It's Memorial Day Weekend in the US, and my original plan for this weekend was to do my review of the new Vintage Collection Jango Fett figure. But, around Thursday I had things go all 180 on me. I unexpectedly had to work on Saturday for a half day, and that just threw me off. Yes, I have pictures already done, but as I've been talking a lot about things to cover here while the Vintage Collection is in a state of Carbonite induced hibernation, I got started on finally doing a Black Series review last week. The other thing I've talked about showing off is custom action figures. That's what I'm talking about today.  Now when it comes to customs, I'm not an expert. The best Star Wars customizers now can be found on Instagram, and search Darth Daddy's blog as they do great work, and it's expert level stuff! I got my start customizing repainting a couple POTF2 Leia's back in 1997-98. Back then there was a resource to help, the Forgotten Force Ultima Res...

  I've been talking for a while about how I would start to do Black Series reviews here, and after taking some bad pictures, last week gave me a chance to shoot better pictures. And with my Vintage Collection Prequel figures in temporary storage, I figured it's time to kick off some Black Series reviews. And since today is the 25th Anniversary of The Phantom Menace, why not cover what is the best version of the movie's main villain in Maul! No longer Darth, but a dangerous man nonetheless. And if you only own 1 Maul Black Series figure, this is the one you want!  As you can see in some of the photos below, Maul is quite flexible! Maul has 21 POA, and is surprisingly well balanced. Getting these photos was quite easy, and required little effort for some poses.  I had no tight joints on my figure. As to his lightsaber, well, more on that when talking about his lone accessory. While this Maul figure is similar to his appearance in both Solo and Rebels, it is based off his ap...

 25 years ago today, The Phantom Menace debuted in theaters all over the US, and the world. It had been 16 years since Return of the Jedi came in theaters, and since I was much older, this release would stick more with me since I could experience everything: new books, comics, action figures, clothes and other promotions. At the time of the release, I was a full time college student, and worked 2 jobs. So how did I manage to not only get time off work, but navigate the most anticipated movie premiere of my life up to that point?! Well, time to take a journey back to 1999, and the poster that is still my favorite from TPM:  The planning had started for me at the end of April. I knew finals week was the premiere, but it wouldn't be until early May when the schedule was released as to when your finals would be. And it wasn't released on the school website back then, but instead the school paper. But right away, I had a problem. I had already bought a ticket for a 10 AM showing on...

  Well, it's about freaking time! For as long as the Vintage Collection had returned, collectors had demanded that Count Dooku get a figure in the line. There have been several before and I'll show them further down. But all I have to say about it, is that the wait has been worth it! The card image is from the film, and is amazing! The back of the card just shows the figure and the card with some words on the back. As I've mentioned before this is how the VC will be going forward so no more images of other figures on the back. I believe this was done to not spoil future VC figures, something Hasbro has had happen in the past.  Dooku has the standard 17 POA, and has the barbell hips so he can still be posed in action, despite the plastic skirt. It doesn't badly inhibit lower body movement one bit. None of the joints are too tight, or too loose. Since the late Christopher Lee was a tall man, his figure is quite tall as well. He's taller than Obi-Wan and Anakin in one ...

 The excitement over a new Star Wars movie dominated my mind since I read in Parade Magazine in 1993 that George Lucas was going to start writing the Prequels. When the Special Editions came in 1997, I knew it was only a matter of time. In fall of 1997 theforce.net showed some behind the scenes photos of Liam Neeson and Ray Park (he was only shown wearing a black cloak, and he wasn't named in the photo). The appetite was there, and then the trailer dropped and Meet Joe Black sold out screens, only to have most of the audience leave after the Episode 1 trailer was shown. I saw it with Enemy of the State, which starred Will Smith and Gene Hackman. A good movie! But, I'm going to talk about the toys, those wonderful toys Hasbro/Kenner was making. POTF2 came back strong in 1995. By the end of 1998, the number of Star Wars characters made far surpassed the 96 Kenner had made. But, a new era would soon begin.  Now technically, the 1st Prequel figures came out in 1978. Jawas, Tusken ...