Star Wars Rebels Update on Pre-Anniversary of Ep VII
December 18th, 2013 - Star Wars Episode VII is exactly two years away from appearing in movie theaters all over the world. And despite knowing very little about any of the film's details, fans and collectors alike are looking forward to the next chapter in the Star Wars saga. As filming has yet to commence on the yet untitled film, Hasbro at this point is most likely focusing their next action figure line based of the upcoming animated television show Star Wars Rebels. On this future anniversary of Star Wars' next cinematic debut StarWars.com released another interview with the creators of Rebels. http://youtu.be/btnvTx-10I8 And while no new information was revealed in the interview, we did catch a glimpse of what appears to be a Hasbro [...]
Amazon’s Droid Factory “Mini-Series” Hightlights
When the Droid Factory line, last seen in the Legacy Collection of 2010, was cancelled many collectors were sad to see it go. The build-a-droid feature was a great way to obtain droid figures whom would most likely never would have been carded by Hasbro due to their obscurity and it was a better bang for collectors buck. For every 4 or 6 figures purchased you would get an extra figure for free. The build-a-droid feature disappeared from retail stores but took on a life of its own at Disney parks and stores. Disney took the idea of building droids (specifically astromechs) and gave visitors to the parks the ability to create literally thousands of versions of droids out of 71 different parts. Now for [...]
Kenobi’s The Vintage Collection Jedi Starfighter Varriation
Prior to the action figure drought (which ran from mid 2012 to mid 2013) Star Wars action figures were being released fast and furious through multiple lines such as Movie Heroes, The Clone Wars and The Vintage Collection. With so many releases it was easy to fall behind and become fatigued with the amount of reissues Hasbro was providing. The Vintage Collection's Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter from the opening of Episode III's Battle of Coruscant sequence was released prior to the drought with little fanfare as most collector's already had this vehicle and preferred their "vintage" vehicles to be from the Original Trilogy. So Obi-Wan's Jedi Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor sat on Toys 'R' Us shelves and eventually turned up at discount stores such as Tuesday Mornings. Now [...]