Sandtroopers Reveals Darth Maul Returns Battlepack

Sandtoopers has another scoop with the Target exclusive Darth Maul Returns battlepack form the Clone Wars line. It contains a first ever Night Sister figure. Click over to check it out.

Sandtroopers Does It Again!

Sandtroopers scores another set of preview images. The "Lost Line" SDCC figures will also becoming in the regular "retail" Vintage Collection. Here's a look at how three of those figures will look on Vintage Collection cards. Fans of true vintage card variants will be delighted on one of them! Click through to check out VC110 Shock Trooper, VC112 Sandtrooper and VC113 Darth Vader (Emperor's Wrath).

VC59 - Nom Anor

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Reference

Wookieepedia article on Nom Anor

Major Variants
*None Reported

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Roundtable Reviews!
Coming Soon

*/10 Bantha Skulls

Wave 3 Found At Target

Our own moderator, Randy_S, bought the Darth Malgus and the Imperial Navy Commander at his local Target. So it looks like Target does plan to keep selling Star Wars figures after all.

Photo Archive Update - VC58 Aayla Secura

We resume our photo archiving duties with Aayla Secura. We've been teased with this figure since Celebration V. Click through to check out the Twi'lek Jedi at last.

VC58 - Aayla Secura

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Reference

Wookieepedia article on Aayla Secura

Major Variants
*None Reported

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Roundtable Reviews!
Here’s a fun fact for you:  100% of our members from Spain call her simply “blue girl”.  You know her better as Aayla Secura.  Through the first three figures of this wave, we have three fantastic figures, and this one might be the best.  We’ll start off with my only complaint about this figure:  that blasted force hand.  It makes effective two handed saber poses challenging and looks goofy once achieved.  At one point, I feared it would undermine the figure, but with a little patience it became workable. 

Aside from that, it was one of the rare times when I actually had fun photographing the figure.  The plentiful articulation works fluidly and achieving dynamic poses is a snap. The ball jointed hips on some of the male figures can detract from the aesthetics of the figure.  In the case of Aayla Secura, the figure merely looks womanly.  If we did half grades, I would give this figure a 9.5 because of the wonky force hand.  But we don’t, so I’m going to round up.  10 out of 10.

10/10 Bantha Skulls

HTS Has 20% Off May The 4th Sale

Use the code SWFAN20 on check out at Hasbro Toy Stop, and received 20% all Star Wars items in celebration of the unofficial Star Wars holiday, May the 4th.  If your purchase is more than $50 you also get free shipping.

Click through to browse their Star Wars items.

Special thanks to forum member, Darth Mire, for the heads up. 

Sandtroopers Has Preview Of The SDCC Exlusive “Lost Line” Figures

Pretty cool. Sandtroopers has preview pics of the up coming San Diego Comic Con "Lost Line" exclusive. These figures will all be part of the standard Vintage Collection, but they will be available on these exclusive card backs in a set at SDCC. This is one of the early Kenner designs that was ultimately rejected. Head over to check out what might have been.

Hasbro Toy Shop Has Wave 3 Available For PreOrder

Hasbro Toy Shop has the Malgus wave available for pre-order Click through to get yours.  Just remember Malgus is being carried forward into at least one future assortment (the Grand Moff Tarkin wave), so if you don’t want to get stuck with 7 Phantom Menace carry forwards, this might not be for you.  The only figure in this assortment that does not have a confirmed future release (yet) is the Imperial Navy Commander.

Update:  Out of stock

Photo Archive Update - VC56 Kithaba (Skiff Guard)

We're closing in on a completed prisoner skiff with Kithaba. Once the upcoming Weequay Hunter is released, we're only awaiting Vedain and Velken Tezeri. Until the ensemble is complete, click through to check out Kithaba.