Hot Wheels has officially taken the cover off of their Luke Skywalker Character Car via Twitter. What do you think?
“I’m not such a bad pilot myself.” The Force is strong with this one. pic.twitter.com/9X3mTkVDgQ
— Hot Wheels (@Hot_Wheels) July 19, 2014
Hot Wheels & Mattel has officially taken the cover off of their Chewbacca Character Car via Twitter. What do you think?
“WAGRRRRWWGAHHHHWWWRRGGAWWWWWWRR.” pic.twitter.com/oYM6FgQWPH
— Hot Wheels (@Hot_Wheels) July 16, 2014
Hot Wheels & Mattel has officially taken the cover off of their Yoda Character Car via Twitter. What do you think? Watch for the remaining two cars to be revealed soon.
“Judge me by my size, do you?” This wise one taught us that appearances could be deceiving. pic.twitter.com/CPVuDVvcpE
— Hot Wheels (@Hot_Wheels) July 12, 2014
MattyCollector.com is now taking pre-orders (for Club Eternia Subscribers only) for the SDCC Exclusive Darth Vader Vehicle ($40.00). Limit 3 per customer for on-site pickup only. General pre-sales will begin tomorrow (6/24) at 9am PT for SDCC attendees.
UPDATE: Pre-orders closed for the day.
On this episode Marjorie and Arnie review the Mission Series Bespin and Utapau figure packs, Jerry’s Vintage Viewpoint looks at country of origin stamps, and we give information on the 4th Annual San Diego Comic-Con Fan Breakfast!
Star Wars collectors have braved the Hasbro booth year after year to get the latest, hottest exclusive toys. While the lines have been long and brutal and the toys expensive it was, at least for the past several years, the only line for exclusive, hard-to-get Star Wars toys. Until 2014. Now, as Disney’s corporate partnerships bring new Star Wars toys around the globe, Hasbro toy competitor Mattel has a license for Hot Wheels from a Galaxy Far, Far Away! The line has been previewed and the first opportunity to get an exclusive Darth Vader car is at SDCC this summer! On this week’s Star Wars Action News podcast Marjorie and Arnie discuss the released photos and share why collectors shouldn’t need to race as hard to the Mattel booth on Preview Night!
And as San Diego Comic-Con International draws near it is also time to announce details for the 4th annual Star Wars Fan Breakfast at SDCC. This year Star Wars Action News has partnered with Steve Sansweet to raise funds for Rancho Obi-Wan and make the fan breakfast the best yet! Watch this episode of the podcast for the details.
With Jerry returning to put his stamp on a new Vintage Viewpoint, looking back at the original Kenner toys, Johnathan telling you what is On the Pegs, and Marjorie and Arnie reviewing the newest Mission Series figure packs, it’s all in this episode of Star Wars Action News!
Another week has passed and on this episode of The Realm Recap we discuss all the toy news revealed including new potential battle packs/multipacks coming exclusively to Toys”R”Us, new 2014 LEGO sets hitting the UK, plus announcements from Hot Wheels and Diamond Select! Click on through to check out the latest episode and feel free to subscribe to our channel and leave suggestions on what you’d like to see covered on the show.
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Our friend James Burns from JediNews lands a sweet first look and interview with Jean Gomez, VP of Hot Wheels, from Mattel in the latest issue of Star Wars Insider due on newsstands soon. I received my subscription copy today but I won’t a spoil the article. Instead, here is a tease of what we can expect to see as part of Mattel’s SDCC exclusive.
Confirming Jedi Temple Archives’ original Toy Fair report, Entertainment Earth and Big Bad Toy Store are now taking pre-orders for vehicle and race track assortments of Hot Wheels product. Look for them online and in stores this fall. No images are available yet, but I really hope they make those sweet cars from the 70’s and 80’s like the custom vans and Toyota Celica.
Wired has posted a very cool infographic on how LEGO has completely turned around since they started licensing sets – a decision which has lead them to become the most profitable toymaker in the world.
For a long time now, Star Wars collectors have rightfully complained about the distribution and availability of figures at retail — the ones they want to buy any way — and have suggested that Hasbro, through their website, offer a subscription service in the vein of what Mattel does with their Matty Collector programs. If there has ever been a clearer example of why this should be AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS I haven’t seen it.
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