Star Wars Collectible News, Photos, and Reviews

LEGO formally announces their awesome Sandcrawler and provides accounts a detailed look at this mammoth, Click through to visit the gallery on our Facebook page!! Click through for the official PRESS RELEASE. JUST ADDED: a video of this awesome release!

Amazon.com currently has the The Vintage Collection Star Wars Action Figure Set (Droid Set) for $5.99. This is a great price for three figures, especially if you are looking to pick up extras! Thanks to Paul Hoffman for alerting us of this current deal.

Well, thanks to our readers we pretty much determined that these Imperial Officer characters can only be found in Episode V and Episode VI only. Learn more in our Research Droids Reviews as we go over both versions of the Star Wars "Saga" Imperial officer figure. Here is Version 2. Be sure to leave your own thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or even leave comments about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your own personal review requests via email if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

 A giant selection of wonderful Star Wars Vintage AFA items have been stocked on the Brian's Toys website! Over 50 graded items are for sale, ranging from 12-backs to Power of the Force.  There is even an incredibly rare Chewbacca 12 Back-A figure which features a one-of-kind "SKU on Figure Stand" variant.

Also new this week are two new Clone Troopers to join the Sixth Scale Sideshow line, the 501st Clone and Veteran Clone.  Both are reasonably priced and make great additions to any 12-inch collection.

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It's back! After a long wait the remaining episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes have finally arrived via Netflix. Over the next thirteen days Mike Taber will be reviewing every episode of the brand new sixth season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. We're sure that like us, you'll probably binge-watch all thirteen episodes at once but hopefully these reviews will be a nice companion for the final episodes and spur some discussion about them as well. Season six kicked off with the episode "The Unknown", and what a great start it was! FAIR WARNING! Spoilers are revealed.

OK. We NEED YOU to prove us wrong. We don't believe that this particular style of Imperial Officer appeared in A New Hope, so Hasbro's sourcing of this figure is incorrect. Hasbro photo-shopped out the ranking badge on Childsen (from Episode IV) on the packaging, but we have only been able to find these utility-outfitted officers with no badge in The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi. If you disagree, please let us know in our comments. Learn more in our Research Droids Reviews as we go over both versions of the Star Wars "Saga" Imperial officer figure. Here is Version 1. Be sure to leave your own thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or even leave comments about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your own personal review requests via email if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Our friends at Rebelscum.com would call this a "totally ridiculous" auction and they would be right. Click through for the craziness! Special thanks to Darth Chuck for the alert!

The long lost short film Black Angel that accompanied The Empire Strikes Back in theaters has been found. Yahoo.com has the full story!

The jury is still kind of out about the R2-D2 (VC25) figure from The Vintage Collection. With the new smaller scale and wonky features (some will work in one mode but not others for example), R2-D2 was still good, but not perfect. JTA reader and friend Jamie D. from Canada discovered something quite interesting with this figure and has created a video to illustrate that R2-D2 isn't as limiting as once perceived. You may find new affection for him even! Click through to see a video describing what he's learned!!

This is the figure you probably don't know about that has two variations. As stated yesterday, there were actually three (3) versions of the Rebel Trooper (Tantive IV Defender) figure released in the Star Wars "Saga" line. With the Power Of The Jedi version that total goes up to four. We would probably bet our collections that you'll learn about a new version of the figure that you didn't know about previously in our Research Droids Reviews as we go over these figures. Here is Version 2, which interestingly has two (2) versions! Be sure to leave your own thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or even leave comments about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your own personal review requests via email if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Do you want to see what The Black Series Mara Jade figure was supposed to look like? Our friends at Yakface.com have the production blueprints of the figure to share with everyone. Check it out!

It's universally accepted that the figures from the Saga Legends line invoke nightmares at bedtime with their horrific paint operations (unless you're Jayson Krebsbach, then you just buy them for the SECOND time and open them), but now things have taken an all-new turn for the worse. (Of course this is likely just a one-off mistake. I just needed a new reason to bash my good friend.) However, you better check your figures carefully before buying them. You can see the error in the thumbnail below if you have eagle eyes, but if you need a clearer explanation, then click through for the latest drama of the all-time highest ranking debacle in the Star Wars line to date: the new and "de-improved" Saga Legends line.

Did you know that there were actually three (3) versions of the Rebel Trooper (Tantive IV Defender) figure released in the Star Wars "Saga" line? With the Power Of The Jedi version that total goes up to four. We would probably bet our collections that you'll learn about a new version of the figure that you didn't know about previously in our Research Droids Reviews as we go over these figures. Here is Version 1. Be sure to leave your own thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or even leave comments about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your own personal review requests via email if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Our friends Jayson Krebsbach from Yakface.com and Flyguy from Flyguy.net have begun an informative and entertaining new weekly podcast entitled The Realm Recap. Join us in our support for this new endeavor and catch yourself up with some of the key announcements and rumors that abound in the collecting community week by week. We're a bit behind, so our inaugural post will contain links for their first four episodes. This podcast comes highly recommended by JTA. Be sure to give it a test drive.

Episode 1: Return of the Realm
Episode 2: Toy Fair 2014 – Hasbro
Episode 3: Toy Fair Aftermath
Episode 4: New Week, New Rumors

Keep checking Amazon.com if you are still in the hunt for the Amazon exclusive Slave I. Today it dropped back down to $69.99 for a short while before going back up. If you still need this it is worth checking daily to see if you can lock it in at a lower price. At this time is has gone back up to $100+. A big thanks to JTA James Cole for letting everyone know about tthe price drop!

Tomorrow's Daily Deal from Entertainment Earth is 35% off of the Star Wars Sandtrooper on Dewback Animated Maquette Statue. That's a $140 savings on this high-priced item, plus free shipping! If you were looking to pick this up this might be the best deal you will find.

Big Bad Toy Store has posted their latest newsletter. Be sure to check it out for all of the latest updates. You can also get daily product news and updates by subscribing to BBTS's Facebook page and Twitter feed!

With Lucasfilm, and all things Star Wars, now owned by The Walt Disney Corporation it should be no surprise that Disney is the place to look for Star Wars collectibles! The 2014 Star Wars Weekends have been announced and there are tons of new exclusives, including Vinylmations Series 4, a lanyard replicating the Medal of Yavin, and much more! Marjorie and Arnie run down the cool new items available only at the Disney World theme park this summer!

Our own Lando has been confirmed as a contestant on Dancing With The Stars. Special thanks to friend Rich A. for the alert! (Send me what I need NOW!) See the full scoop at Today.com!

An interesting image of a LEGO Sandcrawler has popped up on the web! Check it out!

All we can say is "wow". The Boba Fett (Prototype Armor) figure is beyond our expectations. Released 600 days apart from Sideshow's very first 1:6 Scale Boba Fett figure, see why you need this one in our Research Droids Reviews today. Be sure to leave your own thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or even leave comments about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your own personal review requests via email if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

See, you don't have to buy 30K Fakebook and Twitter fans to make yourself look bigger than you are. No, all you need is wit, charm and a lot of hard work, no matter if you're big or small to get noticed. We're proud of our friends and affiliates at BanthaSkull.com who thanks to a famous actor have made an incredible mark in their history as a site. Click through for more!

Did you know that Eeth Koth was supposed to fight in the Battle of Geonosis, but the actor who played him couldn't make it to those specific filmings? As a result, Agen Kolar was born. We're already off track, but see why Eeth Koth (Jedi Master), the slight repaint from the Power Of The Jedi line, is likely based on Agen Kolar's fighting scenes rather than his own Jedi High Council scenes in both Episode I and Episode II. It's all in our Research Droids Reviews today. Be sure to leave your own thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or even leave comments about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your own personal review requests via email if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

I wanted to quickly post this before The Walking Dead comes on, so this is going to be short and sweet. My local Walmart is a total waste. This is a super center mind you. The Star Wars section couldn't be any thinner and all that's starting at me are Biggs Darklighters and some old Mission Series sets. The new Saga Legends and other cool figures are actually in the clearance aisle. Go figure! What do your stores look like?

JTA sponsor Dorkside Toys writes in with the latest news, pre-orders, clearance items and deals! Click through for more!!

Hasbro did an "about face" with their approach to Ewoks beginning with Teebo from the POTJ line. It was so good that they reissued him as the final figure with a few unintentional tweaks in the Star Wars "Saga" line, but it just didn't get distributed that well. See Teebo slightly revised in our Research Droids Reviews today. Be sure to leave your own thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or even leave comments about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your own personal review requests via email if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Back in January, we reported that we noticed a distinct running chnage on the Saga Legends Stormtrooper's brim. Now JTA reader Jason M. found one of these in the wild and has posted an image of it in our comments. I am now featuring this image on our front page to better illustrate this new change or variation. As reported earlier, the brim is closer the the visor, which will make this version very controversial to many collectors. Click through for more!

Friend and JTA reader Josh M. decided to get a little creative with the Saga Legends Stormtrooper figure, or at least a part of it. Admittedly, it looks pretty darn good. Click through to see what he did!

More Hasbro Star Wars merchandise is hitting Tuesday Morning discount chains. Special thank to JTA reader Ziro the Hutt for the news. Click through for more!

The fine folks over at 12th Parsec have sent us an update on their totally amazing Ewok hut fan-made playsets. Click through to see what they have to say, and about how well they're doing with their campaign!