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TOY RUN Episode 10 – Steve Sansweet and the fantastic Rancho Obi-Wan

In this episode of TOY RUN, the hosts Criz Bee and Jake Stevens chat with Guinness Book World Record Star Wars collector and author Steve Sansweet about his collection, his books, his perspective on recent vintage prices and his museum Rancho Obi-Wan! Also in Episode 10, details on how to win a 2016 Membership Kit to Rancho Obi-Wan are given as is the rundown of the past week’s action figure news and what to look forward to in the Collector Calendar. All episodes are available for free download on iTunes, Stitcher, The Zune Network and galaxyoftoys.podbean.com! Show Notes Rancho Obi-Wan - Spring fundraiser donation page! IncredibleToyBox.com - Check out our sponsor for some of the newest Star Wars and other action figures! Galaxy of Toys [...]

By |2016-05-13T07:40:24-07:00May 13th, 2016|Categories: Toy Run, Vintage|Tags: , |

Vintage Star Wars Action Figure Newspaper Ads Kickstarter Book

Here's a big heads up for fans of both vintage Kenner action figures and newspaper Star Wars nostalgia. Battlegrip.com's Philip Reed (whom we interviewed last year for his last set of Star Wars action figure books) has just begun a new Kickstarter for his latest Star Wars-themed book which focuses on vintage newspaper ads featuring Kenner's infamous line of Star Wars figures. Collect These Figures and Accessories: An Unofficial Look at Star Wars Newspaper Ads, 1977 to 1986 is unlike the average Kickstarter project as it is 100% finished already. The purpose of this crowdfund is simply to send the book to the printers. As of press time, the book was already a fifth of the way to being funded with 10 days still left to go. [...]

By |2016-05-12T00:12:23-07:00May 12th, 2016|Categories: Vintage|Tags: , , |

TOY RUN Episode 9: How Many Rey Figures Were There Really?

In this episode, Criz Bee and Jake talk about Star Wars Day May the 4th, announce the Rey Starkiller Base winner, breakdown the Star Wars action figure count since September 4th, rundown a list of figures Hasbro could still make from The Force Awakens and they discuss Alden Ehrenreich who will play a young Han Solo in the second standalone movie. Add collecting news and the collector’s calendar and you’ve got Episode 9 of TOY RUN: The Star Wars Action Figure Cast. All episodes are available for free download on iTunes, Stitcher, The Zune Network and galaxyoftoys.podbean.com! Show Notes Jedibusiness.com - For a complete visual guide of every The Force Awakens figure released to date! IncredibleToyBox.com - Check out our sponsor  for some of the [...]

By |2016-05-06T13:26:59-07:00May 6th, 2016|Categories: The Force Awakens, Toy Run|Tags: |

Happy May The Fourth Be with You Day

Well, fingers-crossed that this Star Wars holiday will be full of luck as there are two places exclusive new Star Wars figures could surface today.  The first may be your local Wal*Mart as reports from last week surfaced that the world's biggest retailer would be offering their three new The Black Series 3 3/4" figures on May 4th.  This wave once again includes Han (Starkiller Base), Princess Leia from TFA and Captain Phasma and of course each one of these figures are fully articulated. The second place to look for new action figures today would be the Disney Parks. For those lucky enough to either be on vacation or live very near the parks, R5-M4 has already begun appearing on ebay and social media. This is [...]

By |2016-05-04T00:43:13-07:00May 4th, 2016|Categories: Disney's Droid Factory, Holiday, The Black Series, Toy Run|Tags: |

TOY RUN Episode 8: This Week in Matt Fox’s Star Wars Figure Collection

In this episode, Criz Bee and Jake invite Matt Fox from the This Week in Star Wars Podcast on to the show for some light conjecture about Hasbro’s plans for Rogue One, reminisce about the onslaught of action figures in the late 2000’s and discuss Matt’s impressive Star Wars action figure tally chart. The hosts also provide details about their first giveaway where one listener will be given a K-Mart exclusive Rey (Starkiller Base) from the 6” Black Series line. Throw in some collecting news and calendar and you’ve got Episode 8 of TOY RUN: The Star Wars Action Figure Cast. Special Listener Giveaway - Listen to Episode 8 for details on how to enter! All episodes are available for free download on iTunes, Stitcher, [...]

By |2016-04-29T08:43:53-07:00April 29th, 2016|Categories: The Black Series, The Force Awakens, Toy Run|Tags: , |

TOY RUN Episode 7 – Rumored Rogue One Roundtable with Jason Luttrull

In this episode, Jake and Criz Bee are joined by the Godfather of the Galaxy of Toys Podcasting Network, Jason Luttrull, as they breakdown the latest rumors surrounding the Fall release of the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 6” Black Series figures line. In addition, the hosts chat about Vancouver, BC’s Toy Trader toystore, provide the latest in this week’s action figure news and figure releases and do some light speculation about Episode 8 and Rogue One. All this and more in Episode 7 of TOY RUN! All episodes are available for free download on iTunes, Stitcher, The Zune Network and galaxyoftoys.podbean.com! For a list of past episodes and guest check out our Galaxy of Toys Podcast page. Show Notes IncredibleToyBox.com - Check out [...]

By |2016-04-22T08:06:33-07:00April 22nd, 2016|Categories: Rogue One, The Black Series, Toy Run|

Celebration Anaheim Memory Photo Album

One year ago this weekend 10s of 1,00os of Star Wars fans flocked to the Anaheim convention center for Star Wars Celebration Anaheim. The official Lucasfilm/Disney convention played host to loads of Star Wars celebrities, movie and animated debuts, merchandise vendors and panels on every aspect of fandom. From4-LOMtoZuckuss.com was there as a member of the Star Wars press and co-host on the Podcast Stage. With the next Celebration still a few months away in London, we thought we'd relive some of the highlights from the biggest Star Wars Celebration to date! We packed our bags and headed from Seattle to Anahiem after work on Wednesday.   We brought along plenty of swag including a few different buttons.   Jedi [...]

By |2016-04-16T19:10:26-07:00April 16th, 2016|Categories: Galaxy of Toys, Star Wars Celebration, Star Wars Rebels, The Force Awakens|

TOY RUN – Episode 6: Yakking it up with Yakface.com’s Jayson Krebsbach

On this week’s episode Criz Bee and Jake talk about Emerald City Comicon, discuss the Rogue One toy packaging, breakdown the past week’s action figure news and chat with Jayson Krebsbach about the history of Yakface.com, 5POA, Star Wars Rebels and the future of Hasbro’s Star Wars action figure line.    All episodes are available for free download on iTunes, Stitcher, The Zune Network and galaxyoftoys.podbean.com! Show Notes IncredibleToyBox.com - Check out our sponsor  for some of the newest Star Wars and other action figures! Superawesomegeekshow.com, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube Yakface.com, Facebook, Twitter,  YouTube Italian Star Wars 3D action figure subscription service We want to hear from you! If you have questions for the hosts, suggestions on which guest to have next, a figure fact you’d like [...]

By |2016-04-15T09:11:36-07:00April 15th, 2016|Categories: Rogue One, Toy Run|Tags: |

New 12″ Additions & 3PO Red Arm Day

We have updated Target's Exclusive 12" 3-pack featuring droids from The Force Awakens to our 12" Action Figure Hero Series Checklist page. This set which was made available a few days prior to last week's release of Episode VII on Blu-ray/DVD is fantastic due solely to Goldenrod. C-3PO has not only one of the best sculpts for a Hasbro 12" figure to date but a terrific paint job that could only be outdone with vac-metalizing. Speaking of 3PO, today is long-delayed day where we find out exactly why he has a red arm in TFA in Marvel Comic's Star Wars Special: C-3PO (Journey to The Force Awakens) #1. This issue will ship with a 3PO Action Figure Variant cover and an exclusive version from Wonderland [...]

By |2016-04-13T09:58:56-07:00April 13th, 2016|Categories: 12" Figures, The Empire Strikes Back, The Force Awakens, Vintage|Tags: , , , |

Rogue One Product Packaging Revealed

Starwars.com revealed today on Instagram the new packaging redesign for products that will be released this fall in conjunction with Rogue One. The packaging will obviously pertain to Hasbro and will be featured on all of its sublines as well. It features the AT-ATs and new troopers that were seen in Thursday Rogue One teaser. The battleworn look appears to be in sync with the rumored grittiness of the new spinoff film. Let us know what you think and we'll discuss this on next week's episode of TOY RUN: The Star Wars Action Figure Cast. Revealed! Powerful packaging for the toys, collectibles, and more of #RogueOne: A #StarWars Story. In stores this fall! A photo posted by Star Wars (@starwars) on Apr 8, 2016 at [...]

By |2016-04-08T22:23:02-07:00April 8th, 2016|Categories: Rogue One|
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