Our friends at Jedi Temple Archives are reporting that the Target Exclusive AT-DP with Driver has started to hit Target on the West Coast. Head on over for a closer look and start checking those stores.
Sideshow Presents: R2-ME2
Sideshow is proud to present R2-ME2, a unique re-imagining of everyone’s favorite sassy astromech: R2-D2
The Force is strong with this collective of creative minds from across the galaxy! Starting with a blank prototype of our Deluxe R2-D2 Sixth Scale Figure, Sideshow invited over 90 friends and fans to participate in customizing the iconic droid with a brand new look. Check out a sneak peek at the progress on these one-of-a-kind custom projects below, and follow along on Instagram with the hashtag #R2ME2.
Be sure to check out the full reveal of the project April 16 at Star Wars Celebration!
New Hot Wheels Character Cars Coming Soon
Speaking of Hot Wheels, looks like we can expect several more character cars (singles and sets) in the near future. Click on through to check out the C-3PO (shiny), The Inquistor, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Darth Vader (Episode IV deco) and more.
Celebration Anaheim Collecting Track Schedule and Events
Our friends at the Star Wars Collectors Archives have posted a great breakdown of the entire schedule for the Collecting Track Panels and Events for Star Wars Celebration.
Celebration Exclusive: Hot Wheels R2-KT
My new issue of Star Wars Insider landed today and inside, there is a reveal of a very cool Celebration exclusive for an even better cause. Hot Wheels is having a special R2-KT character car for sale ($10.00 each). Disney and Mattel will be donating the proceeds to Star Wars: Force for Change.
Celebration Exclusive: LEGO Star Wars Posters
Scale Is In The Eye of the Beholder
Some of you have seen posts recently regarding the weird shifting scale for some of the new clones in the 3.75″ Black Series line (Rex, Doom, Wolffe). The inconsistency doesn’t stop there as the new 6″ Leia Boushh towers over her previous 6″ body. What is going on here??? Thanks to Kool Kollectibles for the heads up on this image from The Fwoosh.
TRU Exclusive Jabba’s Rancor Pit Revealed
Jedi Temple Archives has called our attention to an image of an as-of-yet unannounced (but rumored) TRU Exclusive Jabba’s Rancor Pit set posted on Facebook. The set looks to include several repacked figures, but that Jabba in there is drawing attention as it looks to be new. Stay tuned for more details as they arise.
Fox Fanfare Swan Song
Thanks to FanoftheWars on Twitter, we can confirm that the digital versions of Episodes I-III, and V, VI do NOT have the 20th Century Fox fanfare intro played before them.
Below is a quick video I grabbed of the new opening fanfare:
Celebration Exclusives from ThinkGeek
ThinkGeek has spent the last several months excitedly preparing the upcoming Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, CA. The online retailer is proud to announce that they will be debuting a number of exclusive items that will only be available to attendees as well as early release items that will be for sale both at the show and on ThinkGeek.com. Click on through to check them out.