star wars "saga"

[Ran]

From the pictures posted so far, the only thing that interests me is the Ewok and Imperial sets. They appear to be KMart exclusives, which usually aren't hard to find. I guess more will be revealed at the panel tomorrow.

Only buying a few SW items per year is actually kind of nice.

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

From the pictures posted so far, the only thing that interests me is the Ewok and Imperial sets. They appear to be KMart exclusives, which usually aren't hard to find. I guess more will be revealed at the panel tomorrow.

Only buying a few SW items per year is actually kind of nice.

This year's showing so far doesn't have anything we haven't already seen - you're correct that the reveals will come at tomorrow's panel, which starts at noon 1 p.m. PST. Celebration Europe II is next week, so who knows what they'll save for that.

In case anyone was on the fence, the Amazon exclusive Slave I was bumped down from $100 to $70, which is much more reasonable for this ship.

[Ran]

I stopped at Target today during lunch and was surprised to see the new Saga Legends figures. Looks like they went with minimal packaging.

[Ran]

Just looked at the Hasbro SW panel presentation. Unless I missed something, they are abandoning the 3.75" line for Angry Birds.

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

They're not abandoning it, though they certainly could have shown a lot more. JT said that half the panel was guys from Rovio who actually got up and left when Hasbro started talking about their non-Angry Birds stuff.

For the 3 3/4" Black Series, they only showed wave 2, which we already knew about since it leaked earlier this week:
9. R2-D2
10. Pablo-Jill
11. Luminara Unduli
12. 41st Elite Corps Clone Trooper
13. Stormtrooper
14. Mara Jade

Evidently wave 3 will be shown at Celebration Europe II next week, and I hope to Christ that it has at least ONE new figure somewhere in there. Amazon is also getting seven of the cancelled figures from the Droid Factory line - five army builders plus two new droids, which are Dooku's pilot droid and Jabba's Clone Wars interpreter TC-70. The figures are coming on the cancelled packaging, and a piece of TC-70 will come with each of the other figures. While I really want the Battle Droid to be released individually, it looks like a pretty cool (if disjointed) set.

There's also more coming in the Saga Legends and Mission Series lines. The only new figure here is the Maul from the Mandalore arc, though you could count "realistic" (is that the right word for the 5-POA line?) TCW season 3-5 Obi-Wan and season 4-5 Rex as well. The three ships shown for the simple line are also technically new, though just repaints - already the line will be having five Jedi Starfighters, since people aren't tired of those yet, right? Right???

Over in the 6" line, they showed wave 2 - Han, slave Leia, Greedo, and a re-release of Boba without Han in carbonite. And god damn it, they actually look pretty fucking sweet. A speeder bike for the line will come Fall 2014.

[Ran]

Well, I was trying to be sarcastic.

6" does look nice, but I'm not going to collect it. Unless there is something unbelievably spectacular or unique about the 3.75" Black series, there just isn't anything I've seen that I really want. I'm tired of buying the same character over and over.

And weather or not they show anything else new next week, I'd be perfectly happy if the only Star Wars I buy between now and next year are the KMart exclusives.

[jjreason]

I was honestly a bit surprised at the appearance of the low-articulation figures. The RS photos make them look pretty good, and I was expecting dollar store crap. No I won't collect them. I'm in Ran's boat for the 6" line as well - unless I simply cannot pass once I see them in person, I'll pass. Boba looks spectacular though.

[anarky]

Farrah Fawcett in Mara Jade Disguise is Snigtad's finest moment as a Hasbro sculptor.

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

Two new Geonosis Jedi sets were revealed - here's one, here's the other. Of possible interest here is the fact that Sarrissa Jeng, the "HI-YA" Jedi girl who anarky has mentioned before, is included in one of the sets. Her hairline is a little higher than it maybe should be, and the bubble makes it look worse, but she's finally coming. Frankly I never thought they'd do so many background human Jedi all at once, but here we are.

[Diabolical]

Ah, the Clearance Jedi sets.

[Ran]

Ah, the Clearance Jedi sets.

YES! Where is that "Like" button anarky keeps asking for? I need one for this.

[anarky]

Why'd they put a fucking Clonefucker in there? Fuck. I fucking hate fucking clones. Just cut that bullshitfucker out and drop the price by five bucks. Fucking clones.

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

So far, Black Series 3 3/4" wave 3 includes Darth Plagueis, Vizam, Commander Neyo, and Clone Wars Mace Windu. Vizam is the Nikto gunner from Jabba's sail barge who was previously released in the 1998 Klaatu/Barada/Nikto cinema scene (15 fucking years ago, if you can even believe that).

The more they reveal of the 6" figures, the more on the fence I get. Some look great, some look weirdly off. The stormtrooper's helmet is fucked up, and Bespin Luke reminds me a little too much of the shitty 2007 basic figure. If I get some, I'm thinking I might stick to the prequel figures since they'll be fewer in number. I'd still really like to see them in person, I guess. I got most of the first wave of the 3 3/4" line this week, so they're getting out there now, finally.

Hasbro's panel is Sunday morning - 4:30 a.m. EST, 1:30 a.m. PST.

[Tom Foolery]

Why'd they put a fucking Clonefucker in there? Fuck. I fucking hate fucking clones. Just cut that bullshitfucker out and drop the price by five bucks. Fucking clones.

It's for the people who haven't got any Clones in their collection yet.

[Ran]

So far, Black Series 3 3/4" wave 3 includes Darth Plagueis, Vizam, Commander Neyo, and Clone Wars Mace Windu. Vizam is the Nikto gunner from Jabba's sail barge who was previously released in the 1998 Klaatu/Barada/Nikto cinema scene (15 fucking years ago, if you can even believe that).

The more they reveal of the 6" figures, the more on the fence I get. Some look great, some look weirdly off. The stormtrooper's helmet is fucked up, and Bespin Luke reminds me a little too much of the shitty 2007 basic figure. If I get some, I'm thinking I might stick to the prequel figures since they'll be fewer in number. I'd still really like to see them in person, I guess. I got most of the first wave of the 3 3/4" line this week, so they're getting out there now, finally.

Hasbro's panel is Sunday morning - 4:30 a.m. EST, 1:30 a.m. PST.

I checked RS and the other site, but didn't see anything about the panel. But, they announced there will be a Celebration in Anaheim in 2015.