Gentle Giant has revealed one of their exclusives for this year’s San Diego Comic-Con and it is none other than an Admiral Ackbar mini bust – based upon the artwork created by Steven Daily. This “Magnitude” bust, arrives in a wooden box with a lithograph print from Acme Archives and is limited to 500 pieces.
io9.com is announcing that Hasbro will be offering Star Wars Angry Birds 12-pc. Special “Action Figures” Set
The original 12 STAR WARS action figures are re-imagined for San Diego Comic-Con with a twist based on the mega-hit mobile game ANGRY BIRDS STAR WARSfrom Rovio Entertainment! LUKE SKYWALKER, PRINCESS LEIA, HAN SOLO, OBI-WAN KENOBI, CHEWBACCA, R2-D2, C-3PO, DARTH VADER, STORMTROOPER, SAND PEOPLE, IMPERIAL NAVY COMMANDER and a JAWA are all re-imagined as heroic birds or evil pigs in this set, with each figure in a unique vintage-style blister card featuring ANGRY BIRDS homage to the classic Kenner artwork! The individual blister cards are all packaged together in a collectible package!
Head to io9.com for a closer look.
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Hasbro has made available additional loose images of the SDCC Exclusive 6″ Boba Fett with Han in Carbonite. Click on through for the photos.
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USA Today, confoundedly, reveals the details and images for this year’s SDCC Exclusive Black Series 6″ Boba Fett with Han in Carbonite.
The special-edition set is priced at $44.99 and will be sold at the Hasbro booth at the San Diego Convention Center July 18-21.
Hallmark has posted their annual Dream Book showcasing the 2013 Keepsake ornaments. Click the image above to check out an exclusive high res image of the Star Wars offerings this year which include Jango Fett, AT-ST Walker, Wicket & Teebo, Jabba the Hutt w/C-3PO and a LEGO Star Wars Yoda.
These Keepsake Ornaments are also joined by the Event Exclusive “Wrath of the Rancor” ornament available only at SDCC and NYCC as reported by JediNews.
Our friends at JediDefender have posted a rumor of a possible 6″ exclusive figure (or figure set) from Hasbro at this year’s SDCC. While specifics aren’t known at this time, Toy Fair is only a few days away.
Repeating last year’s blink-and-you-missed-them scenario, Hasbro made available their SDCC exclusives this morning at 12EST and they were sold out within minutes. Did you get yours? Let us know in comment section, the forums, facebook or on twitter @yak_face.
San Diego Comic-Con International is over and all that remains are the credit card balances. Over the convention Star Wars was in full effect, with Friday still being considered Star Wars Day with several panels from Hasbro, Del Rey, Dark Horse, Gentle Giant, Sideshow Collectibles, and more, and Star Wars Action News is here to recap the biggest reveals over this past weekend.
In addition to the news from the panels, on this week’s podcast you can hear exclusive interviews with Hasbro’s Star Wars Brand Team, eFX Collectibles, Kotobukiya, Hallmark, and Gentle Giant to talk about their upcoming releases and Celebration 6 exclusive plans.
And don’t forget, while the world’s largest Sci-Fi con is behind us, the world’s largest Star Wars convention is still to come at Star Wars Celebration VI! Listen in for news about the Yakface/Star Wars Action News party at C6, and get your tickets today at SWActionNews.com
