There were several fake Yakface Facebook pages set up today and have been sending messages to potential victims about winning prizes. THIS IS FALSE AND ARE LIKELY SCAM ACCOUNTS. Report any suspicious contact you receive from ANY account via private message as we are not currently having any giveaways. – Jayson and Yakface staff

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.

WHAT IS IT?

Last Figure Standing is a figure poll coordinated across several fan outlets to include, but not limited to:

• Yak Face
• Bossk’s Bounty
• SW The Vintage Collection Facebook Group
• Bantha Skull

Other outlets will be signing on as well.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE?

There has always been a major flaw with Hasbro’s Fans’ Choice polling. Let’s look at the most recent Fans’ Choice poll. I can’t find the final results, but to the best of my recollection, Dr. Aphra won with something around 29% of the vote. How can that be called the “Fans’ Choice” when 71% of the fans wanted something else? Moreover, if you look at the broader categories, 36% of the fans wanted a figure from the Original Trilogy, and 35% wanted a figure from animation. Aphra benefited from being the only publishing figure in the top six, and I’m not trying to pick on the most recent official Fans’ Choice poll. This problem has persisted throughout the history of the Fans’ Choice.

Last Figure Standing seeks to correct this by conducting a mock Fans’ Choice in a series of elimination rounds until there are only two (like American Idol!). The theory is that as figures from the same category become eliminated, the votes would go to another figure from that same source. Plus, this will ensure that the winner gets more than 50% of the vote.

HOW WILL IT WORK?

For the old Fans’ Choice polls, Hasbro asked fan sites to submit top 10 lists collected from their readers. We’ll ask you to do the same. You’ll submit your top 10 most wanted figures via Google form HERE. These are unranked. Each figure you name gets one point. From there, we will assemble a community Top 10* list and proceed to the open voting. It will consist of four rounds:

• Round One: You will be allowed to pick up to 5 figures from the community top 10. We will eliminate the bottom four figures.
• Round Two: You will be allowed to pick up to 3 figures from the top 6. We will eliminate the bottom two.
• Round Three: You will be allowed to pick up to 2 figures from the top 4. We will eliminate the bottom two.
• FINALS: Pick your favorite of the final two figures, and the Last Figure Standing will be declared.

We’re planning to make an event out of this, and for each round, we will do a live elimination show where you can see if your favorite made the cut or not. Hopefully we’ll get some special guests to participate in this.

* Starting with a round of 10 is not set in stone. If the data dictates, we may pivot to a top 16, which would necessitate adding a round. The subsequent rounds would be of 8, 4, 2 and 1. The primary reason for doing this would be if the Top 10 becomes too monolithic (i.e., all OT as one example). We really want the open voting to start with figures spanning multiple sources.

IS THIS TRYING TO REPLACE MARCH MADNESS?

Absolutely not. This is meant to compliment that poll. We still want everyone to participate in March Madness (and will be pushing for you to do so). We’re merely trying to take another approach to the data. No one poll is perfect. The way you get closer to perfection is looking at the results from multiple polls. There is bound to be a lot of intersection between the results of Last Man Standing and March Madness. Where that happens, Hasbro should have high confidence in those candidates. Where the polls diverge, it will be a fun topic for debate in the community.

Going forward, we are going to move Last Man Standing back to September to give some space between the fan polling. Unfortunately, due to personal schedules, coordinating this inaugural Last Figure Standing earlier was not possible, and we apologize for asking you to participate in two polls so close together. This less-than-ideal scheduling will be a one-time thing.

Got it? Alright. Please CLICK HERE to submit your Top 10 most wanted figures. We need your help.

Also, make sure you follow the Last Figure Standing Instagram page.

Finally, we will be doing a livestream tomorrow night on the Bossk’s Bounty YouTube channel at 5PM EST to celebrate the launch. I hope you’ll join us. Who knows? We might just be announcing some prizes that randomly selected participants can win.

Only entries on the Google form will be counted, but please feel free to post your Top 10 in the comments for the sake of discussion.

Article reposted from BanthaSkull.com

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.