Funko has also announced a new Star Wars BOXOS papercraft two-sided display featuring the Bespin Carbon Freezing Chamber and Gantry. Now before you dismiss this out of hand, the figures included with the display are about 4″ tall each, so you may be able to use it as an action figure display for Hasbro, LEGO or Kubrick figures (the last two being more appropriate stylistically). I plan on picking up a set when they are available to test out.
Our friends at MintInBox.net pass on word to us that an exclusive Funko Glow-In-The-Dark Darth Vader bobblehead will be available as a Paris Comics Expo in November. Click on through to check it out.
Now in Stock – Star Wars Comic Packs! Some great classics & hard to finds. Grab ’em before they are gone!
As Premier Guild Members receive their PGM gifts this week, they are also being treated to something extra in with their shipments – a Jumbo Kenner Han Blaster Keychain.
Our friends at Jedi Temple Archives are soliciting collector participation in order to gather a list of figures we’d like to see re-issued in the Black Series. Head on over for the details and guidelines for submission.
Originally offered for FREE with the pre-order of the Jumbo Wampa, Gentle Giant has updated today and they are now taking pre-orders for the Jumbo Kenner Luke Skywalker in Hoth Battle Gear – their next figure in their series of “Hoth Collection” releases.
These figures may not be to everyone’s liking, but last year’s second wave of Movie Heroes had some really nicely sculpted figures with very acceptable articulation and they are showing up at Five Below locations, for the wonderful price of $5.00 per figure.
Personal Note: I can’t help but wonder if 2012 would have shaken out different if Hasbro had put this sort of effort into the Movie Heroes line at the 2012 launch; and supplemented the line with better figures for repacks rather than the direction they took. If Hasbro had put more effort into the kid line for 2012, and Movie Heroes had not crashed and burned, would we even be seeing 5POA figures at all?
As suspected, some collectors have experienced “issues” when ordering the Kmart exclusive Scanning Crew sets online. We are reading and receiving reports that people are receiving duplicate sets (2 of one or the other) rather than one of each. In an extreme example, a local collector friend of mine JediMoses received 10 of the Death Star sets instead of an equal allotment of each.
If you have a Big Lots in your area, Legends figures are showing up there, and the price is nice… $5.00 every day.
During the Star Wars Rebels panel at NYCC over the weekend, Lucasfilm revealed the merchandise line look for 2014. Thanks to a great photo (shot by Rich Alot over at Rebelscum) I was able to retouch it a bit to give a clearer representation of what we will see in stores in a few short months. Click the image above for a closer look.