New StarWars.com Article Reveals New Character

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StarWars.com has updated today with an expanded interview with Annie Leibovitz from the recent Vanity Fair feature. The new article reveals a new image of Andy Serkis in full mo-cap mode as well as the character he will be playing (name only). For spoiler-phobes steer clear, but for others click on over to the official site.

UPDATE: The Force Awakens First Order Stormtrooper Hits eBay

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It was only a matter of time, but the Hasbro 6″ First Order Stormtrooper figure from The Force Awakens hit eBay recently courtesy of seller VipersKingdom. It is sold out now but that is likely to change based on past history. If you absolutely must have the figure now, bookmark the seller’s page and check back often.

Thanks to fellow Wolfpack Podcast team member Corey for the heads up.

UPDATE: It is back up now as an auction listing – current price $510.00

Santa Cruz Expands Scenes Line of Skateboards

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Santa Cruz Skateboards has expanded their line of Exclusive Special Edition Star Wars collection of Decks and Cruzers with 5 new “scene” designs. Click on through to check out the Trash Compactor, Sarlacc Pit, Millennium Falcon Asteroid Chase and the Darth Vader “Neptune” deck which draws inspiration from Jason Jessee’s classic “Neptune” deck from 1988 (a board of which I have fond memories).
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Happy Memorial Day

Although we are a little late in our published acknowledgement, we would like to take the time to honor the brave men and women who served, fought and died for our country. It often takes a solemn commemoration to put things like toy collecting (or other trivialities) into perspective and further proves that we have very little to complain about in the ultimate scheme of things.

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