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Pre-orders are now available for the latest The Black Series and The Vintage Collection figures from yesterday’s Mando Mania announcements. Click below for pre-order pages:

• The Vintage Collection Cad Bane (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• The Black Series Luke Skywalker & Grogu (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)

Other Entertainment Earth pre-orders (10% off all in-stock orders, plus free shipping on orders over $59):

• The Vintage Collection 3 3/4-Inch Action Figures Wave 2 Case of 8
• The Vintage Collection 3 3/4-Inch Action Figures Wave 2 Set of 4

       

Mando Mania Week 4 has revealed another new addition to both The Black Series and The Vintage Collection. The Black Series has added Luke Skywalker and Grogu, and The Vintage Collection has added Cad Bane. Both additions are from The Book of Boba Fett. Cad Bane is featured on the main Mando Mania release page, and the Luke Skywalker & Grogu set is previewed exclusively at Fandom.com. 

Pre-orders start tomorrow at 1 PM Eastern.

                   

Well, the Endor Bunker is released and comes with a cool interpretation of Nik Sant. The verdict is still out on this playset, but it’s better than we thought. (more….)

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JTA sponsor Crazy Collecting has added the recent Tusken pre-orders from both The Black Series and The Vintage Collection. Click below for direct links!

• The Vintage Collection Tusken Warrior
• The Black Series Tusken Chieftain

Pre-orders are now available for the latest The Black Series and The Vintage Collection figures from yesterday’s Mando Mania announcements. Click below for pre-order pages:

• The Vintage Collection Tusken Warrior (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• The Black Series Tusken Chieftain (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)

Other Entertainment Earth pre-orders (10% off all in-stock orders, plus free shipping on orders over $59):

• • The Black Series 6-Inch Action Figures Wave 12 Case of 8
  • The Black Series 6-Inch Action Figures Wave 12 Set of 4
  • The Vintage Collection Assortment 2 3 3/4-Inch Action Figures Wave 1 Case of 8

 

Week 3 of Mando Mania brings us one new reveal from both The Vintage Collection and The Black Series. The Vintage Collection is adding the Tusken Warrior, while The Black Series adds the Tusken Chieftain. The Toy Hideout has the exclusive for the Tusken Chieftain. Head on over for more images and details. You can check out the rest of today’s announcements at StarWars.com.

Update: These will both be available for pre-order 3/15 at 1 PM Eastern. 

 

We finally have “most of” Figrin D’an And The Modal Nodes in The Vintage Collection. We won’t complain much here, but we don’t understand why they did omit a major player in the band. Is this worth the $90 it commands? (more….)

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It’s that time again folks! I enjoy participating in @SWTVC’s March Madness bracket each year. You helped make these brackets by making top 25 lists of figures you wanted to see in TVC. Between Facebook, Instagram, and several other sites, almost 1000 lists were compiled, the figures ranked, and the bracket seeded. It’s time to see if you can predict how this season of voting will go (or just pick your own winner)! Click here to download the 2023 March Madness bracket. Fill it out and post it in the comments of this article. Most importantly, be sure to follow @SWTVC or join the Star Wars The Vintage Collection group on Facebook as the actual voting will take place in polls there. 

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As we continue living through the unending hellish nightmare of Diseasney Star Wars, I do my best to look for whatever glimmer of hope, ray of light, or saving grace that will keep me engaged. Sadly, it doesn’t work nearly as much as it should or could. But the other day, I unintentionally channeled the Grinch in the scene where he cracked a maniacal smile, and his heart swelled. (more….)

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It’s the 40th Anniversary of Return Of The Jedi, and instead of an updated Barada, the Klatooinian we get is the repacked Klatooinian Raider released three years earlier. But we’re not bitter. (more….)

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JTA sponsor Crazy Collecting just let us know about some new stock they received. Head over and check out what they have.

We just added The Black Series Aayla Secura from the newest wave, and we received a limited supply of the Previous Walmart exclusive TVC Deluxe Incinerator Trooper and Grogu and The TVC Deluxe Imperial Stormtrooper and E-Web Cannon. We also still have the one-time Discount code available that will allow anyone to save 10% off their entire order using the code STAYINGPOSITIVE in all caps.

It’s another beautiful release in The Vintage Collection. But will you want the Cal Kestis figure from the Jedi Survivor video game? (more….)

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Wow! The Vintage Collection Luke Skywalker (Imperial Light Cruiser) figure is pretty dang nice. You may want to buy it to replace your Luke Skywalker (Jedi Knight) figure. With many new parts and a pure black costume, could this be the surprise figure of 2023? (more….)

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Do you know how bad that headline is? I can’t believe I am conceding that, but it’s true. And it’s all Hasbro’s fault. OK, that’s a bit much and hyperbolic. But they aren’t without blame. Take a walk with me down memory lane, and see if you agree with my assessment that the Hasbro Star Wars brand is walking in a minefield with no escape plan. The lack of respect for the 40th Anniversary of the most toyetic Star Wars film should be clanging in your ears and burning your eyes that things are in complete chaos and disarray in Rhode Island and that perhaps they’re the wrong gatekeepers for Star Wars action figures. (more….)

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It’s not much more than a repaint (with some new tooling), but the Artillery Stormtrooper is one of the highlights, so far, in 2023. See why you’ll want this one. (more….)

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JTA sponsor Crazy Collecting just received the TVC Dark Trooper in stock and ready to ship. Buy them by the singles or buy an 8-pack for a discount. Plus, use code STAYINGPOSITIVE for 10% off your entire order.

Here’s the breakdown for today’s livestream The Vintage Collection reveals. All items will be on-shelf items with no pre-orders, other than a Walmart exclusive TBS figure.

UPDATE: Images and Details added

The Vintage Collection reveals:

• Darth Vader (Death Star II)
• Admiral Piett
• Han Solo [ROTJ]
• Clone Captain Howzer (Previously from the The Bad Batch multipack)
• Clone Trooper (Phase II Armor) (all-new clone body)
• 212th Clone Trooper Pack with LT. Waxer
• Starkiller (VC100 Refresh)
• Weequay (VC107 Refresh)

Retro Collection reveals:

• The Mandalorian (Prototype Edition) (Target Exclusive)

The Vintage Collection pipeline reveals:

• Luke Skywalker (Book of Boba Fett)
• Obi-Wan & Battle Damaged Darth Vader 2-pack
• Scout Trooper Speeder Bike (The Mandalorian)
• The Mandalorian’s N1 Starfighter

Book of Boba Fett Retro Collection pipeline reveals:

• Boba Fett (Nomad)
• Tusken Raider
• Fennec Shand
• Krrsantan
• Cad Bane
• Jedi Luke Skywalker
• Grogu
• The Mandalorian

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Who? Exactly. It’s 2023 and the 40th Anniversary of Return Of The Jedi, and we get ANOTHER Disney Star Wars figure, this time Vel Sartha. We reference Seinfeld in this review today. Because look at that head! (more….)

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The Amazon exclusive TVC The Bad Batch set is currently marked down to $45.20. Click here for the product page. 

It’s 2023 and the 40th Anniversary of Return Of The Jedi, but we get a Disney Star Wars Cassian Andor figure instead. At least it’s a good figure, but do you care? (more….)

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Kids Warehouse via Walmart.com has the TVC Nevarro Cantina marked down to $29.89. You will have to pay shipping, but still a decent markdown price if you’ve been waiting for this overpriced set to drop. Thanks to Mark for the head’s up!

Marc D’Urso shares his new acquisition he received today from Walmart Canada. Click below to check out an in-hand look at the Walmart exclusive  The Vintage Collection ARC Commander Havoc figure.

 

If you passed on it from Hasbro Pulse, Entertainment Earth now has the TVC The Rescue set available to pre-order, with free shipping.

In a Star Wars fansite Q&A last week the topic of the “Boba Fett Tax” was brought up a few times by several outlets. Designer Chris justified the higher price point for Boba Fett by saying that the Boba action figure has more parts and thus requires more assembly, meaning more manual labor, and that the figure also has more paint apps. All of which contributes to the higher price point. So this is the perfect time to fact check this. Does a Boba Fett action figure really have more parts that need to be assembled and more paint apps than a figure costing $13 less? Click through for more!

The two are more alike than you may think

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The third and final Target exclusive Droids The Vintage Collection release is Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2). Click below for our full Visual Guide of this figure. You can also read our full review right here.