As teased yesterday on the CurtoBurns Collectors Cast, the Endor AT-ST Crew and Ewok Scouts 2 packs have been revealed on SirSteve’sGuide’s Facebook page. The Endor AT-ST Crew includes a driver and gunner and the Ewok Scout sets includes Widdle Warrick and Wunka. Head on over to check them out and watch for more SDCC reveal all weekend long!
Few customizers can match the creativity or talents of Sillof, and he proves it once again with his latest batch of customs. You won’t want to miss these, so check them out after the jump!
It’s a massive show this month, jam-packed with the latest news and previews as we get ready for convention season. Get the first-hand report of the exciting Star Wars Weekends, which includes the continuing hunt for Disney’s Build-A-Droids and the Carbon Freeze Me Chamber, Steve Sansweet gives us the latest updates from Rancho Obi-Wan and shares his adventures in Peru for the Jedi Fest show, and Justin LaSalata gives us his round-up report of all the exclusives announced for the summer cons.
If that’s not enough, we’ve got several special guests this month: Mark Picirilli from Yoda’s News gives us an in-hand review on the convention-exclusive Blue Snaggletooth 12″ Kenner figure from Gentle Giant, Chris Georgoulias from The Star Wars Collectors Archive tells us all about Celebration VI collecting track exclusive Star Tots collectibles, and Frank D’iorio from Diorama Workshop stops by to give us the details on the “Return to Tatooine” theme of the Celebration VI workshop and tells us how you can help be part of the action! Hear the story behind James & Dan’s recent Red 5 article in Star Wars Insider, listing our top 5 favorite Kenner Star Wars figures… plus, find out which figures make up the rest of the top 10!
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San Diego Comic-Con International is but a couple days away, but so many exclusives have already been sold! From Sideshow’s Bith band members to the one-sixth scale Commander Fox, plus even Hasbro is in on the action sending preview copies of their Cloud City Carbon Freezing Chamber figure set to select fan collecting sites. On this week’s Star Wars Action News, Marjorie and Arnie run down the latest San Diego Comic Con news, including your last chance to sign up for the Star Wars Fan Breakfast Friday morning! Plus they tell how you can submit a question to be asked by Star Wars Action News during their exclusive Hasbro interview at Comic-Con!
Also this week, Jerry is back with another Vintage Viewpoint. With all the talk of Droid Factory in the modern line, Jerry tells an old-timer’s view of what Droid Factory really is!
With new Target Exclusive figures, new un-articulated Battle Packs, a UK report from The Gingerprince, and a report from the St. Louis Toy Man Toy Show, it’s a jam-packed Star Wars Action News for you to listen to while in line for Hall H!
Here is a quick update about an exciting batch of new pre-orders, a large batch of new arrivals, and info on a $5,000 store credit giveaway contest!.
Sideshow Collectibles updates this weekend announcing their upcoming sixth scale Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi “Order of the Jedi” figure featuring a very nice Ewan McGregor likeness.
This week at Toys”R”Us all Star Wars (plus Marvel and G.I. Joe) figures are $7.00 each. This sale includes Clone Wars, Movie Heroes and Vintage Collection figures and is available both in-store and online.
Past Generation Toys has updated this week with new Pre-orders and In-stock items covering Star Wars, Marvel, Transformers, DC, Gentle Giant and more. Click through for the complete list!
Sideshow Collectibles is now taking pre-orders for their sixth scale Snowtrooper as well as the ultra-cool E-Web Heavy Repeating Blaster accessory! Also of note, the exclusive version of the Snowtrooper will include a special blaster rifle sculpted in the style of the Vintage Kenner rifle!
This evening we take a moment to show some appreciation for the great customizers in our forums by sharing some of their work!
First off, stocos28 leads things off with a very cool Twi’lek custom, as well as several other figures in his customizing thread.
Next up, you’ll want to check out the above zombie astronaut courtesy of forum member tmoaswg.
Customizer mousedroidhoojib also knocks one out of the park with a realistic rendition of Duchess Satine Kryze from the Clone Wars.
Last but not least, we have a very cool comic book version of Luke Skywalker by forum member ScorpioAttack.