Our friends at Sandtroopers.com have posted the first look at an upcoming Sith-centric battle pack! Head on over for packaged and loose shots of the Target Exclusive Darth Maul Returns set featuring post-op Darth Maul, Savage Opress (Armored) and a Nightsister (not Mother Talzin).
ReedPop has announced the first (of many) store exclusives for sale at Celebration VI. First up is a 12″ Clone Commander Ganch from Sideshow Collectibles! It will be available in very limited numbers starting the first day of the show, Thursday, August 23rd. Head over to MediumAtLarge.net for the full reveal!
The Official Site updates today announcing that at Star Wars Weekends at Disney Hollywood Studios fans will have the opportunity to be encased in carbonite! For the complete details on “Carbon-Freeze Me” Experience, visit StarWars.com
Bonnie Burton has posted via twitter confirming that she has been laid off from Lucasfilm as their Content Developer for Lucas Online and StarWars.com. She has been instrumental in establishing the Official Star Wars web presence as well has developing fun, family friendly crafts and educational tutorials and publications.
We at Yakface wish Bonnie the best of luck where ever she lands.
New Clone Wars Action Figures at K & C Collectibles. The latest Vintage Collection and Movie Heroes are back in-stock. Click on through for the full rundown!
The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the next addition for the 2012 “Darth Maul” product line. We continue with the Training Super Battle Droid (CW16) from The Clone Wars line.
PROS: A solid figure in the fact that it has a good sculpt and the episode specific deco looks great. It has all the necessary articulation – save for the legs of course. I hope will see a reissue of this figure someday perhaps with the missing members of Domino Squad.
CONS: In an era of more action feature heavy figures, Hasbro confoundingly left out the second set of missile launchers that were present with prior releases of this figure.
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An interesting image showed up on StarWars.com today of what looks to be an animated version of the Classic Boba Fett. It looks like Boba’s transformation to the iconic armor will turn up in the Clone Wars for season 5! Head on over for a closer look and be sure to check out their new Celebration VI announcements.
UPDATE: It appears that the cat was let out of the bag a bit prematurely as the Official Site has removed the image an replaced the animated version with one from The Empire Strikes Back. Thanks to our friends at JediNews for the tip.
Sideshow has updated their May the 4th landing page revealing their highly anticipated C-3PO and R2-D2 Premium Format figures! Head on over for a sneak peek and watch for a full announcement soon!
The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the next addition for the 2012 “Darth Maul” product line. We continue with Ahsoka in Scuba Gear (CW15) from The Clone Wars line.
PROS: This all-new Ahsoka is a fantastically sculpted figure with an excellent likeness to her more “grown up” look in Season 4 and the overall paint deco is top notch with little to no bleed over – a least on my example. The scuba accessories work well with the figure despite the inability to display her in any discernible swimming poses.
CONS: Sadly, the lack of articulation in the legs really hurts this figure from being anything other than a nice mini Ahsoka statuary.
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StealThisArt.com has updated today and is featuring a Dr. Seuss inspired “There’s a Cookie on My Wookiee” giclee print that is too cute. It is available today only and limited to 100 prints! The perfect gift for any Chewbacca or Seuss fan!