Artwork, Contests/Giveaways, Customizing

Episode VII Customizing Challenge

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Just a friendly reminder that there are only a couple weeks left to submit an entry in the Episode VII Customizing Challenge we are hosting with our friends at Imperialshipyards!

This one is easy – all you need to do is create a custom figure of something you think we might see in the upcoming film, and post it in our forums!  And if you post it in the forums at both sites, you have doubled your chances of winning a great prize (and these are by far the best prizes we’ve ever had for a customizing contest).

For all the details, click on the banner above!

Collecting News

CW11 Republic Commando Boss Variant

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For variant collectors out there, we thought we’d pass on news and visual confirmation of a rumored running change/variant to the 2012 Clone Wars Republic Commando Boss (CW11) figure. Initial versions of this figure included an all white backpack (as seen in our Toyguide), but orange accented backpack variant has shown up on pegs in the UK and Australia and on eBay. Click the image above for a closer look.

Thanks to McMetal over on the JediDefender forums for the alert.

Collecting News

$4.99 Sale Ends Soon

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Toys”R”us has been running a great sale over the past month – but as a reminder, this sale ends on Saturday.

Stores around the U.S. have been consistently restocking TVC figures for this, most notably the Deleted Scenes wave.  So if you’re in the hunt for these figures, or just want some extra army builders / custom fodder for a good price, you’ve only got a few days left to take advantage of this price.

Artwork, Contests/Giveaways, Customizing

Yakfinities #48 – Cast Your Vote

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The next Yakfinities Customizing Challenge launches in April – voting has begun in our forums.  Click here to cast your vote for what you’d like to see Yakface forum members customize next!

The current Yakfinities is also underway – head on over to the forums to see the latest enteries — and don’t forget, there will be some cool prizes given away to some random winners once again, so be sure to submit a custom before the deadline of March 31!

Collecting News, Toyguide Updates

Toyguide Update: Mandalorian Warrior (CW29)

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The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today starting a look back at some of the older Clone Wars figures that we have yet to add to the archives. We kick things off with the Mandalorian Warrior (CW29).

PROS: Collectors that had trouble tracking down this figure via the “Death Watch” Battle Pack, thankfully, got another opportunity to bolster their Mandalorian Warrior ranks. Like most Clone Wars figures of this era, articulation was abundant allowing for varied “actiony” poses and the sculpting and deco is top notch.

CONS: At the time of release, this figure wasn’t available in any great quantity, which is a shame considering their reemergence in The Clone Wars Season 5. It’s also disappointing that Hasbro didn’t see fit to reissue this figure in 2013 with a revised “Maul armor” deco or perhaps a sweet Obi-Wan-in-Mando disguise version.

Head to the toyguide for the full image gallery and to judge for yourself whether this figure is worth tracking down for your collection.

You can also weigh in with your impressions on the figures we add to our toyguide on facebook and in our forums.

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