While attending the ToyMan Collector Show in St. Louis today, one of the dealers had some outstanding custom Lego-style Star Wars statues for sale. My camera phone doesn’t do these justice, but they were amazing. Check out a larger picture of these awesome creations in the forums!
The Official Site updates today announcing that at Star Wars Weekends at Disney Hollywood Studios fans will have the opportunity to be encased in carbonite! For the complete details on “Carbon-Freeze Me” Experience, visit StarWars.com
An interesting image showed up on StarWars.com today of what looks to be an animated version of the Classic Boba Fett. It looks like Boba’s transformation to the iconic armor will turn up in the Clone Wars for season 5! Head on over for a closer look and be sure to check out their new Celebration VI announcements.
UPDATE: It appears that the cat was let out of the bag a bit prematurely as the Official Site has removed the image an replaced the animated version with one from The Empire Strikes Back. Thanks to our friends at JediNews for the tip.
As you all well know, today is the unofficial “May the Fourth” Star Wars holiday. Watch for many special announcements from manufacturers and retailers offering special discounts and time-sensitive promotions to commemorate the event. For a great rundown of what is being offered visit StarWars.com. We will be posting additional special reveals throughout the day as well.
May the “fourth” be with you from us here at Yakface.com
Our friends at Galactic Hunter have posted several image galleries from their coverage of WonderCon 2012 which took place over the weekend in Anaheim, CA. Be sure to check out the great Star Wars products on display from Gentle Giant, Super 7, Kotobukiya and more!
The Official Star Wars Blog has updated today revealed a half dozen posters for the traveling Star Wars: Identities exhibition. Head on over to view all of the intricate details making up these posters! Hopefully all of these will be available for purchase in the not-too-distant future.
Hasbro has finally released the Toy Fair 2012 Star Wars Presentation to all fan sites. Obviously you’ve seen everything by now but it’s still worth sharing. Click on over to our show coverage gallery for all the slides.
Today we officially close out our coverage on Toy Fair 2012 and we’ve loaded our galleries with even more images! Head on in to check out products from Hasbro, LEGO, Kotobukiya, Diamond Select, Uncle Milton, Mimobot, Jazwares, Comic Images, Underground Toys, Funko and more!!!
While getting caught up viewing various sites’ Toy Fair coverage, I noticed that Jay from JediInsider was able to snap a great shot of the thawed side of the carbonite block from the SDCC Exclusive Carbon Freezing Chamber figure set. Head on over for a closer look.
Our Toy Fair 2012 Galleries are updated again today with images from LEGO. There were some great new sets on display this year covering the Clone Wars, The Old Republic and the Original Trilogy. Some highlights were the Sith Fury-Class Interceptor from SWTOR, the Malevolence Cruiser from Clone Wars and my favorite, Jabba’s Palace with an awesome Jabba the Hutt mini figure that’s not so mini! Head on in to check out the photos!