Star Wars Collectible News, Photos, and Reviews

StarWars.com has an exclusive sneak peek at the newly revealed Deluxe Boba Fett Mini Bust based on his appearance from Return Of The Jedi! Sadly, it will be a SDCC exclusive this year! (Dumb move Gentle Giant! Dumb move!) Check this beauty out now!

      

UPDATE: It's now available to pre-order for PGMs by clicking THIS LINK!

JTA Facebook fans saw this exclusively on our Facebook page earlier today, but now it's time to share with the rest of the class. JTA reader Ting So alerted us to coverage by JapanStarWars.com of the International Tokyo Toy Fair which included reveals of The Vintage Collection Slave I (out of the box). Also shown in the images is The Vintage Collection TIE Interceptor. Check out their coverage! It's awesome!

Uh-oh. I am getting concerned now with the 6" The Black Series line. eBay seller viperskingdom has a production figure available of Luke Skywalker (X-wing Pilot) in his eBay store, but look closely at the figure. It's likeness is quite disappointing. And why did they paint his flesh tones instead of cast it in that color. Color me sad. It still may be too soon to be concerned, but this figure needs more work, especially for $20.

UPDATE: Darth Maul and R2-D2 are also listed. I don't know folks. I am really disappointed with the production figures.

eBay seller viperskingdom has some new Star Wars merchandise in stock! Click through to check out the The Black Series 6" Sandtrooper up closely! Special thanks to JTA reader Les Dudis for the head's up!

eBay seller viperskingdom has some new Star Wars merchandise in stock! Click through to check out the Mission Series Darth Vader up closely!

Gentle Giant Ltd. should be extremely proud of their Commander Cody Mini Bust. It possesses authenticity, accuracy and one of the greatest hand painted decos we have ever seen. Discover this and more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Feel free 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.

The 3.75-inch Black Series is looming and new packaged shots are being released of the first wave of figures with Padme, Biggs, Luke, Vader, and more. But despite the eagerness of Star Wars collectors for new figures, fans are having a mixed reaction to the new packaging for these figures. On this week's Star Wars Action News podcast hosts Marjorie and Arnie are joined by their Marvelicious Toys co-host Justin, a graphic designer and packaging expert, to examine Hasbro's latest Star Wars designs. Click through for more!

In typical Entertainment Earth fashion, they are milking their "exclusive" reveal of Greedo from wave 2 of the 6" The Black Series wave by showing a portion of its development over the next few weeks. Can they drag it out more? Unless you're completely asleep at the wheel, flyguy.net has already discovered these upcoming figures. So far, EE has shown the initial stages of Greedo's development. Click through if you're interested. To be fair, they do have a great image showing the analysis of Greedo that licensees use to bring the collectibles to life, a blue print of sorts.

Toys R Us has select The Black Series figures available for pre-order and they are on sale for Buy One Get One 50%! Special thanks to JTA reader Corey for the heads up! Links to product found by clicking through!

UPDATE 1: The links we provided no longer work. They either sold out of the pre-order allotment, or this was a mistake from the beginning!. Let us know if you get cancellation notices!!!

UPDATE 2: The links are working again!

Congratulations Star Wars: The Clone Wars! After five wonderful years it is officially an award winning program. The Clone Wars received seven nominations at the Daytime Emmys and garnered two wins. David Tennant won the award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for his role as Huyang. The Clone Wars also won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program. George Lucas himself accepted the prestigious award and was joined on stage by supervising director Dave Filoni, producer Cary Silver, and line producer Athena Portillo. Click through for more!

Something went very wrong with the Han Solo (Rebel Captain: Bespin) 1:6 Scale Figure. The irony here? It has the highest edition sizes of any 1:6 Scale Figure by Sideshow Collectibles! Learn more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Feel free 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.

JTA sponsor Dorkside Toys alerts readers to the latest pre-orders, clearance merchandise and upcoming arrivals! Click through for more!

Here is another gorgeous Maquette. Obi-Wan Kenobi (The Clone Wars) gives collectors a near-exact replica of the character. See it at every angle in our Research Droids Reviews today! Feel free 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.

While this story makes me want to go into further denial, there may be a place for the shampoo bottles Hasbro now are calling 12" figures after all. Click through at your own risk! Thanks to JTA moderator Paul B. for the story.

One of the greatest things about having down time with Hasbro is catching up on older figures and finding them for fantastic prices. This about sums up JTA reader John B.'s experience. He got some great stuff for $30! Click through for more!

If you want to see a most perfect replica of the phase I clone from The Clone Wars film and television series, then look no further than the Clone Trooper (The Clone Wars) Maquette. It's gorgeous and completely accurate unlike the 2008 Hasbro figure. Continue through to see this perfect Maquette in our Research Droids Reviews today! Feel free 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.

Place your pre-orders now at Brian's Toys for the recently announced Han Solo (Hoth) Jumbo Figure from Gentle Giant.  The Cobra Commander: The Dictator sixth scale figure from Sideshow is also available for pre-order! Click through for more!

Here is a new Disney rumor. Check out what blastr.com is reporting!!

Here is something fun to look at that falls between stupid to very humorous. There is a flickr album that could easily be titled "Star Wars Karaoke", although the author of these antics also includes GI Joe and Lord Of The Rings figures too. Definitely worth checking out. TIP: Make sure you look at the song title at the bottom of the image post, otherwise, you won't have the melody in your head when you read the parodied lyrics!

We're not the only ones who have felt the wrath of the distribution Sith. Our French friends at ToyzMag.com are reporting that just now, for the very first time, they are getting the Starkiller/Shae Vizla wave (as well as a few others). Click through for their report!

If you only buy one holographic Mini Bust, buy this one. The Holographic Qui-Gon Jinn is actually not that bad. Too bad however he never appeared on film this way. Learn more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Feel free 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.

Tonight we make the final entry in our Gentle Giant Visual Guide marathon. After 21 Days our final update (for now) is the Republic Commando (Limited Edition Collector's Set). This set, limited to just 200, was raffled off through the Gentle Giant PGM (winners didn't win this set, only the first-chance opportunity to purchase the set). Click below to check out each member of Delta Squad, and also make sure to check out the ultra-cool Acme Archives Republic Commando Lithograph that came exclusively with this set. The pieces included sport the silver PGM base, unlike the individually released Delta Squad members. If you missed any entries from our 3-week marathon, be sure to click here to see them all day-by-day!

Jedi Temple Archives is honored to have the amazingly active community in our comments that we do. This part of JTA has taken off beyond our expectations and to the point that current staff can barely keep up with it! As a result, we're in search of two eager staff members that can help us with specific things in our comments module, which hopefully will become a lead type of role. If this is something that interests you, please click through for more!

JTA sponsor AP Collectibles writes in the let readers know about the latest pre-orders. If you don't know, AP Collectibles has some of the most competitive pricing on the market, For those of you that collect Gentle Giant and Sideshow Collectibles products, this is the online store you want to visit! Click through for the latest announcements!

Tamashi has just released what appears to be a teaser image of a S.H. Figuarts Yoda silhouette! If this is true, it is believed that if they do a line for Star Wars figures of their renowned quality that there will be little to no reason to ever purchase a Hasbro figure again. Click through to see the teaser!

UPDATE: Rebelscum.com is reporting that this series of figures is NOT in development. See their report here. (Tamashi updated their post to explain that it was a picture of someone's avatar and not a teaser image.)

Hologram Mini Busts are sort of a waste in our opinion. The Holographic Darth Maul, which was a Star Wars: The Exhibition (Brussels) exclusive, it neat, but not really necessary. See our thoughts on this in our Research Droids Reviews today! Feel free 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.

Gentle Giant Ltd. is eager to start what they're hailing as their "Hoth Collection" beginning with Han Solo (Hoth Outfit) in the Jumbo Vintage Kenner Figure line. Click through to place your pre-order!

Poor Peter Mayhew. He gets stopped because of his lightsaber cane. Have these TSA workers ever seen Star Wars? Click through for more!

Justin at Yakface.com send us a link to his impressive photo novel series. It's time for Chapter III - Revelations. Click through to be visually stimulated with some amazing custom work and a fantastic storyline!

JTA reader Eli Hyder, who has his own fantastic customs site, writes in to share his amazing take on Darth Vader's surgery scene from Revenge Of The Sith. Click through to check it out!