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Hot Toys REveals new Mandalorian and The Child 1:6 Figure Sets

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The Mandalorian and The Child 1:6 Figure Set (Deluxe Edition)

Hot Toy has revealed two new 1:6 figure sets featuring The Mandalorian and The Child. The standard edition includes both figures and an assortment of accessories including flame effects, jet pack, rifle, pistol, tracking fob, knife, grappling hook, swappable bezkar shoulder armor, various hands and more. The deluxe edition includes all of the standard accessories PLUS, The Child’s pram, a camtano of bezkar, whistling birds gauntlet attachments, Mandalorian armor hologram, two versions of The Child (sitting and standing) and more. Click the links above to check out each version.

UPDATE: The deluxe version is now up for preorder at Sideshow.com

UPDATE 2: The standard version is also available for preorder

Arts & Crafts, Collecting News, Contests/Giveaways, Customizing, Site News

Yakfinities Voting is Open

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Sheev Palpatine loves Yakfinities, and would be thrilled if this theme’s voting results glorified his excellency. After all, he spans three trilogies!

A new Yakfinities Customizing Challenge will commence in April.

Right now, registered Yakface forum members can vote on the theme.  The categories are: Medics, Bootlegs, Gladiators, Merchants, Rebel Militia, Force Acolytes, Ancient Droids, and Sheev Palpatine (any version). 

If you are registered in our forums, click here to vote! And if you ‘re not registered, you should be. Our forums aren’t as hip as social media, but we have a great little community, especially in our customizing bubble.

Collecting News, Events/Livestreams, Site News

St. Louis Toy Show – Postponed

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The upcoming Red Brick Collectibles toy show scheduled for March 15 has been rescheduled, with a tentative date of May 10.

Due to current events with the COVID-19 pandemic, Red Brick Collectibles is postponing this weekend’s toy show in St. Louis. The planned reschedule date at this time is May 10.

May the Force be with all of our readers during these sudden interruptions to our daily lives. Be smart, and stay healthy everyone… and please don’t panic!

Collecting News

Rumor Report: More Things You Like/Hate

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PERIODICALLY I reference new and upcoming products with an ELEMENT of wordplay. For this next rumor, I can say there have been FOUR of these officially released PLUS TWO more recently rumored. Over the weekend I learned of a third, but before you get GREEN with envy over not finding these in stores, there may be a SILVER lining to this BLACK cloud of potential frustration in terms of accessibility. Sometimes, repaints are good but in these cases they are ALL BAD.

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Rumor Report: 6″ Black Series TFU Shadow Stormtrooper Gaming Greats Figure

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In case you missed our Tweet and Instagram posts yesterday, there looks to be another “Gaming Greats” 6″ Black Series figure coming – the Shadow Stormtrooper from The Force Unleashed game. You may recall the artwork for this figure slipped out a couple months back. The preorder and release date is still unknown for the US market – as is with the TFU Stormtrooper Commander – but based on a couple sources I have, it should be revealed soon as production pieces have been seen. From what I know, the figure is much like the 3.75″ version from the TFU multipack and has a gunmetal color (kind of like the Carbonized Second Sister Inquisitor) and incorporates translucent parts to their sculpt (forearms, biceps, lower legs and knee area, and abdomen).

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How Big is Your Rogue One TVC Stormtrooper Army?

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Image courtesy of Yakface Forum moderator, Jodo – an army building legend!

Online stores (including at least one of our sponsors) are shipping out a new cycle of Stormtrooper goodness from Hasbro right now.

While we are nowhere close to the glory days of army building from 10-15 years ago, there is still demand out there in the market. This Stormtrooper, for example, should be constantly refreshed on the pegs at retail; yet it’s not. People have to resort to online buying to find these, which doesn’t even expose children to this greatness when they walk into the toy aisle. Hasbro is missing a huge opportunity here (and with so many other areas, but that’s a different conversation).

That being said, we’re curious as to how many of this Stormtrooper our readers have added to their ranks now. And how many more do you plan to acquire? Let us know, and we’d love to see more pics after the jump!

Collecting News, Podcasts/Streaming

Galaxy of Toys Podcast: Episode 86: New York Toy Fair 2020

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On this episode we discuss the latest reveals from Hasbro’s Star Wars line at the 2020 New York Toy Fair.  We give our thoughts on new figures from The Black Series, The Vintage Collection, Retro Collection, Galaxy of Adventure and more.  We are once again joined by Jayson from Yakface.com.  Give a listen, there is a lot to talk about.

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