Philip Reed has started a new Kickstarter campaign to to produce a new and unique Vintage Kenner book.
Collect These Figures and Accessories is an 8.25″ x 8.25″ square 96-page unofficial look at the Kenner Star Wars newspaper ads of the seventies and eighties.
Head over to Kickstarter to view sample pages of the book and show your support by pledging.
Here is an interesting, if not hilarious, store find. Local collector Phil G. sends in a couple photos from an area Target store (Quarry) that has figures affixed with a custom “No Rey” sticker in the style of the Free Boba Fett sticker from the Vintage Kenner era. This sticker reads:
NO REY
No matter how many figures you purchase
(See #wheresrey for details)
Click on through for a closer look.
UPDATE: here is a link to someone on Twitter claiming responsibility.
Continue reading Product Getting Tagged with #wheresrey Stickers?
Join Flyguy and Jayson as we break down the latest in collecting news from Hasbro including reports of new product actually hitting shelves! The 6” Bossk (and Hasbro) gets a reprieve this week as it turns out he can actually chew gum and be posed at the same time. Someone one with deep pockets, and a forgiving significant other, dropped some serious bank on a 35 year old action figure this week, plus we run down the latest Episode VII rumors, games and custom news on Episode 50 of The Realm Recap!
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Our friends at YodasNews caught this video posted over on YouTube from Gentle Giant and within the footage, there appears to be several unreleased/unannounced products. Give it a watch and look for the 6″ TBS* Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan from The Phantom Menace; Rebel Soldier, Count Dooku and Ahsoka mini busts and possibly a 6″ scale Vintage Kenner Boba Fett and much more.
*Gentle Giant partnered with Hasbro to produce the Black Series 6″ figures.
