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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Battle Droid (The Retro Collection). This one's a little weird - the sculpt looks similar to the 1999 figures, but the backpack took design cues from Boba Fett. It's melting into the back, and while it looks weird I do enjoy the design decision as it's based on an actual Kenner product. Also the Battle Droid has a far more interesting pose than most Retro figures, with a bent elbow that gives him a lot of personality. Read on!
Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Queen Amidala (The Retro Collection). She's in that six pack at Target you may find now, and has a lot of very 1980s details like the wavy fabric pattern on her leg interiors as well as the Leia-ish poses of her hands. She also has some thing no original figure had, like the extended collar element and her long hair. Overall, it's a pretty great figure. Read on!
ShopDisney posted a couple of Pride products, and they're really cool. The R3-RN8W Droid Factory Figure – Star Wars Pride Collection may well be the best figure they've done so far - maybe R2-RNBW is better, I don't know, I haven't been able to get one after a few years - with a clear dome, black body, and tons of color. It's great.
Also new is a R2-D2 Slider Pin – Star Wars Pride Collection – Limited Release, which has a moving droid part on it.
This week in Star Wars Q&A - The End! Are we there yet? Also Case Packs vs. Character Diversity - well, there are limits. Also HasBlab because you may have seen a leak.
Also, we're out of questions for next week. (We got one, we had two, but timeliness required I bump it up to this week.)
Read on!
Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Qui-Gon Jinn (The Retro Collection). As part of the new Episode I retro 6-pack, this is a pretty nice figure - the lightsaber and fabric cloak are great accessories, while the figure has a nice head sculpt that looks like it would fit in with a lot of the originals. The hair would've broken right off the head were it made in the 1980s probably, so just be happy that this one was made in modern times. Read on!
Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Jar Jar Binks (The Retro Collection). I have been seeing a steady trickle of this figure at Target, where it's an exclusive closed-box six pack with six individually carded figures inside. This is one of the better ones - his hands are more modernized than most retro figures, but he's still pretty charming and fits in more Mini-Rigs than I anticipated. Read on!
This week in Star Wars Q&A - Price Hikes! At least you aren't in Japan! Also cape maintenance - got any tips?
Also, we're out of questions for next week. But we do have ramblings on May the 4th and some other things.
Read on!
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Hasbro Pulse has the shared Star Wars Retro Collection Star Wars Episode II & Episode III Multipack up for pre-order right now - but only for Hasbro Pulse Premium members. Usually these things go up for everybody later, but now it's restricted and it's $59.99 - not a bad price compared to other 6-packs. If you like this set, Target most likely has its The Phantom Menace set in stock at a store near you right now - but this set is coming later this year with Jango, Anakin, Padme, and more.
While not actual retro product, the retro-inspired C-3PO and R2-D2 Talking Action Figure Set – Classic Edition – Star Wars is up at ShopDisney right now for $49.99. It's two figures - including a slightly off-model Kenner-inspired R2-D2 - where C-3PO is around 9-inches and R2-D2 is over 6-inches.
Presumably this won't be in any stores other than theme parks.
Hey hey, it's the fanstream - and pre-orders are coming tomorrow. What's new?
Shop Disney/Hasbro Pulse split The Retro Collection 6-pack, with a nice-but-odd mix of Attack of the Clones Mace Windu, Jango Fett, and Padme Amidala with Revenge of the Sith Anakin Skywalker, General Grievous, and Clone Trooper. I'm looking forward to this.
As they warned, The Vintage Collection HasLab got punted to... we don't know when. But that's probably a good idea, because a lot of pre-orders are about to go live and we've only got so much money. A X-Wing Pilots 4-pack with a Duros and a green-skinned lady from... OK I admit I have no idea.
Pipeline reveals include Ahsoka's take on a live-action The Clone Wars Anakin Skywalker, a 4-pack of Shriek Hawk Mandalorians, and most enticing, a Pulse/ShopDisney exclusive Mandalorian Forge playset. Can they support the playset in a small exclusive offering? We shall see!
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Hasbro's last TC-14 figure was shipped to stores in 2020, so this new one - complete with easy joke accessory - may be of interest. 
