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Well, this is interesting, yet oddly expected. Jabba’s Sail Barge (The Khetanna) is on eBay to help out international collectors. Check out the ad! Special thanks to JTA reader Justin V. for the alert! #backthebarge!

We’re officially 80% backed! We just hit 4000 backers! #backthebarge!

JTA reader Sam T. provides today’s advertisement for #backthebarge!

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With special thanks to my friend Chris at Bantha Skull for stealing my idea, we have in return stolen his FAQ post (with permission) and created a document that you can download and share all over the web. Please keep in mind that the official FAQ can be found on the HasLab website, but there is still so much confusion surrounding Jabba’s Sail Barge (The Khetanna) that we felt compelled to share this with you. Dispel the myths and show others why they need this vehicle in their collections! Please spread the word (pun intended). We are all so close to making this a reality! #backthebarge

We all know what we saw in the movie… but what REALLY happened when Luke Skywalker offered a gift to Jabba the Hutt? We should all follow our beloved Jedi Master’s lead on this one! A big thanks to JTA reader Todd for opening our eyes to what really happened all those years ago! #backthebarge

Do you want to see what you’ll be missing if you don’t #backthebarge? JTA reader Cloned has put together a magnificent collaged image showing all the appropriate action figures situated in different areas of Jabba’s Sail Barge. Don’t you want to do this too? The only way you can is if you #backthebarge! Go! Go go! Make it work! Do you want to catch up on securing the figures needed to populate your Jabba’s Sail Barge? Then catch up on eBay HERE!

I can’t look! We’re in danger of crashing our hopes and dreams! From the day Hasbro announced the exclusive Yak Face figure premium add-on for Jabba’s Sail Barge, nearly 1000 more of you had backed it. While I feel the vehicle itself is worthy of the $500, I also hope Hasbro does whatever they can in this FINAL WEEK to make the rest of you back it too. JTA and others have provided some excellent (and cheap) ideas, Hasbro. Also, Hasbro, feel free to remove the 5000 minimum reserve. We will all look the other way. 🙂 

Jabba’s Sail Barge (The Khetanna) has just hit 75% backing. Can we get the last 25% in one week?

Here is another important reminder announcement for Jabba’s Sail Barge (The Khetanna). Once again, special thanks to JTA reader Binary_Sun for the brilliant artwork.

I was just about to write an article about Dark Side Toys and the chance to once again pre-order the Khetanna on their website… when both payment options for the barge sold out in record time. Dark Side Toys had a contingent of 30 barges they would or could sell. Once these 30 barges were pre-ordered Dark Side Toys would no longer accept new pre-orders.
DST opened pre-orders for the Khetanna at 9 p.m. GMT, it is now 9:25 p.m. GMT as I write this. The 30 available barges were sold in just 20 minutes.
So, Europeans now only have MyUS as one of their options or they just wait for Hasbro to come forward with a plan! Fellow North Americans can’t expect much more help from Europe, I’m afraid.UPDATE: you may try your luck and go to Dark Side Toys and spam refresh in your browser, because as it seems some duplicate orders will get canceled, as well as pre-orders paid via PayPal, credit card and debit card is the only accepted payment method and it’s only one barge each!

Because there is a “cereal” theme today. Special thanks to JTA reader Binary_Sun for the great artwork! #backthebarge

Mr. Evans, good morning, we hope you enjoy your Froot Loops breakfast today. As you indulge, please click through for an urgent request.

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Here is today’s advertisement for #backthebarge! Graphic courtesy of JTA reader Binary_Sun.

Attention all Europeans: British etailer Dark Side Toys has announced on their Facebook page that they will reopen pre-orders for the Khetanna next week for the final time! Please check Dark Side Toys’ website or Facebook page regularly so you don’t miss your opportunity to get the barge.

We will also post something as soon as pre-orders actually open again. This may be the best chance for Europeans to get the barge at a fair price. Also, your effort will make sure the barge will be a success. Every single backer counts.

Can everyone who ordered Jabba’s Sail Barge already please order ONE MORE? If you do, we will meet this minimum requirement, get our Sail Barges and get our exclusive Yak Face figures. If you don’t, we’ll never have this opportunity again. NEVER. Also, if you’re in the USA or Canada and this does meet the 5000 minimum threshold, and you didn’t order it before the deadline on April 3rd, you will NEVER have another opportunity to purchase one again. EVER. Let’s do this! #backthebarge (We are 31.7% short as of this post!)

Jedi Temple Archives wasn’t the only site given the exclusive invite to Hasbro’s Google Hangout yesterday. We were joined by other colleagues in our community too. Click through to see who did (and didn’t) participate. You can also click each link and be taken to their own Q&A posts. While many questions were repetitious to our own group’s, there are still new details in most of them that may be of interest to you.

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Jedi Temple Archives was invited to an exclusive Google Hangout session with Hasbro earlier today. We partnered with Star Wars Action News and our pals at Bantha Skull to ask a series of burning questions we had about the first HasLab campaign. The Hasbro Team talked about the recently revealed painted Jabba’s Sail Barge prototype and exclusive Yak Face figure. Then we were offered the opportunity to ask the Hasbro Team our questions, one at a time, by each fan site represented until the Q&A time expired. Finally, Hasbro gave us an intimate look at the painted Jabba’s Sail Barge with close-ups and verbally described its many unique features. We’d like to thank Hasbro for taking time out of their day to do this Google Hangout session with us, and we appreciate Litzky PR for coordinating it. They also have provided NEW and EXCLUSIVE images of some of the finer details of this beautiful vessel. Click through for more!

*There are secrets in this image – Find out what they are!

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British etailer Dark Side Toys has suspended further sales of the Khetanna for now.  Click through to read their statement!

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It’s more important than ever, folks! Back the Yak! If you do, you get a FREE Jabba’s Sail Barge with it. Special thanks to JTA reader Binary_Sun for today’s advertisement! #backthebarge #backtheyak

HASBRO! Do you see what including an exclusive figure has done for the #backthebarge campaign? We are even aware of collectors that have come out their slumber hiatus SOLELY FOR THE YAK FACE figure (card back exclusive) and have plopped down $500 to back this project (FOR THE YAK FACE FIGURE!). As a result of your intelligent action, we’ve had close to 200 more backers since the announcement this morning, and we blew right into the 3000+ area now. Collectors want to feel like they’re getting something exclusive here. We’d like to suggest keeping that momentum going.

You have produced some FANTASTIC figures throughout the years that aren’t in need of an update (there will be differing opinions here for sure). However, below are eight examples/ideas of other figures you can also include with Jabba’s Sail Barge (The Khetanna). Again, make the 1985 The Power Of The Force card backs exclusives for HasLab, and if needed, release the original vintage Kenner card back for the general marketplace items. Click through for more!

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Hasbro and Litzky PR have passed along official PRESS images of today’s painted Jabba’s Sail Barge (The Khetanna) reveal and EXCLUSIVE Yak Face figure. See the full gallery on our Facebook page.

Hasbro is evidently proud of their painted sample. They just posted a time-lapse video on Twitter showing how it got its beautiful deco. Check it out!

Well, Hasbro has made this deal sweeter than bringing back The Vintage Collection. Folks on the fence: THIS should be your only reason to #backthebarge now. This exclusive POTF 85 version of Yak Face will only be available with the HasLab campaign. The standard release is coming on a Return Of The Jedi card back. This should be reason enough to support this item. This figure alone will go for $500 and more on the aftermarket. 5000 units (or so) of this exclusively packaged figure is a significant win for all collectors. (Our friends at Bantha Skull made this exact suggestion. I am glad to see it come to fruition.)

Holy! EW.com gets the exclusive story! They provide images of a painted prototype of the Jabba’s Sail Barge (The Khetanna). They ALSO reveal that a carded The Power Of The Force version of Yak Face will be included (if the campaign is a SUCCESS)! Check it all out here! #backthebarge

FINALLY! Hasbro makes it crystal clear for those unable or unwilling to understand/accept this. We had addressed this question/issue for clarity with Hasbro and were told there was nothing to share at that time. Apparently, it’s because they planned to make an official announcement. So here it is. Jabba’s Sail Barge (The Khetanna) WILL NOT be made available at any retail location in USA or Canada. It will only be available through HasLab! So if you want this thing, you better back it! #backthebarge Special thanks to our friends at Bantha Skull for the alert to this development.