With Episode IX and “The Mandalorian” hitting the big and small screens later this year, there wasn’t anything on display at Toy Fair for these anticipated parts of the Star Wars universe. However, there was some news — new retro style figures! Exclusive to Target, these figures are the old Kenner figures — well, save for Tarkin, as he’s a new figure in the retro style! Also new is the 8″ scale Hyperreal line of figures. The first one is everyone’s favorite Dark Lord of the Sith – Darth Vader. Pictures by Steve Kushnir
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The Case for a The Black Series 6″ Mara Jade
Look, I know I don’t usually cover Star Wars figures, I know I have BotCon info to put up, and I know I am not even part of the polling process, but I need to get this out there. The only character you should vote for in the Star Wars 2015 Fans’ Choice Poll is Mara Jade. I admit that I’m biased. My wife is a huge Mara fan. But honestly, there is no better choice for the winner, simply because this is the best opportunity. I know the 6″ The Black Series line is missing a lot of iconic
Continue readingFunko’s Final Star Wars Celebration Exclusives
Star Wars Celebration starts tomorrow, and we’re getting caught up on these Funko announcements. At booth 1410, you will have the opportunity to buy a lot of awesome Funko Star Wars merchandise! We already showed you some of the exclusives; here are the rest! Verdigris Greedo Hikari Premium Sofubi Figure Limited to 500 Matte Black Boba Fett Hikari Premium Sofubi Figure Limited to 1000 Icey Storm Trooper Hikari Premium Sofubi Figure Limited to 750 Star Clone Trooper Hikari Premium Sofubi Figure Limited to 1000 Funko x Super 7 Super Shogun: Shadowtrooper 24″ tall, features a left fist launcher and wheeled
Continue readingFunko Announces First Star Wars Celebration Exclusives
Funko has announced that they will be at Star Wars Celebration in just a few weeks, and if you are going, you can find them in booth 1410. And, of course, it would be a Funko convention showing without some cool exclusives! Here are the first five exclusives, and two more announcements will be made in the coming weeks.
Continue readingFunko’s May the 4th Be With You Contest — Still Going On!
If you got caught up too much in Star Wars Day celebrations — or you hate “May the Fourth” so much you turned off your phone and computer for 24 hours — and missed Funko’s “May the 4” Contest, don’t worry — you still have time to enter! Funko is giving away four prototypes from their Pop!: Star Wars line. One winner will receive prototypes of The Emperor, Biker Scout, Bossk, and Luke Skywalker Hoth. These are the prototypes made to test out the characters and features, and are limited to five prototypes. That’s it. Five. In the entire world (or
Continue readingHasbro Reveals 6″ The Black Series Yoda and SDCC Jabba the Hutt
As part of yesterday’s “Star Wars Day” celebration, Hasbro revealed two new figures in their popular 6″ The Black Series line. First off, as announced by voice actor Tom Kane on the Star Wars Instagram channel, we will be getting a figure of Yoda: And for San Diego Comic Con 2014, we will get a 6″ scale Jabba the Hutt with Salacious Crumb!
Continue readingDark Horse Digital Announces “May the 4th Be With You” Sale
Free starter bundles for new readers, plus a galaxy of Star Wars comics for $30 or $100: reader’s choice! MAY 2, MILWAUKIE, OR—Hot on the heels of its most successful anniversary sale to date, Dark Horse Digital announces a very special limited offer for Star Wars Day! Starting today, get blasted into a galaxy far, far away with two amazing May the 4th MegaBundles! One MegaBundle is for devout comics readers, and the other is for the younger Star Wars fan in your life! The Star Wars May the 4th MegaBundle places over 3,700 pages of Star Wars comics goodness
Continue readingFunko Reveals Series 6 of Star Wars Pop!
In honor of “Star Wars Day”, Funko has sent over pictures of Series 6 of their “Star Wars” Pop! Line! Featuring a huge (relatively speaking) Wampa pop vinyl figure that stands at 6″ tall , this line will also bring you bobble heads of Luke Skywalker in Hoth Gear, Bossk, Emperor Palpatine, Hammerhead, and a Biker Scout. Yes, that Wampa is as awesome as you think it is. You have to wait until June to get these, though.
Continue readingC2E2 2014 – The Anovos Booth
The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo hit the Windy City again this past weekend, and ASM once again had a great time! One of the booths we spent a lot of time at was that of Anovos. When we had seen pictures appear that showed they had new Star Wars costumes, we knew we had to have a talk. You see, here at ASM, we love costuming and we love Star Wars costumes. We have costumes, we are members of the 501st Legion and Rebel Legion, and we have made many great friends through those organizations. So, now Anovos is going to make high-end Star
Continue readingDark Horse Previews “Star Wars: Rebel Heist” #1
On April 30, Dark Horse will release the latest in Star Wars comics – Star Wars: Rebel Heist. As the solicit explains, a young Rebel finds out that his hero Han Solo may not actually be the perfect hero. Set in the days of the Rebellion, this story is written by Matt Kindt, pencilled by Marco Castiello, inked by Dan Parsons, and colored by Gabe Eltaeb. Featuring covers by Matt Kindt and Adam Hughes, Star Wars: Rebel Heist #1 goes on sale April 30. See the preview pages below.
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