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Hot Toys is adding another sixth scale Stormtrooper to the ranks with the release of their Stormtrooper (with Death Star Environment) (MMS736). Click through to check out all the details and gallery images.
This is available to pre-order right now at Sideshow Collectibles.
Tags: Hot Toys: Sixth Scale Figures, Pre-Orders, Sixth Scale Figures, Stormtrooper
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Hot Toys is continuing their sixth scale Chrome line with the release of the Hot Toys exclusive Commander Cody (Chrome Version) (MMS734). Get all the details after the jump!
This will be available for a limited pre-order starting today at 1 PM Eastern at Sideshow Collectibles.
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0-0-0 (CMS016D58) joins BT-1 in the Hot Toys sixth scale line-up. In a weird move, Hot Toys has made 0-0-0 a Hot Toys exclusive, which will make it harder to pair the two up for collectors. Click through to check out the full gallery and details.
This will be available for a limited pre-order starting today at 1 PM Eastern at Sideshow Collectibles.
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BigBadToyStore has revealed via their Instagram account two new The Vintage Collection figures: Mandalorian Judge & Cal Kestis (Imperial Officer). These will be available to pre-order tomorrow (April 23) at 1 PM Eastern. Both figures were previously pipeline reveals.
Update: These are both Fan Channel exclusives and part of the Fan Channel wave that includes Kanan Jarrus (VC318) and Ezra Bridger (Hero of Lothal) (VC319). This case is currently available to pre-order on Entertainment Earth.
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Sideshow Collectibles has opened up pre-orders for all three of today’s Hot Toys announcements. Click below for pre-order pages:
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Finally, Hot Toys drops a surprise on us with a comic book release! Check out the very cool BT-1 (CMS017) from the Darth Vader/Doctor Aphra comic series. Click through to check out all the details and the full gallery (with a sneak peek at Triple Zero!).
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Hot Toys is ‘Killing’ it today! Also revealed today was the previously teased Lord Starkiller (VGM063). Get the full details after the jump!
Tags: Hot Toys: Sixth Scale Figures, Lord Starkiller, Sixth Scale Figures, Starkiller, The Force Unleashed
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Hot Toys kicks off their tribute to the Dark Side with the official announcement of Darth Revan (VGM062). Click through for the full details and gallery images.
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Hasbro thinks so little of their longtime collector base that they believe you are too dumb to notice that you can get 100% all-new tooling and seven accessories for $16.99 or an 80% reused-parts figure also with seven accessories but for $24.99 and label it a “Deluxe” figure. That said. The Vintage Collection Professor Huyang is a fantastic figure; you likely will want doubles of it. (more….)
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Only one more week to go! As The Bad Batch is approaching the series finale the Bad Batch still have to find Tantiss, so they can watch how Omega single handedly takes down the secret outpost and escapes with her fellow prisoners and space dogs and maybe even captured clones. So this week is all about the Bad Batch finally finding a way to get to Tantiss. Omega meanwhile is already busy plotting her escape and things unfold exactly like you think they would. Still, “Into The Breach” was actually fun, because the infiltration of the Imperial orbital station with a reluctant former vice admiral Rampart was pretty entertaining. Click through for the full spoiler review of the episode and let’s discuss the penultimate The Bad Batch entry!
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Yesterday’s The Black Series announcements are now available to pre-order on Target’s website. Click below for pre-order pages:
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Also revealed today on Social Media via @fathersfigures is the Mandalorian Privateer. This will be a Target exclusive and will retail for $24.99.
Tags: Instagram, Mandalorian Privateer, TARGET Exclusives, The Black Series [Phase IV]
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The folks over at Gamerant.com have revealed the latest The Black Series exclusive, featuring droids from The Mandalorian. R5-D4, BD-72, & Pit Droids will be a Target exclusive retailed for $49.99. Get the full details and additional images over at Gamerant.com.
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In the past few days news have made the round that on new Target planograms no shelf space is alotted for The Vintage collection and that there is not even a DPCI number for TVC in Target’s system anymore. What is going on? Click through for the full story!
He may have something to do with it
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Anyone familar with “Betteridges’ Law of Headlines” will immediately know the answer to the question… so spoiler: no. They haven’t. Sure, they made money with Star Wars, quite a bit, but they paid $4.05 billion for Lucasfilm in 2012, which has to be recouped before you can talk about actual profits. For the first time (I believe it is the first time) it’s not some YouTuber who is eternally angry which can be used as a source for this, but Forbes magazine! However, since Forbes only covers the movies I will add other things like merchandise, video games and, well, everything!
All the Star Wars movies and many Disney+ shows are produced in the UK. The reason for that is tax incentives. However, this also means Disney has to provide detailed financial statements in the UK and those are public, i.e. if you know the names of the production companies (think Blue Harvest) you can easily look up how much money Disney/Lucasfilm actually spent on something, and this includes all the movies and various shows. And those numbers are quite… something. If you thought movie budgets at Disney and Lucasfilm are out of control… you ain’t seen nothing yet!
Money sinkhole
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LEGO is already gearing up for Star Wars Day with several new releases and GWP (Gift With Purchase) items. Click through for the complete listing.
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Things go boom in this week’s episode of The Bad Batch! In “Juggernaut” the team once again tries to find out the location of Tantiss, for the n-th time this season, but this time for reals! It turns out Crosshair knows of yet another way to locate Tantiss… something he failed to mention all this time before “because”. So off we go! Meanwhile Omega is back in the lab on Tantiss and gets a full tour of the facility by Dr Hemlock who turns out to be a graduate of the Dr Evil Medical School for Aspiring Villains. And someone please give Emerie Carr a long, long hug, this episode proves she needs one! So there are things to talk about this week… primarily about how stupid (Disney) Star Wars can be… even if entertaining on the surface! Click here or on the banner for the my full spoiler review of Juggernaut and let’s discuss the latest The Bad Batch episode!
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Walmart is clearing out more figures at low prices, this time the Carbonized The Vintage Collection figures. Click below to take advantage of some great prices:
Update: Prices dropped again
- The Armorer (Carbonized) –
$6.78$6.03 - Shoretrooper (Carbonized) –
$6.99$6.19 - Moff Gideon (Carbonized) –
$5.31$4.89 - Incinerator Trooper (Carbonized) –
$7.92$6.89
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Just in case you have not checked out Steve Evans’ latest The Vintage Collection checklist, he’s added all of the latest announcements. The previously skipped VC271 will be the single-carded Dark Trooper release. Head over to check out all the latest additions.
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Ubisoft dropped their brand new story trailer for Star Wars: Outlaws today! Release date for the open world (galaxy…) game is August 30th!
The trailer tells you about the basic setup, Kay crossed some underworld bigwig and yet another scoundrel wants her to steal something from him to buy her freedom. But the trailer also hints at being more to Kay than meets the eye… The trailer is mostly about the very basic setup, we also know now when the game is set: between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Which means Kay could cross paths with a few famous people in her adventures… In fact, one (technically speaking two) are already seen in the trailer, Han in Carbonite and Jabba, whom Kay meets on Tatooine.
Ubisoft will offer three day early access if you buy the ultimate or gold edition of the game which will also come with the season pass. I remember a time when early access aka “beta testing” was free… now it’s a privilege. Anyway… in my opinion the game looks very, very promising, Ubisoft can be accused of many things, but open world design is usually their forte, even if recent missteps like Skull & Bones were pretty disastrous, but if Outlaws is anything like the Assassin’s Creed / Watch Dogs / Far Cry games (only with better (side) quest design and less repetitive) this could be the Star Wars game people have been looking for.
Are you interested in Outlaws? Will you want to play the game? Click through for the trailer!
They REALLY love Tatooine…
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Micro Galaxy Squadron collectors can pick up the Evasive Action Battle Pack for $18.09 on Walmart.com. Thanks to JTA reader Mike for the alert!
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Holy smokes! The Vintage Collection Jango Fett Deluxe figure is about as perfect as action figures become these days. Aside from the price and its lack of accessories, it is flawless. (more….)
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The Black Series [Phase IV] Darth Maul (Old Master) figure mainly uses existing parts, but there is some newness here too. The figure turned out well. (more….)
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The Black Series [Phase IV] Darth Vader figure is old but still lovely. What’s up with its single-digit assortment number when it’s a mainline release? (more….)
Thank you for reading Research Droids Reviews: Season 15!
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Pre-orders are now open for the Hot Toys Sixth Scale Anakin Skywalker (Clone Wars) figure. Head over to Sideshow Collectibles for the pre-order page.
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