It's R5-D4!  The figure is a new one, with improved paint over the 2012 release.  Is this Target exclusive worth re-buying? I think so.  Read on!

Today's (technically) Figure of the Day is Han Solo in Carbonite from 1996, which is pretty gosh-darned similar to the old Kenner one from the 1980s. New color, new stickers, and because we've got a deadline, read on!

Welcome to Q&A! This week: Is the line taking a break? Not really. Another distribution question? What a stunner! What about shopping online? Well, that ain't bad. All this and more fun talking about pricing in this week's fantosmonious splendifferous and potentially boring column!

From our sponsors at Brian's Toys: Restocked, Restocked, Restocked' is the theme for this week's Brian's Toys newsletter.  A HUGE selection of Gentle Giant mini busts have been restocked, including old classics and new favorites -- almost 50 in all!  Here to steal the thunder, the Vintage-Style Wave 13, Sideshow Collectibles Premium Format Boba Fett & General Grievous, and a lot of Loose Vintage AFA figures have also been put back in stock.

Take a bow! Presenting some hi-res images of the upcoming final wave of The Vintage Collection featuring a new Royal Guard, Nien Nunb, Lumat, Clone Wars realistic Ahsoka and Obi-Wan, Republic Trooper, Prune Face, and Weequay along with four re-issued Discover The Force figures. We will miss you Vintage Collection; your silver and black nostalgic Kenner-ness, the fantastic sculpt and articulation, and the definitive versions of many characters. Don't be away too long!

It's probably the most compelling Mythos statue we've seen so far just for the fact that it provides a glimpse of Obi-Wan Kenobi evolving from McGregor to Guinness and that large backpack holds so many caveats of interest, like his Clone Wars armor and Anakin's lightsaber.

Today, let's look at Clone Commander Cody, an exclusive remold of the basic animated trooper body from several years ago. Is it good? It sure ain't bad! Read on!

A Battle Droid!  This one doesn't match the other ones, and came out as an exclusive at the Toys R Us.  Should you get it? CAN you get it? Read on!

Hey kids, it's the Naboo Royal Guard in his 2012 style!  New head, new body, new helmet.  It takes one of the best-sculpted figures from 12 years ago and adds articulation and looks fantastic. Read on!

The limited distribution and rumored to be internet only final wave of The Vintage Collection is now available for pre-order at our sponsors at BigBadToyStore.com! Order yours today!

It's Clone Trooper Gus, a figure from a pretty great exclusive gift set which Targets often kept around until recently. If you leave the helmet on, it's a great white clone.  Is it worth it? Read on!

Leia Organa in her glamorous Bespin gown has always been one of the princess' more ornate outfits in the saga. Her standard white color pallet was starkly disrupted during the Cloud City sequence and it was a great change of pace from a costuming standpoint. The figure renditions over the years have attempted to recreate the outer gown, from the vinyl cape of the classic vintage Kenner version to the more woven POTF2 Princess Collection that would be more appropriate as window dressing. For the 2012 Vintage Collection, you get two variant cardbacks with one paying homage to a "Lost Line" look to go with a nicely sculpted and articulated figure. But did Hasbro get the gown right?

Diamond Select Toys wrote in to share news of not one, but two exclusives!  Boba Fett and R2-Q5 banks are coming, and the quality of these things is usually pretty top-notch.  Want to know more about the exclusives?  Click through, and write down that booth #632 is the booth!

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Presenting some images of the Star Tots giveaways that will be handed out at the Celebration VI Collecting Track presentations. These 2 inch tall flat die cast enameled characters are based on the unproduced Star Tots toy line from 1979.