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!
New Clone Wars Action Figures at K & C Collectibles. The latest Vintage Collection and Movie Heroes are back in-stock. Click on through for the full rundown!
We continue to have fantastic custom work shown off in our forums, and it’s only right to highlight more of the hard efforts of our resident customizers!
First off, Darth Daddy has created an awesome custom of Numa from the Clone Wars… take note Hasbro! This adorable little Twi’lek should have been made by now!
Next up, forumite super360 shares a very cool clone sergeant he’s working on – check it out here!
Fans of KOTOR will instantly recognize Bao-Dur from forum member stocos28. Click here for more pics of this fantastic custom that Hasbro has chosen to ignore.
Last but not least, forum member WookieeBalls shares his entries that he made for the recent tribute to MercuryArtStudios – check out his amazing customs here!
The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the next addition for the 2012 “Darth Maul” product line. We continue with the Training Super Battle Droid (CW16) from The Clone Wars line.
PROS: A solid figure in the fact that it has a good sculpt and the episode specific deco looks great. It has all the necessary articulation – save for the legs of course. I hope will see a reissue of this figure someday perhaps with the missing members of Domino Squad.
CONS: In an era of more action feature heavy figures, Hasbro confoundingly left out the second set of missile launchers that were present with prior releases of this figure.
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The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the next addition for the 2012 “Darth Maul” product line. We continue with Ahsoka in Scuba Gear (CW15) from The Clone Wars line.
PROS: This all-new Ahsoka is a fantastically sculpted figure with an excellent likeness to her more “grown up” look in Season 4 and the overall paint deco is top notch with little to no bleed over – a least on my example. The scuba accessories work well with the figure despite the inability to display her in any discernible swimming poses.
CONS: Sadly, the lack of articulation in the legs really hurts this figure from being anything other than a nice mini Ahsoka statuary.
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As part of Lucasfilm’s official May the 4th celebration, Hasbro is offering 20% off on all Star Wars products on HasbroToyShop.com for today only! Simply add SWFAN20 at checkout.
Our friends at Sandtroopers.com have posted loose and carded images of the 6 upcoming “Lost Line” Hasbro figures available at SDCC in the Exclusive Carbon Freezing Chamber Set (along with the exclusive Vintage carded Jar Jar in Carbonite). These figures will also be available in the TVC collection and this “Lost Line” look as UGH-style “chase” cards at retail. You can read the full details about them from our Toy Fair 2012 coverage here. Head over the Sandtroopers.com for the images.
The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the next addition for the 2012 “Darth Maul” product line. We continue with Aayla Secura (CW14) – a welcomed reissue for 2012 in The Clone Wars line.
PROS: Collectors for a long time have wanted a second chance at adding some of the figures from the last waves of the 2009-2010 Clone Wars line to their collections. One of the more sought after figures was Aayla Secura (CW40). Thankfully, Hasbro has reissued/repacked her for 2012 and since she is a figure from “a more civilized age”, she is loaded with articulation and is well accessorized.
CONS: The goggles/breath mask combo is a little cumbersome as the eyewear tends to pop off easily and because of how the breath mask is designed, she is really limited to just looking forward while wearing it. Thankfully all the superfluous accessories are removable so that alleviates the issue entirely.
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If you can afford to drop over a hundred bucks for five new figures and a lot of completely pointless carry forwards that are warming pegs at retail across planet Earth, TVC Wave 3 is up for pre-order at Hasbrotoyshop.com
The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the next addition for the 2012 “Darth Maul” product line. We continue with Captain Rex (CW13) donning his Phase II armor in The Clone Wars line.
PROS: On its face, this version of Captain Rex is probably the best looking version yet. The Phase II design simply looks awesome and it’s nice to see Hasbro pull out the weathering brush to give Rex that battle-hardened look (though it doesn’t quite make up for the figure’s short-comings). The paint job overall is very good and I love the tick-marks that are scattered about his armor. Could this be for battle droid “kills” that Rex is keeping track of or could they have a more somber meaning – one for each of his fallen brothers.
CONS: Where to begin. Obviously, the bantha in the room is the unforgivable lack of articulation in the legs and wrists. Their absence make for some pretty non-actiony poses. Why Hasbro didn’t repurpose the Phase II Clone Trooper (CW2) mold is baffling considering it is already using its torso? The non-removable helmet (Commander Cody got one, why not Rex?), while an excellent sculpt, is a bit oversized for the body.
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