Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Night Trooper (All-White Helmet, The Vintage Collection). It's a 2024 release with four figures, all of which have at least some unique parts - the ribbons are differently configured per trooper, and the helmets are painted differently. This one has a helmet that's mostly white, with a little gold on it. That's good! But it uses a mold that's feeling more than a little old. He could use a hip replacement. Read on!

This week in Star Wars Q&A - Death Star Retrotacular! We still don't know what's up next year, but what would we like? Also Cantina sales were pretty good - were they too good?

Also we are out of questions so I have two openings for next week. Could we be nearing the end of this long-running feature? Heck if I know.

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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Princess Leia Organa (The Vintage Collection). She's gone now - and hopefully she'll come back, because this is a good figure with swappable hoods. The hair is a separately molded piece, the face printing is good, and this figure is about as good as you can get with molded plastic. I'm impressed by the waist joint and how her dress hangs over the belt just a bit. The only real shortcoming might be how her sleeves bend with the elbow joints, which may make another case for swappable, pre-posed arms that may look better on display. Point is, you should get one of these. Read on!

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Obi-Wan Kenobi (Jedi Spirits, The Vintage Collection). He's a lot like regular Ben, but with ice sculpture hands and feet, and for some reason you can see through his robes. I like the opaque bits a lot, but I feel the clear blue bits are losing me the more I look at these guys. Props to Hasbro for excellent metallic paint on the opaque parts, I think they're on the right track and hopefully we'll get something without see-through clothes after he's dead. How undignified. Read on!

This week in Star Wars Q&A - Don't play games with me! Wait, or maybe do.  And Tariffs... here we go again.

Also we are out of questions so I have two openings for next week. If you have questions, now is a great time to send them in!

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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Darth Vader (Force Masters / Epic World of Action). Still in a Target near you, this slightly-repainted version of Vader has very nice red lenses and some red lightning on his hands. And lightsaber. And a big plastic wad of it, just for fun. It's more or less the same as the figure packed with the mech, plus or minus deco and gear. It's pretty impressive for the price, showing that there's a massive chasm continuing to grow between "expensive collector figure" and "perfectly good action figure." I like this set - it feels like a box of toys. Read on!

There wasn't much I felt like reporting on from Toy Fair this year, but there were two new entries in The Retro Collection with Captain Antilles and Wedge Antilles. As such, The Retro Collection Dump got a big update to the various lists and tallies with as much information as possible. It's a manual affair, so let me know if you see any errors.

Currently, Wedge and the Cap'n bring 2026 up to 6 total figures, and the entire line is up to 108 figures. This means that The Retro Collection could very well overtake the original Kenner collection in unique figure releases by the end of 2027. For those keeping track at home, Kenner released figures from 1978-1985 (8 years) while Hasbro will have been running The Retro Collection from 2019-2027 (9 years.) 

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Shaak Ti (The Vintage Collection). She's the best version yet in terms of sculpt and engineering, but she also seems much more brightly colored - in line with the cartoons. If you don't have a Shaak Ti, get this one. If you do, you might be happy with what you have - but this is worth a peek, right? Read on!

This week in Star Wars Q&A - Disney Droids! What if Disney went beyond droids? And New Movie Speculation. Are they toying with you?

Also we are out of questions so I have two openings for next week. If you have questions, now is a great time to send them in!

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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Padmé Amidala (The Vintage Collection). This figure shows Hasbro's utter mastery of replicating characters from the 21st century with a head sculpt that's unmatched, with facial printing that's top-notch, and a very nice plastic wig to top it all off. Articulation is superb, and it's a lot better than the most recent 3 3/4-inch releases... and those were also amazing. If you're happy with what you have, don't look at one in person, because you'll be impressed and buy it. Read on!

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: The Stranger (Qimir, The Vintage Collection). Sure he's $20, but the hair looks great, he has decent accessories, and there are a bunch of unusual figure parts we probably won't see used ever again. Also this is easily the best character design from The Acolyte, so help yourself to one. Read on!

This week in Star Wars Q&A - The Big Death Start that did get made. It was French, and it was expensive.

Also we are out of questions so I have two openings for next week. If you have questions, now is a great time to send them in!

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