The Official Star Wars Blog has updated today revealed a half dozen posters for the traveling Star Wars: Identities exhibition. Head on over to view all of the intricate details making up these posters! Hopefully all of these will be available for purchase in the not-too-distant future.
The latest Yakfinities Customizing Challenge continues – Cantina Denizens!
Entries have been piling in, but there’s still plenty of time to submit a custom of your own Cantina character (fan fiction or canon) – just make sure to get those entries in by the March 31 deadline!
We kick this Monday off on a bit of a positive note – some more creative energy from our forum members through some fan-fiction photonovels!
First off, hangarbay has released another chapter in his ongoing X-Wing Alliance series, which includes a tense battle with Imperial Stormtroopers aboard a Star Destroyer – check it out here.
Need some more OT goodness? Form member jlw515 has also posted a new chapter in his Vader’s Quest series, which entails the perspective of the Galactic Civil War from all angles – including hotshot Rebel pilots. Click here for this latest update.
Last but not least, Darth Depressis has wrapped up two more chapters in his post-ROTJ series, where the Clone Emperor is determined to regain control of the galaxy – check out his lastest installments, Defenders of the Dark Empire Part One and Part Two.
Ralph McQuarrie, the visionary artist responsible for what we’ve come to know as the look and feel of Star Wars, passed away yesterday at the age of 82. Visit StarWars.com to read a note from George Lucas on his passing and be sure to visit the official Ralph McQuarrie website to view many of his magnificent works.
Barely a month after new product hit the shelves, some Wal-Marts are already putting some of Hasbro’s new line on clearance. It seems like some retailers are realizing that vastly inferior repacks from a decade ago aren’t in demand; especially at inflated prices – how long before Hasbro realizes this too?
For more details on what was found marked down in the St. Louis area today, click on the image above.
We would like to remind all the customizers out there of a tribute we are running in honor of a good Yakface friend who passed away last summer – a multi-site customizing event that was in the works by a collector know around the forums as MercuryArtStudios. We were shocked and saddened last summer when he tragically lost his life in a car accident.
Mike Martinez left behind a great following in the customizing community and touched a lot of people. In his memory, we wanted to see through an Evolution style themed customizing contest that he had been planning – so we have teamed up with two other sites he was active at to make this happen. We are proud to work with the great folks at Echo Base News and Imperial Shipyards to host this customizing event.
To help encourage participation, we’ve also gathered a great pool of prizes – for more information and rules of entry, click here!
Our friends at Jedi Temple Archives have posted their annual special report comparing the original Kenner Vintage figures with their definitive (or in some cases not) modern counterparts. Head on over to read what figures are due for a modern upgrade or need to be represented in the “modern era” of collecting.
Despite the weakened economy, LEGO announced today that with the help of the Star Wars and Harry Potter licenses, their profitability and market share for 2011 surpassed it’s main toy competition Hasbro and Mattel. You can read their full press release at LEGO.com
For your review, we’ve also added a gallery showcasing the “Lost Line” cardbacks which will be exclusive to figures at SDCC then available later as “chase” cards at retail. Click through for all the images and then weigh in with your thoughts on this series in our forums.
The acquisition of the Toy Fair Presentation has given us a better look at those controversial Battle Packs. Click on through to check out high-res versions of each sets and continue the discussion in our forums.