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Facebook Favorite Fett Foto Promotion

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Today we are launching a new Facebook promotion where fans can submit a photo* of their favorite Boba Fett collectible and after 2 weeks an image will be selected at random to win a Gentle Giant Jumbo Rocket-Firing Boba Fett courtesy of DorksideToys. Simply send in your image along with your name and address to news@yakface.com with “Favorite Fett Foto” in the subject line.

The promotion is open to collectors worldwide**

*Image must be a photo you have personally taken

**Collectors located outside of the continental US will be responsible for shipping and handling charges

UPDATE: We’ve had some great entries so far! Check them all out on our Facebook page.

Episode 385: C-3PO Is Happy To See You

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The stores are full of the same ol’, same ol’, not because there are no new Star Wars action figures but because the stores are so full of 2012 figures that Hasbro is only shipping the new 2013 figures to other countries.  If you want the 2013 Yoda carded Clone Wars and Movie Heroes figures American Star Wars collectors need to buy from Canada or Germany at considerable expense in shipping and surcharges.  Is it worth it?  Marjorie and Arnie have the final wave of Clone Wars figures in hand from a Canadian seller, and review each figure on this week’s Star Wars Action News!  Listen to find out if these repacks, repaints, and retools are worth your bounty.

And speaking of bounty, on this week’s podcast is one bad bounty hunter — Bossk!  Sideshow’s 12-inch Bossk figure is in stock and shipping now, and Star Wars Action News reviews the exclusive version on this week’s show.  With interchangeable hands, feet, and head (with the exclusive version) listen to hear the hosts’ thoughts on this latest sixth-scale figure!

With a vintage filled report from the Toy Man Toy Show in St. Louis, a way to get an exclusive T-Shirt design this weekend at Wizard World St. Louis, and more, it’s all in this week’s Star Wars Action News podcast!

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CW11 Republic Commando Boss Variant

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For variant collectors out there, we thought we’d pass on news and visual confirmation of a rumored running change/variant to the 2012 Clone Wars Republic Commando Boss (CW11) figure. Initial versions of this figure included an all white backpack (as seen in our Toyguide), but orange accented backpack variant has shown up on pegs in the UK and Australia and on eBay. Click the image above for a closer look.

Thanks to McMetal over on the JediDefender forums for the alert.

Toyguide Update: Mandalorian Warrior (CW29)

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The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today starting a look back at some of the older Clone Wars figures that we have yet to add to the archives. We kick things off with the Mandalorian Warrior (CW29).

PROS: Collectors that had trouble tracking down this figure via the “Death Watch” Battle Pack, thankfully, got another opportunity to bolster their Mandalorian Warrior ranks. Like most Clone Wars figures of this era, articulation was abundant allowing for varied “actiony” poses and the sculpting and deco is top notch.

CONS: At the time of release, this figure wasn’t available in any great quantity, which is a shame considering their reemergence in The Clone Wars Season 5. It’s also disappointing that Hasbro didn’t see fit to reissue this figure in 2013 with a revised “Maul armor” deco or perhaps a sweet Obi-Wan-in-Mando disguise version.

Head to the toyguide for the full image gallery and to judge for yourself whether this figure is worth tracking down for your collection.

You can also weigh in with your impressions on the figures we add to our toyguide on facebook and in our forums.