Our friends at Sandtroopers.com have posted an in-hand look at the SDCC Exclusive Black Series 6″ Boba Fett with Han Solo in Carbonite. Head on over check out Hasbro’s first step into a larger world of Star Wars collecting.
How Does Your Collection Stack Up?
The folks at Wattosjunkshop.com are hosting a fun event at their site where you have the chance to show off your collection, and win some great prizes. Head on over there to check it out!
NEW LEGO Sets Hitting TRU
Yakreader DarthRay sends word via Twitter that his local Toys”R”Us has several new 2013 LEGO Star Wars sets available. Included in his findings are:
75015 Corporate Alliance Tank Droid
75016 Homing Spider Droid
75017 Duel on Geonosis
75018 JEK-14 Stealth Starfighter
75019 AT-TE
75021 Republic Gunship
75022 Mandalorian Speeder
No signs yet of Jabba’s Sail Barge (75020)
Yakfinities #48 Roundup Report
The most recent Yakfinities Customizing Challenge, The Clone Wars, has wrapped up and we’ve got nearly 100 customs to show off in the Roundup Report made by Yakface forum members. The participation and quality of entries was off the chart – check out all the submissions and see which random winners are walking away with some Hasbro Star Wars action figures as prizes after the jump!
6″ Black Series DPCI
For folks trying to track down the upcoming 6″ Black Series figures, plug DPCI 087-06-1941 in the system to aid in your search.
New Product at Target
Forum member darthmadonna ran into some new items at his local Target yesterday – check out his early find after the jump!
Angry Birds Star Wars: The Prequels
Just when you thought the Star Wars Angry Birds craze was over, Rovio is teasing that they are going to announce a game (and obligatory tie-in merchandise) covering the Prequel Era on Monday. Insert collective groan here.
Site Maintenance: We’re All Fine Here Now…
Thanks to all that emailed and sent in questions regarding trouble accessing the comment system and individual news posts. The offending droids in the system have been dealt with and everything is back up and running trouble free.
Jumbo Yoda (Holiday Edition)
Gentle Giant has just announced their Premier Guild Holiday Exclusive – the Jumbo Kenner Yoda (Holiday Edition).
Gentle Giant is proud to bring to you an early dose of Holiday cheer with the unveiling of our 2013 Holiday piece, the Holiday Jumbo Vintage Kenner Yoda Figure!
Inspired by one of George Lucas’ famous holiday greeting cards, the Yoda Holiday 2013 Kenner Jumbo Figure comes with a faithfully-reproduced brown cane and a unique removable Santa Claus outfit, complete with cap and sack full of Gentle Giant toys!
This PGM Exclusive Limited Edition piece comes on a unique holiday-inspired cardback featuring artwork by the late, great Ralph McQuarrie and packaged in a resealable clamshell to preserve the Holiday spirit year round!
It is available for pre-order now for Premier Guild Member for $80.00 and will ship Q4 of 2013.
New 1:6 Scale Tauntaun Tease from Sideshow
Sideshow Collectibles has posted a new teaser for their upcoming 1:6 Scale Tauntaun. Head over to Sideshow to check it out.