Funko has updated their blog today announcing 4 new POP! figures for Rogue One: Young Jyn, Galen Erso (Eadu), Weeteef Cyubee, and Death Star Droid. Look for them in stores in August.
Star Wars Day Giveaway – Celebration Exclusive Luke Skywalker (X-wing Pilot)
We managed to secure an extra Celebration Exclusive Luke Skywalker X-wing Pilot and in honor of #StarWarsDay we’re giving one away!* Simply leave a comment here on this article (not our social media postings) stating what is your favorite Luke Skywalker collectible and why. We’ll pick and announce the winner tomorrow. Good luck, and May the Fourth Be With You!
*Giveaway is open to US residents only.
Update: a winner has been selected. Details in the comment section.
3.75″ Galen, Raddus and Sefla Preorders Open at Entertainment Earth
Three of the hard-to-find figures from the last wave of the Rogue One 3.75″ line have gone up for preorder at our Sponsor, Entertainment Earth. Take the individual links to secure your order today.
Update: 6″ R5-D4 Now Available on ThinkGeek.com
If you’re in need, now’s the time as ThinkGeek now has the 6″ R5-D4 in stock. Thanks to @soybean311 on Twitter for the heads up.
Update: Sold out
And Like That, He Was Gone
Reports are that from approximately 2:15-2:25pm the Celebration Exclusive Luke Skywalker (X-wing Pilot) available on HasbroToyShop.com. While not completely out of the question, I would think that was the last of them to be had at retail price.
Congrats to any and all who were able to secure one or two.
Black Series Overstock
As many collectors feared, the experiment with having TBS 3.75″ as an exclusive line to Walmart has turned out to be a mess.
In fact, the 6″ line has also become quite a nightmare across many retailers considering the mountains of Jyn and Cassian figures that are bottlenecking later assortments from reaching big box retailers.
Even with deep discounts, Walmart can’t seem to move much of this stuff (Hey, Hasbro… the trend here is you massively overproduced hero characters – and some in obscure outfits, – please don’t do this again).
How about you? What’s the trend at your current Walmart / Target / Toys”R”us / etc? Share your thoughts here or in our forums after the jump!
UPDATE – Just after posting this, forum moderator Jodo sent me this pic as his local Walmart (Edwardsville, IL) just received two more cases of this same wave that was released a year ago… how can they get in more of these when the same figures are falling off the pegs??
If this is the scene at your local Walmart, well… No Scarif Troopers for you!
Gentle Giant Convention Exclusive Dianoga Error
Last night I decided to open up the vintage box for Gentle Giant’s Convention Exclusive Jumbo Kenner Dianoga Trash Monster to check out the carded creature inside. Unfortunately, Gentle Giant misspelled the Dianoga’s name on the cardback as “Dianogo”. Bummer.
Episode #110: Vintage is the New Vintage
Welcome back! After a nice break and a Star Wars Celebration to cover, Jayson and Flyguy are back to break down the latest in collecting news. On this episode we discuss the big reveals from Celebration as well as new items hitting stores (and our wallets). All this and more on episode #110 of The Realm Recap!
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6″ 40th Anniversary Wave 2 Found at Retail
Our friends at Jedi Temple Archives are reporting that the second wave of Hasbro’s 6″ 40th Anniversary line has been spotted at retail.
Considering how hard Wave 1 is for many people to find (especially R2-D2), does this news make you want to scream?
Check out their report after the jump!
Pre-Punched or Unpunched: Which One Do You Have?
Despite assurances that the 6″ 40th Anniversary figures would be pre-punched for retail sales, it seems like there is at least one figure that this claim didn’t necessarily apply. There are samples for the Star Wars Celebration exclusive Luke Skywalker: X-Wing Pilot figure that made it into hands of collectors with the punch intact. While this isn’t anything to covet for majority of collectors, there is a segment of the community that this will surely interest.
Thanks to trashtone for the info and for his aid in acquiring this sample.