Gentle Giant: SDCC Exclusive McQuarrie C-3PO Minibust

By Mike — Monday, June 24, 2013

But wait, there's more! Gentle Giant announces a third Star Wars 2013 SDCC/Convention exclusive: McQuarrie Concept C-3PO Minibust! Based on the conceptual art of the great Ralph McQuarrie, the deluxe minibust features two interchangeable heads that represent two different concepts for our favorite golden droid.

BBTS: Portal 2, The Walking Dead, Transformers, Bishoujo, DC, The Hobbit/LotR, Star Trek, Borderlands & More!

By Mike — Monday, June 24, 2013

Here are the latest pre-orders and new arrivals at BigBadToyStore. If you're at Botcon this weekend, don't forgot to stop by and say hello! Click through to check out this week's listing!

Brian's Toys: Master Replicas Helmets, Sideshow, Vintage Style Vehicles

By Mike — Monday, June 24, 2013

From our sponsors at BriansToys.com :Brian's Toys has restocked some great collectibles this week.  One of each Master Replicas 501st Legion Trooper and Commander Gree LE helmets are in stock, along with a Sideshow Exclusive Obi-Wan vs Darth Vader diorama. Vintage-style vehicles of AT-AP, Obi-Wan's Starfighter, and V-19 Torrent Starfighter have been heavily stocked.

Q&A Summer Spectacular - SDCC, Angry Birds, Jumbo Figures, and So Much More

By Adam Pawlus — Sunday, June 23, 2013

It's Monday, and it's summer, so you have no reason not to read Q&A! Let's find out why the birds are so angry, and look at Jumbo Gentle Giant figures. Oh, and themed waves of action figures. That was a thing once. Also more rantings, ravings, and rampant unsourced and unreasonable SDCC speculation can be yours if you read on!

Star Wars: Episode VII and Rebels Rumors and Reports

By Adam Pawlus — Friday, June 21, 2013

A couple of interesting reports popped up this week on Star Wars: Rebels, the new TV show currently expected for a 2014 premiere and, most likely, a Celebration Europe tease.   BleedingCool.com has a report in which they describe the show as being teen-heavy, which isn't entirely unexpected given that Luke was pretty young, and it's not like Biggs was all that much older.  Supposedly the same is true with Episode VII, also reported by the site with a casting note confirmed by Lucasfilm

Super7 SDCC Alien Exclusives Stoke That Vintage Fire

By Mike — Wednesday, June 19, 2013

It's not Star Wars, but shares the same Kenner DNA. Super7 is rolling out their new ReAction Alien action figure assortment that's based on the cancelled line from 1979 in eloquent style for SDCC. There are four exclusives altogether and two are FREE! 

Gentle Giant Comes Up with Magnitude and Attitude for SDCC

By Mike — Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Gentle Giant always tends to offer something nifty and desirable for the summer convention exclusives, like their 3D Yoda and Jumbo Blue Snaggletooth from 2012. For 2013's Comic-Con International, the creative artists from Burbank have announced FIVE Comic-Con exclusives (thus far), with two Star Wars offerings that are bound to be on top of your exclusives wishlist.

Dark Horse: September 2013 Solicitations

By Mike — Monday, June 17, 2013

There are some pretty awesome Star Wars titles in September, and the one that's highly anticipated begins with a "The", as J.R. Rinzler's adaptation of George Lucas' original screenplay takes shape in pulp form. Check out the additional variant covers to collect as well as the rest of September's exciting offerings!

BBTS:Wolverine Legends, The Walking Dead, Transformers, Alien, Star Wars, Breaking Bad, Pacific Rim, Play Arts Kai, DC & More!

By Mike — Monday, June 17, 2013

From our sponsors at BigBadToyStore.com: TransFans, BBTS will be back at BotCon this year! Be sure to stop by and say hello! Pre-orders are now being taken for the Gentle Giant Jumbo Han Hoth, and the Cad Bane Bust statue. Check out this week's listing after the jump!

Brian's Toys: Jumbo Han Hoth, AFA 90 12 Backs

By Mike — Monday, June 17, 2013

From our sponsors at Brian's Toys: Place your pre-orders now at Brian's Toys for the recently announced Han Solo (Hoth) Jumbo Figure from Gentle Giant.  The Cobra Commander: The Dictator sixth scale figure from Sideshow is also available for pre-order. 

Entertainment Earth Confirms: Black Series Greedo A-Coming

By Adam Pawlus — Monday, June 17, 2013

The word is out, and now you can get behind-the-scenes pictures of the new Hasbro Star Wars: The Black Series Greedo 6-Inch Action Figure at Entertainment Earth!  Click here to see it all

Q&A: How The Other Half Lives, Maybe Some Newness, Retro Figures, and More Packaging

By Adam Pawlus — Sunday, June 16, 2013

It's Monday, so read some Q&A! Are we suffering from brand fatigue? I don't think so, personally. Should we expect Hasbro to do a Pre-Order Program for a Death Star Playset? I wouldn't hold my breath. And there's more! Also, more adventures in spying on how the Hot Wheels half lives at the end.

Star Wars Land Coming to Disney?

By Adam Pawlus — Friday, June 14, 2013

That's the rumor!  Comingsoon.com, Slashfilm, Theme Park Insider, and IGN (among others) all have reports of this tantalizing, thrilling, and completely expected development.  UPDATE - a reader and former Disney employee added his two cents.

The Bard Meets The Beard in William Shakespeare's Star Wars

By Adam Pawlus — Thursday, June 13, 2013

For those of you who are interested in reading, something called William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope is actually a thing coming out July 2.  Amazon has it up for pre-order, and EW.com has an excerpt up you can read right now!  Ian Doescher penned the play which comes complete with illustrations that are appropriately of an older era.

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E3: EA Teases Star Wars Battlefront III

By Adam Pawlus — Monday, June 10, 2013

After a few aborted game plans and years of speculation that wasn't really speculation, EA's DICE division has something special for you: an E3 teaser trailer for Star Wars Battlefront III!   You can see it after the jump, although there's not a heck of a lot to really digest here just yet other than a lot of familiar, snowy sounds.