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Amazon has restocked with figures from The Vintage Collection Wave 5 that includes Grand Moff Tarkin, Shae Vizla, Nikto Guard, and Odd Ball. Darth Malgus is also back in stock for $12.99 each and FREE Super Saver Shipping!

The galaxy's most exquisite navel gets a re-release of her Clone Wars action figure after being short circulated in 2009. Aayla Secura comes with a jetpack, lightsaber, and 14 wonderful points of articulation. Check out all her photos in our latest Image Bank update!

Everyone has a "holy grail" of collecting. For some it's a mint-on-card Yakface, for some the dirty version of the C-3PO trading card, but for Nathan P. Butler it was the collected, out of print, Star Wars newspaper strip collection. On this week's Star Wars Action News podcast, Nathan joins us to tell about the years spent seeking out this book, and gives us a hands-on review!

Just over 10 years ago we were hugely surprised by Jorg Sacul, the X-Wing Fighter Pilot with George Lucas' head and the first-ever Celebration exclusive figure.  Is it still super-cool?  Read on!

You may (or may have not) seen this new 2012 Queen Amidala at retail, but she's pretty neat.  The sculpt is good, the deco could be a smidgen better, and overall it's a big improvement over 1999.  Read on!

The Comic-Con Exclusive Bith Band with Tech M'or and Doikk Na'ts are now up for order!

With quasi-Fett-inspired armor and a flip-up helmet Super Grover would love, I generally like the Mandalorian Police Officer. His articulation may be lacking, but it's cool!  Read on!

Seemingly doomed to only appear in large, more expensive sets R2-R9 returns to toy form in yet another appearance, this time as a Walmart exclusive based on the build-a-droid mold.  Read on!

Sideshow is now taking orders for the SDCC Exclusive Clone Commander Fox. This fully articulated body comes with 13 interchangeable hands and a detailed fabric body suit.

Q&A is on hiatus this week!  As always, your support is appreciated and we thank you for your questions.  If you have questions for the next column, please send them in and feel free to catch up in the archives!

The commander of the elite Senate Guard transitions into Phase II armor and penalized with less leg articulation, but Commander Fox looks absolutely smashing in his Target employee colorway. And while this figure could easily be that retailer's exclusive, he's available in general circulation as the 18th Clone Wars assortment figure for 2012. That is if you can find him.

From our sponsors at Brian's Toys: The Brian’s Toys newsletter this week features a great selection of new Sideshow pre-orders. The C-3PO and R2-D2 droid duo are together again in the long waited premium format and the sixth scale Bossk figure is a brand new announcement today! Also new is the Medicom VCD Jawa, which looks more realistic to the movie version than the regular caricatured VCD versions. 

Sideshow has posted pre-orders on the new and amazing Sixth Scale Bossk. This looks to be the definite version at any scale and from any licensor based on the detail, super-articulation and authenticity painstakingly applied on this figure. The Sideshow exclusive version even comes with an alternate snarling head!

Oh, what a Cutup this Clone Cadet is!  Cadet #4 is here, and we're still missing a few other ones.  Is this figure worth getting? I think so.  Read on!