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Dave Filoni The New Toy Hunter!?!

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 [...]

By |2013-12-20T14:09:34-08:00July 7th, 2013|Categories: Star Wars Rebels, The Clone Wars, Vintage|

Sister Lines – Jumbo Yakface Updated

Yodanews.com has posted carded pics of Gentle Giants' 2013 SDCC Exclusive: Yakface.  With the release of Yakface in this line it officially extends the Jumbo Kenner Figure series to include figures from 3 of the 4 movie based Vintage Kenner lines.  Yet to be represented is any figure released exclusively in The Return of the Jedi series.  The release of the figure also prompts us to update our Sister Lines section as we make it our goal to catalog all action figure lines connected to Kenner and Hasbro action figures. Click on the pic to check out Yodanews.com's coverage of this exclusive. Click here to pre-order this Jumbo Figure from Gentle Giant. Click on the Sister Lines link at the top of the page to [...]

By |2013-12-20T14:09:34-08:00June 28th, 2013|Categories: SDCC, Sister Lines, Vintage|

The Variant Villain’s Vintage Visuals

Lili Ledy, the company responsible for releasing vintage Star Wars action figures in Mexico, is now remembered for the large amount of figure variants they produced.  Variant Villain has created a great visual comparison database detailing these various variations. Click the pic to educate yourself on this Mexican exclusive line. We have added this site to our Collecting Resources page where we collect the web's most thorough and useful Star Wars action figure websites.  Check back often as we are always seeking out, adding and sharing new sites from the world's collecting communities.

By |2013-12-20T14:09:34-08:00June 22nd, 2013|Categories: Collecting Resources, Lili Ledy, Vintage|

A Sister Line – From a certain point of view

Toy Company Super 7 has announced their San Diego Comic Con Exclusive for 2013.  The set combines two classic Kenner toy lines: Alien and Star Wars!  These Alien figures are done in vintage 3 3/4 style and use the famous Kenner Star Wars Early Bird Package concept.  What makes this set not only cool for Star Wars action figure collectors but these figures were originally planed for release in 1979 but the line was shelved due to Kenner's larger Alien toy being deemed too scary for kids. Click the pic for more Kenner'esk pics.

By |2013-12-20T14:09:34-08:00June 20th, 2013|Categories: Sister Lines, Vintage|

Kickstart some Art!

Artist Rob Burden is in the last few hours of his Kickstarter campaign to create some "Epic Paintings of Star Wars Action Figures"!  Now this project has already been funded in an excess of $7K ; Burden is now working on funding a third painting by reaching a goal of $34,000.  Whether you support this or not it will be exciting to see the end results.  Click the pic above to check out his Kickstarter video and other oil painting he has done on Star Wars action figures.

By |2013-12-20T14:09:35-08:00June 11th, 2013|Categories: Figure Art, Vintage|

“This will be a day long remembered…”

So who do we thank - Kenner for taking a chance or Twentieth Century Fox for being so convincing! Thanks to Andrew's Toyz for sharing the significance of this day.

By |2013-12-20T14:09:35-08:00June 7th, 2013|Categories: Vintage|

15,000 Vintage Polish Bootlegs…wait you meant $15,000!

The site Polish Star Wars Collector has posted some great pics of some of the earliest bootleg figures to be released after the infamous Turkish Uzay bootlegs.  Pictured above is the first wave to be released (in 1980) and therefore some of the rarest out there.  They even have them for sale if you are willing to drop a cool 15 grand.  A little steep for our blood but 4LOMKUSS.COM is a strong believer in the "if its worth it to you policy" so if these are a must-have or missing from your collection then click the pic above to check'em out. As for us, we are headed to the craft store because these would be a blast to customize!

By |2013-12-20T14:09:35-08:00June 7th, 2013|Categories: Vintage|Tags: |

Official Poster for TROROTJ

Super fans of the force Kyle Newman and Paul Bateman have just released a fantastic poster for Newman's hilarious star tribute to Return of the Jedi.  Encircled by vintage ROTJ figures this poster is a great tribute in and of itself as it is modeled after the classic 1-year anniversary poster for A New Hope. If you haven't seen this short documentary yet then click the pic above to head over to Entertainment Weekly to check it out.  

By |2013-12-20T14:09:35-08:00June 7th, 2013|Categories: Vintage|

The Vintage Death Star You Never Had…But Now Can!

Lego customizer Eric "Baron Sat" Druon has created his own version of the Death Star. Baron Sat's version is based on the vintage cardboard Death Star playset released in 1978. This vintage cardboard Death Star playset was not released in the United States and as such is missing from many a collection.  It was released in the United Kingdom by Palitoys, in France by Meccano,  in Australia by Toltoys and in Canada by Kenner Canada.  There are variations among the four versions but overall they are generally the same playset. Click the pics above to see more pics from this great tribute to an elusive playset.

By |2013-12-20T14:09:35-08:00June 2nd, 2013|Categories: Palitoy, Vintage|
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