Tag Archives: The Mandalorian (Disney+ Series)

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Yup! That’s right! For $79.99 you can have your very own interactive snackin’ Grogu. Pick yours up at Entertainment Earth!

If you’re wondering how to feed the Child, this is the way. The Galactic Snackin’ Grogu animated toy comes with 4 interactive accessories (bowl with tentacles, cookie, shifter knob, and spoon) that, when placed in his hand, he will react to with animations and sound effects. Pretend to feed Grogu (The Child) with the series-inspired accessories and he will react to them with eating, yummy, or yucky sound effects! Kids and fans can pat the Galactic Snackin’ Grogu toy’s head 3 times to activate a 2-handed Force animation, in which he will mimic channeling the Force, inspired by snacking scenes from the Disney+series The Mandalorian.

The Mandalorian is a worldwide phenomenon. Even in Russia the show has passionate fans. A group of fans in Yakutsk (Siberia) was so shocked after the destruction of the ship in the series, that they decided to build their very own Razor Crest. The model is 14 meters (46 ft) long, which means the Russian Razor Crest is roughly in 1:2 scale, almost like the TVC HasLab Razor Crest relative to a TVC figure. The actual ship would be about 26 meters (85 ft) long. The Razor Crest has lights of course, a cockpit and a ramp, so you can access the interior. The model weighs about 1000 kg (2200 lbs) and cost about 8,500 Euro (10,115 USD) to make. 
Would you like to have an (almost) lifesize Razor Crest in your backyard? You’d certainly be the most popular person in your entire neighborhood!
You can check out many more photos and a few videos of the Razor Crest replica on Instagram!

Fanmade Razor Crest in Yakutsk, Russia

Gentle Giant has revealed The Mandalorian Mini Bust featuring his original armor with the beskar pauldron. Head on over to their Facebook page for the full gallery.

Funko released their Q4 2020 earnings report yesterday. Net sales for the full year are down compared to 2019 for apparent reasons, however, Q4 earnings were up year over year. Also, sales for Funko Pops grew in 2020 by 1% worldwide and 12% in the US. Funko’s domestic US sales were the strongest yet, however the pandemic did affect global sales. But let’s not dwell on the numbers too much. More interesting is what Funko’s bestsellers were. Contrary to many other toy companies Funko do provide a detailed breakdown of their top selling licenses in their earnings presentation. And here it is more good news for Star Wars toy sales! Click through for more details!

This Funko Pop! is rising in value

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Sideshow Collectibles has opened up pre-orders for the Hot Toys Sixth Scale Bo-Katan Kryze figure. Click here for the pre-order page!

Hot Toys has officially unveiled their Sixth Scale Bo-Katan Kryze figure. Click through for the full details and gallery!

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Hot Toys is hosting a giveaway for a free The Mandalorian and The Child Deluxe figure set. 

HOW TO ENTER:

1. Like, Share and Tag two friends who love Star Wars™ The Mandalorian™ in the comments from this Facebook post.
2. Share a creative photo of “Your Hot Toys Star Wars collectible figure” and tell us why.
   The participation deadline is 10th March 2021.

Winners will be announced on Hot Toys Facebook on or before 17th March 2021

GET THE FULL DETAILS IN THIS HOT TOYS FACEBOOK POST

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Both pre-orders are now live for the Hot Toys Boba Fett sixth scale figures. Click below for the pre-order pages on Sideshow Collectibles’ website

Hot Toys is also releasing a Deluxe Version of Boba Fett from The Mandalorian, complete with a second figure featuring Temuera Morrison’s portrait. Click through for the complete gallery!

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Hot Toys officially reveals Boba Fett as he appeared in his ‘vintage’ armor in season 2 of The Mandalorian. Click through for complete details and gallery images!

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Hot Toys dropped another teaser post, this time giving us a glimpse at their upcoming Bo-Katan sixth scale figure. Look for the full reveal coming soon!

Her armor may have been with her family for three generations, but this collectible figure of the gifted warrior and legendary Mandalorian heiress will join Hot Toys’ Star Wars™ The Mandalorian™ collectible series shortly!

A new Boba Fett figure based on his appearance in The Mandalorian is a foregone conclusion, and Hot Toys is the first to make the announcement. While not an official announcement, they instead sent out a teaser image of him featured in his recovered armor. Look for the full announcement soon!

Gina Carano is no longer employed by Lucasfilm. Late Wednesday night the news broke that following a controversial post by Carano on her Instagram Lucasfilm decided to cut all ties with the actress. I will show a screenshot of Gina Carano’s (deleted) controversial Instagram post after the jump and provide some commentary. Before you click through to read the full story I want to remind everyone to be polite and civil in the comments!

We will most likely not see Cara Dune ever again

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Let’s take a somewhat closer look at Hasbro’s earnings report from Monday! What does it actually mean that Star Wars sales grew by 70% (!!!) in 2020? How can Star Wars toy sales even grow so much? It sheds some light on how disappointing sequel trilogy toy sales figures must have been. And how much did HasLab contribute to the 2020 sales growth?
The earnings call was also quite revealing, because Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner (probably inadvertently) officially admits that kids don’t buy action figures! Click through for all the interesting details and a discussion!

Hasbro can be happy

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The Mandalorian received a nomination as “Best Television Series (Drama)” for the upcoming Golden Globes earlier today! The other nominees in the category are “The Crown”, “Ozark”, “Ratched” and “Lovecraft Country”.
Last year The Mandalorian was completely overlooked by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association that awards the Golden Globes. The HFPA is an organization of ca. 90 foreign journalists who report on US entertainment news for foreign media.
Do you still care about these award shows? The Golden Globes have somewhat of a shifty reputation in entertainment circles, because a club of fewer than 100 journalists from countries like Russia, India, South Korea, Bangladesh, Austria or Germany decide on who wins what and earning a membership in the organization is somewhat of an intransparent process. But a Golden Globe win is still coveted by most in Hollywood. However, the only memorable thing about last year’s Golden Globes was certainly Ricky Gervais’ roast of Hollywood actors and few probably remember any of the winners. Unfortunately Gervais won’t host the show this year, instead Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will co-host. The Golden Globes will be awarded on February 28th. Will you watch the show to see if The Mandalorian can win?

Golden Globe Award

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Head over to Sideshow Collectibles to pre-order the Hot Toys 1/6 scale Dark Trooper!

Hot off the heels of The Mandalorian finale, Hot Toys announces their 1/6 scale Dark Trooper! Click through for complete details and gallery images.

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Gentle Giant has added The Mandalorian (Beskar) Premier Collection Statue to their lineup. Pre-Order this over at GentleGiantltd.com.

I talked about the Nielsen streaming ratings for the USA before. The Mandalorian season 2 fares really well and has been in the top 10 throughout its second season, rising as high as number 3 on the list, behind two Netflix shows. The season 2 finale which featured the return of Luke Skywalker however improves on the already good ratings by becoming the first non Netflix show ever to top Nielsen’s streaming charts. Beating “The Office” in the number 2 spot, which is still the best rated show available on Netflix.

Of course Nielsen only measures ratings in the US, so we don’t know exactly how things are worldwide. Netflix has a lot more subscribers and is available in more countries. However, it is impressive that a Disney+ show can beat any of the shows on Netflix in the US, since Netflix has more subscribers. This is yet another testament to the huge success of The Mandalorian and of course the immense popularity of Luke Skywalker. Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni really are Lucasfilm’s MVPs. Now if only Hasbro capitalized on the success of the show and announced a ton of Mandalorian action figures very soon…

You can find the full list of the top streaming shows on the Hollywood Reporter website.

Hot Toys has announced a sixth scale version of the Shoretrooper (TMS031) as seen in The Mandalorian. Click through for complete details and gallery!

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Hot Toys reveals another trooper from The Mandalorian. Click through for the full details and gallery for the Transport Trooper (TMS030) Sixth Scale figure.

Update: This is now available to pre-order over at Sideshow Collectibles

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I guess there is a lot to talk about after the season 2 finale of The Mandalorian. And when I say “a lot” I am still understating things. The review for the episode will follow later, but for now let’s talk about the Mandalorian season 2 finale. So click through if you need to get things off your chest or want to share your impressions!

It looks like The Black Series is adding another The Mandalorian figure to its ranks: Bo-Katan joins the line-up. Look for this to go up for pre-order later today.

The pentultimate season 2 episode of The Mandalorian may be more pivotal than previous episodes, even if it may not be as epic or as action focused. There is so much to talk about! So click on the banner below or here to read my spoiler review of “The Believer”!

Click through to get the spoiler talk going on the latest episode of The Mandalorian: “The Believer”.