Archive for November, 2009

• $5 off $20 coupon for Star Wars toys

  Friday, November 20th, 2009

  Now available on coupons.com – a $5 off $20 Star Wars purchase coupon!  Bundle that with today’s 2 for $12 sale at Toys R Us!  Or save some money on that new Target TIE Fighter!

• Figure Evolution – Slave Leia

  Thursday, November 12th, 2009

  Thought it might be interesting to look at the three Slave Leia figures released over the years.  The original Power of the Force 2 figure was monumental, but doesn’t hold up too well compared to the newesr ones.  This picture clearly shows the shift in scale that the line has gone through in the past [...]

• Figure of the Day 81 – Rum Sleg

  Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

  Rum Sleg

  Series: Star Wars: Legacy Collection
  Availability: 2009
  Comments: Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Star Wars: the Phantom Menace, HASBRO has dedicated one of the 2009 waves to this record breaking movie.  Included is a build-a-droid part, and details of the mail away Qui Gon Jinn with Eopie.
  Rum Sleg…where to begin?  I suppose the right place to [...]

• Figure of the Day 80 – Slave Leia

  Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

  Princess Leia

  Series: Star Wars: Legacy Collection
  Availability: 2009
  Comments: From the newest set of Return of the Jedi figures comes Princess Leia as Jabba’s slave.  Included with her is a part of the astromech droid R3-M3.
  This is the third version of Princess Leia in slave garb since the relauch of the Star Wars line.  Actually, its [...]

• Photo Op – The Three Doctors

  Sunday, November 8th, 2009

  Inspired by some of the promotional photography for ‘The Three Doctors’.  This is one of my favorite photos to date.

• Figure of the Day 79 – Nho’ Apakk & Paploo

  Thursday, November 5th, 2009

  Nho’ Apakk & Paploo

  Series: Star Wars: Legacy Collection
  Availability: 2009
  Comments: From the newest wave of Star Wars figures come Nho’ Apakk and Paploo, a 2 pack of Ewoks.  Included with these little furry guys was an astromech leg; part of R3-M3.
  I remember a time before the prequels, when Ewoks were despised and blamed for kiddifying the [...]

• Figure of the Day 78 – Dalek (Death to the Daleks)

  Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

  Dalek

  Series: Doctor Who Classics
  Availability: 2009
  Comments: First announced at the 2009 San Diego Comic-con, Underground Toys’ newest exclusive sets are 2 sets of the Third Doctor, each packaged with a classic monster. Here is a Dalek from the episode ‘Death to the Daleks’.
  Following the model of the 2009 San Diego Comic-con Dr. Who exclusives, each [...]

• Figure of the Day 77 – The Third Doctor

  Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

  The Doctor

  Series: Doctor Who Classics
  Availability: 2009
  Comments: First announced at the 2009 San Diego Comic-con, Underground Toys’ newest exclusive sets are 2 sets of the Third Doctor, each packaged with a classic monster. Here is the third Doctor from the episode ‘Death to the Daleks’, he was packaged with a Dalek.
  Following the model of the [...]