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You can pre-order the GameStop exclusive Gaming Greats Shadow Stormtrooper 6″ figure right now. One per customer! Special thanks to JTA reader Aldo S. for the alert!
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Stop by shopDisney.com to check out the new listings they have for Star Wars Day, including their The Empire Strikes Back 40th Anniversary line.
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In 1984, a new packaging design of Star Wars packaging was introduced for the European market. A cost containment initiative, the new packaging sported three languages of the Return Of The Jedi logo for a “one size fits all” approach. Although a “three-logo” design was created for The Power Of The Force line (as evidenced on some ‘boxed’ toys), it wasn’t carried over to the basic figure line’s card design. They continued to use the three Return Of The Jedi logos instead. Although the word “Trilogo” is found nowhere on the packaging, the term is universally adopted by all collectors to describe this line of figures.
Today we revisit Luke Skywalker. Luke Skywalker’s Trilogo card art features an alternate “gunner station” image used for the running change American Return Of The Jedi figure. The review’s Collector Notes are updated with this information. See the full card art and additional notes by revisiting 1978’s STAR WARS Luke Skywalker figure HERE.
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Fun.com is happy to announce that they’re carrying the re-released Jabba the Hutt Geeki Tiki mug and Bib Fortuna mini-mugglet. These were going to be a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive, but now they’re being sold through a handful of retailers. The estimated availability is May 6th.
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Jedi Temple Archives wishes all of our readers a very happy Star Wars Day! Special thanks to JTA reader Alientek for the artwork below!
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Hot Toys is re-releasing their The Empire Strikes Back Darth Vader figure in all-new gorgeous 40th Anniversary Collection packaging as part of their The Empire Strikes Back 40th Anniversary Collection. Click through for the full specs and gallery…
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Hot Toys is celebrating Star Wars Day with the debut of The Empire Strikes Back 40th Anniversary Collection! Their first release is Boba Fett featured in Vintage Kenner style paint applications. The line also sports some amazing retro-style packaging to showcase the figure. Click through for a complete look!
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May The Fourth Review (Happy Star Wars Day!): Millennium Falcon (Electronic) - POTF2 [R/G] - Vehicle
Happy Star Wars day! May the Fourth be with you, always! Is there a better day than May 4th to look at the very first modern Millennium Falcon (Electronic) vehicle from The Power Of The Force “2” line? It’s a quarter-of-a-century old this year! That’s 25 years old! How is that possible?! Relive this wonderful vehicle again in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.
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UPDATE: Use code SHPSWFREE. (EE just let us know about the code.) From May 3 to May 5, Entertainment Earth is offering FREE SHIPPING on all in-stock Star Wars items if Star Wars items total more than $10. Check out to see what they have now, and then come back on May 3rd to take advantage of the FREE shipping!
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Found! JTA reader Eric S. found the latest wave of The Vintage Collection figures at TARGET. Interestingly, I thought this wave was a Fan Channel outlet-only wave, so I now have concerns that they might clog up shelves if there isn’t enough support to purchase them at the brick and mortar level.
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Tomorrow is May the 4th, and that means we’re going to run through the vintage Kenner action figures once again. But to change things up, we’ve added a new segment to all of them for 2020. Each figure will feature an exclusive look at the foreign card art used for non-American releases. The focus will be on Trilogo figures because many feature exclusive and gorgeous artwork and design, but you’ll also find hybrid card backs and Lily Ledy as we make our way through the line. Be here tomorrow as we restart the journey!
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“On top of spaghetti, all covered in cheese, I lost my poor magma ball, when somebody sneezed.” You won’t sneeze at the Mustafar Final Duel Playset. It’s as fun as lava from a volcano! See more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.
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If you’re interested, you can pre-order The Vintage Collection Luke Skywalker (Stormtrooper) figure at Walmart online. Special thanks to friend Mark for the alert!
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You can pre-order the three AMAZON exclusives at Hasbro Pulse RIGHT NOW! The limit is ONE OF EACH ITEM per order.
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We have some “big vehicle” surprises to get through before we wrap things up. So let’s start off with the Revenge Of The Sith Republic Gunship. This one wasn’t in Episode IIII, so where did it come from then? Find out more in our Research Droids Reviews today! Be sure to leave your thoughts in our comments section, vote in the poll or comment about it on our Facebook page. Click the banner below for the direct link to the review! As always, you can also send your review requests via email if you’d like to see something that we didn’t cover yet.
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It seems Hasbro is finally retiring the much used original Imperial Stormtrooper sculpt we first saw all the way back in 2013. A tweaked and refined Imperial Stormtrooper (based on the appearance in The Mandalorian and Rogue One) was also revealed today. You can immediately tell that the new Stormtrooper looks even better than the old version. Articulation has also been tweaked and improved, the figure has new elbows and new shoulder pads make sure you can move the arms around much better now. The helmet is certainly another huge improvement! This is the new TBS troop builder you want to have for your 6 inch scale Stormtrooper squad! You can pre-order him later this month on May 28th!
The new Stormtrooper
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And here’s yet another new figure announced for the Black Series! Hasbro revealed the new Kamino Clone Trooper today! Pre-orders are supposed to go live on May 28th!
Kamino Clone Trooper
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GameStop.com has listed their upcoming exclusive The Black Series Jedi: Fallen Order Purge Stormtrooper. It’s not yet available to pre-order, but click here for the product page.
Tags: Gamestop Exclusive, GameStop.com, Purge Stormtrooper, The Black Series [Phase III]
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From May 3 to May 5, Entertainment Earth is offering FREE SHIPPING on all in-stock Star Wars items if Star Wars items total more than $10. Check out to see what they have now, and then come back on May 3rd to take advantage of the FREE shipping!
UPDATE Use promo code SHPSWFREE.
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Check out the latest episode of Galaxy of Adventures: The First Order vs. The Resistance over on the Star Wars Kids YouTube channel.
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And here is one more reveal from today. Luke Skywalker in his Dagobah training outfit with Yoda! Luke looks appropriately grimy. He also comes with a backpack. But Yoda is still the same old Yoda from before, i.e. he’s much too tall and it may look a bit funny when Luke carries him around on his back. This post will be updated once details about availability are known! Thanks to Oliver H. for sending the picture!
Update: after more scrutiny it appears Yoda was scaled down somewhat from the previous version and is a little shorter now!
Click to enlarge
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Today is not just the day for toy reveals, it’s also time for Order 66. You all know what that means. As season 7 of The Clone Wars draws to a close things seem to turn out very well for the Republic. Dooku is dead, Grievous has been cornered by Obi-Wan, Maul has been captured and the war could very soon be over! And now Ahsoka will accompany Rex to Coruscant as Maul is delivered to the capital to face justice. So what could possibly go wrong with Ahsoka on board a Republic Star Destroyer filled to the brim with clones? Today we talk about “Shattered”, the episode that tells us what happened to Ahsoka when Order 66 was issued. Let the grief counceling begin in the spoiler review of the penultimate The Clone Wars episode “Shattered”, which is yet another masterpiece. Read it by clicking here or on the banner below!
Rex and Ahsoka, best friends forever
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Hasbro Pulse is gearing up for their next Fans’ Choice poll. This time, fans will be voting for which figure to bring back in The Black Series Archive collection. Click here for details.
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Here is the link for The Black Series 6″ The Empire Strikes Back 40th Anniversary Darth Vader (Carbonized) figure! We’ll post an update when the links go live!
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Here is the link for The Black Series 6″ The Empire Strikes Back 40th Anniversary 4-LOM/Zuckuss figure set! We’ll post an update when the links go live!
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