Starkiller

Starkiller

February 23, 2013 by  
Filed under Featured, Other Games, Star Wars, Toy Reviews, Video Games

  Let me start by saying that I like Star Wars. And I like video games. And, obviously, I also like action figures, so it is pretty much a given that I would have more than a passing interest in... 

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Obi-Wan Kenobi

February 16, 2013 by  
Filed under Featured, Star Wars, Toy Reviews

  Hasbro had given us at least a couple of versions of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi partially equipped with armor over the years, ever since the character appeared that way in the 2005 Clone Wars animated... 

Gungan Warrior

Gungan Warrior

February 9, 2013 by  
Filed under Featured, Star Wars, Toy Reviews

    Even though as a species, Gungans have not received the same amount of toy love as, say, Ewoks, I have always considered them a pretty cool alien race, Jar Jar notwithstanding.   This... 

Ahsoka

Ahsoka

February 2, 2013 by  
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  Jedi padawan Ahsoka Tano is another of the characters included in the last wave of Hasbro’s Star Wars Vintage Collection. This means, of course, that the figure was sculpted in the realistic... 

Weequay Skiff Guard

Weequay Skiff Guard

January 19, 2013 by  
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  One of the last figures from the Star Wars Vintage Collection is one I had been waiting to get for quite some time. The vintage Kenner Weequay was one I really liked from my childhood, because... 

Darth Malgus

Darth Malgus

October 13, 2012 by  
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  Straight from the Star Wars: The Old Republic videogame, by developer BioWare, comes Darth Malgus, the 96th figure in Hasbro’s Star Wars Vintage Collection. Malgus jumped to the spotlight after... 

Odd Ball (Clone Pilot)

Odd Ball (Clone Pilot)

September 22, 2012 by  
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  Even though Hasbro has been producing Clone Pilots in the Revenge of the Sith uniform regularly since 2005, It was until now that we are getting an official Odd Ball figure with that attire.   Odd... 

Nikto Skiff Guard

Nikto Skiff Guard

September 8, 2012 by  
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  Well, Hasbro’s new Nikto Skiff Guard (VC99) is a long overdue update to the original figure made by Kenner for the vintage Return of the Jedi toy line. This is important for some people, because... 

Darth Vader

Darth Vader

September 1, 2012 by  
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For a character that hasn’t had more than a couple of outings in the Star Wars Vintage Collection, Darth Vader is certainly one that I didn’t feel the need to get once again. However, the latest offering... 

Anakin Skywalker

Anakin Skywalker

August 25, 2012 by  
Filed under Featured, Star Wars, Toy Reviews

  Well, as you may recall, back when Hasbro announced a new action figure line devoted to the then new CGI Clone Wars show, one question that popped up every now and then was if there would be figures... 

Grand Moff Tarkin

Grand Moff Tarkin

August 4, 2012 by  
Filed under Featured, Star Wars, Toy Reviews

  Well, if there ever was one character I absolutely thought that belonged in the Star Wars Vintage Collection by Hasbro, it is Grand Moff Tarkin. Unfortunately, the only version of Tarkin that was... 

Luke Skywalker (Lightsaber Construction)

Luke Skywalker (Lightsaber Construction)

July 28, 2012 by  
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Well, it took some time but finally Hasbro produced the Luke Skywalker figure they should have put out last year when they released the 2011  Jedi Knight Luke. However, this version of Luke Skywalker... 

Colonel Cracken (Millennium Falcon Crew)

Colonel Cracken (Millennium Falcon Crew)

July 21, 2012 by  
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With a whole half-wave devoted to characters from the deleted scenes in Return of the Jedi (included as an extra bonus in the Blu –ray release of the original film trilogy), it was inevitable that some... 

Lando Calrissian (Sandstorm Outfit)

Lando Calrissian (Sandstorm Outfit)

July 14, 2012 by  
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  It’s been quite a while since we got a Lando action figure with his skiff guard disguise. Back in the 80’s that version of Lando was among my favorites because he had a removable helmet and... 

Leia Organa (Sandstorm Outfit)

Leia Organa (Sandstorm Outfit)

July 7, 2012 by  
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  Leia Organa (Sandstorm Outfit) was released in the second wave of figures for the Star ]Wars Vintage Collection (VC88) in 2012, but that doesn’t mean she’s a truly new product, even if the... 

Luke Skywalker (Hoth Outfit)

Luke Skywalker (Hoth Outfit)

June 30, 2012 by  
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  Hasbro had been promising a cold-weather Luke ever since they first announced a newly sculpted Taun Taun, over a year ago, and they pretty much delivered with their latest Luke Skywalker (Hoth... 

Rebel Pilot (Mon Calamari)

Rebel Pilot (Mon Calamari)

June 23, 2012 by  
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The Star Wars movies are populated with a lot of interesting looking alien species, although there is no denying that one of the more prominent from Episode VI are the Mon Calamari. In the Expanded Universe,... 

Imperial Navy Commander

Imperial Navy Commander

June 16, 2012 by  
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  The Imperial Navy Commander (VC94) is one action figure I didn’t expect from Hasbro at this point, because not too long ago we had the Imperial Navy Troopers released in the 30th Anniversary... 

Darth Maul

Darth Maul

June 9, 2012 by  
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It’s been a while since I got a Darth Maul action figure, the last being the shirtless version from the Legacy Collection based on Expanded Universe material, which is fine, don’t get me wrong, but... 

Naboo Royal Guard

Naboo Royal Guard

May 26, 2012 by  
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One of the figures I was most curious about from Hasbro’s Star Wars Vintage Collection in 2012 was the Naboo Royal Guard (VC83), released just in time for the release of Episode I 3D. Now, despite... 

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