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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Santa Cruz Skateboards Announces The Star Wars Collection
Santa Cruz Skateboards™ is honored to collaborate with Lucasfilm™ to present a Limited Edition Star Wars™ Collection of skateboard decks and cruzers. Click on through for the details.
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The Countdown to Rebel Con 4 Starts Now
The annual German Action-Figures and Star Wars Event will held for the fourth time on May 17, 2014. Again at the highly recommended Schacht 3 in Gelsenkirchen, finds the team of Rebellenstützpunkt e.V. a great Place to welcome fans, families and collectors for a fun enthusiasm day. For your comfort will be a food buffet (advance order necessary) and a bright range of cakes.
You can book accommodations locally. Please visit www.rebellenstuetzpunkt.de for more information and photos of RebelCon 3. Make a mark for May 17, 2014 on your calendar and visit the RebelCon 4.Doors open from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
TBS Wave 3 Found at Walgreens
Our friends at Star Wars Action News have posted via Facebook the finding of The Black Series Wave 3 at Walgreens. Might be worth a stop if your heading out on toy runs today.
Legends Wave 2 Trickling In…
Reports have been showing the second wave of Legends figures popping up at some Toys”R”us stores.
I’m happy to report that St. Louis can be added to the list of sightings now, as I was able to score a couple of the new Stormtrooper (two in total, across two stores).
Personal Note: This guy will be hard to army build at one per case, but hopefully Hasbro realizes that this is one 5POA figure that definitely is in demand, and will do something good about it.
New Mission Series Hitting Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart stores are starting to receive the second wave of Mission Series 2-pks. Priced under $10, these would have been a great Christmas gift a few weeks ago… but hey, better in January than not at all, right? Your mileage may vary, but next time you’re by a Wal-Mart it may be worth checking to see if they have them.
UPDATE: New Inquisitor Lightsaber Image in EW
Today’s issue of Entertainment Weekly has listed Star Wars Rebels as part of their 2014 Preview feature and the accompanying photo shows a new image of The Inquisitor with a couple stormtroopers. Interestingly, it reveals that his unique lightsaber staff appears to have a couple modes where it can be used as more of a sword with the full [rotating] ring folding in half to serve as a traditional hand guard.
UPDATE: Article is now online.
Captain Han Solo – Hoth Up for Pre-Order
Sideshow is now taking pre-orders for their sixth scale Captain Han Solo – Hoth figure. Head on over to choose between 2 versions: exclusive edition with Brown coat or exclusive edition with blue coat.
Black Series Wave 3 Hitting Walmart
Our friends at JediDefender have posted note that Wave 3 of the Black Series 3-3/4″ figures has started showing up at Walmart in the Pittsburgh, PA area.
Yakfinities #51: Space Pirates
The first Yakfinities Customizing Challenge of 2014 is underway! This should be a fun one, so get out those customizing supplies and show us what you’re capable of!
Reminder: Yakfinities #50 results will be posted next week.