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This week in Star Wars Q&A - It's time for a break! The questions didn't come in so that means I get a few weeks off.
Figure of the Day and regular news updates will continue, and maybe some other features too. Read on!
The line that matters the most is back with Star Wars Retro Collection Star Wars: A New Hope Multipack - despite the similar name. This new one is due next month and for $64.99 you get Wedge Antilles, Captain Antilles, CZ-3, RF-M9, Garindan, and Princess Leia Organa (Yavin). The last few have been available in stores and online, but I pre-ordered anyway because I want to see more of this stuff.
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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: BDX Droid (Orange with Dorn symbol, Droid Factory, Boxed). The four pack of droids from The Mandalorian and Grogu is at the theme park, and based on little original droids created for theme park stuff. They're neat droids, but to anyone who's seen the movie? They're of no significant importance, background characters you see maybe twice that don't do much other than walk around. If you like droids that look sort of like classic Tomy toys, though, these are pretty cool. Read on!
Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Baze Malbus (Deluxe, The Vintage Collection). While we got a Baze in a two-pack for the ForceLink line, this is the first new super-articulated one - and he's really, really good. Read on!
In film nerd circles, Marcia Lucas is legendary as a film editor. She worked on Star Wars, Taxi Driver, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, and other movies that are otherworldly good. She died last week at 80, and managed to squeeze magic out of rubber masks, weird dialogue, and of course some of the most successful talent of the day. If you've ever seen the Cantina sequence in Star Wars, and also Richard Pryor's Star Wars Bar sketch, you can see how she rescued what could have been a very rubbery and silly scene but trimming things to just short enough that they seem alive.
This week in Star Wars Q&A - Slow question week, so let's talk box office. I'd love more questions - and collecting isn't as hard as it used to be, so that's good news.
Also we are out of questions so write in.
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Because nobody is going to see it, AMC Theaters are giving out a free exclusive poster on 6/1 and 6/8 on its IMAX screenings. From the look of things, tickets seem to be orbiting $20 - so it's not free as such when other theaters have screenings for as little as $12.99.
This sort of thing isn't entirely uncommon. Some screenings of the movie on opening day had free pins.
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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Captain Enoch (The Vintage Collection). It's part of a troop builder set, and I have got to wonder if we'll see a carded release when Ahsoka returns to the portable screen next year. It's basically the most up-to-date Stormtrooper body available with a few new bits, like a new helmet and a new torso. The gold printing looks pretty good, and Hasbro did a nice job on this partial figure - it's kind of a shame it is locked in a closed white box. Go grab one if you can find the set, it's pretty neat. Read on!
As some of us assumed, Hasbro does indeed have more units of the STAR WARS The Vintage Collection Mos Eisley Set to sell. It's due in November for $74.99 and includes Labria, Arleil Schous, Garindan, and Chalmun. It's more old-school newness than we get in any of the waves, so be sure to give it a look if you want more figures for in and around your Cantina.
Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Garazeb "Zeb" Orrelios (HasLab, The Vintage Collection). I finally opened this guy just before seeing him make his big-screen debut over the weekend. You did go see The Mandalorian and Grogu, right? Anyway, he was dressed differently in it - but this HasLab version has a great head sculpt, excellent articulation, and a lot of personality. He looks like he's joking around and can be posed to elbow your other figures. I like this one. Read on!
According to Box Office Mojo, the newest Star Wars movie made about $100,000,000 this past weekend. That's a lot of money for me, but not a ton for a major movie over Memorial Day weekend. At 4,300 theaters, a lot of fans have reported a lot of empty seats. (I can confirm this for my screening.) That's good news if you hate crowds, but probably not the best news if you're hoping for more big long weird creature features.
This week in Star Wars Q&A - Glad Maul over? I for one am looking forward to more of it, and you should stick with it. (Yes, it's a slow start, thanks to nearly all media going Surf Dracula on us.) Theme park stuff on decline? That's what they tell me.
Also we are out of questions which should not surprise you. I have an open slot for next week, and all subsequent weeks!
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