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CVI Scavenger Hunt

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The Collecting Track is proud to make a major announcement. We will have a new feature at C6: a Scavenger Hunt! Stop by the Social Area in room W304CD for details and to pick up your gamecard. Travel around the convention seeing neat things, answering interesting questions and meeting cool people! Complete your list, and win awesome prizes! This will honestly be one of those things that you’re going to want to do, because the prizes are going to be the talk of the Con!

Be sure to follow @C6CollectTrack on twitter and facebook

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Yakface CVI Badge/Coin Pin Set Update

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For folks looking to score one of our CVI exclusive Collectors Badge with Coin Pin sets, these will be available in limited quantities Thursday at the Yakface/SWAN Fan Party, at The Force United – booth #450 (days/times to be announced), at the Meet the Fan Site Collector Track panel (Room W304CD) on Saturday from 3-4pm, and at a mystery time that will only be announced on Facebook and Twitter (@yak_face).

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Ultimate Action Figure Collection CVI Panel Details

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Our good friends at JediTempleArchives have posted official details surrounding the panel featuring Dan Curto, Paul Harrison and Anne Neumann for Steve Sansweet’s Ultimate Action Figure Collection book. Head on over to JTA to check it out and be sure to clear your schedule for the first look at this highly anticipated publication!

You can pre-order your copy at RanchoObiWan.org and be sure to get your autographed bookplate at the Rancho Obi-Wan Experience Booth (#1235)!

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Celebration VI Collecting Club Patch Set

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Six Groups Celebrate CVI with an Exclusive Patch Set

Five Star Wars collecting clubs along with the Celebration VI Collecting Track will mark Celebration VI by giving away sections of an exclusive 6-piece patch set.  When assembled, the pieces form a Clone Wars themed movie poster.  The poster features characters from all six movies of the Star Wars saga along with characters from The Clone Wars TV series.  The clubs participating in this project are the Washington DC Area Star Wars Collecting Club (DCSWCC), the Ohio Star Wars Collectors Club (OSWCC), the Pennsylvania Star Wars Collecting Society (PSWCS), the Star Wars Grand Florida Alliance (SWGFA), the Seattle ARea Lucasfilm Artifact Collectors Club (SARLACC) and the Celebration VI Collecting Track.  Lead designer Bill Cable of PSWCS conceived the idea for the patch, and completed the design with substantial assistance from leaders of the participating groups.

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Yakface/Hasbro CVI QnA: The Questions

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We have set up a time to meet with Hasbro for a one-on-one interview/QnA session immediately following the Celebration VI presentation on Friday, Aug. 24. Beside the obvious, where are the figures? and distribution questions, what would you like us to ask them? We only have 10 min with them so not every question submitted can and/or will be asked, but you can post your question(s) here in comments section, on facebook or in our forums for consideration.

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SWAN Reveals Exclusive CVI Badges

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Our friends and party co-host Star Wars Action News have revealed their exclusive CVI badge(s) today via Facebook! Not only do they include iconic artwork from the master Ralph McQuarrie and use the photography of Dan Curto, but the 2 badges join together to form one portrait! Head on over the SWActionNews facebook page for details on how you can get at least one of them, as the second is reserved for party attendees only!

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Episode 358: C6 and Chicago Comic Con

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2012’s Convention season is ending not with a whimper but with a bang! Star Wars Celebration VI starts in 10 days, but last weekend was also Wizard World’s Chicago Comic-Con, and on this week’s Star Wars Action News podcast Marjorie and Arnie run down both.
First, the Celebration VI panel schedule has finally been released, and Marjorie and Arnie discuss some of the panels they will be hosting, as well as panels in the Celebration VI Collector’s Social Area. With limited edition free collectibles, opportunities to meet the faces behind some of the most popular Star Wars collecting web sites, and more, listen to find out how to not miss out at C6!
Also, Diorama Workshop head Frank D’iorio comes on the show to update listeners on what attendees will be building at C6, and what collectibles and souvenirs will be available at the diorama workshop area.
Then Marjorie, Arnie, Brock, and Johnathan went to Wizard World Chicago. Listen in to find out about the toys, collectibles, and celebrities that attended this Midwestern event.
With a book review of X-Wing: Mercy Kill by Brock and Vintage figures being sold individually online, it’s all on this week’s Star Wars Action News podcast!
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Fan Sites Unite at Celebration VI in the Star Wars Collectors Social Area

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When Star Wars collectors want to find out about the latest and greatest toys, statues, and prop replicas hitting retail, the primary sources of news and reviews are not corporate owned web sites, but sites run by Star Wars fans for Star Wars fans.

While one might expect competition among the various sites, each trying to scoop the other, the truth is the owners and reporters from many sites are friends who see each other annually at conventions, Toy Fair International, and of course Star Wars Celebrations.

Now at Star Wars Celebration VI, six of these fan-created web sites have joined together to bring an exciting new collectible available in the Star Wars Collecting Track Social Area!

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