After an anguishing drought, TRU has started to receive shipments of new figures… as always your mileage may vary, but in these troubled times it’s a breath of fresh air to walk into a store and know there’s a chance it could be stocked with new product!
Good luck with those toy runs, and be sure to post your finds in our forums!
The latest Yakfinities Customizing Challenge continues, and with a theme that we haven’t tackled before, there’s some very interesting concepts being shown off in the forums.
And with the lull in new product these days, there’s never been a better time to roll up your sleeves and add some new figures to your collection in a different way – by creating your own figures! So check out some really cool customs or submit your own after the jump!
We continue to have fantastic custom work shown off in our forums, and it’s only right to highlight more of the hard efforts of our resident customizers!
First off, Darth Daddy has created an awesome custom of Numa from the Clone Wars… take note Hasbro! This adorable little Twi’lek should have been made by now!
Next up, forumite super360 shares a very cool clone sergeant he’s working on – check it out here!
Fans of KOTOR will instantly recognize Bao-Dur from forum member stocos28. Click here for more pics of this fantastic custom that Hasbro has chosen to ignore.
Last but not least, forum member WookieeBalls shares his entries that he made for the recent tribute to MercuryArtStudios – check out his amazing customs here!
Forum member R1bb1t takes the Battle of Hoth to an all new level with this insane 3.75″ scale diorama! Check it out after the jump!
The ToyMan Collector Show is back in St. Louis on Sunday, May 13. With over 180 dealer tables, you never know what Star Wars, GI Joe, or Transformers items you might find, and often at great prices. For more details, click on the image above.
If you can afford to drop over a hundred bucks for five new figures and a lot of completely pointless carry forwards that are warming pegs at retail across planet Earth, TVC Wave 3 is up for pre-order at Hasbrotoyshop.com
It’s hard to believe it, but a decade has passed since the AOTC line officially launched at retail.
Personally, I can recall a night of hitting every Wal-Mart in my area looking for that dang Royal Guard, and hearing some guy bragging about how he found two of them at a different Wal-Mart… only the next morning, to find that Toy”R”us had gotten in dozens of that assortment, and feeling relieved, but broke!
Feel free to relive the excitement of that launch in our forums or at the message board at Jeditemplearchives, and special thanks to forum member Darth Eddie for the reminder!
Remember when the Legends lines were fun and Hasbro found a way to appeal to both collectors and kids? When we actually looked forward to walking into the toy aisle?
Collector frustration continues to rise, so we’re going to start throwing some new ideas toward Hasbro in the forums, and we’re starting things off with a bit of a rant with how they’ve handled Movie Heroes so far this year and how it could have been handled better.
Sound off in the forums with your thoughts, and even your own ideas after the jump!
Yakface forum members continue to impress with an endless supply of amazing customs, so it’s time to show off some more of this fine work!
Forum member BL4CK5H33P starts things off with a bang with his Dathomir Nightbrother – check it out by clicking here!
Next, Peakob1 returns with a couple of really cool Ewoks – if you’re into furballs, you won’t want to miss these!
Marcusstarkiller also keeps up the pace with some more awesome realistic style clones that you’ll probably recognize from the animated series.
Last but not least, tokiravensky shares some fan-fiction Imperial Hunter Destroyer Droids that you certainly won’t want to miss!
Check out all the latest customs from these Yakface forum members, and we’d love to see your work too! Who knows, you could even end up famous on the internet!
Another new Customizing Challenge has just launched in the forums, and runs all the way through the end of June!
This gives customizers three months to create a custom for the latest theme, Cloud City Denizens… all you have to do is make a custom of a character that lives on Cloud City, or simply a traveler passing through — established or completely fan-fiction — it’s up to you!
So, whether you’re a seasoned veteran customizer or new to this great part of the hobby, join in the fun after the jump!