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UPDATE: Vintage Collection Wave 6 Giveaway

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As you may (or may not) have seen, we’ve been teasing a giveaway on Facebook and in our forums for a few days now for a set of wave 6 Vintage Collection figures. We are going to be having an “Ultimate Galactic Hunt” of sorts where we will be posting a set of 10 “clues” in our forums and the first forum member* to post all ten correct answers will win! This contest will be open to forum members from all over the world, but those residing outside of the U.S. will be responsible for shipping charges.

Be sure to come back Monday morning for the official kick off!

*Winner must be a registered Yakface forum member before March 28, 2011 and can not have won a Yakface sponsored contest/giveaway in the past 12 months.

UPDATE: Congrats to forum member Ken Durham aka “r1g4r3po” as he posted all 10 answers correctly.

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Vintage Distribution Nightmare Continues

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For many collectors, it’s becoming more and more frustrating to find the new figures in The Vintage Collection at retail.

Instead, what we find are an increased dedication to Clone Wars and Legends, and stores even adding promotional space for those lines, like the image above provided by forumite Tsophika.

So, why is it that stores keep getting in more of those figures while ignoring Vintage? Why does TRU seem to have a sale every month promoting those lines, and ignoring Vintage? Why are we having to rely on online retailers now to get the new Vintage figures, but are being forced to purchase carry forward figures in those case assortments?

We invite all of our readers to sound off on your thoughts on these issues and how this is affecting your interest in the hobby in the forums.

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Hasbro Toy Shop Orders Sent in Bubble Mailers

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If you have placed any orders with HasbroToyShop lately, you could be in for a bit of a surprise when you receive your order.

Some orders are being split into separate packages, and when this happens, it appears the “second” part of the order is being sent via bubble mailers to save them on shipping costs.

The result? Damaged cardbacks. If you’re going to open these anyway, you should be fine. But if you were planning on them all being on minty cards, you might want to check out the photos provided by Yakface forum member AaylaSecurasMan by clicking here.

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Got a Case of Yellow Fever? There’s a Cure

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For several months now, there have been many justified complaints regarding the discoloration “yellowing” of clone trooper helmets in the Vintage Collection. Our friends at JediDefender have posted in their forums a couple relatively simple fixes if yours have started to turn or if you’ve skipped buying figures because of the discoloration already present on MOC figures.