ThinkGeek has spent the last several months excitedly preparing the upcoming Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, CA. The online retailer is proud to announce that they will be debuting a number of exclusive items that will only be available to attendees as well as early release items that will be for sale both at the show and on ThinkGeek.com. Click on through to check them out.
StarWars.com has just announced that 4 unaired episodes from The Clone Wars will be making their debut at Star Wars Celebration and fans will get to learn the fate of “Echo”. These “Bad Batch” episodes will be presented in similar fashion to the unfinished Utapau arc that was released last year.
As we previously reported, customizing master sillof (Jamie Follis) will be hosting a customizing panel at Star Wars Celebration on Friday, April 17th from 12pm-1pm. Some more details about the panel have been posted at his site.
This will be the second time that Jamie has headed up this event, and if you are going to be at C7, you ought to make an effort to attend. Work from some of the Yakface forum members you are familiar with will be featured in this panel, including some custom figure giveaways!
Preorders are now open for A New Proof: Kenner Star Wars Packaging Design 1977-1979 by Mattias Rendahl. This must-have book for vintage fans is limited to only 500 copies and features full-color imagery as well as interviews with the design team responsible for developing the signature Kenner line look. You can check out sample pages of the book at dearpublications.com.
For Celebration Anaheim attendees, Mattias will be having a panel on this book Sat., April 18, 1:30–2:30PM on the Collectors Stage (210AB)
Gus Lopez and Duncan Jenkins have announced their next book in there expanding catalog of titles: Gus and Duncan’s Guide To Star Wars Micro Collection Toys. It will be available for purchase at Celebration Anaheim and online order will launch tomorrow (4.8.2015).
Update: Now available for order
Star Wars fan sites unite for an exclusive patch only available at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim.
Star Wars Action News, Jedi Business, Jedi Temple Archives, Yakface and Jedi News have combined forces to create a unique piece of Star Wars memorabilia for Star Wars Celebration Anaheim! Together they have created the Star Wars Celebration Collecting Track Patch Set! Click on through for details.
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StarWars.com has updated today with another sneak peek of exclusive merchandise coming to the Star Wars Celebration Store. Head on over to check out an awesome Space Slug jack-in-the-box, wooden blocks, apparel, patches and more.
Underground Toys is the latest manufacturer to announce an exclusive for Star Wars Celebration. Check out the press release for the Electronic Max Rebo.
At the push of a button, the Max Rebo plush will play extracts from Lapti Nek; as featured in the Jabba’s palace scene from the original Return of the Jedi movie.
Max Rebo is the latest addition to the expanding fan favorite range which includes the Wampa, Tauntaun and Jabba the Hutt, amongst others. These specialty characters sit alongside the more familiar core line up of Yoda, Chewbacca, Darth Vader and R2-D2.
To celebrate the blue elephantine keyboardist joining the range, Underground Toys have launched a special edition for Star Wars Celebration 2015. The special edition, measuring in at 6 inches, will have ‘Star Wars Celebration, Anaheim 2015’ embroidered on the products’ base.
Thanks to Coffee with Kenobi for the heads up.
Flyguy and Yakface are back to break down the latest collecting news from the past week. On this episode, we discuss the new images hitting for the 6″ line of Black Series figures, more price hikes at Toys”R”Us, Walgreens exclusive teases and more. Do you love goooooold? Funko revealed yet another exclusive Hikari vinyl figure last week. Is it a bounty worth hunting? We also discuss the imminent (official) reveal of Star Wars: The Digital Collection coming to streaming services on April 10. All of this plus Celebration news, reviews and our latest toy purchases, acquisitions and more on Episode 58 of The Realm Recap!
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Every attendee to our collecting panels in room 210AB at Celebration Anaheim will receive a special commemorative “Star Tot”! Based on the unproduced toy line from 1979, each flat die-cast enameled collectible measures almost 2” high, and features a charming rendition of your favorite characters from The Empire Strikes Back. Be sure to collect all 20!
Click on through for a look at all 20 Star Tots as well as info on more panels and events.