The UK Toy Fair is officially underway and the first awards have been given out predicting the Best New Toys of 2013 and Hasbro’s new Anakin to Darth Vader figure (£24.99) has earned a spot. While details of this figure have yet to be revealed, we can provide you a small press image courtesy of Bastion Press.
Watch for more details out of UK Toy Fair as they become available.
Tickets are now available for purchase for this year’s Celebration Europe II in Germany
The Huffington Post is reporting that George Lucas is now engaged to long time girlfriend, Mellody Hobson. Read on for the details.
Happy New Year to all our readers and we hope you all have a great 2013! Thanks for all of your feedback here at our site, through our forums and on Facebook and Twitter this past year. We look forward to bringing you the latest in collecting news, coverage of some of this year’s trade shows and conventions as well as continued entries in our Toyguide.
Disney has announced the 2013 dates for Star Wars Weekends via their Disney Parks Blog. The dates run every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from May 17 – June 9 and will again be hosted by James Arnold Taylor and Ashley Eckstein. Stay tuned for more details as they are released.
Members of The Force United are on site at New York Comic Con to bring you the first look at items from the various licensees in attendance this year. Check out the latest from Rubies after the jump….
Members of The Force United are on site at New York Comic Con to bring you the first look at items from the various licensees in attendance this year. Check out the latest from Diamond Select after the jump….
Members of The Force United are on site at New York Comic Con to bring you the first look at items from the various licensees in attendance this year. And while Hasbro doesn’t have an official presence this year you can check out what was on display at their exclusive Preview Night Party. Click on through for the images…. Continue reading TFU NYCC Coverage: Hasbro
Our friends at Sandtroopers.com has received some intel that suggests that Admiral Motti will be released next year in the Legacy Collection/Droid Factory. Hopefully this will pan out in a few short hours at NYCC.
Last Saturday was the first annual Star Wars Reads Day, an event promoted by Del Rey and Lucasfilm to promote literacy in general, and the reading of Star Wars books in particular. Over 1,000 libraries and book stores across the country took part, with kits provided by Del Rey giving kids activities and crafts, and promoting Star Wars. Marjorie and Arnie of Star Wars Action News trekked to Roseville, MN for one of these events at Barnes & Noble with guests Troy Denning, John Jackson Miller, and Dan Wallace. On this episode of the podcast, they recap the events and share their hopes for next year’s event to make it even better!
And with Star Wars Reads day what better book is there than the Star Wars Essential Reader’s Companion to introduce new readers to the Star Wars Expanded Universe? Star Wars Action News Book Club liaison Brock provides an in-depth review of this new book on this show.
With a recap of finds at the Toy Man Toy Show in St. Louis and the Fallcon convention in Roseville, new finds at Toys R Us, a die-cast C-3PO, and more, it’s on this week’s Star Wars Action News podcast!
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