On this episode of TOY RUN, hosts Criz Bee and Jake Stevens discuss the increasing hype building to The Last Jedi is now just two weeks away! You’ll also find this week, reports on Black Friday finds, Small Business Saturday scores, the Toy Rundown of the News and what’s happening with the T.R. Nation on the official Facebook page. And finally, Jake and Criz breakdown the top stores you should hit to find the latest actions figures this holiday season on your toy runs! Tune in and may the figures be with you!
Show Notes
00:00 – 06:57 The Last Jedi Magazine Covers
06:57 – 07:49 Welcome To Episode 88 – Show Overview
07:49 – 12:14 Star Wars Action Figures In Cookbooks
12:14 – 16:56 Toy Runs On Black Friday, Small Business Saturday And Cyber Monday
16:56 – 21:41 Thoughts About Hasbro’s Black Series 6″ Rey With Crait Base
21:41 – 24:21 Sandcrawler & Disney’s The Last Jedi 3-Course Meal Experience
24:21 – 31:21 Toys’R’Us Is Selling Bandai’s SH Figuarts Figures
31:21 – 34:01 Tamashii Nations 10th Anniversary / New Bandai 12″ line
34:01 – 36:22 Lego’s Kenner inspired Sandspeeder & Jake’s misdelivered General Organa figure
36:22 – 37:30 Mark Hamill tweets picture of “Ugly Sweater Convention Panel” figure
37:30 – 48:23 Toy Run Facebook Community Highlights / Discussions / Posts
48:23 – 50:15 The Toy RunDown Of The News
50:15 – 80:36 An overview of stores where you can purchase Star Wars action figures this Holiday season
80:36 – 83:40 May The Figures Be With You / Outro
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About TOY RUN: The Star Wars Action Figure Cast
TOY RUN is the only podcast solely about collecting, reviewing and appreciating Star Wars action figures. The show is hosted by Criz Bee from JediBusiness.com and Jake Stevens from From4-LOMtoZuckuss.com. When these long-time Star Wars collectors and good friends wanted to talk about Star Wars action figures even more than they do monthly on the Galaxy of Toys Podcast, they created TOY RUN. The hosts who collectively have more than four decades of Hasbro Star Wars collecting experience as well as fond childhood memories of growing up in the 70’s and 80’s playing with Kenner action figures, strive to share their love and knowledge of collecting Star Wars figures with fellow fans of the hobby. TOY RUN is hosted at www.toyruncast.com and can be found on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and Podbean.
About JediBusiness.com
JediBusiness.com – The Star Wars Action Figure Database was created by Criz Bee in 2003 in order to help Star Wars action figure collectors look-up figures. The database currently holds over 3,000 different Star Wars action figures with reviews, photo galleries, commentaries, comparison pictures and detailed information about each figure’s release. The website has a custom built toolbox which enables collectors to sort Star Wars action figures by movie appearance, movie sequence, species, profession (e.g. Bounty Hunters/Pilots), gender and more. In addition to the database the website features a wide variety of articles about collecting Star Wars action figures such as interviews with community creators and the Hasbro Star Wars brand team, various event coverages, annual reviews, top 10 figure picks, photo galleries of collector’s collections and extensive galleries of stylized Star Wars action figure photography. JediBusiness.com actively participates in the collecting community, it is part of the international The Force United fan group and the website was part of the collector group at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim in 2015 together with StarWarsActionNews.com, Yakface.com, JediTempleArchives.com and JediNews.co.uk. Criz Bee also actively participates in local Seattle area Star Wars Collector meetups. You can also find JediBusiness.com on starwars.com’s community page as an official Star Wars collecting site.
About From4-LOMtoZuckuss.com
From 4-LOMtoZuckuss.com is a website with laser (blaster) focus on Kenner and Hasbro Star Wars action figures. Born out of a passion for Star Wars figure collecting, the site was created by Jake Stevens in 2013 and provides articles, pop culture news, checklists, collector resources, release dates, detailed guides, interviews and much more on all things Star Wars action figure related. Working with Hasbro, From4-LOMtoZuckuss.comparticipates in official Q&As, assists in Fan Choice figure selection polls and publishes information and press releases about new and upcoming Hasbro products. When not covering Star Wars Celebrations, events and comic cons for as a member of the Star Wars press for From4-LOMtoZuckuss.com, Jake is also a frequent action figure panelist at Emerald City Comicon, a member of Seattle’s SARLACC collecting club, the host of The Star Wars Spinner Rack comic book podcast, a contributor on episodes of RetroBlasting’sStar Wars Follies and along with Criz Bee a founding member of the S.T.A.R.S. (Seattle/Tacoma Area Rebelscum Society) collecting group. Covering everything from 4-LOM to Zuckuss, From4-LOMtoZuckuss.com strives to be an informative resource for collecting Star Wars action figure toys and can also be found on the Community page at starwars.com as an official Star Wars collecting website.
