Will Hasbro be offering early access to the recently confirmed Black Series 6” Captain Rex figure at Hascon in September? Will the “gotta have it first”-ers’ heads explode? Click on through to find out what the internet service has to say on the subject.
UPDATE: As per Hasbro Pulse, the HASCON version of this figure will have some exclusive attributes:
“This item will be an early release with exclusive packaging and accessories!”
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Inferno Squad author Christie Golden chatted about a range of topics about her new book, particularly what it was like to attempt to portray the Empire as sympathetic. What does this mean in the context of Star Wars in the Disney era?
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In the second installment of our runaway hit “Two Jerks” series (this is totally a thing) we at the firm of Nomad and Other Guy toss around our storylines for the third Star Wars Anthology Film. Our previous discussion fell just shy of generating the 1,001 Disqus comments necessary for me to win 10 AT-ACT’s from Other Guy. As it was such a close call, he’s shrewdly lowering the ante this time to a single 6” Black Series figure, of his choice, found on clearance.
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File this under “Odd Things About Star Wars I Didn’t Know.” Apparently Star Wars and Apple share a common inspiration: each other…
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We were alerted to a Fortune article by a post from our friends at Jedi Temple Archives about Hasbro’s Q2 financial results taking a beating. But a deeper look may show that there is very little that indicates anything bad long term, so you Hasbro haters should pump the brakes a bit…
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Guest Contributor mazlow01 returns to review his Smuggler’s Bounty from Funko. Read on for a detailed review of the mystery contents…
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A British neuroscientist who writes for Discover Magazine‘s online edition under the name “Neuroskpetic” decided to sting a segment of the “scientific” community using a reference to a hated piece of Star Wars canon…
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One analysis we stumbled on draws a conclusion as to the fundamental business reason for the construction of Galaxy’s Edge: Cord-Cutting.
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As always, there was a lot going on at SDCC. We’ve rounded up a bunch of Star Wars news in one place, but also threw in a couple of non-Star Wars items that we liked…
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Our friends at Jedi Temple Archives have teamed up with Victoria’s Cantina (YouTube channel / Twitter) to provide a Hasbro Q&A from SDCC. There is a lot of Vintage Collection information revealed here, but connecting the dots, I feel like we’re in familiar Vintage Collection territory. I feels like “wait ‘til next year” again. But there is reason for our core audience to be excited.
We’ve just received word from Litzky PR that the availability date for the SDCC exclusives on Hasbro Toy Shop has been changed to September. No specific date was given and the listings on HTS no longer show a specific order date. Since these exclusives will also be sold at HASCON in early September, it’s a safe bet the availability date will be after that. Click through for text of the actual announcement…
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Star Wars Action News is livestreaming the Hasbro Panel at SDCC on their Facebook page.
If you couldn’t follow along, click through, as we live updated based on SWAN’s video…
UPDATE: Presentation is over…
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At the advice and lead of our colleagues, we have removed this story. I am leaving this place holder only to address Litzky PR.
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Yep, forget that crappy 6” Landspeeder. There’s no room on your shelf, anyway. But you’d better find room in your garage for this baby…
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