As Force Friday creeps ever closer more merchandise is hitting stores. Local JediDefender collector Brian sent us a few images of new product in packaging for The Force Awakens from Spin Master, Uncle Milton and Hasbro. Click on through for a few images.
Corey from The Wolfpack Podcast sends along this image from a Facebook group showing new aisle shippers hitting the floors at Walmart. Based on the merchandising planogram I’ve seen, these feature the same design that will be in the aisle and overhead awnings of Walmart for Force Friday and beyond.
Our friends at JediDefender have bought our attention to nice tease from S.H.Figuarts for their 1/12 scale Battle Droid and Clone Trooper figures.
From Chris at Sandtroopers.com
We’d like to thank all of our affiliates and friends in the Force that have made the past 15 years simply amazing. This month Sandtroopers.com kicked off the 15th Anniversary celebration at their Sponsor Brian’s Toys. Make sure to check out the new video clips that feature never before seen footage of Brian’s Toys and his personal collection and stay tuned as we are putting together additional photos from the tour. We’ll also be dropping many giveaway prizes to celebrate a decade and a half of service to the collecting community!”
The 2015 holiday season is upon us! Join the festivities with a warm glass of blue milk, some tasty cookies, and Salacious B. Crumb! Digitally scanned from the original Kenner vintage figure, Gentle Giant Ltd. has enlarged Crumb to JUMBO size to celebrate the season. Complete with hat, scarf, and bag of goodies, Jabba the Hutt’s favorite court jester is ready to perch on your shelf and spread his mischievous brand of holiday cheer!
Sideshow is now taking preorders for the Hot Toys 1:6 Scale Princess Leia figure.
The movie-accurate collectible figure is specially crafted based on the image of Carrier Fisher as Princess Leia in the film, and features a newly developed head sculpt, detailed hair sculpture in Princess Leia’s iconic bun hair style, specially tailored costume, two types of blasters, and a figure stand.
This special edition includes a specially designed backdrop as a bonus accessory.
Just a quick reminder that the exclusive 6″ First Order Stormtrooper will be available starting tomorrow on HasbroToyShop.com. Good luck, and MTFBWY. Be sure to follow us on social media (Facebook & Twitter) for instant notification of its availability.
Update: Available as of 11:23am ET
Update 2: Out of stock 11:30am ET
The shroud of “The Disney Side” is slowly, but surely, being lifted on the plans for Force Friday. This week, Flyguy and I discuss some of the images, product lists and unwitting retail employees leaking out info ahead of September’s big reveal. Speaking of big, Hot Toys revealed the ultimate 1:6 item – the Millennium Falcon display recently in Hong Kong. It not only went viral in the collecting community, but caught worldwide attention on media outlets as well. Is something like this actually viable in today’s market? We wrap things up with a bit of comic news as well as our weekly breakdown of new purchases and acquisitions and more on Episode #70 of The Realm Recap!
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