Tag Archives: Battle Of Hoth

Check out tonight’s Visual Guide update featuring The Black Series [Phase IV] Rebel Trooper (Hoth) (TESB03). Click below for the full Visual Guide page. Click here to check out our full review.

The Retro Collection line is losing its luster and beginning to pile up everywhere. And what about Luke Skywalker (Snowspeeder) (Prototype Edition)? Are you sick of the rainbow figures yet? (more….)

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Amazon is bringing us the full Retro Collection bounty hunter set through a series of exclusive 2-packs. Dengar/IG-88 make up the second release in this series. Click below to check out our full Visual Guide of this Special 2 Action Figures set. We also have a full review of this set for your perusal. 

Tonight’s Visual Guide update features the Amazon exclusive 2-pack Boba Fett/Bossk (Special 2 Action Figures) set. Click below to check out our fully detailed Visual Guide. You can also read our full review of this set right here.

The Rebel Soldier (Echo Base Battle Gear) set disappoints us. But do you know why? (more….)

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We are wrapping up the Walmart exclusive Original 96 wave with the Bespin Security Guard (Isdam Edian) (VC239). Click below for the full Visual Guide. Click here to check out our full review.

Let’s continue our Visual Guide updates for the Walmart exclusive Original 96 wave. Next up is ARTOO-DETOO (R2-D2) (VC234). Click below for our full Visual Guide, and click here to read our full review.

The Retro Collection Special 2 Action Figures [Dengar/IG-88] set continues delivering Kenner-inspired bounty hunters into our collections. (more….)

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The Retro Collection Special 2 Action Figures [Dengar/IG-88] set continues delivering Kenner-inspired bounty hunters into our collections. (more….)

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We have some Visual Guide updates for our The Vintage Collection Visual Guide guide, starting off with Yoda (VC218). Click below for the full guide page. We also have a full review of this figure right here.

The Retro Collection Special 2 Action Figures [Boba Fett/Bossk] set is neat, but what happened to Bossk? (more….)

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Glory, hallelujah! It’s another George Lucas-era masculine male O96 figure! Check out the astounding Bespin Security Guard (Isdam Edian) action figure. It will bring a tear to your eye. (more….)

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It’s another O96! Check out ARTOO-DETOO (R2-D2), complete with classic nameplate typo and stunning card art with The Empire Strikes Back entertainment logo. Oh yeah, and the figure? Well, it sucks! (more….)

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The Vintage Collection Bespin Security Guard (Helder Spinoza) is the best figure of 2022, and we say that knowing it has imperfections and is 50% reused parts. And it’s hard to believe we waited 42 years for the FIRST modern counterpart to the classic 1980 The Empire Strikes Back vintage Kenner release. It’s like waiting for a new ABBA record. But it’s finally here, and it’s divine. (more….)

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The Star Wars “Saga” line is officially two decades old. We’re revisiting all of the figures that made up this unprecedented lineup. Today, we’re going to start off the revisiting with 2002’s Star Wars “Saga” [Phase I] Imperial Officer [Version 2] (’02 #55) figure. Check out the new review template, the all-new Photo Gallery, the rewritten review, and the other content we updated as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the line that supported Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones.

The Star Wars “Saga” line is officially two decades old. We’re revisiting all of the figures that made up this unprecedented lineup. Today, we continue with 2002’s Star Wars “Saga” [Phase I] Luke Skywalker (Bespin Duel) (’02 #29) figure. Check out the new review template, the all-new Photo Gallery, the rewritten review, and the other content we updated as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the line that supported Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones.

Hasbro fails TVC collectors again with The Vintage Collection Yoda (VC218) figure. Refusing to update the swivel elbows collectors have begged for since 2011, they plopped the “Cave Of Evil” figure on a card sporting The Empire Strikes Back entertainment logo, added a few different paint operations, and called it a day. They should be ashamed. (more….)

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This figure topped JTA’s Fans’ Choice Poll, and once we published the results, it wasn’t long until Hasbro announced its imminent re-release. The Rebel Soldier (Echo Base Battle Gear) figure hasn’t looked better. They updated it with Photo Real deco, fixed the mismatched ankle joints, changed a few colors, and gave the boots a shiny finish instead of a matte finish. We took the time to break it all down for you by producing an all-new 56-image gallery complete with comparison shots, dioramas, and a breakdown of what separates the 2011 version from the 2021 new release in the Collector Notes. This figure is shipping in the Bib Fortuna wave, and Hasbro is selling solid case packs of the figure too. See this excellent figure updated in our RDRs now! There’s more difference here than you may realize.

For our next The Vintage Collection Visual Guide update we get an all-new Lando Calrissian (VC205). Click below to check out the full Visual Guide page. Make sure to also check out our full review of this figure over in our review database.

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We are closing out our The Vintage Collection Visual Guide Updates from wave 29 with Princess Leia (Bespin Escape) (VC187). Click below to check out our full Visual Guide. You can also hop on over to our full review for additional images and details.

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Wow. The Vintage Collection Lando Calrissian is a nearly-perfect action figure. Sure, it has some imperfections, but you probably won’t care. You won’t want to miss this one for any reason! (more….)

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Welcome to another entry in our The Vintage Collection: The Ninety Six column. Hasbro recently committed to collectors that they will be “focusing” on characters in The Vintage Collection that fall under “The Ninety Six” banner. If you’re new to this, it means that there needs a modern counterpart for every classic Kenner figure. Between 2020 and 2021, Hasbro’s made an admirable effort by focusing on these characters. But there is more work to be done, and we’ll figure out where we are step by step. Today we assess 4-LOM.

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Welcome to another entry in our The Vintage Collection: The Ninety Six column. Hasbro recently committed to collectors that they will be “focusing” on characters in The Vintage Collection that fall under “The Ninety Six” banner. If you’re new to this, it means that there needs a modern counterpart for every classic Kenner figure. Between 2020 and 2021, Hasbro’s made an admirable effort by focusing on these characters. But there is more work to be done, and we’ll figure out where we are step by step. Today we assess Zuckuss.

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Welcome to another entry in our The Vintage Collection: The Ninety Six column. Hasbro recently committed to collectors that they will be “focusing” on characters in The Vintage Collection that fall under “The Ninety Six” banner. If you’re new to this, it means that there needs a modern counterpart for every classic Kenner figure. Between 2020 and 2021, Hasbro’s made an admirable effort by focusing on these characters. But there is more work to be done, and we’ll figure out where we are step by step. Today we assess AT-AT Commander.

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Welcome to another entry in our The Vintage Collection: The Ninety Six column. Hasbro recently committed to collectors that they will be “focusing” on characters in The Vintage Collection that fall under “The Ninety Six” banner. If you’re new to this, it means that there needs a modern counterpart for every classic Kenner figure. Between 2020 and 2021, Hasbro’s made an admirable effort by focusing on these characters. But there is more work to be done, and we’ll figure out where we are step by step. Today we assess Luke Skywalker (Hoth Battle Gear).

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