Celebrate 35 years of Star Wars!  We're looking back to 1995 with the very first modern R2-D2 from Kenner!  It's pretty cool.  Want to know more about this relic? Read on!

From our sponsors at Brian's Toys: The G.I. Joe: Retaliation Figures are now in stock! Make your own GI Joe movie with these awesome vehicles and figures in amazing 3-Dimensional reality.  But seriously, why wait until March 2013?

The K-Mart exclusive Vintage Collection B-Wing Fighter is now priced to move for $15 (regularly $39.99) at K-Mart.com. Click here to order yours and choose the store pick up option to save on shipping!!

It's the 35th anniversary of Star Wars…nothing but STAR WARS! Which made GHR pause and think that the 30th Anniversary Collection was five years ago? Man, how time flies. Regular merchandise is showing up with more frequency, and so is older stuff at great close out discounts. Tuesday Morning was only an awesome tune from The Pogues until I recently found some Vintage Wave 9 for $5 each.

John from JP Aerospace Blog sent in this awesome photo of a Star Wars LEGO dogfight featuring an X-Wing and TIE Fighter from 97,000 feet into space with the aid of a balloon.

Here is a quick update from our sponsors at http://www.bigbadtoystore.com about a ton of exciting new preorders as well as a few new arrivals, including an Ultimate Quarter Scale Jawa Figure Bank and a new X-Wing Miniatures Game.

It's Plo Koon's robot!  R4-F5 is hard to type, but easy to love.  Should you get this droid? Yes. Read on!

Sideshow offers us short glimpses of the upcoming Mythos Boba Fett statue in production. 

Just as we were wondering what happened to this Target exclusive, a Battle of Naboo Battle Pack packaged sample shows up on eBay with a whopping starting bid of $2000!

The seller is describing it as a prototype, but it does open up the possibility that we may see this on retail or discount shelves. Marshall's anyone?

From Gentle Giant: Get a jump start on the Memorial Weekend Festivities. Furniture stores and car dealerships aren't the only places offering spectacular deals this holiday weekend! We're proud to open our archives once again and make limited quantities of the following pieces available:

It's Shaak Ti in animated form! She's had some great figures lately, and this one is particularly good.  Did you get her? If not, read on!

As we approach Memorial Day and the beginning of the summer season, the question on many collector's minds is when will new stuff start hitting and old merch clearanced out. With stores still carrying January stock, it's about time for a refresh.

It's the Stealth Ops Clone Trooper, the non-exclusive black cartoon trooper! He has a backpack, and many guns.  Should you army-build him? Good luck trying, and read on!

Marjorie and Arnie are back in the Sithsonian this week with another Star Wars Action News podcast, and they bring tidings from the Pacific Northwest...tidings, and toys that is!  Thanks to the Star Wars collectors of SARLACC a number of unique and rare Star Wars items were seen, from Star Wars pinball machines to arcade games, bootleg items, and more, including a tour of Gus Lopez's impressive array of Star Wars props and prototypes.  

Another Jedi Mickey Mouse is one of those nebulously "official" figures which maybe fits in your collection. Or maybe not.  Read on!