Our excitement is running high for Star Wars Rebels coming this fall to Disney XD. And even though we've been introduced to only a couple of characters so far, its clear that the cast consists of a set of archetypes that we are very familiar with in the Galaxy Far, Far Away. Let us know what you think about the cast of Star Wars Rebels so far by sharing your thoughts on our Facebook page.
I once again joined the hosts of Galaxy of Toys Podcast (A discussion about Star Wars toys vintage to modern) to discuss all the upcoming 2014 action figure goodness revealed at this past weekend's Toy Fair. Tune it to hear our breakdown of all the new product and lines announced and to hear how Tom really feels about the 12" Hero line's X-Wing. Also debuting today at IGN.com is a new Star Wars Rebels character introduction video. This time we met Zeb who is a new alien based on OT concept artist Ralph McQuarrie's initial Chewbacca designs. We have received this figure in "realistic" form back in 2007's The 30th Anniversary line. Excited to see that AT-STs and Ugnaughts are slated to appear in the series [...]
"Begun, the Toy Fair has." This is the weekend when toy companies, retailers, the media and toy bloggers from around the world descend upon the Big Apple for Toy Fair. This particular Toy Fair has been more anticipated than in prior years as many Star Wars fans and collectors were curious on what exactly was going to be revealed. Join From 4-LOM to Zuckuss as we breakdown all of the Star Wars action figure reveals from Toy Fair 2014! Star Wars Rebels The days leading up to Toy Fair 2014 brought a couple of media exclusive reveals for Star Wars Rebels: Originally debuting on tvguide.com: Originally debuting on usatoday.com: This brought the total number of figures previewed to four. Stormtrooper (implied on packaging), The Inquisitor, C1-10P [...]
Yesterday Starwars.com revealed a new character which will be making his debut in Star Wars Rebels in both the animated show and its action figure line. http://youtu.be/ulIPyDqppfM Although this video was provided to Germany's Moviepilot.de website a day before it was released in the US, the photo of the C1-1OP "Chopper" was an exclusive to the Starwars.com release. For those expecting reveals about upcoming Hasbro products this last week from the UK Toy Fair held in London, were sadly disappointed as practically nothing was officially announced. James Burns of Jedinews.co.uk did provide an update via the official Star Wars website: Hasbro — The future of the Black Series, both 3¾” and 6” lines, looks great and there will be a number of new figures coming in [...]
I once again had the opportunity to fill the guest-host chair on Galaxy of Toys Podcast’s 2013 Year in Review. The hosts and I break-down the ups and downs of not only action figures but also the major Star Wars events of the past year. To listen to the show and to find out what some of our misses and hits were head over to Galaxy of Toys at Podbean or download it through your iTunes account. For those who would like additional Year in Review coverage, we suggest the following: Jedi-Buisness's Year in Review article (I agreed so much of what they wrote I will officially call "Ditto" and let it be my year in review article too! Thanks Chris!) RebelForce Radio's December 27th [...]
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 [...]
What a breath of fresh air this year's New York Comic Con was for Star Wars fans. Coming just before the end of the Comic Con (aka major announcement) season, NYCC fans were treated to figure reveals, animation information and tons of new fodder for speculation. From 4-LOM to Zuckuss is taking a look back over the week's events with a figure perspective in mind. The week began with a sixteen second teaser trailer for Star Wars Rebels which filled us with much speculation as to what figures and vehicles could be making their appeareances on screen and in plastic next week. Our detailed speculation can be found here. The day before NYCC kicked-off, Hasbro played host to the "Twas the night before the con" [...]
On the June 21st episode of RebelForce Radio, host and mega fan Jimmy Mac sat down with supervising director of both Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the in-production Star Wars Rebels, Dave Filoni. During the interview Mac, being a Star Wars action figure aficionado, asked Filoni to elaborate on his brief video discussion with Lucasfilm’s Pablo Hildalgo about a certain vintage action figure vehicle. The video was a behind the scenes look at the development of Rebels and in the video Filoni is seen holding a vintage TIE Fighter and saying to Hildalgo, “ten dollars”. The Emmy winning director revealed to RFR that he had purchased the vehicle still in the box with its sticker sheets from an antique store for $10. Not only [...]