There is less than 4 hours until we close the voting in our forums for the Yakface/Hasbro Fans’ Choice Poll! We’d like to thank all that have participated thus far and hope that one of your selections makes the list Hasbro and Star Wars Insider publishes next month. Finally, to those readers who felt slighted by our take on the Fans’ Choice Poll, your opinions and concerns haven’t gone unheard and we hope your lists found a home at any/all of the other sites participating in the Fans’ Choice Poll.
PROS: Hasbro delivers yet another all-new Kit Fisto for the Clone Wars line. The sculpt overall is fantastic with a lot of detail worked into the leg wraps and head. The additional removable accessories are a nice surprise considering this is supposedly a “kid-focused” line. Fits into the most recent Jedi Starfighter cockpit (sold separately).
CONS: Because of the design of the head, the neck joint has a very limited (to the point of non-existent) range of motion. Small accessories, especially the goggles, all but guarantee being lost within the first few hours of play so having them sculpted to the figure might have worked better in the long term.
Head to the toyguide for the full image gallery and to judge for yourself whether this figure is worth adding to your collection.
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GentleGiantCollectors.com is celebrating their 5th Anniversary by offering up a chance to win a Celebration V Exclusive Jumbo Kenner 12″ Boba Fett! For the complete details, visit GentleGiantCollectors.com
The Clone Wars continues tonight with “Prisoners“, picking up where last week’s season premiere left off and concluding this three-part story arc.
The Republic and Gungan forces have been captured by Riff Tamson and his Karkarodon enforcers. Now, it is up to Ahsoka and the young Prince Lee-Char to unite the fractured people of Mon Cala and drive out the Separatist invaders.
Head to StarWars.com for a preview and be sure not to miss this week’s exciting conclusion!
Sideshow has released their latest newsletter today and announced that the Exclusive Boba Fett 12″ figure has been given a production run of 2000 pieces. If you missed your chance to Pre-Order the Exclusive, fear not, you can still secure the regular edition!
Sideshow Collectibles has in-stock Acme Archives’ Jawa Sandcrawler Giclee on Paper Fine Art Print. Measuring at 13W”x19H”, this piece is limited to 150 pieces
We received word from our friend Chris “HothIcePlanet” that Target is planning to facilitate the restocking of their Vintage Collection by purging select figures, mostly from waves 1 and 2, from their pegs. Hopefully this will clear the distribution log jam and get new product to the pegs.
First there were the rumors. Then we had the announcement. Details trickled out for months. Now they’re here–The Star Wars Blu Rays. Met with responses from “Noooooo” to “Who Cares?” to unbridled dancing around like an Ewok, this series is both the first high-definition release of the Star Wars films as well as another iteration of Lucasfilm’s tinkering.
On this week’s Star Wars Action News podcast, Marjorie and Arnie break down the release, from Wal-Mart midnight releases met with mixed success to Target’s limited lithographs, they run down the first-day buy, review the Blu Ray set, and discuss the overall importance of this release both to Star Wars as well as home media entertainment worldwide. All on this week’s Star Wars Action Blu’s!
