Upon my travels this weekend hunting for the latest Vintage and Clone Wars goodies, I managed to stumble across a handy little carrying case over in the LEGO aisle at Walmart. The LEGO ZipBin TIE Fighter Storage Case holds approximately 500 LEGO bricks and doubles as a playmat when unzipped and opened and retails for about $10.
The Official Star Wars Blog updates with an interesting article announcing a collaborative effort between Lucasfilm and Italian advertising agency H-57 Creative Station to produce and sell limited edition posters showcasing Star Wars characters created with typography. These unique posters will be sold via eBay starting next month with the proceeds going to Make-A-Wish Italy. Head on over to starwarsblog.starwars.com for the full story.
Have you read the headline? The Star Wars Blu-Rays are the best-selling Blu Rays of all time! Did you buy the set? This week on Star Wars Action News’ podcast, Marjorie and Arnie break down what the sales of the Star Wars Blu Rays mean for Star Wars and the future of home video in general.
Also, on last week’s Star Wars Action News Marjorie and Arnie gave a detailed review of the Star Wars Blu-Ray release, and now it’s time for the listeners to give their thoughts on the biggest Star Wars collectible of the year. From Star Wars fans who passed on the release to fans blown away by the quality of the sights and sounds, hear the thoughts of the Star Wars community on the Blu-Ray release on this week’s podcast!
With discussion of popcorn tins, Pringles cans, and cereal boxes, plus a chance for you to win a Wal-Mart exclusive Blu-Ray Boba Fett poster, it’s all on this week’s podcast!
Regular Version:
http://www.swactionnews.com/Podcasts/SWAN314.MP3
Enhanced Version
http://www.swactionnews.com/Podcasts/Enhanced/SWAN314.M4A
Mimobot.com has announced that Series 7 of their popular line of Star Wars-themed USB portable flash drives is now available. Series 7 consists of Lando Calrissian, Bossk, Boba Fett (ROTJ – battle damaged armor), Leia as Boushh, Han Solo (In Carbonite Carrying Case). Head on over to Mimobot for all the data!
A local collector friend “GrandMoffNick” managed to score the new Bastila Shan, Echo Base Trooper, Ponda Boba, Keyan Farlander as well as Revenge Vader, Luke and Ackbar at his local Target here in Minnesota. It looks like Target’s purge of old stock is starting to pay off!
Here is a quick update from bigbadtoystore.com about a bunch of great new preorders and more exciting new arrivals.
Looks as if we are in store for at least one more clone trooper from Domino Squad as eBay Seller “Tunghori” has posted a listing for “Cutup”. He has several available so this appears to be a mass produced item and not a simple custom.
Thanks to forum member “Grimace” for the heads up.
Our friends at JediDefender have posted a new set of images today revealing the pack in Pit Droid for the upcoming Ratts Tyerell. Head on over for the full preview!
Here they are! The top 10 Return of the Jedi characters that we will be submitting to Hasbro as your selections for the Hasbro Fans’ Choice Poll.
Sim Aloo (Imperial Dignitary)
Saelt-Marae (a.k.a. Yak Face)
Sgt. Doallyn
Mon Mothma
Nikto Guard (Vintage Deco)
Shasa Tiel (Ishi Tib from Jabba’s Palace)
Bib Fortuna
Admiral Piett
Nien Nunb
Princess Leia (Ewok Celebration Outfit)
This is a great list and I feel confident that some have a real chance at being a contender to win the Fans’ Choice Poll.
Again, thanks to all that voted.
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.