After seeing Ryan’s awesome Mini Wars artwork a few days ago, I sent him quick email first to praise his design and to inquire about how Yak Face would look in this style. Ryan came through big time and have given us the exclusive reveal! Click on through to check out his complete design and blind box packaging concept for our namesake.
ToysRUs is holding their annual Labor Day Weekend Sale and from today through Sept. 2, you can get a FREE LEGO Star Wars Battle Pack (75000 or 75001) with a LEGO purchase of $50 or more.
The folks at Galactic Merchants have shared another outstanding update showing further progress on the upcoming display environments they are offering to the fan community. Check out the full image they’ve shared in the forums!
Earlier in the summer, we posted an SDCC wishlist that unfortunately didn’t come true, but since that time, forum moderator localgotal has been sharing some amazing mockups of figures that blow nearly all of Hasbro’s offerings for 2013 out of the water.
Check out the latest examples that he’s put together in the forums, and join us in scratching our heads as to why Hasbro wouldn’t launch The Black Series with figures like the examples above rather than packing Wave 1 with 2x per case of figures like Biggs Darklighter and Episode II Anakin Skywalker… because any of the above figures, packed at even 3x per case would be better than much of what’s in Hasbro’s launch wave.
Now… if we can just get him to mock up some playsets…
Blind packaged mini figures is all the rage these days especially for line like LEGO and KRE-O. It appears that Hasbro is taking it a bit further as the Saga Legends & Mission Series lines are combined in a Trading Figure assortment which are blind boxed in Japan courtesy of these images from Toy Sapiens. What do you think of a concept like this coming to the US for action figures?
Thanks to our friend Matt from JediNews for the tip.
Sideshow Collectibles has updated today with a preview of their upcoming 1:6 Scale Security Battle Droids Set. Pre-orders start next Thursday.
BBTS END OF SUMMER SALE – 5000+ ITEMS REDUCED
We’ve reduced prices by 15% to 50% on over 5,000 items! Take a look at the huge sale menus, there are tons of Transformers, Star Wars, Marvel, DC, GI Joe, Anime, Statues, Props, T-Shirts, Trinkets, Stand-Ups, Imports, Movie Figures and much much more!
This week we are featuring new arrivals like the Iron Man Mark 42 ARTFX statue by Kotobukiya, the Arkham City Nightwing statue by DC Collectibles & the Gollum mini bust by Gentle Giant! Click on through to see this week’s list of pre-orders and new arrivals!
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Although I’ve never been a huge fan of The Clone Wars styling, I have to admit, seeing a Clone Wars animated rendering of my fan fiction photonovel character, Rykrof Enloe, blows me away (and suddenly I find the styling a lot more appealing)! Check out the full rendition that forum member jedimasteradi created by clicking here!
Lo and behold, Toys”R”us employees have come up with an alternative to taping the bubbles back onto The Black Series figures… a few well placed staples will do the trick as I witnessed today. Before getting upset with retailers for this, remember – this is a manufacturing issue on Hasbro’s side; not the fault of stores that receive faulty packaging from Hasbro.