This week in Star Wars Q&A - We're back! A dinosaur's story, provided we are the dinosaurs. Thanks for your patience (and for the break), but most of all thank you for the questions.

This week's topics: Hasbro Hallways Playsets. Why aren't we getting more, bigger original trilogy items? Probably because of something you did. And why the slowdown? I almost didn't pick this one since it's arguably only interesting to me, but hey, I have a month to fill. July's questions are booked, so all I need now are new questions for August - send them as you see fit.

Read on!

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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Star Wars Figure of the Day: Day 3,353: Ahsoka Tano (Peridea, The Vintage Collection). As a redeco/retool figure, it's a good one. She has improved head detailing, a new belt, new arms and shoes, plus the colors match her "Gandalf the White" change on the show. And of course, she's cheap, because fans didn't flock to her after the show came out and abruptly went on a four-year hiatus. (Four years is a long time to wait for season two.) She has decent lightsabers and great paint, so if you skipped her? Get her now, while she's below retail price. Read on!

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Star Wars Figure of the Day: Day 3,353: Imperial Remnant Stormtrooper (Pauldron, The Vintage Collection). The dirt on the armor looks superb, the blasters are both good, and the pauldron makes him look different than the others in the set. I really like what Hasbro did here, and if you need more Stormtroopers this is a good one to add to the mix. Read on!

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: B2EMO (Droid Factory build a figure). B2 sold out nearly immediately, and he's also just different enough to make you mad. The figure has some new green details missing from the previous release and a different level of weathering - and costs a lot more, because inflation. Is it worth getting if you never found the first one? Read on!

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Mandalorian Privateer (Playset Pack-In, The Vintage Collection). This one came with the Imperial Light Cruiser which some lucky ducks found at Ross last year, and I was sadly not among them - it's still a pretty decent figure (and playset) for full price. And it's also more or less a redeco of parts you've bought of many other figures. That seems to be the way of things now. Read on!

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Chopper (Imperial Disguise, The Vintage Collection). It's not new, but we had to look at it - the figure was almost a decade in the making. How come it took so long for a basic on-screen repaint? Well, I don't know, but I do know the black and red dome looks cool and it has an alternate radar dish that is going to be very easy for us to misplace. If you can still find this one, it's nifty - it just feels expensive at $19.9 (or higher.) Read on!

Good news, everyone!  Many of you have submitted a lot of questions, so the mailbag is now ready to waste some of your Monday mornings once more starting July 6.  (If more questions come in, it might be sooner.)   I could use a little break, and it's always good for me to get ahead of things a bit - but keep checking back for other stuff worth posting as I can find it.

For those who insist on still not buying a ticket, The Mandalorian and Grogu is still in theaters - but not as many, and not the biggest screens. According to Box Office Mojo the film started at 4,300 screens, dropped to 3,355 last week, and dipped again to 2,680 on Friday. It reportedly brought in an estimated $1.3 million on Friday - not nothing - but it's starting to face a lot more competition and is likely to have passed $300 million globally by Monday.

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Star Wars Figure of the Day: Day 3,353: R5-PR0UD (Pride Collection, Droid Factory). It's the R5 mold we've been getting for years, but now it has a lot more paint applications and tons of color, plus some of the best silver shoes we've seen. A new blue Snaggletooth would look good in these. If your Pride robot collection needs at least one more droid, this is a good one - even the back is loaded with big, uniquely colored panels. Read on!

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: The Mandalorian and Grogu (The Vintage Collection). He has a new sculpt with revised armor and improved articulation. Hasbro did a great job letting the elbow cuts do a sniper pose - but is it obviously new? Not really. Grogu can hol on to a tab on the jet pack, but it looks a lot like all your other Mando figures. Read on!

It looks as if The Mandalorian and Grogu might be having a rough go of it.  The movie came in at #6 last weekend behind a few horror shows, another toy tie-in, and a very popular cartoon.  I liked Masters of the Universe, but it's very similar to the latest Star Wars in that it provided famlliar faces in new ways without a ton of twists.  Is it bad?  No.   You'll get great costumes, creatures, and some nifty vehicle effects - but you basically know the story.  And that applies to a lot of the big franchise films these days, which do a good job pleasing fans but fall a little short on surprises or changes to the status quo.

A few theater chains around Arizona seem to be cutting it down to one screening per day, but some of the bigger chains haven't yet disclosed weekend screenings while others just seem to be giving it a trim.  If you haven't seen it yet, I'd recommend checking it out.  It's unlikely any movie is going to give you the experience of being five again, but if you happen to live in a town with limited screening options?  Time might be running out. 

This week in Star Wars Q&A - It's time for a break! The questions didn't come in so that means I get a few weeks off.

Figure of the Day and regular news updates will continue, and maybe some other features too. Read on!