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Episode #63: A Collector and His Money Are Soon Parted

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The Realm Recap is back after the Memorial Day Weekend bring and in our absence, there were plenty of developments in collecting. Collectors success at retail has started to improve as more folks are finding Black Series figures (in both scales) at their local stores. eBay caused a bit of a frenzy this week as a notorious seller posted the first auction for a collectible from The Force Awakens — a 6″ First Order Stormtrooper which closed at a ridiculous price. Is it legit??? Also this week, new store finds from LEGO, product news for Disney Infinity 3.0, custom 6″ figures and vehicles as well as a new character name revealed fro The Force Awakens! It’s all on Episode 63 of The Realm Recap!

Click on through to check out the latest episode and feel free to subscribe to our channel and leave suggestions on what you’d like to see covered on the show.

Also, if you prefer an audio-only version, a downloadable MP3 is available as well.

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Hot Toys 1:6 MMS Luke Skywalker (A New Hope) Details

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Hot Toys has released details for their upcoming 1:6 Scale Movie Masterpiece Series Luke Skywalker (A New Hope) figure*. Click on through for the features and images and watch for the preorder announcement soon from Sideshow Collectibles.

*Hot Toys gives the caveat that these are prototype images. There are a few items to address here, hopefully they include the proper lightsaber hilt as the one shown is from The Empire Strikes Back, not A New Hope.

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TV / Movie / Book / Audio News

New StarWars.com Article Reveals New Character

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StarWars.com has updated today with an expanded interview with Annie Leibovitz from the recent Vanity Fair feature. The new article reveals a new image of Andy Serkis in full mo-cap mode as well as the character he will be playing (name only). For spoiler-phobes steer clear, but for others click on over to the official site.

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UPDATE: The Force Awakens First Order Stormtrooper Hits eBay

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It was only a matter of time, but the Hasbro 6″ First Order Stormtrooper figure from The Force Awakens hit eBay recently courtesy of seller VipersKingdom. It is sold out now but that is likely to change based on past history. If you absolutely must have the figure now, bookmark the seller’s page and check back often.

Thanks to fellow Wolfpack Podcast team member Corey for the heads up.

UPDATE: It is back up now as an auction listing – current price $510.00

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Santa Cruz Expands Scenes Line of Skateboards

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Santa Cruz Skateboards has expanded their line of Exclusive Special Edition Star Wars collection of Decks and Cruzers with 5 new “scene” designs. Click on through to check out the Trash Compactor, Sarlacc Pit, Millennium Falcon Asteroid Chase and the Darth Vader “Neptune” deck which draws inspiration from Jason Jessee’s classic “Neptune” deck from 1988 (a board of which I have fond memories).
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