Collider has alerted us to an exclusive Villain Noir “Bounty Hunter” giclee by Marko Manev that will be available this weekend at NYCC (Bottleneck Gallery booth #2167). It is limited to just 125 pieces but if you can’t attend, there will be some made available on the Bottleneck Gallery website on Saturday at 1pm ET.
Here it is, your first look at the new Star Wars Rebels series coming in 2014 to Disney XD. Stay tuned for more footage and images to pop up so as the Rebels panel at NYCC this week is sure to reveal more.
Just a friendly reminder that a special Star Wars Rebels preview airs tonight at 8:30 ET/PT on Disney XD.
Hot on the heels of the glorious The Making of Return of the Jedi from J.W. Rinzler comes Star Wars Art: Concept – a must have publication for any art aficionado. This book contains some of the earliest works created for Star Wars leading right up to the present with concept art for 1313. You can pre-order it now from Amazon for only $24.00 (reg. $40.00) or pick it up whereever fine books are sold on October 15.
Ten Inch Walking Dead, Retro 60’s Batman, Black Series Wave 2 In Stock, All In Our @DorksideToys Newsletter. Click on through for the details.
Our friends at Jedi Temple Archives are reporting that the upcoming Kmart Exclusive (Scanning Crew and Ewok Catapult) Sets have been added to their website and should soon be available for order. Head on over to check out the details.
This weekend we spotlight more of the great customizing work being done by Star Wars fans in our forum community.
Leading this off, we have Stocos28, who shines as always with a Twi’lek Jedi, and more which can be seen here.
Next up, we have a great tribute to the vintage bootleg Uzay Headman and several other customs, courtesy of Tonphanan.
After that, try to keep your socks on when you see the Pong Krell custom by Darth Daddy (we are all still wondering why Hasbro hasn’t made this guy yet).
Last by not least, darth naes shows off a killer battle damaged Darth Vader custom from the Dark Horse comics series in his customizing thread.
The Yakface Toyguide updates resume with our last entry for wave 2 in the The Black Series 3-3/4″ line. Today, we take a look at Luminara Unduli (#11).
PROS: Surprisingly, this figure is only a slight improvement over previous versions. The articulation is ample and the sculpt and deco are very nice making for decent display piece.,
CONS: On the whole, I find it a terrible “toy”. The headdress limits poseability of the arms so when you raise them, it forces the headdress to lift off of the head. The soft goods cloak is prone to additional fraying and shedding of fibers. The soft goods are too long making free standing the figure a chore at times.
Head to the toyguide for the full image gallery and to judge for yourself whether this figure is worth adding to your collection.
You can also weigh in with your impressions on the figures we add to our toyguide on facebook and in our forums.
Yakface reader Ruben A. (AaylaSecurasMan in our forums) sends in word and proof that the Battle of Geonosis multipacks* have started to hit stores. He found his sets in Arizona.October is shaping up to be a spendy month.
Nice score Ruben!
*Of note, these are listed as Gunship Hero Packs in the Toys”R”Us system
Hasbro’s disaster line from 2012 continues to show up at discount stores like TJ Maxx and Marshalls – as just today, I saw more of this stuff that wasn’t there just a couple days ago.
One has to wonder just how much of this stuff Hasbro produced… and it’s hard to not feel that Hasbro’s poor decisions with this line are the prime reason for the change in Hasbro’s business model to switch to cheaper, 5POA figures rather than their official reasoning of “changes in kids’ play habits.”