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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.

Bespin Security Guard (Helder Spinoza) (VC233) is the first of two Bespin Security Guards from the Walmart exclusive Original 96 wave making their way to our Visual Guides. Click below for the Visual Guide page. Make sure to also make a visit to our full review of this figure right here.

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Entertainment Earth has opened pre-orders for eight figures previously exclusive to Walmart, including the Ahsoka Tano and Grogu set and Stormtrooper. Click below for pre-order pages!

• Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2)
• Bespin Security Guard (Helder Spinoza)
• Bespin Security Guard (Isdam Edian)
• Imperial Gunner
• Stormtrooper
• Ahsoka Tano and Grogu
• Imperial Stormtrooper and E-Web Cannon
• Incinerator Trooper and Grogu

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Walmart currently has both The Vintage Collection Bespin Security Guards back in stock for $13.78 each. Click below for product pages.

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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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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Click below for pre-order pages for the Walmart Collector Con exclusive The Vintage Collection figures:

Update: Several are now showing ‘out of stock’, including the Stormtrooper and R2-D2. 

• Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2)
• Bespin Security Guard (Helder Spinoza)
• Bespin Security Guard (Isdam Edian)
• Imperial Gunner
• Stormtrooper

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Walmart Collector Con is set to launch tomorrow morning at 10 AM  Eastern. Here are the links for the upcoming The Vintage Collection exclusives expected to go live at that time:

Note: Until the links are activated, they will default to the Collector Con home page.

• Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2)
• Bespin Security Guard (Helder Spinoza)
• Bespin Security Guard (Isdam Edian)
• Imperial Gunner
• Stormtrooper

Thanks to Volker c over at starwars-figuren.com, here’s a look at three carded images from the Walmart exclusive Original 96 wave announced this week. What are your thoughts? Looks like they (almost) got 2 of 3 correct. 

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There is another… Bespin Security Guard! Check out the next fansite reveal for The Vintage Collection: Bespin Security Guard (Helder Spinoza). Full details over at GalacticFigures.com. This will also be a part of the Walmart Collector Con, up for pre-order on March 24th at 1 PM Eastern at Walmart.com.

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It looks like Walmart.com will be the place to be next week as we have another The Vintage Collection exclusive revealed, this time by Jedi News. The Vintage Collection Bespin Security Guard (Isdam Edian) will be available to pre-order next week at the Walmart Collector Con. 

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 Bespin Security Guard [A].

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In 1984, new packaging for Star Wars figures was introduced for the European market. A cost containment initiative, the new packaging sported three languages of the Return Of The Jedi logo for a “one size fits all” approach. Although a “three-logo” design was created for The Power Of The Force line (as evidenced on some ‘boxed’ toys), it wasn’t carried over to the basic figure line’s card design. They continued to use the three Return Of The Jedi logos instead. Although the word “Trilogo” is found nowhere on the packaging, the term is universally adopted by all Star Wars collectors to describe this line of figures.

Today we revisit Bespin Security Guard [A]. Bespin Security Guard [A]’s Trilogo card art is unique because it’s a hybrid. The front of the card looks like a standard Trilogo Return Of The Jedi figure, while the back shows all of the figures in the Trilogo line. The review’s Collector Notes are updated with this information. See the full card art and additional notes by revisiting the 1980’s STAR WARS Bespin Security Guard [A] figure HERE.

Hasbro, you have treated 6″ collectors very well with the four-decade celebration of 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope. The collection of vintage Kenner-inspired card backs was an interesting take for The Black Series line, but it worked out well because collectors bought them up. Sadly, you provided 3.75″ super-articulated collectors with a paltry line of 3.75″ Titanium figures that were both terrible and a slap in the face. So, can we ask you to do something special for us for 2020, please? (more….)

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Bespin Security Guard • The Empire Strikes Back • 1982

Bespin Security Guard • The Empire Strikes Back • 1980

Our “Pilots, Commanders And Droids! Oh My!” marathon of the Star Wars Series 5 Vintage Kenner Mini Action Figures has concluded. This also means we’ve completed all of Kenner’s The Empire Strikes Back figures. If you need to catch up on any of them, all you need to do is click any thumbnail below, and it will take you to the archive. We’d once again like to thank you for your participation. Recounting all of your childhood memories with these unequaled action figures and sharing the wonderful experiences you’ve all had with them is priceless. Please keep adding to the discussions! Also, please begin to prepare yourselves for more as we dive into October’s “Jabba Don’t Preach” marathon where we look at the Series 6 figures. These reviews will focus on 17 Kenner action figures from the first wave of the Return Of The Jedi line and we’re very excited to tackle them.

Our “Some Like It Hoth” marathon of the Star Wars Series 3 Vintage Kenner Mini Action Figures has concluded. If you need to catch up on any of them, all you need to do is click any thumbnail below, and it will take you to the archive. We’d once again like to thank you for your participation. Recounting all of your childhood memories with these unequaled action figures and sharing the wonderful experiences you’ve all had with them is priceless. Please keep adding to the discussions! Also, please begin to prepare yourselves for more as we dive into August’s “You Bespin Me Round (Like A Record)” marathon where we look at the Series 4 figures. These reviews will focus on the Kenner action figures from the second wave of The Empire Strikes Back line.

July may be the official start to a hot summer, but JTA is cooling things down as we look at the first wave of figures produced by Kenner for THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK line. As such, we’re excited to announce that July is “Some Like It Hoth” month in our vintage Kenner Research Droids Reviews. We will be focusing on Kenner’s Series 3 group of figures all month long. We hope you’ll bring your memories with you and add to the coversation in our comments.