Amazon is now sending out emails to those that preorderd Hasbro’s upcoming TVC Slave I, with expected arrival dates at your doorstep in late August. Keep an eye on your inbox for your status update, and start making room on your display shelves for this awesome vehicle!
“Of course I’m not going to be buying much of the new Star Wars line coming out,” Chewie told his wife multiple times over the past several months. “I don’t collect 6″ scale toys, and most of the new 3.75″ figures don’t interest me at all.”
Then, after seeing new figures in person today at Target, reality set in. Well done, Hasbro. Now I’m angry with you for winning me over with product I swore I wouldn’t buy. I was mad at you through all of 2012 for how bad you managed the brand, and now I’m somewhat upset at you for kicking things off so well with your new lineups.
Are you feeling the same way as I am this evening about Hasbro’s new launch? Or have I gone completely crazy? Share your thoughts in the forums!
Do you have a Five Below store in your area? If so, it may be worth your while to swing by your local establishment and see if they are receiving TVC figures these days – the local store I’ve hit in the St. Louis area received a heavy shipment of the Malgus/Imperial Navy Commander wave about three weeks ago, and restocked again over this past weekend.
The only problem is, each case contains seven Episode One carry forwards from Wave 1 (unless, of course, you need an infinite army of Qui Gons and Obi Wans!).
UPDATE – Yakface reader Chris H., who is an assistant manager at Five Below, tells us that the stores do not have the power to order these on their own. These cases are distributed throughout the company by how much sells at that particular store.
We assume most of our readers by now are aware of the Space Station Display Project that’s underway, but in case you haven’t noticed, this is shaping up to be one hell of a dream come true for collectors. For more details, click here or join the drool-fest in our forums!
Work is underway for the next installment of The Enloe Trials photonovel series as Rykrof Enloe leads a strike force to recover an ancient Sith artifact on the hostile world, Dathomir.
Over the coming weeks we will have some previews and behind the scenes custom updates for the next chapter — until then, be sure to catch up with Chapter 3: Revelations.
New Star Wars product has finally started to surface at retail as reports have been trickling in with collectors spotting Hasbro’s new Black Series figures at Toys”R”us stores and Target (as well as Legends/Mission Series).
Good luck seeking out these new figures, and remember to share your finds with us in the forums!
If you enjoy amazing dioramas (and what collector doesn’t?), forum member localgotal has posted a plethora of amazing images in our forums. Check them out and prepare to drool after the jump!
For those hoping to be able to construct your own diorama backgrounds for your action figures, we have some great news as the kickstarter campaign has already reached the fundraising goal!
Yakface.com has no official affiliation with this campaign, but we are happy to help promote this getting off the ground for Star Wars fans who have been begging for items like this to be made for years on end. We also know that several of our forum members stepped up to the plate and showed their support with their contributions. Thank you to everyone (especially the Galactic Merchants team) for getting this ball rolling.
We hope that this is just the beginning of a larger world for collectors and kids alike as these dioramas may be part of making this hobby as fun as it once was.
Today we highlight the great work of customizer DarthDaddy, who presents a great trio of ANH customs that we hope Hasbro turns some attention to soon. Check out full size images of these customs after the jump!
Last week, we learned that the time may finally be approaching where Star Wars fans worldwide can FINALLY purchase diorama sets to display our 3.75″ scale figures… and now the kickstarter campaign is LIVE!
If this campaign is successful and this project becomes reality, it will mean that Star Wars fans the world over will finally be able to proudly display their collections in the way that they have long wanted.
We are hoping that our readers will support this – and if you’d like to be able to help make this happen, click here for more details.