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Vintage Collection Padme Amidala and Shaak Ti Reviews

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 Today, March 8th is International Women's Day. So for today, I have 2 female action figures up for review. Both Shaak Ti and Padme will be reviewed. So what do I think of both figures? Read on! And for how I voted for Round 1 of March Madness, I have it in my Lagniappe section.  SHAAK TI  With the HasLab Gunship, comes a focus of The (First) Battle of Geonosis where we see one of the Jedi recruited by Mace Windu to go there was Shaak Ti. She survived the battle, and went on to Kamino to supervise the training of Clones like Rex, Cody and Clone Force 99. In Legends she survived and dressed like a stripper in The Force Unleashed video game. That version of Shaak Ti was in the Solo Kids Legacy Collection wave and goes for a VERY high price. Before her VC debut, the best Shaak Ti figure was in the animated Clone Wars line (2009 if I correctly recall was when it came out).  I just opened her this morning, and I'll get to my minor gripe in a bit. But so far for 2026 Hasbr...

Ben Kenobi and Tonnika Sister's VC Reviews

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 After a long break, I'm back to doing figure reviews! I will do the last ones I had planned for 2025, and will be doing multiple reviews on single blog posts going forward. Today's figures are Cantina HasLab related, with all 3 figures being essential for Cantina displays. There's also been some breaking news over the last couple weeks, which I'll have in my Lagniappe section, a new feature to my posts going forward since I'm making them every other week now.  TONNIKA SISTERS  BREA TONNIKA  SENNI TONNIKA Without a doubt, these 2 figures are the most anticipated figures in the history of Star Wars collecting. Ever since the return of the line in 1995, and the hundreds of figures made from 1995-1998 before the beginning of the launch of The Phantom Menace line in 1999, the Tonnika's have been requested in Fan's Choice polls. Finally, we get them. But it's in a HasLab. So you had either a $350 or $450 paywall if you wanted to get them. Which I did.  But is...