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This week in Q&A - Droids. We look at some facets of Disney's new 3 3/4-inch headache in the making. Ebay loose figure sellers from Asia - what do we know? Well... you might know more than I do. And more droids.
And send in your questions for next week. Read on!
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StarWars.com confirmed the winner of the recent fan poll for the next The Vintage Collection figure selected by fans is Marvel's Darth Vader sidekick, Doctor Aphra. To which I say, not a bad choice! Thank goodness it's a character we don't already all own as an action figure.
By now you probably already passed on Snap Wexley, but you can probably find him on sale somewhere with a Snowtrooper Officer on the cheap. He has a ridiculous grappling hook gun and a less ridiculous pistol, so check it out. Read on!
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You probably will never see this "value" First Order Stormtrooper, at least not in its original packaging. It was sold in Mexico and Australia. The simplified 6-inch tall figure has 4 joints and looks cool on a shelf next to your other figures... but it's not a The Black Series figure. Read on!
This week in Q&A - Parts & Pieces, and can you buy new replicas of lost gear? Sandcrawlers and Star Trek - what can we expect for the next generation? And Tie Ming - er, timing. Is it everything?
And send in your questions for next week. Read on!
The StarWars.com voting for the Fan Choice poll is up now! Interestingly, Ben Skywalker did not make the cut, and Emperor Palpatine - who got 0 votes here and I don't believe I saw on anyone else's top 6 - did. Well, at press time Doctor Aphra (Marvel) and Ahoka (Rebels) are tied for the lead, so click here to vote for them or not! If history is any indication, a close vote usually means we get both figures.
Here's another one you probably don't have - this Darth Maul I've seen only a couple of times, and mostly at Big Lots! so far. But they're not doing a lot of restocking here, so the 6-inch $6 figure is something you may want to chase down. Why? Read on!
Variety has a big story on a bunch of new movie release dates from Disney. Of particular note, the as-of-yet untitled Episode IX has been given a date of May 24, 2019. For those of you keeping track, the as-of-yet-Untitled Han Solo movie is set for May 2018 (still), and that's only 6 months after The Last Jedi hits theaters in December of this year.
We don't know exactly why they're changing seasons for Star Wars, although it might have something to do with getting the heck out of the way of Avatar sequels or positioning Star Wars to take over for Marvel, which may be undergoing a retool of its own. Indiana Jones 5 was also delayed to July of 2020.
From a toy business perspective, this could actually be really good news for Star Wars fans.
This week in Q&A - Jedi Symbols - where did they debut? Convention-al Wisdom - when and where should you buy your scarce, higher-end toys? And waves that haven't been officially announced yet. Yeah, you know.
And send in your questions for next week. Read on!
We got a lot of entries, a lot of possible ballot stuffing, and a lot of definitive ballot stuffing for the 2017 Fan Vote. As stated, we weren't going to take duplicate entries from the same person - and in some cases it was difficult to tell if the entries were part of an organized effort or the same individual, so we left it in for now. So who were the winners? I'm glad you asked.
The Imperial AT-ACT Driver is pretty cool - and at least locally, Hasbro shipped a bunch of this exclusive to Target stores. I'm still seeing them this week! It's basically the same as the Scarif Stormtrooper with new deco, but to me that's a pretty valid reason to buy a figure.
Because sleeping is for the weak, we're now tallying our winners for Fan's Choice right now. We won't be revealing it today, but you can probably guess who's in the lead if you look at our comments on the original post.
More as we have it - the second round of voting is going to start real soon, too!
