because of the disgustingly green discolored helmets. The one I found today was a pristine white. This other report from Jedi Temple Archives explains why the helmet was not defective. TRUST ME. You want to click through and read that. It’s borderline shocking in a good way.
Today, we’re not striking at Hasbro for a change. YOU may be in our cross-hairs. If all you see is doom and gloom in the Disney purchase of Lucasfilm, you might not want to
Just uploaded by the official site, George Lucas discusses the future Star Wars movies and the direction of LFL.
We won’t be waiting 16 years for a new Star Wars movie after the conclusion of the Sequel Trilogy. According to Disney Execs, Star Wars Episode VII will be released in 2015, and followed by Episodes VIII and IX, with long-term plans including a “new Star Wars film every two to three years.”
This is better news than a new EV-9D9 figure:
I can say safely that this is the biggest news story ever mentioned on this site.
Disney is buying Lucasfilm for $4 billion
I don’t know why, but this news makes me nervous.
Special thanks to forum member Greg for bringing this to our attention. HOLY BLEEPIN’ BLEEP. EPISODE VII IS ANNOUNCED FOR 2015!!!!!!
Bringing the story of the Toys R Us SOTDS vehicle 2-packs full circle, starwarscollector.com has photographic proof of the Anakin Starfighter / Mandalorian Shuttle 2-pack. Click through for confirmation.
Update: Our friends at both Jedi Temple Archives and Yakface are reporting that the ultra rare MANDALORIAN SHUTTLE is being found in these value packs!
Some of the later (and scarcer) Shadows of the Dark Side vehicles are showing up at Toys R Us as part of a specially priced 2-pack. There are three 2-packs per case and are priced at $39.99. The 2-pack tandems I saw were:
- Xanadu Blood and Jedi Starfighter (blue)
- Droid Gunship and V-19 Torrent
- AV-7 Mobile Cannon and Obi Wan’s Jedi Starfighter
I don’t know if these are the only combinations to be found or if the contents will vary from case to case. Click the thumbnails below for a larger view:
PHOTO GALLERIES