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Sideshow Collectibles has opened up pre-orders for all of today’s Hot Toys reveals. Click below for each pre-order page.

Last (but not least) Hot Toys is adding C-3PO’s counterpart R2-D2 (MMS651) as seen in Attack of the Clones. Get the full details and gallery after the jump!

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Tonight’s addition to the Sideshow Collectibles Visual Guide is R2-D2 (Deluxe). Click below to check out this fully featured sixth scale figure. Be sure to also check out our full review right here.

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Welcome to another entry in our The Vintage Collection: The Ninety Six column. Hasbro recently committed to collectors that they will be “focusing” on characters in The Vintage Collection that fall under “The Ninety Six” banner. If you’re new to this, it means that there needs a modern counterpart for every classic Kenner figure. Between 2020 and 2021, Hasbro’s made an admirable effort by focusing on these characters. But there is more work to be done, and we’ll figure out where we are step by step. Today we assess Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2) with pop-up Lightsaber.

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We have our second entry to our Fanhome: Build Your Own R2-D2 review, featuring the next 4 stages in the build. When finished, the final product will feature a fully functioning, remote-controlled, and interactive half-scale R2-D2.

Click through to jump to Stages 3–6 of our build!

We have a new review today featuring a unique subscription service allowing you to custom build your own half-scale R2-D2. Brought to you by Fanhome, this review will kick off a continuing series of reviews as we work our way through the build process. We will continue to add to this review in stages as we receive the kits. Here’s the inaugural kit, featuring the first two stages of the build. The final product will feature a fully functioning, remote-controlled, and interactive half-scale R2-D2. This should be fun! Let us know your thoughts in the discussion section!

Click through for the review!

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The amazing Target exclusive The Vintage Collection and The Black Series Droids figures will be going up for pre-order at Target this morning at 9 AM Eastern. Links will go live once the product page is active. Good luck… You’re gonna need it.

UPDATE: PRE-ORDERS ARE SOLD OUT!

• The Vintage Collection Droids Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2)
• The Vintage Collection Droids See-Threepio (C-3PO)
• The Vintage Collection Droids Boba Fett
• The Black Series Droids Boba Fett

Fanhome has a unique subscription service featuring a “Build Your Own R2-D2” build-up kit that results in a highly detailed half-sized astromech droid. This is a great way to learn a bit about how these are built if you have a passion for building things. Click through for the complete press release.

Click here for the Fanhome R2-D2 product information page!

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Online retailer Zavvi has launched a new joint exclusive LEGO UK product, the LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 Collectible Building Model (75308).

Use the Force and relive classic Star Wars moments as you build this exceptionally detailed R2-D2 LEGO droid figure building set for adults. Click through for complete details.

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LEGO’s latest release is celebrating the Lucasfilm 50th Anniversary with the LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 Construction Set, which includes an exclusive minifigure version of the iconic droid and a special Lucasfilm 50^th anniversary LEGO brick. Look for this set to go on sale May 1st. Click through for the full press release. 

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Today I want to continue the 1/12 scale Star Wars action figure retrospective. Previously I focused on single characters. For this article I focus on characters and figures that don’t warrant an article of their own, but which have still various options available and where it makes sense to talk about what is the “best” or “ultimate” version. In this article I cover the characters Count Dooku, Mace Windu, C-3PO and R2-D2! So click through for the battle of their 6-inch action figures!

Count Dooku is very much looking forward to this battle

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Tonight’s Visual Guide update takes a look at another Galaxy’s Edge exclusive, the Droid Depot set from The Black Series. Click below to check out the full Visual Guide page. You can also find this review in our review database right here.

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.

We are finishing the Trilogo line up with the final 15 The Power Of The Force Kenner figures. There weren’t any coins provided with these figures. Today we revisit Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2) with pop-up Lightsaber. The card art features a horizontally-flipped image of the Kenner version that is darker and features a more complete image of C-3PO. See the full card art and additional notes by revisiting 1985’s THE POWER OF THE FORCE Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2) with pop-up Lightsaber figure HERE.

We find it rather unfortunate that the best-looking Princess Leia (Hoth) figure is the Photo Real update found in the Rebel Alliance Celebrate The Saga multipack. Luke and Han also look pretty good too. Dang it, Hasbro! (more….)

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The STAR TOURS Droid Pack set is nothing but rehashes. Many collectors don’t know that this multipack exists. Do you know about it? (more….)

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We’re finishing up our look at the small-scaled Action Collection figures released in 1998. Let’s complete them with R2-D2 [Detachable Utility Arms] which was a Walmart exclusive. It’s the focus of 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.

We’re going to look at six of the small-scaled Action Collection figures released in 1998. Let’s start off with R2-D2. It’s the focus of 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.

Let’s check out the C-3PO (Electronic)/R2-D2 (Electronic) Action Collection 12 Inch Figure two-pack set. It’s pretty cool. 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.

We’re continuing to at the latest wave of Disney Star Wars Toybox figures! Let move ahead with the C-3PO (With R2-D2). It’s nice. And it’s the focus of 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.

We’re done with GOLD stuff now! Aren’t you thrilled? Hasbro phoned it in with the Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019) (C-3PO/R2-D2/BB-8) three-pack. It’s cool, but doesn’t have any newly added characters in it because they didn’t produce any in this scale. Regardless, It’s the focus of 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.

We are wrapping up our run of Galaxy of Adventures Visual Guide updates with the R2-D2/BB-8/D-O 3-Pack. Click below to check out these all-new five-inch figures, and then make sure to head over and read our full review of this set. You can also check out our Galaxy of Adventures Visual Guide index for guides to all of these figures.

How about a three-pack of droids for the Galaxy of Adventures line? Let’s check out the R2-D2/BB-8/D-O multipack 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.

It’s hard to believe how awesome 1998’s The Power Of The Force “2” [Green/Freeze Frame] Luke Skywalker’s Red Five X-wing Fighter Electronic Power F/X vehicle is and how well it holds up over 20 years later! It was the first modern “larger scale” X-wing Fighter, and it came with a dozen movie lines and sound effects in addition to beautiful light-up features. It also has some imperfections, but will you care? Relive this beauty all over 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.

We have some quick pics to share of the new The Vintage Collection R2-D2 figure. The figure on the left is the new TVC release, and the figure on the right is the one from the Star Wars [Solo] line. Special thanks to JTA reader and good friend Josh M. for the images!

After the recent article about Star Wars trending on Google, I thought it might be fun to take a closer look at how various Star Wars characters are trending on Google, both old and new. The results may make some people happy, others not so much, some of the results are certainly surprising! Some spoilers: Russia loves Kylo Ren! Japan loves droids! And Jar Jar Binks is trending more on Google than Finn, Poe or Rose, even in 2019. How is any of that possible? Click through for a few comparisons between Star Wars Characters!

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