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This week in Q&A - Secret projects! Happening next week? And Playsets of a Death Star variety. And The Retro Collection.
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New if you can find it, the Lando Calrissian (The Vintage Collection) is theoretically shipping now! He has a blaster, a cape, a scarf, and a working holster - plus an even better 3 3/4-inch likeness of Donald Glover. If you can find it, you should get one. Read on!
This week in Q&A - Single Skywalkers! Is that a thing? And Playsets you can't find. And a Toy Tax update from this weekend, if the news is accurate and doesn't change six times by Christmas.
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This is it! Tiny improvements over time have finally fallen to this all-new Imperial Stormtrooper based on the Rogue One redesign - the tell being the blaster. It has more articulation and better, shinier detail than ever before. But is it perfect? It's certainly very very good - read on!
This is the Resistance A-Wing Pilot from The Last Jedi red A-Wing Fighter. She has a new head! It's not just a repaint! Granted, you'll have to squint to discover this. Read on!
If you're a toy collector of a certain age, the 1978-1985 black and silver Kenner line look is a holy thing. You saw it on action figures, vehicles, coloring books, and all sorts of toys (as "collectibles" were not really a thing) when you were a kid, and also at subsequent flea markets, garage sales, and guys named Ron's garages.
This look was out of vogue by 1991 when LucasFilm Games and JVC teamed up for Star Wars for the NES in 1991 and the GameBoy in 1992. Star Wars was barely making a blip on the cultural radar with a few video games, some hollow figures from Dakin, and a small publishing program at what primitive humans of that era referred to as "book stores," some of which sold video games out of the back. This game was not necessarily a gem of its era, but it sold well on the strength of the license and of the hope that it would be great.
For those of you who missed out in the 1991 and 1992 era, or the reissues later, or the reissues of the reissues, you've got one more chance on June 28 (assuming you don't buy the originals off of eBay for about ten bucks a pop first.)
This week in Q&A - Vintage nomenclature! Proving pedantry persists! And The Mandalorian. Oh, we have expectations. And Toys R Us talk - as there has been a lot. Read on!
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New from Disney's Galaxy's Edge, Hondo Ohnaka (The Black Series 6-Inch) is one of the few all-new characters in the $69.99 Hasbro figure boxed sets. He has a blaster and a costume that's similar to - but not identicial to - those in The Clone Wars and Rebels. Do you need it? Of course not - but you'll want one. Read on!
This Poe Dameron (Resistance line look) is a weird gem. If you like 1978-1985 Kenner figures, Poe is essential. He's thinner and fits in your X-Wings without a fuss - even better than The Force Awakens movie figures. This is an action figure made to fit in vehicles, so naturally there are no Hasbro Resistance vehicles. Just make the most out of your movie ones. Read on!
This week in Q&A - The Wing Thing! Just one question, and it's a TIE wing problem. This is an ongoing concern - as is the lack of questions. Well, at least we got one. I wrote some oter things too, because we're not finished yet. Read on!
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More than just a repack, the 41st Elite Corps Clone Trooper (The Vintage Collection) adds another variant to The Black Series 3 3/4-inch figure from a few years ago. With the more realistic face paint and tons more grey markings, this is different enough to upgrade. Read on!
Last year, Walmart and other big box stores carried Arcade 1-Up's classic arcade game cabinets. They're a little smaller, but with a riser they're roughly normal height. At E3 this week, they announced Star Wars with The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi included. It looks like the old stand-up unit from roughly 1983, which admittedly isn't as cool as the cockpit cabinet but it's neat. We're told it'll be under $500.
In "I can't believe it either" news, a bunch of the 1990s Star Wars video game library is coming back in print! Limited Run Games announced a bunch of retro game cartridge and boxed PC software reissues - Monkey Islands, Dark Forces, and so on. The games are expected to have extras, and most special physical games include things like posters, maps, or other fun flat things. We don't know what these will be yet, and I speak from experience that the NES and GameBoy Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back games were not impressive when they were new. (Shadows of the Empire was great, though.)
Weirdly this 2019 reissue of Han Solo (Carbonite, The Vintage Collection) did not get Hasbro's fancy new face painting. Rather, it got a playset, a vintage cardback, and a magnet in the back of the carbonite block. All in all, still a worthy purchase. Read on!
