Based on the increasingly controversial new Battlefront II game, the Inferno Squad Agent is GameStop's exclusive TIE Pilot with a Stormtrooper belt and some new red paint.  I like it.  Read on!

One good droid deserves another - the BB-8 (Droid Factory Line Look) is a newish mold!   He's bigger than Hasbro's, but the deco is different - not better, not worse.  Neither seems truly superior, but this one is bigger and a little bit more adorable thanks to the eye seeming to have more life in it.  Read on!

This week in Q&A - Han Solo Release Schedules are a thing that are tough to discuss! Kre-O! Sure. Also Dianoga because we had some space to fill and need your questions.

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Amazon's new exclusives are here early!   Amazon's Star Wars The Black Series Elite Praetorian Guard (with Heavy Blade) has a unique helmet and two distinctive weapons you won't find in other exclusives or the individual figures.  Grab yours here.

The Star Wars The Black Series First Order Stormtrooper with Gear includes a figure with a new helmet for The Last Jedi in addition to some new and previously seen accessories like the riot baton, riot shield, ammo pouch, jet pack, and more.  Click here to order it.

You loved "Untitled Star Wars Project," now look forward to "Untitled Star Wars Trilogy!"   StarWars.com and other outlets confirmed Rian Johnson, Writer-Director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, to Create All-New Star Wars Trilogy.  This means that the film saga under Disney has about 8 confirmed feature-length installments, including these new ones about.... something.  If nothing else we get the hint that Disney and Lucasfilm liked working with him, which bodes well for this December's movie.  Click here to read more.  Or feel free to begin commenting on speculation of what you'd like to see.  I want a crazy movie of aliens, droids, and suited-up people.

Not from Hasbro!  Disney's 2BB-2 (Droid Factory Line Look) is pretty slick and, for some reason, have the lettering backward.  Go figure.  It's a neat robot that looks kind of like a globe of Earth.  Read on!

You may have seen big displays of these in September, and now they seem to have dried up.  But why?  The Darth Vader (The Black Series, 6-Inch, Centerpiece) lights up and has places to put Stormtroopers while the Sith Lord tears down this wall.  It lights up, too.  Read on!

This week in Q&A - Pricing may vary by store, but you knew that. Waiting for the movie - is this a sound strategy for picking up your toys? And Solo - what should we expect when the toy line launches in under 6 months?

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The guillotine continues.  The USA Today and others are reporting Another 60-plus Sears, Kmart stores set to close in January 2018; see the list.   It's less a strategy for competitiveness than it is an ever-decreasing trek toward obscurity, marching toward the same place in our culture held by Montgomery Word, Woolworths, or Kay-Bee Toys.   As far as we know Hasbro is no longer offering Kmart or Sears exclusive toy product, but it's increasingly difficult to verify this first-hand. 

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The new Kylo Ren is a 3 3/4-inch figure available in multiple configurations - this one is sold carded, with a cape, and has a painted scar on his face.  It's probably the best of these, unless he's also going to come out with the "space bandage" we saw in the movie trailer later.  Read on!

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Hasbro's convention Hascon was enough of a success that we're getting a sequel - but we're going to skip a year.  The next one will once again be in Providence, RI in 2019, not 2018.   It was posted on Twitter, and we'll post more as we have it.  This year's Star Wars presence was pretty good - a good chunk of space was devoted to the first public showing of The Last Jedi toys mere days after launch, although few items on display were reveals.

Possibly at a Walmart near you, the Elite Praetorian Guard (The Black Series) 3 3/4-inch figure is pretty cool - but looks different from the other ones.  The cloth robes allow for full leg movement, and the arms are nicely jointed.  Read on!