It's time to start smiling again. The Return Of The Jedi Deleted Scenes wave of The Vintage Collection has hit retail and what a mighty wave it is indeed. Luke Skywalker (Lightsaber Construction) is so good, you'll have to see it for yourself to see why it's the best modern update to the 1983 Luke Skywalker (Jedi Knight) figure. Be sure to check out Research Droids Reviews today because it's a wonderful time to be a Star Wars collector! 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Entertainment Earth has just posted the case assortment for what they're calling "wave 4" of The Vintage Collection. This is the Aayla Secura/Kithaba wave. Click through to check it out!

Be here tomorrow. You're not going to want to miss it. That's all we're saying.

Click through to see what Research Droids Reviews you may have missed with our weekly recap complete with direct links and brief review synopses.

Man, we almost got mad writing this review. What a total waste of money. See why Research Droids Reviews thinks that products like the Naboo Royal Fighter With Obi-Wan Kenobi have absolutely no business taking up retail shelf space. 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Many have been curious to find out if the head from 2010's TVC Luke Skywalker (Endor Capture) (VC23) figure fits onto the brand new Luke Skywalker (Lightsaber Construction) (VC87) figure. Well, wonder no more. JTA reader Paul B. has snapped some quick pictures for us to share with you. See the wonder after you click through!

We are getting bombarded with store reports and toy finds of The Vintage Collection wave 11 being found for $4.00 each, or just found in general. You must start your toy runs to see if you can score this totally awesome wave of figures. Click through to read reports of what your fellow collectors are finding!

If you ask us, the Prequel Trilogy stuff looks pretty fantastic in The Vintage Collection packaging. And now that Hasbro is doing this for vehicles, it adds a sense of balance to the line. (but let's see some OT vehicles released in the mainline in this packaging too Hasbro). See our Research Droids Reviews where we look at the AT-AP (All Terrain Attack Pod) in this classic packaging. (It looks great!) 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Now that the Hasbro Power Point presentation has made its way online, we went back to our notes from NY Comic Con and Toy Fair and think we culled together a better (and more accurate) list of release dates for The Vintage Collection. Please expect this to receive further edits down the road once retail starts publishing the case assortments for pre-order. But click through to see what we worked up. We've also updated our The Vintage Collection Visual Guide with this new information too. We wonder if we're going to be in for some surprises since all of these figures only take us through August of 2012. Could more TVC figure be coming Fall 2012? How exciting!

The Hasbro Toy Fair Power Point presentation has made it online thanks to starwars-figuren.com. Click through to check it out!

JTA reader Dominic N. sends in some quick pics of the Deleted Scenes wave as a supplement to what you may have already seen online. Click through to check out what he sent our way. Have you found yours yet? We haven't!

JTA reader and friend Manny M. writes in to let us know that the retooled Naboo Starfighter has hit Singapore. While that is quite a distance away from the USA, it still means that its availability here is imminent. Click through for Manny's report!

Here is a pleasant surprise in The Phantom Menace 3D line. Hasbro actually spent some time to update the paint job (and the "mechanics") on the Sith Infiltrator. It's not bigger yet, but Research Droids Reviews notices it definitely looks and functions better now. 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

We have to show you our deep gratitude for helping us reach one of our short term goals of 2000 Facebook fans. Our readers rock! Now onto the next goal: 2500 likes. Seriously, thank you!

Toys R Us is running another great ad this week and our very own bombadgungan did all the math for you. Click through to see the latest deals!

If you're jaded about what the Movie Heroes line is offering you and other collectors, try taking a look at a repack with you in mind. It also has a twist. Research Droids Reviews adores the Prequel Trilogy and The Clone Wars vehicles showing up in The Vintage Collection for the very first time. You have to check these out! 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

We interrupt our news to post a private message for JTA reader and friend bombadgungan. We'll be back to our regular schedule shortly. Whatever you do, please do not click through, do not collect $200.

Sigh. We just cannot get too excited about the Movie Heroes line.... yet. If you bought the Battle Droid from the Movie Heroes line, you've been completely ripped off by Hasbro. Research Droids Reviews tries to explain why this release is almost offensive. 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Paul is out on some toy runs in the Philly area this morning and reports another great The Vintage Collection find! The Phantom Menace wave checked out at $3 each! Make sure you always keep your receipts so when you find deals like this you can take those expensive $9.99 figures back!

We're back again to present another one of Alejandro's awesome dioramas! This one is extra spectacular. If only Hasbro could make us an Ewok village like this! Click through to check out the gorgeous photography and set-up!

Special thanks to JTA reader Tray (as well as my brother) for pointing out an interesting article at The Blaze on how much it would cost to build the Death Star. We found it interesting so hopefully you will too!

Check out the batch of new Gentle Giant items that just arrived this week at Brian's Toys.  Mini Busts of Aurra Sing, Death Trooper, Battle Droid, and a 12" Vintage Jumbo C-3PO are all new and waiting to be picked up!

Also new this week: a set of the rare Star Wars dolls from Madame Alexander, Star Tours multi-figure packs, and vintage 12" Boxed IG-88!

For a complete run-down of what's new at Brian's Toys this week, visit ttp://www.brianstoys.com/nl!

Those class acts (and our good friends of course) at GalacticHunter.com have begun adding wave 11 of The Vintage Collection into their Image Bank. You absolutely must check out what we feel is the definitive Luke Skywalker (Jedi Knight) figure (even though his hair parting is accidentally reversed). It's an amazing figure and we can't wait to get one in our hands. Until we find them and add them to our RDRs, enjoy what lies awaiting after clicking through!

We're on our way to 2000 Likes on Facebook and we thought we would share a cool milestone along the way! Click the button to help us get there faster if you haven't already Liked us! We use Facebook for exclusive updates, sneak peaks and ongoing discussions, so don't miss out!

You're already aware of the craziness happening at Walmart, but Scott from Tulsa not only has an awesome store report to share with you, but it comes with a twist!

Sigh. We just cannot get too excited about the Movie Heroes line.... yet. See our take on the very first figure in the line, the slightly updated Shock Trooper. The figure is carefully analyzed from head to toe in our Research Droids Reviews so you can make a good judgment whether you need this figure or not for your collection. 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Reported earlier by our friends at Yakface.com, our readers are also finding The Vintage Collection (both 2010/2011 figure and 2012 figures) on sale for $4.00 each. We can also confirm that our local Walmart had leftover TVC figures on sale for $4.00, but not 2012 figures. (But the toy manager offered to give us all of them for $4.00 since the clearance tag is ambiguous. We passed.) Click through to read JTA reader Chris C.'s experience at his local store.

We can't look at this figure one more time either! 2012 has been a year of overkill and it's only February! Not a good sign at all! See another Discover The Force figure in our Research Droids Reviews that you've seen 100 times before. 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Here is a quick update from http://www.bigbadtoystore.com about a ton of new preorders, more cool new arrivals, and our latest sale!

Clearance Sale:

Several days ago we reduced pricing by 15% to 25% on 4000+ items that are a year or more old.  There are a lot of great older items available, please be sure to check out the menus found on this link:

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/list.aspx?list=7223

Click through to see what Research Droids Reviews you may have missed with our weekly recap complete with direct links and brief review synopses.

While most Hasbro figures from the 'missing presentation' from Toy Fair were either in the showroom or available in the press images, the two battle packs that were talked about were no where to be found. We personally have no recollection of them looking this bad. Maybe that's why they blew through them so quickly. Wow, the power of persuasion. Hasbro said these were the best sculpts ever and we somehow saw that too in .5 past lightspeed. Expect this to be taken down shortly as Hasbro was ultra-clear that no photography was to be taken of the presentation and that they weren't giving out the presentation this year. Click through to check them out... Plastic caped Darth Vader anyone?

We can't look at this figure one more time! 2012 has been a year of overkill and it's only February! Not a good sign at all! See another Discover The Force figure in our Research Droids Reviews that you've seen 100 times before. 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Both The Vintage Collection wave 11 and Movie Heroes wave 2 are currently IN STOCK at Entertainment Earth as of this posting. This likely means that these figures are only moments from American retail shelves. Keep your eyes wide open over the next couple of days!

Unbeknownst to us until now, our pals at DewbackPatrol.com also coordinated a quick Q&A with Hasbro at Toy Fair. While some of JTA's questions and answers (our report is HERE) overlap theirs, there are still a few more new answers you'll probably want to hear. The great news is that the questions that were asked by both received consistent answers! Click through for their report! (Oh, and to our friends at DewbackPatrol.com, maybe you could stay in the city more than 5 minutes next time?)

We have been receiving questions from readers on the status of the Royal Starship Droids Battle Packs set from Walmart's Discover The Force line. While we did see these hit about 2 weeks ago in our area, they've completely sold through within 24 hours and we haven't seen them since. And it appears that the same is true for you. Can you let us know what the status of this set is in your neck of the woods by posting in our comments section by clicking through? We expected this set to be a hit, but I don't think any of us expected it to vanish this quickly from shelves. Here's hoping a second shipment is imminent. And maybe an early alarm will proactively enourage Hasbro to get more out to stores.

We posted this on our Facebook page a few days ago, now JTA reader Brett X writes in to let us know that wave 11 of The Vintage Collection has hit TARGET! Click through for his report!

The 2005 Evolutions Darth Maul gets its first release on a basic figure card back in the Discover The Force line. We have three more figures to talk about until we're done. You'll find out in our Research Droids Reviews that not all of the figures are reason to get excited. 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

We apologoize since we're late posting this, but Gentle Giant, Ltd. has opened up the pre-ordering for the 2012 PGM gifts, of which there are an incredible 5 this year to choose from - three (3) are Star Wars related. Choose from the light-up Republic Commando Mini Bust, the Rebel Fleet Trooper Mini Bust or the Jumbo Vintage Kenner Gamorrean Guard. After you choose your FREE gift you can pre-order the others for full price.

There hasn't been much snow in the Northeast this year, so when we did get a sprinkling, JTA reader Tray took advantage of the moments and shot a gallery of 2010's SW [SOTDS] Imperial AT-AT in the accumulation! Click through to check out this very awesome gallery of pictures on his Photobucket page.

We continue looking at the so-called "straight repacks" in the awesome dozen of Discover The Force Walmart exclusive basic figures. But you'll find out in our Research Droids Reviews that some of these "straight repacks" aren't that at all. Take for instance the Destroyer Droid. Hasbro appeases our requests finally for a more translucent energy shield. And the Destroyer Droid has been repainted too. Feel free to leave your own thoughts in our Disqus 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Thanks to a tip from our friends at Yakface.com, TARGET is offering a $5 off coupon. Click through for the details!

We continue looking at the so-called "straight repacks" in the awesome dozen of Discover The Force Walmart exclusive basic figures. But you'll find out in our Research Droids Reviews that some of these "straight repacks" aren't that at all. Take for instance Yoda. He's been repainted and newly accessorized to represent his new look in the Blu-ray version of Episode. The bonus here is that we now have our very first carded CGI Yoda (based on Episode I). It's a shame they used an inferior figure to do this. Feel free to leave your own thoughts in our Disqus 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Relatively new JTA reader Matthew Ruch eagerly has asked us to share his awesome photonovel based on The Clone Wars: Hide In Plain Sight story with you. Click through to check out his gorgeous work. (Our fellow reader Scott is going to eat this up!)

Remaining "Shadow Of The Dark Side" product has finally bottomed out at TARGET. Just today we found plenty of Class 1 sets reduced down to $5.08 and believe it or not, plenty of Republic Attack Shuttle vehicles for $23.99. This represents a clearance prices at 70% off! You now know where you need to check to score some details. March! Click through for the proof!

I honestly don't know what's worse: the miscreant who stole the figures from this set, or Toys R Us who thinks a reduction of $7 makes it OK to put it back on the shelf. At best, this figure should be "repriced" at 50% off. Click through for this ridiculousness!

The lack of a distributed Hasbro presentation for fans was probably one of the biggest disappointments this year at Toy Fair. While Hasbro didn't allow any video recording or picture taking, they did allow audio recording. It's not as exciting as seeing the presentation, but if you want to hear exactly what they had to say then we have what you want. Click through for the complete audio from the Hasbro Star Wars portion of their presentation.

We start looking at the so-called "straight repacks" in the awesome dozen of Discover The Force Walmart exclusive basic figures. But you'll find out in our Research Droids Reviews that some of these "staright repacks" aren't that at all. Today we look at the Tusken Raider and it's different enough to make you mad. (Yeah, you know who I stole THAT from....) Feel free to leave your own thoughts in our Disqus 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

It's official! Wave 11 of The Vintage Collection has landed and is beginning to show up on eBay. Click through to check out this auction for all 5 new figures! Or, start heading out on your local toy runs to find this awesome quasi-ROTJ wave of figures!

This week's Brian's Toys newsletter is loaded with great stuff!  There are some "lost" exclusives that have never been on Brian's Toys before, including several exclusive multi-packs!

Get your hands on the signature edition of the eFX Luke X-Wing Helmet. Three new vintage-style vehicles are now available: V19 Torrent Fighter, Obi-wan's Starfighter, and an AT-AP!

For more great selection, visit the newsletter at ttp://www.brianstoys.com/nl!

We'll keep this short and sweet. Thank you. Thank you for your continued support of our #1 feature. Thank you for your feedback through our comments, email and Facebook. Thank you for checking in with the column (and our site) daily. Thank you for your suggestions (of which many have been added to enhance the column). Thank you for over 2 million hits. And thank you for making the ARC Trooper Commander the fastest figure to ever hit our Top 10. Thank you all for being incredible supporters of our daily Research Droids Reviews column. We're eternally grateful. May the Force be with you.... always. Please click through for our 1000th review.

JTA American reader Ryan G. also writes in to report that he found the new Class 1 vehicles at his local TARGET in the USA. You can check out his YouTube.com review on it by clicking the picture below. Thank you for the report Ryan!

JTA reader Matt H. from the UK writes in with an update of what's showing up in his neck of the woods! Click through for his report!

Here is a quick update from http://www.bigbadtoystore.com about a variety of new arrivals and a bunch of exciting new preorders, including a variety of items featured at Toy Fair.

As our Research Droids Reviews continues to gain momentum and a broader audience, we here at Jedi Temple Archives are thankful for (and quite frankly blown away by) some of the very special guest readers that pop in for a visit. A New Hope actor Derek Lyons stopped by to check out the Rebel Honor Guard (No. 10) review from the 2007 30 (77-07) line and most recently, Episode I actor Philip Delancy who both played a Naboo Pilot and whose likeness was used on the artwork for Walmart's Discover The Force Naboo Pilot figure also stops in to add his two cents in our comments! The Naboo Pilot review also celebrates the eve of an important landmark in our Research Droids Reviews, but you'll have to wait until tomorrow for that. Click through for today's review.

Our friends at Yakface.com have received intel of what the 2013 line willl look like. If you recall, they first received an intercepted transmission in December 2011 and it looks like it's now coming to pass. Click through for their full story!

SW.com updates their site to show off all the things originally shown at Toy Fair, but no images of those darn all-new Battle Packs are anywhere! Click through to see the updates.

Click through to see what Research Droids Reviews you may have missed with our weekly recap complete with direct links and brief review synopses.

Our friends at Yakface.com have received direct word from Hasbro that fans sites will NOT be receiving the Power Point presentation from Hasbro's Collector Media Event during Toy Fair. Excuse us while we go weep now.

Continue to Discover The Force with us! Ric Olié was a fantastic figure in 1999 and it's even better in 2012. We look at this awesome Naboo inhabitant and driver of the Queen's Royal Starship. Research Droids Reviews is amazed by the release of so many great Episode I updates! Feel free to leave your own thoughts in our Disqus 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

If you're fortunate enough to own 2011's TVC Ponda Baba (Walrus Man) (VC70) figure, you know it's pretty flawless as is. The one and only problem is that his head sculpt is too small. But do you want to know how to make him even better and remedy this? JTA reader and friend Rich A. shares his own customization of this figure with us to share with you. If you're interested, then click through!

Our Toy Fair coverage is nearly wrapped up (there may be a few odds-and-ends trickling in over the next few days). You can stop by our Toy Fair Round-up section on our main 2012 Coverage page and check out what our friends are doing around the web for their coverage. There's so much to cover and it is truly is a group effort! Team JTA enjoyed sitting down with most of these guys over the weekend in our 'down' time and just hanging out! Enjoy all the coverage and thanks for all your support, interaction in our comments sections and on our Facebook Page, and for the tons of emails we received! Keep them coming!

After going back to our notes and scouring the web for the holes we had, we believe we have compiled a fairly accurate listing of the wave orders and corresponding VC numbers for the upcoming figures in The Vintage Collection. Please note that this data can change once we officially learn more from Hasbro... whenever that will be. Click through to check it all out! Please note that we've also updated our The Vintage Collection Visual Guide with this information too!

It's time to Discover The Force! Build A Droids are back big time! We look at G8-R3, another Royal Starship Droid. Research Droids Reviews is amazed by the release of so many Episode I astromech droids, but it's a great thing! Feel free to leave your own thoughts in our Disqus 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Those of you waiting for Hasbro's 2012 Toy Fair Power Point presentation might be relieved to know that we got word that Hasbro will be getting it out to us sometime later today. We received mixed messages about it from HunterPR, but the lastest news seems to indicate its coming shortly. We want to see it just as badly as you because Hasbro FLEW through it at light speed. While we were texting things to Facebook, we were missing slides left and right. Let's hope it is indeed coming today!

UPDATE: Yeah, it didn't come. We're just as disappointed too.

Ever since NY Comic Con, fans of The Clone Wars line have been perplexed (and stressed) by Hasbro’s announcement that there would be a total of 19 figures released under The Clone Wars banner for 2012. JTA spoke with Hasbro about the plans for the line in the future. Sadly, the answers we got will be interpreted bleakly by fans. If you’re interested to learn more of what they said, then click through.

JTA reader Richard C. writes in with an awesome update to the Walmart clearances. Click through for more!

LEGO took the brick-building community by storm when they first announced they were going to start producing Star Wars LEGOs! They are happy to announce that they have renewed that contract for another ten years! Click through for the full press release!

It's time to Discover The Force! Next up is the Gungan Warrior (but he's not really a Gungan Warrior - you'll see why in a minute by clicking through). Research Droids Reviews will hopefully explain this character's actual role in the film. At least he can be clearly seen in Episode I!! Feel free to leave your own thoughts in our Disqus 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

We've added another video from Toy Fair. The team at the Scene It? booth had an awesome multi-screen video presentation that they let us film. Click through to check it out!

We have our last gallery from the Javits Center tonight, featuring a variety of licensees such as Funko, Underground Toys, Uncle Milton, The Tin Box Company, the brand new Star Wars Scene It and more! Click through to check them out!

We made our rounds on the floor of the Javits Convention Center today and have our first gallery ready to go. Click through for a look at the Kotobukiya booth, including a sneak peak at Jaina Solo!

JTA reader Morgan K. sends us some awfully cool info regarding an upcoming TRU sale starting tomorrow. The ad states: "All Star Wars on Sale - 30% off best selling Star Wars toys!" This may mean you could find some great deals! As a bonus, any purchase over $35 will yield you a FREE Darth Maul USB flash drive!

JTA reader Matthew F. sends us a great essay on his thoughts of The Phantom Menace 3D film. Click through to read his commentary!

We're proud to present to our readers Hasbro's official press pictures of the basic figures! Click through to see close-up press photos of The Vintage Collection, Movie Heroes and The Clone Wars lines! Also, click HERE to see the wave assortments in the order they should arrive (this is likely to be revised once we get more information).

We started today with an early morning gathering at the LEGO booth for their annual LEGO Collectors Preview event. Click through for our full gallery...

You know that Hasbro has stated that they're not ready to talk about their 2013 plans, but they did confirm that TVC may need to "go away" for a little bit so it doesn't overstay its welcome or get stagnant. (We don't think it ever would.) But if you read our Toy Fair Q&A with Hasbro, you may remember we asked them about if there are more Build A Droids coming into the basic figure lineup. They responded with an affirmative "no" for 2012, but said it was a definite possibility for 2013. In conjunction with this news, we've heard chatter from across multiple sources about how this directly relates to the 2013 line. Interested? You will be... you will be.

There was more than basic figures at the Hasbro showroom. Click through to check out what else was spread around the showroom floor, including the new AMP'D and Fighter Pods and the Darth Maul giveaway statue...

Hasbro showed off the awesome electronics in the new MTT. Click through to check out our hi definition video of the droid deployment in action!

Next up is the San Diego Comic Con exclusive Carbon Freezing Chamber... WITH a Vintage style carded Jar Jar in carbonite... Click through for detailed photos!

It's time to Discover The Force! First up is Mawhonic, probably one of the nicest Episode I figures ever made! Research Droids Reviews does its best to hopefully persuade you to buy one. Passing on this figure only hurts yourself! Feel free to leave your own thoughts in our Disqus 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

It's time for the full reveal of the Trade Federation MTT...

The folks at POTF2.com have received leaked images of an Ewok multipack and a Rebel pilot multipack.Click through for more information!

We have our first Hasbro gallery ready for your viewing pleasure! Click through to enjoy some super-detailed images from The Vintage Collection (wow!) and Movie Heroes! Stick around because we have more, including the officially announced MTT!

We had an overwhelming response to our post asking our readers what questions you wanted to have answered by Hasbro. It was a very difficult finding time to speak to Hasbro officials, but we did manage to get a few snippets of information for you. (And some of the answers are actually hopeful!) Click through to see if your question got addressed, and if you didn't ask one, see what other asked and the answers that await them!!

Probably the biggest surprise at Hasbro's Toy Fair presentation today was the 2012 San Diego Comic Con exclusive, Jar Jar Binks in carbonite. A stunning new The Vintage Collection Jar Jar Binks is coming later in the year as part of The Vintage Collection, but not before being released as part of an awesome SDCC set. Click through for more information!

And the winner is.... Mara Jade Skywalker! Mara Jade Skywalker is coming in 2012! We also know the next top two contenders! (But that doesn't mean the other two are definitely coming!) Interested? Click through to find out.

Here are some "quick pics" of the Hasbro Star Wars booth at Toy Fair! All photos show new figures from The Vintage Collection, a line that now has exceeded 100 figures! High resolution full galleires coming shortly, but hopefully this can hold you over until they're completed!

What the heck is up with the Movie Heroes line? But we gotta tell you that this R2-D2 electronic figure is quite a bit of fun. Read our Research Droids Reviews today and see why you may want this figure... again. Feel free to leave your own thoughts in our Disqus 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Gentle Giant sent out a sneak peak of their 2012 Premier Guild Gifts, which includes a light-up Republic Commando and a surprise Return of the Jedi 12" figure. Click through for larger peeks!

New figures from vintage to modern highlight this week's newsletter!  A few rare vintage items have been added, including a vinyl cape Jawa and a ROTJ Boba Fett AFA 90! For modern, come see the latest wave of the Movie Heroes.

From Sideshow is a well-articulated and detailed 12" IG-88 figure.  This is a one of a kind collectible that you cannot afford to miss out on.  

For more featured items from this week's Brian's Toys newsletter, visit www.brianstoys.com!

Are you ready to rock n' roll!? Jedi Temple Archives have arrived in New York City. We're ready, we're pumped and so excited to see what Hasbro and the other licensees plan on showing off to us this year! We have your questions in hand and will do everything possible to address them. The big Hasbro news starts Saturday afternoon. Stick like to glue to our front page and bookmark our 2012 Toy Fair portal page so you don't miss a beat. You never know when we might post some cool surprises!

Toy Fair kicks off tomorrow and the staff at Jedi Temple Archives are in route to the Big Apple as of this posting. We have our main TF2012 portal page ready to go! You can check this page throughout the Toy Fair event to keep up with all that is happening during this informational time! News moves pretty fast and sometimes important headlines make their way down our front page pretty quickly, but we distill all the information on this page so you won't miss a thing! Look for our banner at the upper right of our page all weekend for a quick jump to our coverage! Our Facebook page will be pretty busy too so make sure you us so you can follow all the coverage!

JTA Facebook friend Mickey Da Jose posts a picture of the new (or upcoming for the USA) Attack Recon Fighter Class 1 vehicle. Mickey lets us know that Anakin has a molded pilot headset and a new soft-goods skirt. Click through to see the full image! (It's great to know that there is some new stuff included here!)

Here is a quick update from http://www.bigbadtoystore.com about a variety of new preorders, more cool new arrivals, and our latest sale.

Valentine's Day Sale

We've cut pricing on 40 various older & overstocked listings. There are a variety of items fromTransformers, Marvel, Star Wars, DC, GI Joe, and more. Our Seacon Exclusive is back on sale at $35 each, grab one now before they go back to $49.99 again. Click here to check it out!

What the heck is up with the Movie Heroes line? At least the Clone Trooper (MH11) figure is a dollar cheaper in 2012 than it was in 2005. But see why you'll probably won't need it in our Research Droids Reviews database today. Feel free to leave your own thoughts in our Disqus 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

JTA reader Luke writes in to us with incredible information about what appears to look like an unannounced Toys R Us coupon. YOU'LL WANT TO READ THIS POST FOLKS! Click through to find out how to save your precious cash!

JTA reader Dominic N. has an unbelievable story about an online purchase for Ben Quadinaros. Click through to read about it!

We're getting many reports of all your DTF finds today! JTA reader Paul H. from Boston writes in with an update that the Walmart Discover The Force figures have hit his area too. They've hit all the way West and all the way East. Get out there and find them! Click through for his report!

We are feeling generous because we're in a good mood from getting excited about Toy Fair. So, here's the second update for you to check out our Research Droids Reviews early on the remaining all-new figures from the Discover The Force Walmart exclusives promotion. See why (1) the Naboo Pilot is so good you'll want a half dozen of him, (2) Ric Olié will make you want to burn your 1999 figure and (3) Aurra Sing will bring tears to your eyes (oh, and it's a VERY early look at our 1000th review - we had to celebrate early, sorry).

We are feeling generous because we're in a good mood from getting excited about Toy Fair. So, we're passing along links for you to check out our Research Droids Reviews early on three of the six new figures from the Discover The Force Walmart exclusives. See why (1) G8-R3 will need a revisit down the pike, (2) the Gungan Warrior isn't really a Gungan Warrior and (3) Mawhonic may just be one of the most perfect action figures yet in the basic figure line.

Hasbro tremendously upgraded 2011's TCW Chewbacca figure with an awesome paint job. It's so good, you'll want to toss your old Chewbacca and buy this one instead. Research Droids Reviews looks at this figure. And check out the comparison in our gallery! Feel free to leave your own thoughts in our Disqus 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Screenlife's popular Scene It? series announced today that for the first time ever Star Wars is coming to their line-up! Click through for the complete press release.

Click through to see what Research Droids Reviews you may have missed with our weekly recap complete with direct links and brief review synopses.

Thanks to a tip from our friends at Yakface.com we learned that Walmart has updated the Star Wars section of their website with the Discover The Force promotion. They also inadvertently stole Hasbro's thunder (officially) and have revealed the MTT! Click through to check everything out!

There are very few reasons for collectors to get excited about the 2012 product line. Aside from The Vintage Collection and some of the Walmart Discover The Force products, the rest of the stuff is rather lackluster. And it almost borders on dreadful. (Lackluster is almost too kind.) The TARGET exclusive The Rise Of Darth Vader multipack is another pitiful exclusive and Research Droids Reviews looks at it from top to bottom to see if it is worth the $15 it commands. You probably already know the answer. Feel free to leave your own thoughts in our Disqus 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Toy Fair is just days away and Jedi Temple Archives is busy preparing for our annual coverage! We have our main TF2012 portal page ready to go! You can check this page throughout our coverage to keep up with all that is happening during this action-packed event! News moves pretty fast and sometimes important headlines make their way down our front page pretty quickly, but we distill all the information on this page so you won't miss a thing! Look for our banner at the upper right of our page all weekend for a quick jump to our coverage! Our Facebook page will be pretty busy too so make sure you us so you can follow all the coverage!

Hasbro sends in details of their upcoming Darth Maul promotion. Click through for all the details!

Hopefully you've been keeping up with us all day today on our Facebook page, but in case you've missed the boat, you can check out six (6) sneak peeks of the new figures in the just-now-arriving-to-retail Walmart exclusive Discover The Force basic figures assortment. They're awesome, so go and check them out!

You're getting 12 days of it beginning the Sunday of Toy Fair and one of them is going to be our 1000th (one-thousandth!) Research Droids Reviews entry. But there'll be a plethora of sneak peeks on our Facebook page beginning today. Make sure you're connected!

There are very few reasons for collectors to get excited about the 2012 product line. Aside from The Vintage Collection and some of the Walmart Discover The Force products, the rest of the stuff is rather lackluster. And it almost borders on dreadful. (Lackluster is almost too kind.) The TARGET exclusive Emergence Of The Sith multipack is another pathetic exclusive and Research Droids Reviews looks at it from top to bottom to see if it is worth the $15 it commands. You probably already know the answer. Feel free to leave your own thoughts in our Disqus 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Today we add the last of the Attack of the Clones Phase I Clone Troopers to our Enhanced Visual Guides: Clone Commander (Phase I Armor). Click below to check out last year's SDCC exclusive, and read our and Research Droids Review for a full write-up on this figure!

Sigh. It's another STAP With Battle Droid - both of which we don't need any more. At least Hasbro repainted them. Research Droids Reviews does its best to explain why the Class 1 line needs to change imediately. Feel free to leave your own thoughts in our Disqus 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

JTA reader Sjefke often whines and he just recently asked if he could see pictures of the newly released Trade Federation AAT with The Vintage Collection's Battle Droid figures. We've obliged and snapped some quick pictures of this awesome newly tooled vehicle with four new Battle Droids. Click through and please enjoy. (For the record, we love Sjefke and are only kidding.)

JTA heads to Toy Fair 2012 this Friday already! We'd like to know what do you want to know from Hasbro? JTA will do our best to ask your questions. Please keep your questions thoughtful, positive and hopeful and we'll be sure to get your points across. Click the "Read More" at the bottom right of this article and post your questions in our Disqus module. It's simple to use and we'd like more of our readers to use it. We will compile the questions and take them with us to Toy Fair.

We unbelievably found The Vintage Collection The Phantom Menace wave at a local Walmart and they scanned for $4.50 each. This Walmart also had a ton of wave 5 in stock for $4.50 each too as well as a few wave 6 stragglers. If you're near the Philly area, this is the Walmart on South Christopher Columbus Boulevard near Penns Landing and there are still plenty to rummage through. Click through to see this madness!

It looks like many of us will have multiple opportunities to get the "Shadow Of The Dark Side" Class 1 vehicle for around 75-90% off. While they're currently on sale for 50% off ($9.98), nearly every TARGET we visited today has full end caps of them. Keep an eye on these over the next few weeks. Click through to check out only a sampling of what we found!

Paul is out in the field today and reports that Toys R Us has $10 off select items, including the Droid Attack on Coronet, valid through this Saturday (2/11).

Sigh. It's another plain white Clone Trooper and another (gulp) BARC Speeder - both of which we don't need any more. At least the Clone Trooper in this set is "newish". Research Droids Reviews does its best to explain why the Class 1 line needs to change immediately. Feel free to leave your own thoughts in our Disqus 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Special thanks to JTA reader and friend Scott B. for alerting us to new The Clone Wars figures online at TARGET.com. They're not available for order, but you can check out close-ups of the figures. It also says that they are available in stores, so they should be hitting brick and mortar shortly. (It's so nice to see Aayla Secura available again!)

UPDATE: It appears TARGET has removed the new figures from their website for reasons unknown.

JTA reader Mickey Da Jose sends us a photo of a production sample of the upcoming Republic Assault Submarine with SCUBA Clone Trooper. Click through to check it out!

Good friend and JTA reader Bryan Mark German (aka The Game) proudly sends us his "Duel Of The Fates" diorama with the newly released The Vintage Collection figures. Check out his amazing photography and displays.

JTA reader and Facebook friend James M. alerts us that the Toys R Us exclusive Y-wing Fighter is on sale for $29.99. Hopefully all of you who collect the figures have visited your local TRU by now since the basic figures are Buy 2 Get One FREE, which brings them down to $6.66 each, a great price to army build the new Battle Droid and Naboo Royal Guard!

JTA reader and Facebook friend Denise Vazquez has won FIRST PLACE in the Darth Vader Helmet Art contest. Click through to read all about it and congratulations Denise!

Hasbro graciously retooled the Trade Federation AAT (Armored Assault Tank) and finally got rid of that terrible "exploding battle droid" action feature. You'll learn in Research Droids Reviews today that we nearly have a definitive version of this popular Episode I vehicle now. Feel free to leave your own thoughts in our Disqus 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

Listen up fans of The Clone Wars! Sideshow Collectibles has just announced that Captain Rex will be their next Premium Format figure! Click the image below to see the sneak peek video.

Brian's Toys has a fantastic newsletter this week!  Not only are there new 2012 Vintage-Style Pre-orders, but plenty more rare Vintage AFA has been added to the site.  Feast your eyes on a AFA-graded POTF Yak Face and 3-Pack Imperial Set.

New Sideshow 12" figures also see their way into our inventory, including the 442nd Siege Battalion and Republic Captain clone troopers.  For a complete list of what's new this week, visit ttp://www.brianstoys.com/nl!

The highly popular Utapau Shadow Trooper made its way into fans' Sideshow Collectibles collections last year and now its in our Enhanced Visual Guides! Click below to check it out, and stop by our Research Droids Review for a full breakdown of this figure!

Here's a not-so-great 2012 exclusive. Do we really need figures from 1999 and 2000, Hasbro? Read Research Droids Reviews because you'll likely agree. Feel free to leave your own thoughts in our Disqus 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

The Sideshow Collectibles Aayla Secura Premium Format Figure is now available! Click below to order!

Our friends at Rebelscum come through again with two new basic figure lists. Click either banner below to learn more about upcoming The Clone Wars and Movie Heroes figures! Wow - there will not be any new announcements at Toy Fair this year for sure! (But who cares!?)

We continue our Sideshow Collectibles Visual Guide updates with another recently shipped Clone Trooper: Republic Clone Captain (Phase I Armor). With this release we get the last Clone Trooper from Attack of the Clones, completing the set that started 2 years ago (January 2010) with the release of the standard white Clone Trooper. Click on the image below to view the guide. We'll add this to our review database soon, but you can find the other four troopers in our Research Droids Review database until then!

Our friends at Rebelscum have a great new list of figures for The Vintage Collection including the long-rumored Bespin Leia and Grand Moff Tarkin! Click through for the full report!

The best 2012 exclusive. This set should hold that title for a while. Read Research Droids Reviews to see if you agree. Feel free to leave your own thoughts in our Disqus 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.

We received a promo for the upcoming episode of The Clone Wars that was too cool not to share! This promo from The Box is a bounty hunter lover's dream come true, and I'm sure Hasbro will take notice of this line-up for some cool figures and Battle Packs! And, for those that want this image for themselves we've also linked to a super high resolution image, because there are some cool facts sheets and details for each and every bounty hunter featured here! Click through for the full resolution image!

Here is a quick update from http://www.bigbadtoystore.com about a big batch of exciting new preorders as well as more cool new arrivals!

Click through to see what Research Droids Reviews you may have missed with our weekly recap complete with direct links and brief review synopses.

Jedi Temple Archives gets a lot of visitors in our Research Droids Reviews, but we become especially giddy when "big names" check them out, (like Hasbro who stole our Aayla Secura image - we digress). But how cool is it when actor Derek Lyons from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope pops in for a look to check out the review of 2007's TAC Rebel Honor Guard, the character he played in the film? Derek, thank you for stopping in. We're honored. And thank you for posting a comment with some background of your involvement with Episode IV! Click through to read the review and see Derek's comment!!

JTA reader "anonymous" alerts us that TARGET is FINALLY starting to markdown their "Shadow Of The Dark Side" products. You may want to start stalking your local bullseye. Click through for his report!

German website http://www.lichtgeschwindigkeit.de/ has the case pack ratio of wave 3! Click through to check out their report. (The page is in German so you'll have to translate it at Google or something.) Special thanks to JTA reader Scott for the head's up!

As an update to our original report in December, Scott from Tulsa send us incredible news about that lost wave 4 of The Vintage Collection - the wave that never was and what's become of it at TJMaxx. Check it out!

One of the latest releases from Sideshow Collectibles includes the 442nd Siege Battalion Clone Trooper, the second Clone Trooper made by Sideshow that was not featured in Revenge of the Sith. Click below to browse through our Enhanced Visual Guide to see if this off-screen clone is worth your while, and keep checking back because we will be adding this one to our Research Droids Review database very soon!

JTA reader Morgan sends us a report of The Vintage Collection vehicle assortment now hitting TARGET! Click through for his report!

The 2012 line is a complete mess for archivists. The Clone Wars logo is nowhere to be found on The Clone Wars sourced Battle Packs or vehicles, only the basic figures. But you probably don't care about this detail and rather have us worry about it instead. What you should care about however is the awesome Republic Trooper Battle Packs set. Learn about it in our Research Droids Reviews and see why Hasbro could reissue this at least three more times with little tweaks. Feel free to leave your own thoughts in our Disqus 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 e-mail if you'd like to see something that we didn't cover yet.