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The Vintage Collection Boba Fett Pre-order pages are now available at some of the online retailers. Click below for direct links!
- Entertainment Earth
- Amazon
- Hasbro Pulse (Sold Out)
- Target (Wrong Price – $19.99!)
Tags: Boba Fett, Boba Fett (Return of the Jedi), Pre-Orders, The Vintage Collection
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Hot Toys announces their sixth scale Attack of the Clones Jango Fett figure. Click through for complete details and gallery!
UPDATE: Pre-order is now live!
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The GameStop exclusive The Black Series [Phase III] 6″ Electrostaff Purge Trooper comes with a very annoying accessory. (more….)
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OK, Hasbro. Firstly, thank you for doing right by collectors of The Vintage Collection. Today’s announcement was LONG OVERDUE, but at least it’s here now. Secondly, since you’ve confirmed this figure’s release, it’s now time to talk about that card back. You should have time to remedy the multiple issues that plague it and get it to your art department to fix it. Click through for more.
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Cancel those full-priced pre-orders! Walmart has marked down the pre-order price to The Vintage Collection’s Anakin Skywalker (Peasant Disguise), Queen Amidala, and TIE Fighter Pilot down to $11.04 each. The Battle Droid remains at normal MSRP. Save nearly $2 per figure by ordering at Walmart now! Special thanks to JTA reader and friend Mark for the alert!
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It looks like if you took advantage of the $12.99 sale price for The Black Series Rey (Dark Side Vision) on GameStop.com, GameStop is now sending out notices that the price was in error and they are adjusting your order to $22.99. Thanks for the numerous emails we received from viewers letting us know. Click through for the full email from JTA reader Ed…
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Wow! Take a look at that! It appears Hasbro has heard the cries of many OT fans for a definitive ROTJ Boba Fett. This one has been a long time coming. It look like they have taken the new 6″ TBS Boba and shrunk it down to the right size. I’ll certainly be pre-ordering this one. What about you? Click here to see more photos.
Tags: HasbroPulse, Jedi, ROTJ, Star Wars, The Vintage Colletion, TVC
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The GameStop exclusive The Black Series [Phase III] 6″ Darth Nihilus is clever reuse of the original 6″ Darth Maul figure. See what they did to make it Darth Nihilus. (more….)
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JTA regular Darth Rizzen found the Target exclusive Galaxy’s Edge Millennium Falcon in the new toy catalogue of French toy store PicWic toys. No other TVC products are in the catalogue, but the Millennium Falcon can be yours in France if you are willing to part with 450 euros, which is about $530 at current exchange rates.
Here in Germany you can find the vehicle at the usual etailers. One etailer here wants “only” 440 euros ($517) but pre-orders are already all sold out, another one wants a whopping 500 euros ($588). Is the Millennium Falcon available in your country too? And how much would you be willing to pay for it?
Pardon my French
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Hasbro Pulse just revealed a new 13,000 UNLOCK for the Razor Crest! Four carbonite blocks that are full of prisoners! Check it out!
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I have a custom clone to share with you this week. Perfect, since we’ve reached the 66th TRT. I also got a new figure in the mail and it’s one of my favorites since TVC was relaunched. Click here to check them out!
Tags: Battlefront, battlefront 2, Clone Wars, Disney, Disneyland, EA, Galaxy's Edge, TCW, The Vintage Collection, TVC, umbara, umbra
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Merchandise for The Mandalorian is finally infiltrating all licensees. Now we have The Mandalorian (with The Child) in the Disney Star Wars Toybox line. You’re going to like it. (more….)
Thank you for reading Research Droids Reviews: Season 12!
Tags: Disney, Star Wars Toybox, The Child, The Mandalorian
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Today Amazon Prime members get exclusive access to Prime Day specials. New deals start as often as every five minutes for 30 hours, and don’t just look for the Lightning Deals, there’s also Prime Day Spotlight Deals and more. The last few years there were some tasty Star Wars deals to be had, so happy hunting and send us any deals you find and we will help spread the word! Remember, you have to be an Amazon Prime member to take advantage of any of these deals. You can help support JTA by clicking through our links before you do your Prime Day shopping.
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New Zealand Mint’s Christmas Sale has just started and right now you can enjoy 10% off their Stormtrooper Silver Miniature. Guaranteed minimum 130g sterling silver this amazingly accurate design, by 3D master sculptor Alejandro Pereira Ezcurra, shows one of the faceless villains holding a blaster rifle ready for action. This is a very limited-edition piece, with only 1,000 casts available worldwide.
Click through for complete details!
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38 years ago today, October 12, 1982, years before the dark times, a young 11-year-old boy named Rusty Miller released The Jedi Master’s Quizbook. It’s hard to believe this thing is almost four decades old now.
Tags: Del Rey Books, George Lucas Era, Rusty Miller, The Jedi Master's Quizbook
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The marketing engine is in full swing with The Mandalorian premiering in less than 3 weeks. Click below for high res images of the latest character art.
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After several Hasbro livestreams and a flurry of announcements in the past few months one line has been conspicously absent from these events: Galaxy of Adventures. So is the 5 inch action figure line based on the animated shorts on YouTube already dead? What does that mean for the future of Star Wars collecting? Click through for some general thoughts and a a discussion.
Galaxy of Adventures Rey
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The Black Series [Phase IV] Cad Bane & Todo 360 two-pack will undoubtedly anger collectors. That’s if you don’t have it yet, of course. If you own it, it probably makes you happy. Hasbro missed one important detail on Todo 360, but overall, the figure is excellent. Cad Bane is also excellent, near-perfect, in fact. (more….)
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The next two cards from the weekly Topps Star Wars Living Set are now out. Featuring the iconic blue starfield and the impressive artwork of Kris Penix, check out D-O (#141) and Bazine Netal (#142). Each Tuesday, two new cards will be released and be only available for one week. Click here to view the entire Star Wars Living archive, including individual print runs.
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In 1984, new packaging for Star Wars figures 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 Star Wars collectors to describe this line of figures.
Today we revisit Rebel Commando. For the Trilogo art, they dramatically recolored the character, seemingly to match the action figure inside of the bubble. The color scheme is notably different than the Kenner version. See the full card art and additional notes by revisiting 1983’s RETURN OF THE JEDI Rebel Commando figure HERE.
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We finally get OOM-10 in the Fan Channel exclusive Galactic Republic Celebrate The Saga multipack. But it’s a crappy 5POA version. It’s maddening! (more….)
Thank you for reading Research Droids Reviews: Season 12!
Tags: 3.75" 5POA, 501st Legion Trooper, Battle Droid Commander, CC-2224, Celebrate The Saga, Clone Commander Cody, Clone Trooper (Phase I), Commander Cody, Fan Channel Exclusive, Galactic Republic, Hasbro, OOM-10, Phase I Clone Trooper, Shock Trooper, Vader’s Fist
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JTA Facebook reader Tanner M. sends us proof that he found the latest wave of The Black Series 6″ figures at his local Walmart. This wave includes Cad Bane and The Armorer.
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In 1984, new packaging for Star Wars figures 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 Star Wars collectors to describe this line of figures.
Today we revisit Klaatu. For the Trilogo art, they recolored the image differently than the Kenner version. They also didn’t airbrush out the Jawa character on the Trilogo release either. See the full card art and additional notes by revisiting 1983’s RETURN OF THE JEDI Klaatu figure HERE.
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The best way to assess The Vintage Collection Hondo Ohnaka figure is to say it should have stayed a pack-in exclusive with the Millennium Falcon (Smuggler’s Run) vehicle. We hope Hasbro doesn’t waste any other slots on Disney Star Wars figures, unless they’re from Episode IX or The Mandalorian. (more….)
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While Star Wars High Republic has been delayed until 2021, Lucasfilm have not been idle. Without much fanfare various key characters from the High Republic have received a redesign in the past weeks. Plus, character designs for High Republic Yoda and a Trandoshan Jedi were added. So what do the characters look like now? Click through to see the designs.
Yoda in temple outfit
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