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Just different enough to make you mad... and it's better, too! This Galaxy's Edge C-3PO (Droid Depot, The Black Series 6-Inch) uses 4-LOM's arms to give you an all-gold C-3PO with jointed elbows. The previous versions were rather stiff - this is a big improvement. Read on!
While you're distracted waiting for Comic-Con news, read about Chopper (C1-10P, The Black Series 6-Inch.) This is a good one - there are claw arms in the dome, a claw in the torso, swappable legs, and a puff of fake plastic smoke. It pretty much has it all. Read on!
It's that time again! If you like action figures, vinyl figures, robots, toys, and other collectibles - which may or may not include Star Wars - you should come to New Toys, Action Figures, and Statues with Entertainment Earth's Adam Pawlus at 3:00 PM in room #9 on Thursday, July 18. You'll see over a hundred slides of debuts, reveals, and hopefully new-to-you toys and goodies from a variety of manufacturers.
Or you could not.
This Rey (Batuu, The Black Series 6-Inch) from Galaxy's Edge is something I did not much want, but is still pretty impressive. While the original release of this figure is plentiful and cheap, Disney's boxed set version has that realistic face printing that does make a big difference. If you're good with your Rey collection, you don't need it - but if you want the very best? Read on!
The official Star Wars site, PR people, and all sorts of fans saw the news that you can See the New Sith Trooper from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker at SDCC 2019. This means that the people behind the movies now know what smart, handsome toy professionals have known for years - red looks good on Stormtroopers.
Funko, Hasbro, Loungefly, Topps, Rubie's (Hi Lenny!), Hot Toys, and more - interestingly, not Mattel - will be selling some first-look Sith Trooper action figures. For those with memory issues, Hasbro has done "sneak preview" The Black Series figures for all of the Disney-era movies except for Solo, and nearly identical figures were released with different packaging and sometimes without some accessories later.
BB-8 (Resistance line look) comes with that really cool Poe figure in a 2-pack you might see at a store near you now. He's cleaner than usual, and this is one of the lower-priced ways to get a BB-8 these days. Read on!
New if you can find it, the Lando Calrissian (The Vintage Collection) is theoretically shipping now! He has a blaster, a cape, a scarf, and a working holster - plus an even better 3 3/4-inch likeness of Donald Glover. If you can find it, you should get one. Read on!
This is it! Tiny improvements over time have finally fallen to this all-new Imperial Stormtrooper based on the Rogue One redesign - the tell being the blaster. It has more articulation and better, shinier detail than ever before. But is it perfect? It's certainly very very good - read on!
This is the Resistance A-Wing Pilot from The Last Jedi red A-Wing Fighter. She has a new head! It's not just a repaint! Granted, you'll have to squint to discover this. Read on!
New from Disney's Galaxy's Edge, Hondo Ohnaka (The Black Series 6-Inch) is one of the few all-new characters in the $69.99 Hasbro figure boxed sets. He has a blaster and a costume that's similar to - but not identicial to - those in The Clone Wars and Rebels. Do you need it? Of course not - but you'll want one. Read on!
This Poe Dameron (Resistance line look) is a weird gem. If you like 1978-1985 Kenner figures, Poe is essential. He's thinner and fits in your X-Wings without a fuss - even better than The Force Awakens movie figures. This is an action figure made to fit in vehicles, so naturally there are no Hasbro Resistance vehicles. Just make the most out of your movie ones. Read on!
More than just a repack, the 41st Elite Corps Clone Trooper (The Vintage Collection) adds another variant to The Black Series 3 3/4-inch figure from a few years ago. With the more realistic face paint and tons more grey markings, this is different enough to upgrade. Read on!
Weirdly this 2019 reissue of Han Solo (Carbonite, The Vintage Collection) did not get Hasbro's fancy new face painting. Rather, it got a playset, a vintage cardback, and a magnet in the back of the carbonite block. All in all, still a worthy purchase. Read on!
What has Derryl DePriest been up to? Since exiting Hasbro, he, Rich Alot, and D. Martin Myatt have started work on a new book! The hardcover Star Wars The Vintage Collection Archive Edition Book covers the 3 3/4-inch line and if the stretch goals hit, some of its black-and-silver siblings. I was waitint a few hours to see if it would smash its goal on the first day - and it has been a very successful Kickstarter. In addition to the book, a really cool poster is coming too. Click here and check it out.
