Gentle Giant also updates announcing their Deluxe Ree-Yees mini bust is available for pre-order. This bust features a switch0ut arm allowing collectors to display the figure with or without a blaster. Head to Gentle Giant to check out the concept art and place your order.
Jumbo Kenner Yoda Pre-Order

Here is the piece I’ve been waiting for! Gentle Giant is now taking pre-orders for their Jumbo Kenner Yoda figure! This 6″ tall figure is just like the vintage figure complete with soft goods robe, belt, cane and orange snake! As a bonus, PGM members can also purchase a brown snake version.
Awesome Custom Lego Statues
While attending the ToyMan Collector Show in St. Louis today, one of the dealers had some outstanding custom Lego-style Star Wars statues for sale. My camera phone doesn’t do these justice, but they were amazing. Check out a larger picture of these awesome creations in the forums!
The Enloe Trials – New Previews
Slowly but surely, production continues for the next installment in The Enloe Trials photonovel series.
If you haven’t read the prologue to the series yet, head on over to the forums and get caught up in this new series of adventures that takes place during the early days of the Rebellion!
After that, take a peek at a couple full shot previews to the next chapter!
New Vintage Figures Slowly Appearing
After an anguishing drought, TRU has started to receive shipments of new figures… as always your mileage may vary, but in these troubled times it’s a breath of fresh air to walk into a store and know there’s a chance it could be stocked with new product!
Good luck with those toy runs, and be sure to post your finds in our forums!
Disney BAD Astromechs Group
Star Tours has posted on facebook an awesome shot of the some of the Droid Factory Astromechs available (starting this weekend) in Tatooine Traders at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. As you’ll see, there are some new dome sculpts in here namely the R6, R8 and R9 models.
EDIT: Star Tours posted the original image via facebook earlier this afternooon.
Darth Maul Returns Battle Pack Revealed
Our friends at Sandtroopers.com have posted the first look at an upcoming Sith-centric battle pack! Head on over for packaged and loose shots of the Target Exclusive Darth Maul Returns set featuring post-op Darth Maul, Savage Opress (Armored) and a Nightsister (not Mother Talzin).
Yakfinities # 44 Continues
The latest Yakfinities Customizing Challenge continues, and with a theme that we haven’t tackled before, there’s some very interesting concepts being shown off in the forums.
And with the lull in new product these days, there’s never been a better time to roll up your sleeves and add some new figures to your collection in a different way – by creating your own figures! So check out some really cool customs or submit your own after the jump!
Sideshow CVI Exclusive: 12″ Commander Ganch

ReedPop has announced the first (of many) store exclusives for sale at Celebration VI. First up is a 12″ Clone Commander Ganch from Sideshow Collectibles! It will be available in very limited numbers starting the first day of the show, Thursday, August 23rd. Head over to MediumAtLarge.net for the full reveal!
You’re Being Put Into Carbon-Freeze
The Official Site updates today announcing that at Star Wars Weekends at Disney Hollywood Studios fans will have the opportunity to be encased in carbonite! For the complete details on “Carbon-Freeze Me” Experience, visit StarWars.com







