All posts by Justin (Chewie)

Phase 2 Clones Like They Oughta Be

Ever since Hasbro released photos of the VC #15 Clone, I was afraid it would bomb at retail because of the ginormous helmet, and bulky body sculpt.   A bad situation was made worse when most of the figures ended up with lemon-yellow helmets before they even made it to the pegs. 

Being very frustrated with this for over a year now, I finally rolled up my sleeves and found a very simple way to make a much better Phase II Clone Trooper.  Not only is it one of the easiest custom modifications I’ve ever seen, it’s also one of the most effective.

This change literally only takes a few minutes.  So check out how to do this for yourself and finally have the Phase II Clone Trooper that Hasbro should have made after the jump!

Vintage Wave 4 Resurfacing at Wal-Mart

The 4th wave in The Vintage Collection never seemed to reach full distribution, but some cases now appears to be making their way through the pipeline finally.  Our friends at Jeditemplearchives are reporting sightings of this wave at Wal-Mart, and I saw the same thing today at a St. Louis area Wal-Mart.

So if you’re in the hunt for any of these figures still (and some are really good), keep your eyes open for this wave.

And remember to keep sharing details of your Recent Acquisitions in the forums!

Forum Poll – Discover The Force

With each passing week, we’re inching closer to the new Wal-Mart exclusive Discover the Force line being released, which to the delight of collectors has several all new sculpts included in it.

This wave is tied to The Phantom Menace promotion, and we’re curious to see what figure is the most anticipated by Yakface readers.

If you’re registered in our forums (and why wouldn’t you be by now?) cast your vote and share your thoughts after the jump!

Diorama Spotlight Week – Day 5

We wrap up our diorama spotlight week with another masterpiece by customizer OG Trilogy!

The image above is a teaser of an outstanding custom Bespin Duel Diorama!  We can only hope that someday Hasbro gets in gear and makes us some sort of environments like all of these we’ve spotlighted this week, or manages to work out a deal with a company like Sideshow to deliver this sort of thing!

Check out several pics of this great scene by clicking on the image above!