Star Wars Imperial Death Star Briefing Action Figure Set

He finds your lack of faith disturbing! Darth Vader's meeting on the Death Star with some of his best military minds proved that the Sith Lord was really the one in charge, as he was able to choke someone just by gesturing at them. This exclusive boxed set of the best known bureaucrats from the classic film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope brings you 7 unique 3 3/4-inch action figures of the Empire's finest. It includes Grand Moff Tarkin, General Tagge, Admiral Motti, Chief Bast, Colonel Wullf Yularen, Officer Cass, and of course Darth Vader armed with his trademark red lightsaber.
These Imperial officials will be right at home in a toy box, on a Death Star playset, or bossing around Stormtroopers anywhere in the galaxy. Specially designed to re-create a scene from the original Star Wars, these figures are a limited edition set and need your help to get to the escape pods before the Death Star explodes! (Assuming, of course, you have any escape pods.)

Gee I wonder why this never took off

Classic 70's McDonalds Fish & Fries Commercial

New Stormtrooper in 2007

Yeah, that's right. Ever since Hasbro confirmed that the VOTC Stormtrooper was making a comeback in 2007's 30th Anniversary Collection with a removable helmet, folks have been anxiously awaiting his debut. Wait no more, for the first pics are here. Click on the thumbnails below to check out the 2007 Stormtrooper in all his glory.

Unproduced Death Star Battle Electronic Game

This is a handmade prototype to a Parker Brothers electronic game planned at the time of Return of the Jedi. It consists of a full scale range finder as used by Luke to target the Death Star in A New Hope. When powered by batteries, the game shows images to recreate the Death Star battle. The box was made as a mock up for the toy. This is the only finished prototype of this game that was made at the time of Return of the Jedi. The toy itself is a painted hardcopy with hand cut decals, metal parts, and screws. It's completely functional and powered by C cell batteries.

This sure isn't inspiring me to see the new movie

Nice birthing hips, huh?

Destroyer's kinda kool

Happy New Year, Octopunk!

That's okay, Doug can't drive either

Octopunk, I'm sorry if I'm not as cool as some of the other characters, but I have feelings too...

Star Wars rules, of course!

Star Wars movie toys are the biggest-selling of all-time and still topping the sales charts more than 30 years after the original film's release.
They are the best-selling movie toys for 2006, according to Toys R Us - even though it's been over a year since the last Star Wars film, Revenge Of The Sith, was released.

Not even this year's box office smashes, such as Cars, Pirates of the Caribbean and Batman, can compete. Toys R Us said: "It is incredible that a film which first hit cinemas in 1977 is still selling millions of toys."

TOP MOVIE TOYS OF 2006:

1 Star Wars

2 Cars

3 Pirates of the Caribbean

4 Batman

5 Spiderman

6 Scooby Doo

7 Toy Story

8 Ice Ages

9 Superman

10 Spongebob

11 Kong

12 Lord of the Rings

13 The Incredibles

14 Wallace and Gromit

15 Shrek

16 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

17 Narnia

18 Harry Potter

I wish these were better

[update]


News comes from Figures.com and NECA's MySpace:

Some things you guys are going to dig in 2007:

- 300
- Grindhouse
- Shaun of the Dead "Winchester two pack"
- 18" Hannibal Lector (in straight jacket with cart)
- Another Cult Classics "Hall of Fame" series
- Cult Classics Series 6
- More Dawn of the Dead figures


"NECA is proud to present Official Grindhouse Action Figures! Our first series of figures includes machine gun-legged Cherry, Dakota, and Rapist No. 1! With a character like "Rapist No. 1," you know this movie is going to be just as sick we're hoping! These figures don't hit shelves until early spring, but here's a first glimpse at our awesome Grindhouse Action Figures!"

Merry Christmas, JPX!

Merry Christmas Octopunk!

Justice League Unlimited figure guide

I've been having a difficult time culling a list of all the Justice League Unlimited figures. I finally sumbled across this list, which appears to be fairly comprehensive. We should put together our own pictoral guide based on this list and recent offerings (perhaps even make it a separate link).

Heroes

Aquaman (multiple releases -- 3Pack & Single)
The Atom (3Pack and single)
Atom Smasher (3Pack and single)
Arkiss Chummuck (coming soon -- 3 pack only)
Aztek (3Pack and single)
Batman (multiple releases)
Black Canary (3Pack only)
Booster Gold (3Pack and single (skeets included in single only)
Dove (3Pack and single)
Dr. Fate (3Pack and single)
Dr. Light (3-pack and single)
Enlongated Man (3 pack only -- single coming soon)
Etrigan the Demon (coming soon - 3Pack only)
Flash (multiple releases - 2 variations)
Green Arrow (3Pack and single)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) (Mattel exclusive limited to 100)
Green Lantern (John Stewart original JL - multiple releases)
Green Lantern (John Stewart - JLU update w/ shaved head and goatee - multiple releases)
Hawk (3Pack and single)
Hawkgirl (multiple releases)
Huntress (3pack and single)
Kilowog GL Corp (3 pack only)
Kyle Rayner GL Corp (coming soon -- 3 pack only)
Katma Tui GL Corp (coming soon -- 3 pack only)
Martian Manhunter (standard form - multiple releases)
Martian Manhunter (martian form - 3Pack & single)
Martian Manhunter (transparent form - 3 variations Clear, Clear Painted & green - 3Pack & Single)
Metamorpho (3 pack only -- single coming soon)
Orion (3 pack only -- single coming soon)
The Ray (coming soon -- 3 pack only)
Red Tornado (2 variations -- 3Pack & Single)
The Shade (single)
Shayera Hol (coming soon -- 3pack only)
Shining Knight (coming soon -- 3pack only)
Starman (3Pack & Single)
Steel (single only)
Supergirl (single only)
Superman (multiple releases - 3Pack & Single)
Tomar-Re GL Corp (3 pack only)
Vigilante (coming soon -- single)
Vixen (coming soon -- 3 pack only)
Waverider (3Pack & Single)
Wildcat (3Pack & Single)
Wonder Woman (2 variations -- multiple releases in 3Pack & single)
Zatanna (coming soon -- 3pack only)

Villains

Amazo (silver -- 3pack only)
Amazo (gold - single only)
Bizzaroo (2 variations (lighter red and dark red logo) -- 3pack only)
Brainiac (3Pack & single)
Copperhead (3Pack -- single coming soon)
Darkseid (two variations (light skin and darker gray skin - singles)
Lex Luthor (in suit -- 2 pack only)
Lex Luthor (Legion of Doom Version -- 3 Pack only)
Mirror Master (3pack only)
Sinestro (3pack only)
Ultra-Humanite (single)

Other

The Justice Lords (3Packs only)
Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter (coming soon) , Flash (coming soon) and Green Lantern (coming soon)

Motorcycles with molded figures in same scale:
Batman (2styles), Flash (2styles), Green Lantern John Stewart, Green Arrow.

Here's 2 good pictoral resources: http://www.legionsofgotham.org/JLUmattelFigures.html and http://www.legionsofgotham.org/JLtoysMattelFigures.html

More boring Star Wars stuff on the way

Humid, swampy, and inhospitable, the bog world of Dagobah was the home of the last of the great Jedi Masters. After a fevered vision of Obi-Wan Kenobi on the planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker used the Force to puzzle out the proper hyperspace coordinates to the lost world, hoping to complete his Jedi training at Yoda's hands. There, in the oppressive heat of the swamp, young Luke underwent the first of many grueling tests that would mold him into a Jedi Knight.

Internet exclusive is lame

This quartet of Clones (and trio of villainous Geonosians) are fan favorites, with some being made as toys for the very first time!

This special collector's set of figures brings you everything you need for battle, including figures of:
1x Delta Three-Eight / RC-1138 'Boss'
1x Delta Four-Oh / RC-1140 'Fixer'
1x Delta Oh-Seven / RC-1207 'Sev'
1x Delta Six-Two / RC-1262 'Scorch'
1x Geonosian Warrior (purple)
1x Geonosian Warrior with Blaster
1x Sun Fac


Each figure comes with weapons and accessories needed to fight the good fight during the Clone Wars!

Taken straight from the commando raids in the hit LucasArts Xbox title Republic Commando, this set brings the boys of Delta Squad to action figure form for the very first time. These warriors were trained on Kamino, and were first deployed behind-the-scenes during the Battle of Geonosis, which took place at the end of Episode II: Attack of the Clones. While there, they were put to work destroying the Separatist's droid factories.

Since then, Delta Squad filled a variety of roles for the Republic during the Clone Wars including the assasination of Geonosian leader Sun Fac, the rescue of their fellow clones from Omega Squad, and some missions on the Wookiee world of Kashyyyk.

From the very beginning, it was understood that the tactical superiority of the Grand Army of the Republic would reside in its flexibility of response. Hopelessly outnumbered by the droid armies of the Separatists, every Clone Trooper is expected to be the equal of ten of his enemy. Sometimes though, ten-to-one odds is too much to hope for, and that's when you call in the Deltas.

Cool custom

Remembering Holiday Hal Jordan

It was exactly one year ago today when Julius Marx of Action Figure Insider published an exclusive news about Mattel’s special edition “Holiday Gift” figure for 2005. Mattel, the makers of the very popular Justice League Unlimited action figures, decided then to release an ultra-limited edition Hal Jordan figure. This was its way of saying “Thank You” to some of the people at WB Animation, DC Comics and the Mattel team that has worked so hard on the JLU and DC properties all year. Only 100 pieces were made/released and each one had the cardback signed by Bruce Timm (JLU co-creator and producer

Reactions from JL/JLU fans and collectors were mixed. Some were happy that an animated Hal Jordan figure finally got made, albeit near-impossible to obtain. But the majority’s reactions were nuclear to say the least. The words “what was Mattel thinking?” (originally with plenty of invectives) still echo even up to this day.

Texas Ranger (not his real name), who was then the brand manager for the JL/JLU line admitted on AFI that he was “the Idiot Exec from Mattel that did this whole project.” He explained that there was no hidden agenda (PR, piss the fans off, etc), and that this was “a simple holiday gift to the 100 or so people who have killed themselves over the past year to bring the huge number of JL toys, comics and animation to fans.”

For several weeks/months after Holiday Hal was announced, fanboys were in suspended animation - wondering whether or not this was simply one of Mattel’s marketing ploy to hype up enthusiasm and demand for something that would eventually be sold as a regular item. As with many other hopefuls, I am one of those who were clearly dsiappointed when harsh reality set in and made everyone realize that Holiday Hal was never going to be part of our collections.

A few of those who were lucky enough to be recipients of one of the 100 pieces lost no time and posted theirs up for sale on eBay. The first one sold for a whopping $3,500 (rounded off) and subsequent sales were also in the 4-digit price tags, though maybe not as high. I suppose Hal is worth that much to those who can afford him. Unfortunately, average Joes (or Juans) from 3rd world countries like myself will have to simply be content and just admire such things from a distance (and maybe blame our government for our poverty).

But, of course, there are alternatives. Whoever it was who said that necessity is the mother of all innovations must have either been a fellow 3rd world citizen or an action figure customizer. Several Hal Jordan customs have been made over the last year. This is probably a natural (or logical) effect arising out of the frustration of many from the seemingly unfair deal that fate has dealt a loyal fan base. Some of these customs even sold on eBay at prices you wouldn’t think one would pay for a copy. For many, myself included, these alternatives were just as good as the real thing. After all, what other choices do we have?

In retrospect, the Holiday Hal Jordan exclusive may have been viewed by many as one of the downsides of collecting action figures. As far as exclusives go, I think Holiday Hal was (probably still is) one of the toughest to obtain. To a certain extent, it’s much harder for collectors to accept the fact that there exists 100 official pieces of him rather than seeing prototypes that never went into actual production.

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