The Man. The myth. The unfortunately not all that attractive 12″ General Kenobi action figure.
His costume looks great though. Wish we could preview his boots!
He can be pre-ordered at SideShow.
Thanks to Amberlee for the find!
See Steve’s stuff tonight
The History Channel is rerunning “Private Collections” tonight at 8pm Eastern. The show features a look at Steve Sansweet’s collection of Star Wars collectibles.
Oh joy, another Padme figure.
Remember the Sideshow Collectibles’s Choice poll for an EU figure? Guess who won?
Arctic Suit Padme from the Clone Wars cartoons. As for the actual EU characters, Mara Jade came in at #2 (losing by just 54 votes,) followed by Kir Kanos, Quinlan Vos, Asajj Ventress, and Grand Admiral Thrawn.
Oh Star Wars fandom, will you ever stop making me go WTF?
ETA: In this interview with RebelScum, Sideshow’s Licensing Coordinator Brock Otterbacher says:
“The way that Expanded Universe Poll stands, the winner is going to get made, that’s not say that we might not take another figure from that didn’t win and make that later on. It won’t be like ‘second place’ or ‘third place’, it would just be a figure that we all like as a group internally here further on down the line. If it proves successful, yeah we’d consider expanding it into its own line or maybe just peppering it into the whole line here and there.”
So there’s still hope for an actual EU character figure. I expect this leans on how many collectors are also EU fans, and how many EU fans are willing to spend $50 on a ‘collector’s item.’
Star Wars back at BK
Burger King begins another round of SW promotions today. TFN has an overview of what’s available.
Mal sure is one hot… mama?
There seems to be some confusion at the company making the “Serenity” action figures, because last time I checked Mal wasn’t a B cup.
You can see a better picture here.
Put a Skywalker in your manger
Hasbro is releasing two “Separation of the Twins” figures this fall: Baby Luke with Obi-Wan, and baby Leia with Bail. Decorative possibilities: endless.
Toy aisle to get less blinding
Lucas Licensing is toning down the packaging look for next year – the eye-searing lava and flames motif is being replaced by images of Mustafar from afar. Darth Vader, of course, remains.
You’ve seen what we’ve done to Obi-Wan, right?
Sideshow Collectibles is having a poll for fans to choose what EU character will be made into a 12-inch figure.
The choices are rather limited. I can see Mara Jade, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Asajj Ventress, and Quinlan Vos… But Kir Kanos and arctic suit Padmé from the Clone Wars cartoon? Kir Kanos? And don’t they have already enough costume changes in the movies for 50 Padmé dolls?
Oh well. Voting is open until November 4th.
I see your USB is as big as mine…
Star Wars USB memory keys from Japan. No Han – a bit odd since both the Threepio and R2 versions look frozen in carbonite. Probably not going to make it over here, like most of the best wacky Japanese merchandise… But we can dream. (Via Gizmodo.)
Today on starwars.com…
DK Books is doing Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide. Looks like it’ll be pretty extensive. I doubt there will be as much as the Sansweet encyclopedia, but who really needs to know all that much about the second guy on the right in Jabba’s palace anyway?
But what every kid (and more than a few grown-ups) will want for Christmas is the Ultimate Build Your Own Lightsaber Kit. Preorder now and save yourself from the Tickle-Me-Elmoesque feeding frenzy.
And finally, for Hyperspace members, the Set Diaries are returning. Now that the movie is out, Pablo can let loose with all the really spoilery stuff. Today, it’s the cruel fate of Shaak Ti.