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The Limited Edition The Phantom Menace 25th-anniversary screen prints by Matt Ferguson are on sale for a few more hours at Bottleneck Gallery. These are hand-numbered timed edition prints, with each Edition size determined by the number of prints sold through Sunday, May 5th @ 11:59 PM ET. 

Each poster is 24×36

• Regular  Version – Timed Release @ $65
• Japanese Version  – Timed Release @ $65
  (You can purchase a matching numbered set for $125)

The official site dropped some Star Wars Merchandise reveals today, including The Black Series The Phantom Menace 3-pack which includes Qui-Gon Jinn, Darth Maul, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Full details will likely be shared during the live stream. Look for this to go up for pre-order tomorrow. 

Sideshow Collectibles has opened pre-orders for several of yesterday’s Hot Toys Sixth Scale announcements. Click below for product pages:

• Darth Maul (MMS748)
• Darth Maul (with Sith Speeder) (MMS749)
• Shadow Trooper (with Death Star Environment) (MMS737)

Hot Toys also gives collectors another chance at the previously released Darth Maul with Sith Speeder (DX17). Click through to check out Darth Maul (with Sith Speeder) (MMS749), complete with two updated head sculpts. 

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It looks like the Hot Toys The Phantom Menace Darth Maul is getting a slight reissue. Check out Darth Maul (MMS748), with two updated head sculpts. Click through for details and gallery images.

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Limited Edition The Phantom Menace 25th-anniversary screen prints by Matt Ferguson are now on sale at Bottleneck Gallery. These are hand-numbered timed edition prints, with each Edition size determined by the number of prints sold through Sunday, May 5th @ 11:59 PM ET. 

Each poster is 24×36

• Regular  Version – Timed Release @ $65
• Japanese Version  – Timed Release @ $65
  (You can purchase a matching numbered set for $125)

Note: There are also two variant versions limited to just 425 prints, but they both sold out immediately. 

The Black Series [Phase IV] Anakin Skywalker figure based on The Phantom Menace looks excellent, but does it have enough things? (more….)

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The Black Series [Phase IV] Padmé Amidala figure is another perfect release. Will this open the floodgates for other much-needed Prequel Trilogy characters? (more….)

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Iron Studios’ latest release features a diorama showcasing Anakin Skywalker’s Statue. Click through to check out the full details and gallery images.

This is now available to pre-order at Sideshow Collectibles.

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The Phantom Menace is hitting theaters once again on May 3rd, 2024 to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Also revealed is a beautiful 25th anniversary poster by Matt Ferguson. More details over at Empire Magazine.

Hasbro revealed even more new toys today, this time they used io9 / Gizmodo as their outlet to announce an all new The Phantom Menace Retro Collection 6-pack to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the movie next year.

The Target exclusive set will be released in spring 2024 and will cost only $60. You will get Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, Queen Amidala (really now, Retro gets a Queen Amidala and NOT any of the other lines????), Darth Maul, Jar Jar Binks and Battle Droid. Gizmodo had no info on any pre-order dates.

Source: io9 / Gizmodo

We continue to work through our 100 Days of Visual Guides run of updates with entry #86, another The Black Series [Phase IV] addition. Click below to check out Aurra Sing (TCW08). We also have a full review of this figure to check out right here.

Iron Studios has also released information about their upcoming 1/10th scale Darth Maul (The Phantom Menace) Statue. Click through for details and gallery images.

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The Star Wars “Saga” line is officially two decades old. We’re revisiting all of the figures that made up this unprecedented lineup. Today, we continue with 2002’s Star Wars “Saga” [Phase I] Eeth Koth (Jedi Master) (’02 #56) figure. Check out the new review template, the all-new Photo Gallery, the rewritten review, and the other content we updated as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the line that supported Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones.

The Star Wars “Saga” line is officially two decades old. We’re revisiting all of the figures that made up this unprecedented lineup. Today, we continue with 2002’s Star Wars “Saga” [Phase I] Battle Droid (Arena Battle) [TPM] (’02 #11) figure. Check out the new review template, the all-new Photo Gallery, the rewritten review, and the other content we updated as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the line that supported Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones.

The Star Wars “Saga” line is officially two decades old. We’re revisiting all of the figures that made up this unprecedented lineup. Today, we continue with 2002’s Star Wars “Saga” [Phase I] Qui-Gon Jinn (Jedi Master) (’02 #32) figure. Check out the new review template, the all-new Photo Gallery, the rewritten review, and the other content we updated as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the line that supported Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones.

The Star Wars “Saga” line is officially two decades old. We’re revisiting all of the figures that made up this unprecedented lineup. Today, we continue with 2002’s Star Wars “Saga” [Phase I] Lott Dod (Neimoidian Senator) (’02 #51) figure. Check out the new review template, the all-new Photo Gallery, the rewritten review, and the other content we updated as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the line that supported Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones.

The Star Wars “Saga” line is officially two decades old. We’re revisiting all of the figures that made up this unprecedented lineup. Today, we continue with 2002’s Star Wars “Saga” [Phase I] Teemto Pagalies (Pod Racer) (’02 #46) figure. Check out the new review template, the all-new Photo Gallery, the rewritten review, and the other content we updated as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the line that supported Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones.

The Star Wars “Saga” line is officially two decades old. We’re revisiting all of the figures that made up this unprecedented lineup. Today, we continue with 2002’s Star Wars “Saga” [Phase I] C-3PO (Protocol Droid) (’02 #04) figure. Check out the new review template, the all-new Photo Gallery, the rewritten review, and the other content we updated as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the line that supported Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones.

The Star Wars “Saga” line is officially two decades old. We’re revisiting all of the figures that made up this unprecedented lineup. Today, we continue with 2002’s Star Wars “Saga” [Phase I] Yoda (Jedi High Council) (’02 #53) figure. Check out the new review template, the all-new Photo Gallery, the rewritten review, and the other content we updated as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the line that supported Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones.

The Star Wars “Saga” line is officially two decades old. We’re revisiting all of the figures that made up this unprecedented lineup. Today, we continue with 2002’s Star Wars “Saga” [Phase I] Darth Maul (Sith Training) (’02 #42) figure. Check out the new review template, the all-new Photo Gallery, the rewritten review, and the other content we updated as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the line that supported Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones.

The Phantom Menace Anakin Skywalker figure hasn’t looked better. They updated it with Photo Real deco, fixed the mismatched ankle joints, changed a few colors, and reissued it like it was 2012 all over again. We took the time to break it all down for you by producing an all-new 60-image gallery complete with comparison shots, and a breakdown of what separates the 2012 version from the 2022 new release in the Collector Notes. This figure is shipping now. See this excellent figure updated in our RDRs now! There’s more difference here than you may realize.

Today is January 30, 2022, and that means it’s been ten years since Hasbro released the Star Wars [The Phantom Menace 3D] line. Where does the time go? Although revered as a controversial lineup of a motley crew of products, it contained some of the best items we ever received from Hasbro. Yes, and it contained some of the worst products as well. Many blame Lucasfilm for the deluge of wave 1 products in this line that flooded stores everywhere. It’s believed they marketed this event as a new film, and stores bought up the products like there was no tomorrow. It would explain such an overage of products on the street date. Collectors would find “TPM 3D” products nearly everywhere for many years.

In the confusion of perplexing re-releases, overcharged 5POA action figures, and a deluge of products that rotted on shelves for years afterward, it’s easy to forget that the line did bring collectors some amazing newness and goodness. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and recapture the good, the bad, and the ugly that this line brought to the Star Wars collecting community.

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Let’s continue our addition to the Hot Toys Visual Guide with the sixth scale Qui-Gon Jinn (MMS525). Click below to check out the full Visual Guide page.

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It’s another EXCELLENT The Black Series [Phase IV] release with Aurra Sing. Hasbro did a great job here! (more….)

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