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The recently announced Droid Factory astromech has been found at the Disney Store in the UK. Here we get a good look at the card back, revealing its designation as R4-TR3 “R4-Tree” and it appears to be from Endor judging by the card art.
Image via Richard N. from the Astromechs Anonymous UK: The Droid Factory Facebook Group
First images of Black Series Skeleton Crew character Fern have surfaced on Facebook. Series launches on Disney+ on December 3.
Images via Kama Yang / Star Wars: The Black Series Collectors group
Today marks the launch of a new fan site generated figure poll for the Vintage Collection. Read on for the full details.
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A new image from the Star Wars The Vintage Collection Facebook group reveals a problem that continues to unexplicably plague the Hasbro Star Wars brand team. The Vintage Collection “Fat” Bib Fortuna pack-in for the Boba Fett’s Throne Room on display at SDCC features the number VC276 on the cardback. The problem is that number already assigned to the Walmart exclusive ARC Commander Colt. If only there was some sort of technology to catalog the numbers for easy cross-referencing.
Thanks to Mr. Miko for the photo.
Hot Toys has also announced a new 1:6 scale C-3PO with Salacious Crumb figure for the 40th Anniversary of Return of the Jedi:
The 1/6th scale C-3PO™ collectible figure is made with diecast metal material and features detailed mechanical design, skillfully applied metallic paint applications, LED light-up eyes, an interchangeable damaged face, specially designed figure base, and Jabba the Hutt™’s noxious pet Salacious Crumb™.
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Watch for preorders to open soon.
Hot Toys has announced their new 1:6 Scale Darth Vader figure for the 40th Anniversary of Return of the Jedi:
The highly-accurate collectible figure features meticulously crafted Darth Vader™ helmet with complex interior mechanical detail, a stunning likeness of Anakin Skywalker™, highly detailed armor and skillfully tailored body suit, LED light-up chest panel and belt, an LED light-up lightsaber, and a themed figure base!
This Deluxe Version exclusively include an interchangeable light-up helmeted head inspired by Darth Vader™ shocked by Force Lightning, a staircase diorama base, and figure base arms for additional display options!
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This figure is also available as a standard edition withouth the LED interchangeable helmet, display base and diorama display.
Watch for preorders to open soon.
Thanks to an image from Alan A. from the Star Wars The Vintage Collection UK Collectors Group on Facebook, we get a look at the back of the Scout Trooper (VC273) and some of the upcoming figures for Wave 7 (Wave 15): Hunter (The Bad Batch), Admiral Piett, Phase II Clone Trooper and Starkiller
In-hand look at the next wave of TVC figures (acquired in Singapore) courtesy of Luke S. from the Star Wars The Vintage Collection FB Group.
In Demand Toys has posted one of the Convention Exclusives planned for this year on Facebook. The Vintage Collection The Rescue Set features the Dark Trooper, The Mandalorian, Grogu and Moff Gideon — all of which have new accessories and to differentiate them from previous releases. No price is listed yet but look for this to be available for preorder exclusively at Hasbro Pulse as part of their SDCC reveals.