Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Hot Wheels Han Solo (Twinduction). It's Wheels Week, so let's go through my stash of cars and see what was sitting around - this one is not the best, but it has some nice graphics on the card and on the side of the car itself. Read on!

This week in Star Wars Q&A - Refreshing the Core Cast - will it happen? Also Parsing the Parts in the Cantina - do you wait to buy the part you want, or buy the whole thing and part it out?

Also, we're out of questions for next week. But we do have ramblings on May the 4th and some other things.

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...in a handy alcove of the Star Wars: The Vintage Collection Cantina Playset, now open for crowdfunding!  Apparently you can fit all seven Modal Nodes members - if you had the foresight to buy them, like any other good hoarder - in one of the many alcoves included in the set.  It's a little smaller than what we saw on screen through the magic of movie editing, but it looks like they fit.  It also looks like the set displays quite nicely in chunks, possibly giving you a better display option than having it all set up like you might build a movie set.  Check it out.

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Luke Skywalker (Epic Hero Series). You can probably find him in a store now, and he's pretty good - he has a backpack for Grogu, and a lightsaber, and looks just like a decent toy. Get it if you have a few bucks. Read on!

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This morning Slashfilm surprised fans with their story The Acolyte's Osha And Adorable Droid Pip Are Now Star Wars Action Figures [Exclusive]. The big highlight is a six pack of figures from The Retro Collection with Osha Aniseya, Mae, Mother Ainiseya, Jedi Padawan Jecki Lon, Jedi Master Sol, and Yord Fandar.

From The Vintage Collection we also get a look at Osha, and pre-orders are coming soon on these figures.

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: R3-RNBW (Pride Collection). It's Pride season, and this is probably the most colorful droid we've ever been offered - there are a ton of individual paint applications and some extra gray squares I may not be hip enough to identify. Regardless, it looks cool - this little robot has colorful boxes, vents, and outlines all over and really stands out in a sub-category known for being pretty colorful. Should you get one? Well I would. Read on!

This week in Star Wars Q&A - The Cantina Floor - why not? Also markdowns - price corrections happen!   We also have extensive ramblings on The Acolyte, which I am guessing you either didn't watch, didn't enjoy, or didn't decide to make a decision yet.  Either way, good on you.

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I kid with the headline, but we've been asking Hasbro for Brea and Senni Tonnika since Galoob made one in Action Fleet in 1997. Or I have, at any rate. They're two of the includes (along with Wuher) in Hasbro's STAR WARS The Vintage Collection Mos Eisley Cantina. The base option is $399.99, the deluxe option adds another chunk of booths for another $100 at $499.99, and there are three stretch goals - a Greedo (read below for more on him), Nabrun Leids, and a real shocker, the missing wolfman Arleil Schous.

Is it all worth it? Will this be in a question and answer format? When should you backfill your missing alien stash? Buckle up, this one gets long.   Read on!

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Cad Bane (The Retro Collection). Based on his appearance in The Book of Boba Fett, this Kenner-style figure isn't quite as Kenner-y as some others - he more or less fits in, but lacks the detail and distinctive body language of the old guys. But it's a $12 Cad Bane, and he can stand and sit, and has a swell hat. Also he's one of the few figures where a vinyl cape might have been good to serve as a coat - but in this case, the coat is molded to the figure so it doesn't get in the way of him sitting in your old vehicles. Read on!

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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Jango Fett (Deluxe, The Vintage Collection). It may not be configured to match either of his specific looks in the movie, but all of the parts look good. The helmet is lacking his post-Kamino dent, but you do get the second jet pack - and a lot of nice articulation and painted detail. It is very nice, but given you likely have cheaper figures that are truer to the scene, you'll have to weigh "better proportions and slightly better articulation" against "already have something like it in your closet." Read on!

This week in Star Wars Q&A - We're off! Thanks to a strange blip in our hosting, email was down and if any questions were sent in, they were not delivered.

But I feel like writing something. The Acolyte starts this week with an air of excitement, apprehension, and also whatever lingering sense of trepidation you probably have from something from the last ten years of Disney Star Wars "content." One size no longer fits all, but things do seem to be very appealing to separate groups within the fan community. And like all things pop culture, it's worth giving pretty much everything a chance. If it's great? Congratulations on having a good time. If it's awful? Well, someone is going to make $200,000 off a four-hour YouTube takedown of it eventually. I think that's the new entertainment attention economy in a nutshell.

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Happy Friday everybody!  Well, maybe, depending on your time zone when you read this.

We had an email outage this week - so we're out of questions, but if you have questions, send some in!  You can find the address at the end of the Q&A column every week and I'd love to hear from you.  Or, have a break.  Either way, I hope the summer is off to a good start!