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June 30 2005
MistaBinks here again with another
quick newsbit. It is Star Wars versus The Godfather in the finals of
Time Magazine's Movie
Madness! Make sure and stop by and vote for your favorite.
Our friends over at slave1.jp
have some more great pictures for you to drool over. This time around they
are of the Kubrick's chase Darth Vader.
Head on over for more!
The
official site announces a special promotion for movie goers this 4th of
July. When you buy 3 tickets to Revenge of the Sith, you will receive
your 4th ticket for free.
Don't forget to send in your tickets stubs.
MistaBinks here with my first newsbit.
Head over to StarWarsShop.com to
check out the latest imports from England.
SWS is the exclusive home to the
Clone Trooper and Yoda bobble heads. They cost $16.99 each and ship in July.
June 29 2005
Forum member JediJMan lets us know some insider information
Hey all! I work for a packaging company and just spotted packages for
several new Lego sets on the way. Here's the next wave of stuff coming out:
- 6207 Awing with Pilot and crewman
- 6205 V-Wing with Clone Pilot
- 6208 B-Wing with Pilot
- 6206 Tie Interceptor with Pilot
- 6209 Slave I with Fett, Ig-88, 4-LOM, and Dengar!
They also had the box for a new 5-pack of 3 & 3/4" Hasbro figures called
"Clone Attack on Coruscant," which includes 4 white clones with gray shoulder
pads and a blue commander that is similar to the Baccura (sp?) figure!
All look very very cool!
Jedi Jman
UPDATE: this packaging is in the same
style as the Battlepacks that feature Rebels vs. Empire and Jedi vs. Sith. I
think they'll probably just be included in an assortment of battlepack
figures - the back shows pictures of the other two battlepack sets. If it is
exclusive, it will be exclusive to Target, since that's where the packages
were being delivered to
A Bothan Spy told us:
The clone trooper helmets are in production right now but will be a little
delayed. The Special Ops Variation Helmet will be the first style completed
and shipped to the U.S. Here is the updated timetable for all of the
helmets: Special Ops-August/September, Shock Trooper-September/October,
Clonetrooper-November/December
Master Replicas is currently producing an LED version of the original Luke
Skywalker ROTJ FX Lightsaber as a U.S. Exclusive for Borders Bookstores that
will be available in the fall. The ROTJ FX will also be available to a small
number of key international retailers as well.
Our friends over at slave1.jp
have some great pictures of the upcoming Gentle Giant Princess Leia disguised
as Boushh mini bust. These pictures should hold you over until the actual
product is released.
Can't get enough of the cute Galactic Heroes line? Hasbro has got the answer
for you. Now you can take your favorite Galactic Heroes characters along
forr a trip, with Galactic Heroes backpack danglers.
Hasbro's website has four of these new danglers for your viewing
pleasure.
Exclusively available to the U.S. through
StarWarsShop.com (must be a Hyperspace member to order) the TOMY Remote
controlled R2-D2 is now available for pre-order! The action figure is in
scale with Hasbro's 3.75" line. Pre-orders are limited to Hyperspace members
until Friday, July 1st. After that date, and if still available, the general
public may purchase the little droid. While you are over there, also
check out the latest bobble head imports from England, and the
Celebration 3 set of badges.
The title of the second book in Troy Denning's post New Jedi Order trilogy,
Dark Nest, has been revealed, along with the cover art. The Unseen Queen,
scheduled for release this September. Get all the details from the
official site.
For a limited time only,
KBToys.com is offering free standard shipping on certain items. Some of
those could be some Star Wars toys you might have missed out on. You might
want to head on over to
KBToys.com
Star Wars Evolutions is a new type of action figure and accessory 3-pack that
evolves characters through the Saga. Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader
features Anakin from Episode 2 as a Jedi hero, Episode 3 as Clone Wars
Commander, and finally as the dreaded Darth Vader is Episode 4. These packs
are in stock now priced at £22. This is a pre-release item and will sell
very fast! Other evolution packs will be released this year: The Sith, and
Clone Trooper to Stormtrooper (yet to be added to the site).
June 28 2005
Now taking preorders on Master Replicas AT-AT Episode 5 signature edition
1399.00, Mace Wind fx saber, Vader Empire fx saber & Anakin Episode 3 fx
saber. MR Darth Sidious LE saber, Darth Sidious mini saber, Anakin LE saber,
Obi Wan Episode 2 mini saber, Obi Wan Episode 3 mini saber IN STOCK!
June 27 2005
With a release date of mid August, pictures of the booster packs for the
upcoming Star Wars Miniatures Universe Huge set have started to surface
Also, you can brush up on your Star Wars Miniature Game rules with the newly
published
errata from Wizards of the Coast. Don't forget to visit our sister site,
StarWarsMiniGames.com
for more Star Wars Miniature information.
Today Yodasnews is proud to welcome MistaBinks to the Staff as Contributing
Editor. Many of you know him from our forums and from other non-Star Wars
message boards.
He brings a very in depth knowledge of all things Star Wars to the site and
will be doing a very cool new feature called "Ask Da Binks!" Readers will be
able to send in questions from Vintage to Revenge of the Sith and he will get
back to you on a regular basis. In addition to that he will be helping out
with news and graphics as well development of new and exciting features to
the site!
This week we will receive our Anakin/Vader volution pack. Priced at £22 each
we are getting a small pre-release allocation. Product will be added asap....watch
this space !
June 26 2005
This weekends of $358,606,000 push Revenge of the Sith into the top 10
ALL TIME Domestic category taking over 10th place! It now joins A New Hope
and The Phantom Menace on the top 10 All Time Domestic List!
Worldwide it stands at 19th Place with $717,540,173
Stats from:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com
June 25 2005
Well don't worry. Burger King's across the land were told to take them down
this week as the promo ends and pull them back out in December for a 2nd Star
Wars Promo at Burger King! So take the summer off after trying to get your
set of BK figures because come December, we'll have more stuff to hunt down
and more burgers to eat!
Chewbacca Deluxe Vinyl Statue The faithful Wookie companion of Han Solo,
Chewbacca is now an impressive vinyl statue from Kotobukiya! Featuring
amazingly intricate detail and a battle-ready pose! In Stock. Only $99.95
NECA 18" Terminator Endoskeleton Based on the T-800 Endoskeletons from T-2,
this 18" figure features motion activated light-up eyes and great
articulation! $44.95 In stock!
And so much more! Don't forget to enter promotional code "DISC10" for
10% off all items when checking out!
Yodasnews.com readers are letting us know that the 500th Darth Vader figure
has started hitting Toys R Us shelves. The latest sighting is in Burbank,
California. This Darth Vader figure is retailing for $15.99. Be sure to
let us and our
forum
members know about all your latest findings
*More reports coming in from folks finding him this
weekend, all the reports so far are for TRU, which raised about 15 e-mails
asking us if it was a TRU Exclusive and IT IS NOT exclusive to TRU, it
will in stock now at many e-stores and will coming to other stores this week!
June 24 2005
CNN.com is reporting that accomplished actor James Earl Jones, known to
Star Wars fans as the voice of Darth Vader, is suffering from pneumonia. His
health is of such concern, that the current play the actor was participating
in, On Golden Pond, will close. More details
here. We wish him a speedy recovery.
Master Replicas keeps on producing exclusive products. This time around,
Anakin's Revenge of the Sith mini lightsaber gets the black chrome
treatment. To get your hands on this particular item you will need to go to
StarWarsShop.com as they are the exclusive retailer for this scaled
replica.
The official site reports that this year's San Diego Comic Con will have a
whole day dedicated to Star Wars, Friday July 15. There will be plenty of
things to watch out for that day. From upcoming books, trivia game shows,
comics, prop replicas, a Hasbro Q&A session, to Steve Sansweet himself. Get
all the details
here.
From Master Replicas:
Recreated from a direct study of the surviving miniatures in the Lucasfilm
archives, this studio-scale replica is signed by renowned special effects
supervisor and animator Phil Tippett. Master Replicas' AT-AT Signature
Edition faithfully reproduces the details of the original filming miniatures
and includes a snowscape diorama, complete with Luke Skywalker's crashed
snowspeeder TM (cast directly from an ILM miniature). More details
here.
Yodasnews.com readers are letting us know that the 500th Darth Vader figure
has started hitting Toys R Us shelves. The latest sighting is in Burbank,
California. This Darth Vader figure is retailing for $15.99. Be sure to
let us and our
forum
members know about all your latest findings
If you still need the Celebration III exclusive Darth Vader figure then our
friends over at
Yakface.com might be able to help you out with their latest contest.
Head on over to their site for all the rules and details.
June 23 2005
Big Time Comics is having a summer clearance. Most items are marked down 10
to 40%.. Stop by and
check out the savings.
Hasbro's website brings us more pictures of the upcoming battle packs. This
time around we get a boxed picture of the Jedi vs. Sith battle pack. The set
comes with "Anakin Skywalker, Yoda, Asajj Ventress, General Grievous and
Obi-Wan Kenobi" with clone trooper armor. Check out all the details
here!
We at Andrew’s Toyz have been busy listing many new items on our website. New
in stock items, tons of new pre-orders, sales, and winning a set of figures
are what you will find at Andrew’s Toyz! Checkout the lists
Right Here for
all our new stuff that is available for order.
The Top 100 Movie Quotes of all time were listed by AFI and "May the Force be
with you," by Harrison Ford placed in the 8th overall position. To read more
and see the whole list check out
CNN.com!
Looking to Save your files in a flash? Why not do it with style? Then check
out
this site for more info! They should be shipping in July in Japan!
Today we started shipping the following Episode 3 figures. Clone Trooper
3-pack (BLUE accents) £12 Ask Aak £6 tarkin £6 Meena Tills £6 Still shipping
48, 49 & 50 (though 49 and 50 are almost sold out) ! This week we will
receive: 12" Shaak Ti 12" Barriss Offee/Luminara 12" Emperor and figures
41-45 plus more.....
June 22 2005
MR Darth Sidious LE lightsaber & mini lightsaber, Don Post tie pilot
fiberglass helmet & chestbox, 30 Burger King premium toys, Code 3 diecast
AT-ST walker & signature X-wing fighter, Episode 3 Rawcliffe pewter figures &
diorama IN STOCK. Hasbro MPire 2 pack sets & MR Luke Jedi mini saber
preorder.
Click
here for list!
Super Summer Sale: As the temperatures starts rising, we want to help you
beat the heat with great summer savings with some super savings. These great
deals expire on 06/30/05 and only one coupon can be used per order: These
great deals expire on 06/30/05 and only one coupon can be used per order: * For all orders under $65.00, use this code SSS10 to save 10% on your
order. * For all orders $65.00 and over, use this code SSS15 to save 15% on your
order. Burger King Super-D Toys Waves 1
thru 6, including the hard to find Darth Vader Basic Figures #01-#47
including #11 Darth Vader, and many variant figures Deluxe Figures , including
multiple versions of the Clone Trooper 3 Pack - Exclusives, including Micro
Machines Waves 1 & 2 and Palm Talkers Exclusive Micro Transforming
Playsets NEW Kubrick Max Rebo Band, only
$149.99, and many other rare Kubricks BACK IN STOCK, including the Medicom Vinyl Boba Fett for only $149.99 -
NEW Star Wars Titanium Series Vehicles, Waves 1 and 2 RESTOCKED, including
the hard to find X-Wing Fighter - NEW Clone Wars Animated Figure 3 Packs BACK
IN STOCK, as well as many single carded figures, including all 4 versions of
the Animated Clone Trooper - Many popular Original Trilogy items restocked,
including the limited edition Commemorative Figure 3 Packs, Sandcrawler, and
Holographic Emperor Palpatine - Massive restock in Power of the Jedi & Power
of the Force figures, including basic, deluxe, vehicles and 12" figures
New Images Just in of the next wave of Force Battlers and Jedi Force figures!
The Clonetrooper should be a big hit with army builders and the Han Solo in
the Jedi Force line is a welcome addition. I don't think we needed ANOTHER
Luke and Chewie, but we got them anyway! Thanks to Bill for the pics!
Brad Sends us this report:
From the July '05 issue of Gamepro magazine on page 59. Master Replicas
has a quarter page ad offering a 25% savings on Force FX Lightsabers. To
redeem this offer-
www.masterreplicas.com/fx and enter this code: GPFXEV9D on
checkout. This offer is good until August 31, 2005.
Thanks a lot Brad, that is a great deal!
Amazon listed 3 of the new evolution sets today. They also list them as a
July 1 ship date. I would not take that date literally buy if you want
to pre-order them for $19.99 each, head to amazon.com now! The Clone Trooper
Evolution, Anakin/Vader Evolution and the Jedi vs. Sith Battle
Evolution are all there!
June 21 2005
Out of all the entries for our Custom Figure Contest, I found 2 that I liked
the most! I could not figure out which one should win so I put together
a panel of 7 judges who did not enter to pick the winner.
Kone Trooper (aka R2Smoke2) won over our panel of 7 judges with his
Yodasnews.com Clone Trooper! The runner up was a very nice Astromech Droid from Adam
Solo! The vote was 5-2 in favor of the Clone. You can check out pictures of both the winning entry and the
runner up below! And look for more entries later this week!
We received new products from Hasbro & Toybiz!
STAR WARS ROTS EP III DELUXE ONLY 6 OF EACH IN STOCK!
3 Pack of White Clone Troopers Deluxe $18.99
Crab Droid Deluxe $16.99
Darth Vader on operating table Deluxe $16.99
Spider Droid Deluxe $15.99
Stass Allie Deluxe $15.99
Yoda with Can-Cell Deluxe $15.99
Airing tonight on the USA Network The 33rd AFI Life Achievement Award: A
Tribute to George Lucas. The show is will have lots of special guest from
the Star Wars Saga. You can get more details about the show, as well as show
times
here
If you missed it last night, it will replay on June
25th at 2am and June 26th at 9am!
June 20 2005
No Bothan spies were harmed in bringing you the following pictures of the San
Diego Comic Con exclusive from Master Replicas. The pictures should hold you
over until the Yoda smoke chrome mini lightsaber is available at this year's
convention. Until then, enjoy the pictures! (click for larger view)
Airing tonight on the USA Network The 33rd AFI Life Achievement Award: A
Tribute to George Lucas. The show is will have lots of special guest from
the Star Wars Saga. You can get more details about the show, as well as show
times
here
From our friends at
MouseDroid.com
First they miss giving poor Chewbacca a medal for helping to destroy the
Death Star, next they use him as live bait for an Imperial Probe Droid, and
then they having him getting trapped by Ewoks. If you thought Chewie couldn't
look any sillier then check out these images. The first
a Chewie Wrestle Buddy and the second we think is
Plush Chewie.
K & C Collectibles has received the latest figure with glasses, Micro
Playsets and Deluxe figures.
New - Revenge of the Sith Deluxe figures: Clone Troopers – Green Clone
Troopers - Red Crab Droid -Spider Droid- Stass Allie -Darth Vader on Table
New - Figure with Glass set: Boba Fett - Yoda - Han Solo
New - Revenge of the Sith Micro Playsets: Mustafar Duel Battle Set
Sith Attack Battle Set
And much more. click here for more info!
This weekends estimates push Revenge of the Sith into 11th place ALL TIME in
the Domestic category ($347,802,000)! Only 10 million behind 10th place
Jurassic Park!
Worldwide it stands in 19th place, passing AOTC. At this point I doubt it
pass TPM at a little over $924,300,000, but you never know!
Stats from:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com
Since you readers seemed amused by my sour-graping back during Celebration
III, I thought they might get a kick out of the latest update over at
SWAFT: Click on
http://swaft.info/deskjob/stretch.gif to check it out!
Thanks! Tresob Yr for the link!
June 19 2005
Just in stock, new ROTS 3 3/4" Meena Tills, Ask Aak and Tarkin. The OTC
Emperor Holographic is back in stock along with the ROTS AT-Rt w/ pilot and
Kotobukiya Darth Vader.
Slave1.jp posted images of a new Kotobukiya Japanese featuring Anakin as he
fought his battle on Mustafar! It looks one very cool piece, with this and
the new Blue Clone coming out, I see some new Kotobukiya fans being born!
Pictures from www.slave1.jp
Australia missed out on one of the best exclusives this year, the Lava
Reflection Darth Vader. But fear not as the good fellows at Mousedroid.com
have one to give away to a lucky Aussie in their Hunter-Seeker Competition.
Simply, grab your digital camera (or scan in your normal photos) and enter
the Australian Hunter-Seeker Competition. Snap your collection, send in up to
5 images and if your collection is voted the 'Most Unique Collection
Display', then that hot little Vader is all yours. More info and rules on the
Contest Page.
http://www.mousedroid.com/contest/july05.htm
All entries will be added to our Hunter-Seeker Gallery. Head over and check
out a sample of MSE-6's collection. Remember your collection does not have to
be massive to win, unique, original and interesting.
http://www.mousedroid.com/hunterseeker/hunterseeker1.htm
Yodasnews.com and BillsToysandgames have teamed up to bring you the latest in
our run of cool contests! Today we are proud to announce the winner is
R2Smoke2! R2Smoke2 sent in 2 entries to the contest and his initial entry
help ended up being the winner!
Out of all the entries, his figure and package won our panel of 7 judges over
with a vote of 5-2. The runner up was a very nice Astromech Droid from Adam
Solo! You can check out pictures of both the winning entry and the
runner up this week and thanks for all who entered as well as
www.billstoyandgames.com for
putting up a great prize!
June 18 2005
From StarWars.com:
The Clone Wars began on Geonosis, a barren world beyond the Republic's
sphere of control. They ended on a comparably obscure planet: Utapau -- a
planet were colossal erosion has become a cradle to a unique and striking
civilization, a world that has cowed to the terrifying might of the
Separatists, and the last bastion of the Confederacy and their cyborg leader.
Here, Obi-Wan Kenobi leads his loyal clone forces to finally face the
faceless scourge of the Jedi, General Grievous. As battle erupts a momentous
tide begun on Coruscant engulfs Utapau, and the clone troopers suddenly
switch allegiance and the very nature of the war itself changes.
June 17 2005
Want to do some early Christmas shopping? Then
StarWarsShop.com is the place to go. Now in stock, lots of Star Wars
holiday items, like ornaments and stockings with all your favorite Star Wars
characters. Don't forget to pre-order your Gentle Giant series 4 of bust-ups
while you are over
there.
Shop.Lego.com is now taking orders for the latest Star Wars Lego set, the
sandcrawler. The set consists of 1669 pieces, comes with 11 minifigures, and
a
$139.99 price tag. Get yours
here!
What better gift for a Star Wars loving father than taking him to the theater
to see Revenge of the Sith this coming Father's Day? Taking him to
the movies and receiving a free Darth Vader poster! The
official site brings word of this limited promotion where ticket holders
receive a Dart Vader poster, at participating theaters, when they go to see
Revenge of the Sith this coming weekend. Details
here!
June 16 2005
Yesterday we added to stock the new Anakin FX Lightsaber with stand from
Episode 3. It is our deal of the week and is priced at just £69! OUR SITE
DID NOT DISPLAY THE DISCOUNT at the time you ordered, so we will make sure
you are indeed charged £69 and not the £79 as displayed. THE PRICE OF £69 IS
GOOD UNTIL NEXT WEDNESDAY! Also IN STOCK now: HAN SOLO BLASTER! All
pre-orders have shipped and will arrive this week! LIMITED stocks remain!
Today we added a very interesting item to our First Look feature. Lucas Brand
ROTS Crazy Hair Candy! What we found when we looked at these up close is a
very interesting read! Click
here to access this feature!
If you have a Suncoast in your local mall you might want to stop in and take
a look! This week we found Gentle Giant Bust Ups from all Series for $1.88
each, they also had Star Wars Shirts 2 for $20 and many other Items at 25% to
50% off. With Plenty of ROTS stock still coming in, you may be able to grab
some deal!
June 15 2005
From Master Replicas
Master Replicas announces the launch of our NEW 2005 Collectors Society
membership kit. Sign up for our team and we promise we’ll share with you a
galaxy of excitement in the coming months as we celebrate the great and the
good of prop collecting.
As a member of our alliance, you'll receive a variety of exclusive
benefits available in no other system A full Darth Maul .45 Scaled Replica LightsaberTM* (MSRP
$50) AND RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF THIS INCREDIBLE OFFER WE BRING
YOU OUR FIRST 2005 CS EXCLUSIVE! Luke Skywalker LightsaberTM Episode IV: A New Hope Elite
Edition
But you won't have a messy problem with Virgin Airline's limited edition Star
Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith video game airsickness bags. There are
four different bags to collect. The bags are available on Virgin Atlantic
flights. Check out all the detail on the
official site.
Hasbro's site is showcasing the upcoming Ultimate Darth Vader Kit. This
kit includes: a Darth Vader mask with voice changer, a black cape, and a
Darth Vader electronic lightsaber. The kit is set to hit store sometime in
the Fall, but in the meantime you can check it out
here.
Since father's day is just around the corner,
Fossi.com has free overnight shipping on certain orders. If you have
been putting off purchasing Star Wars watches from Fossil, then this might be
the time to do so.
June 14 2005
Since the duo appeared at StarWarsShop.com yesterday we got in a bunch
of questions asking if this would be a SWS Exclusive item, Since it seemed to
be a popular question it was easier to post the answer here, and that answer
is NO, it will not be exclusive to them!
So if you think the price is a bit much, look for some of our site sponsors
to have it up in the next day or so, and we predict it will be lower than
what SWS has it listed as!
This is the latest and greatest Star Wars guide from vintage right up to
Episode 3 ! Priced at £12.50 this book retails for £12.90 (E17,90) and is in
stock NOW ! You will see an advertisement from us in the book. This is
because r2dtoys.com is preparing for a big change affecting all of you. As a
result of the plans for this, and the time commitment it needed, and of
course the many news updates and new products, plus staff shortages, we have
found that the past couple of weeks have delayed the release of the info -
but here is a brief:
July 2005: r2dtoys.de will launch in Germany
August 2005: r2dtoys.fr will launch in France
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Time
Magazine Movie Madness!
SWS
has exclusive England Import Bobble Heads!
Master
Replicas Information
R2DToys
Sith
Breaks the Top 10 ALL TIME LIST!
New
Anakin Kotobukiya!
