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Skywalker Sunday: Anakin, Padme & Luuke VC Reviews

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 For this weekend, I'll be reviewing 3, yes, 3 Vintage Collection figures. And they're all related! The new Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala figures to complement the HasLab Gunship have arrived, and if you're looking for them in stores, Gamestop is your best bet. Plus, there is another Skywalker. Sort of. To find out, read on!  VINTAGE COLLECTION ANAKIN SKYWALKER AND PADME AMIDALA Anakin and Padme are both partially tooled "new" figures. Padme is a retool of the AOTC version that came out earlier this year, while Anakin borrows parts from his ROTS versions. On the back of Padme's card, it's a recreation of one of the promotional shots featuring Natalie Portman. For reference:  And to show the previous versions of these figures released this year:  PADME There isn't much of a difference between this Padme and the one from earlier this year. Now, her clothing is ripped in the back, she has back scars, but no blood. Her hair is also messed up, as she w...

The Star Wars I Love & The Star Wars I Don't

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 Before I begin, I have been negligent in reviewing VC figures, work and football season take up a lot of my time. I do have some leave coming, so I'll have time to do some photos and write a review. I plan on reviewing either 4-6 figures for the rest of the year. I'll also do my Top VC Figures Of 2026 in early December  which will be my last post until 2027. I'll even use the time to get started on building the Cantina, and when that's done it will replace the BB-8 Playset as my photo lounge. Also my 1st post in November will have my Last Figure Standing winners revealed. And yes, 2 of my Figure reviews will be the Anakin and Padme I showed off last week. Still waiting on Obi-Wan, who won't be reviewed.  When it comes to Star Wars, there's a lot to like and a lot to not like. From the Legends Era to today's Diz Nee Era, that's a long time. Almost 50 years worth of stories. So while my intense dislike of the Sequels is well known to readers, I haven'...

New Blog Post 10/18/2026

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 I have to admit, I've been lazy. But I've also been busy. Football season, work, other stuff...I don't have time. On the negative side, the Saints and LSU ain't going to any playoffs (cue the Jim Mora quote "Playoffs?!"), VC prices may go up as the Sixers are going up $2, and so far...we don't have a clue what wave 1 of the VC figures will be in 2027. But we're getting Frog Lady, finally! I guess that's good. I'm on S2 of The Mandalorian so I'm near to her appearance (writer's note: watched the episodes earlier this morning). Now when can I get the prison break crew?! Today in the Lagniappe Section, I'll share some recent arrivals, post the Wild Card matchups for Last Figure Standing and give an update on when you can expect part 3 to my fan fiction, and why I have taken so long on getting it done. Besides being lazy. So for the main topic of the day, it's what has recently arrived. And why 1 set in particular gives me some rar...

Star Wars October Livestream Reveals

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 On October 2nd, Hasbro did their livestream reveals for the Vintage Collection and the Black Series, with no Retro reveals. And since I won't have time to take photos of figures from recent hauls until the end of this month, you'll get my reaction to them, yes even the Sixers as well. I said on the BanthaSkull comments section my take would be uncensored, and you better believe a lot of swear words are upcoming. In the Lagniappe Section I'm doing my own version of Last Figure Standing since we aren't getting one this year. It will be entertaining, I promise you! And maybe even a little but of fun.. SIXER STUFF I'm obligated to do Sixer stuff. Like I'm obligated to talk about how disastrous the new Rey Skywalker Trilogy will be if it ever gets produced. So, here they are. Photo from Jedi Temple Archives:  The Sixers get new packaging, and they showed off the Amidala figure before. One figure from each film of the Lucas Saga was revealed with Palawan Anakin, Gala...

Recent VC Hauls

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  Nuff said. Congrats to OM.  One of the reasons why I do a blog post every other week instead of every week is the slow trickle of VC figures. I may get one or two at a time, and then there's time to take pics, write a review, etc. The other reason is Disqus doesn't like when I post the direct link in my comments. But, the last few weeks have seen me get six, yes, six new figures! Including 2 I'm using as "troop builders". One of those six I intend to use as a custom, but if the parts I want to use can't work, then I'll keep it as is.  In the Lagniappe Section I have a "What if" for Star Trek The Next Generation and talk about the return of Toys R Us, and conveniently what isn't mentioned about what they're going to sell.  RECENT VC HAULS 1. Clone Luke (Luuke) Skywalker  I was worried in the original photos shown, as it showed Clone Luke, aka Luuke with the wrong lightsaber. I used to mock people who griped about Darth Vader's chest ...

Star Trek at 60

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 Now I know what you're thinking: why does someone who runs a blog that focuses on Star Wars action figures, and Star Wars topics in general, doing a post about Star Trek?! Well, I'll tell you why: without Star Trek, there would be no Star Wars. Without Star Wars, there would be no Star Trek movies, or series (TNG, DS9, Voyager or Enterprise). I still love Star Trek to this day. But like Star Wars...the newest Star Trek isn't great. Some of Strange New Worlds I like, but I would have liked it more if the crew from The Cage was heavily featured instead. And if in a 8-10 episode season they had less filler episodes, or make the filler the B plot to episodes. Picard S3 I enjoyed, the 1st 2 seasons, not so much. And the 2009 movie? Read on, I'll talk about it later. And I'll talk about the toyline that I've recently decided to get back into after moving cost me my old collection: 1990's Playmates Star Trek figures! But before I get into that, the only photo (cre...