Monthly Archives: November 2024

Amazon has been celebrating Black Friday for a week now. Click below to check out the any new deals that have been added for the actual Black Friday: 

• The Vintage Collection
• The Black Series

Entertainment Earth has launched their Black Friday promotion with several tiered deals: Spend $100, save $10; spend $200, save $25; spend 300, save $50. 

Note: In order to take advantage of the Black Friday savings, you will need to remove our 10% off deal from your cart during checkout if it automatically applies. You can only use one or the other. In this case, the Black Friday deal will save you more than the 10% referral. 

Sideshow Collectibles is celebrating Black Friday with the Gift of Boba. 

For a limited time, qualifying purchases of $300 or more score a two-figure Boba Fett Sixth Scale Set by Hot Toys completely FREE!

There are also markdowns up to 50% off on many other figures. Buy one figure and get the Boba Fett 2-Pack free! Click here to browse the selections!

Disney Store’s Black Friday deals include up to 50% off on some items, with an additional 25% off sitewide and free shipping on orders over $40 with code GIFT. Click through to start shopping.

This week’s Gift the Galaxy reveal features another The Black Series Clones of the Republic 2-pack: Obi-Wan Kenobi & Clone Trooper (212th). This will be available for pre-order today at 1 PM Eastern on Hasbro Pulse (and Disney Store at a later date). Head over to Comingsoon.net for the full reveal.

UPDATE: Now available for pre-order at Hasbro Pulse

Walmart has two of their exclusive multipacks on sale: 

• The Black Series Captain Enoch & Night Trooper – $28.96
• The Black Series Mandalorian Shriek-Hawk Trainers – $31.46

If you are still needing the Retro Collection A New Hope 6-Pack, Entertainment Earth has them in stock and ready to ship. Get an extra 10% off by using our affiliate code. 

UPDATE: Cyber Monday sale puts this set at $29.99 before JTA’s 10% discount.

Let’s check out The Vintage Collection’s K-2SO (Kay-Tuesso) repacked figure to support Star Wars: Andor. See it in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)

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Amazon kicks off their Black Friday sales today. There are too many to list, so check out the sales for The Vintage Collection and The Black Series below! These include the TVC N-1 Starfighter for $79.99.

• The Vintage Collection Black Friday Deals
• The Black Series Black Friday Deals

Holy smokes! There is a white male in a Disney Star Wars series! “Bust our buttons!” The Vintage Collection’s Jod Na Nawood from Skeleton Crew is a pretty cool action figure and our introduction to this new series. See it in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)

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Pre-orders are now open for yesterday’s Gift the Galaxy reveals:

• TVC IG-12, Grogu & Anzellan (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• TBS Baylon Skoll Force FX Elite Lightsaber (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)

Amazon has marked down their exclusive The Black Series Inquisitor & Duros Bounty Hunter (Halloween Edition) to $30.87. Click here for the deal.

The Gift The Galaxy campaign has also revealed an addition to the TVC Deluxe line: IG-12, Grogu & Anzellan. This will be up for pre-order tomorrow, November 20, at 1 PM Eastern. Check out the full reveal at Bleadingcool.com.

Today’s Gift The Galaxy reveals start with a new The Black Series Baylon Skoll Force FX Elite Lightsaber. Get the full details over at Techradar.com. This will be available to pre-order tomorrow (November 20) at 1 PM Eastern. 

Columbia has revealed their 2024 collection featuring Darth Vader-themed apparel. Click through to check out the full collection!

Disneystore.com is celebrating Life Day with the launch of new products, including The Black Series Yoda & Clone Commander Gree and the 41st Legion Clone Commander Gree Voice-Changing Helmet. Shop all the sales here!

This will surprise literally no one. The mythological Rey movie has now been removed from the release schedule according to the Hollywood Reporter. Star Wars was originally supposed to have two movies in 2026. The Mandalorian & Grogu in May and the Rey movie in December. But with the latter still not having a script and not a writer – yet again (this is the second time now) – it was inevitable that the movie would be removed from the schedule. There simply would be no time anymore to finish the movie in time for a December 2026 release. Click through for a discussion!

Mandatory photo of Rey crying

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Let’s check out the Bo-Katan Kryze single-carded figure from the Epic Hero Series line. See it in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)

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Amazon has the TVC Model Nodes Builder Pack available for $80. Click here for the product page.

Let’s check out the Moff Gideon single-carded figure from the Epic Hero Series line. See it in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)

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Pre-orders are now open for the Amazon exclusive The Black Series 2-Packs. Click below for the pre-order pages:

• Dagan Gera & BX Droid (Hybrid)
• Clone Commando (Urban Fighter) & B1 Battle Droid (Training)

We could barely contain our excitement for another blue Mandalorian action figure. Let’s check out the Mandalorian Shriek-Hawk Target exclusive figure. See it in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)

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The 2024 Gift The Galaxy campaign kicked off today with the reveal of several new 2-packs from The Black Series:

• Dagan Gera & BX Droid (Hybrid) (Amazon Exclusive)
• Clone Commando (Urban Fighter) & B1 Battle Droid (Training) (Amazon Exclusive)

Both will retail for $44.99 and go up for pre-order tomorrow, November 13th at 1 PM Eastern on Amazon. Look for these to start shipping summer 2025.

Head over to Gamesradar.com for the full reveal.

Let’s check out yet ANOTHER “almost” repack in The Vintage Collection with the Ahsoka Tano (Peridea) figure based on the awful Star Wars: Ahsoka. See it in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)

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Let’s check out ANOTHER “almost” repack in The Vintage Collection with the Grand Admiral Thrawn figure based on the awful Star Wars: Ahsoka. See it in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)

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Starting tomorrow for the next six weeks the 2024 Gift The Galaxy kicks off with new product reveals, concluding on December 17. 

Let’s check out ANOTHER repack in The Vintage Collection with the Bo-Katan Kryze (Plazir-15) figure. See it in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)

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Let’s check out the Moff Gideon/Bo-Katan Kryze two-pack, which is part of the Epic Hero Series line. See it in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)

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The headline says it all. Earlier today an official release date for Andor season 2 was given. Nothing else was said and no trailer was released. My guess is that marketing for Andor will only begin once Skeleton Crew has finished to avoid any confusion and overlap.

Are you excited for season 2 of Andor? Will anyone who initially did not watch Andor season 1 watch season 2?

As of now Andor will be the only new Star Wars on Disney+ in all of 2025. Nothing else for 2025 has been announced. Which means Andor will be the last new Star Wars before The Mandalorian and Grogu movie hits theaters in May 2026.

Let’s check out the Mandalorian Privateer figure, a Target exclusive release. See it in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)

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Iron Studios has announced one of the coolest Star Wars statues so far: a 1:10 scale replica statue of the iconic Star Wars Style A poster art. Click through to check out the details!

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Pre-orders are now open for the limited edition Hot Toys exclusive Purge Trooper Commander (VGM67) 1/6 Scale Figure. Click here for the pre-order page.

Let’s check out the Darth Maul figure from the Epic Hero Series line in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)

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Check out the Boba Fett figure from the Epic Hero Series line in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)

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According to Deadline (a reputable trade magazine with actual inside sources) Lucasfilm is at it yet again… according to Deadline’s sources Kathleen Kennedy hired Simon Kinberg to make an all new trilogy of Star Wars movies, he will be the sole writer and producer (alongside Kennedy). According to the article there is some dispute about whether Kinberg will write episodes X-XII of the Skywalker saga or make an all new trilogy. Deadline’s sources told them it’ll be actually Episodes X-XII.

Now, Lucasfilm themselves have not announced anything, Kennedy did not walk out on some stage and talked about this new project. But you can usually trust Deadline to be correct when they post these things on their front page.

Kinberg has worked for Star Wars before, he was co-creator and writer for Rebels, he’s also the person who wrote the horrific Dark Phoenix X-Men movie and he’s also the one who wrote the 2015 Fantastic Four movie. So let’s just say my confidence in Kinberg is not particularly high. Even if other works like the RDJ Sherlock Holmes movie were received a lot better.

But since this is Lucasfilm let’s just all have a good laugh and wait for the inevitable report by any of the Hollywood trades that Kinberg no longer works on yet another trilogy. He can join Rian Johnson, Benioff & Weiss, Taika Waititi, Leslye Headland, Colin Trevorrow, Damon Lindelof, Steven Knight, Patty Jenkins et al in the clubhouse soon!

Why is Kathleen Kennedy still in charge over at Lucasfilm, planning nonsense things?

Read the original report by Deadline here!

Another day at the Lucasfilm offices

We are taking another one for the team, wasting our time on these awful, dreadful action figures from the horrid The Acolyte series. Check out Jedi Knight Yord Fandar in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)

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We are taking one for the team, wasting our time on these awful, dreadful action figures from the horrid The Acolyte series. Let’s check out Padawan Jecki Lon in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)

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Hasbro Pulse is (finally) sending out updates for the HasLab Ghost, with shipping expected to begin in early December. 

Hot Toys next exclusive sixth scale release is the Purge Trooper Commander (VGM67) from the Star Wars Jedi: Survivor video game. This exclusive is limited to 2500. Click through for full details and gallery images.

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Yawn. Repacks are so chronic that Hasbro is adding letters after the VC numbers to pull the wool over the barking and clapping seals’ eyes. See what we mean by reviewing The Mandalorian (Imperial Base) figure in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)

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Check out the Jetpack Trooper from The Vintage Collection. It looks pretty sweet. See it in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)

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It looks like the Skeleton Crew The Black Series figures are now available to order on Amazon. These were previously unavailable for pre-order, but are now listed on Amazon for $20 each (Captain Brutus is listed, but currently unavailable):

• Neel – $20.20
• Wim – $20.20
• KB – $20.20
• Pirate Captain Brutus (Port Borgo)
• Fern – $20.20
• Jod Na Nawood – $20.13

With all of the micro pre-orders dropping over the past month, here’s a full list just in case you might have missed something!

The Vintage Collection

• Doctor Evazan (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Imperial Snowtrooper (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Howler & Sabine Wren (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Jedi Knight Yord Fandar (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Obi-Wan Kenobi (Jedi Legend) (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Aurra Sing (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Lieutenant Callahan (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Jod Na Nawood (Amazon)
• Chopper (Imperial Disguise) (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Luke Skywalker (VC344) (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Jedi Master Indara (VC345) (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Dedra Meero (VC346) (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Anakin Skywalker (VC347) (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Clone Trooper Lieutenant (Teth) (VC348) (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Streets of Mos Eisley Playset (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)

The Black Series

• Commander Cody (Walmart Exclusive)
• TBS Savage Opress (Entertainment Earth)
• Luminara Unduli (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Shaak Ti (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Sebulba (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Princess Leia Organa (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Luke Skywalker (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Dagan Gera (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Prince Xizor (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Clone Commander Bacara (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Commando Droid (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Armorer Roleplay helmet (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• STAP & Battle Droid (Pulse Con Exclusive via Hasbro Pulse)

Columbia has their teaser page for this year’s Star Wars collection, featuring the iconic breathing of Darth Vader. Look for the full reveal on November 19th, with the collection going on sale December 5th. Click here to check out the preview page.

Looks like Disney Store has the other Pulse/Disney Store exclusive in stock and ready to ship. Click here for the pre-order page!

Here’s one more The Vintage Collection pre-order for you this week from the Lucca24 Comics & Games event. Click below for pre-order options:

• Chopper (Imperial Disguise) (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)

The latest Star Wars series Skeleton Crew starts on December 3 on Disney+. Click through to check out the latest trailer and poster art.

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The Disney Store has The Vintage Collection New Republic E-Wing & KE4-N4 in-stock with free shipping. Click here for the product page.