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UK Toy Fair spills details on large Star Wars and Avengers vehicles

MattG — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:02:54 +0000

Quite a busy day of news from the UK Toy Fair. Earlier this morning rumors started leaking about the next “big” vehicle in the Star Wars line being the ‘MTT’ (you know, the thing with the Battle Droids on it) from The Phantom Menace. By noon this was confirmed via scans of the Hasbro UK booklet. Scans were posted over on TheRedShadows.com.

The other big (literally) news from Hasbro were details on the vehicles in the Avengers line-up. While a Quinjet has long been rumored to appear in the toy line it is now confirmed. As is a S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. Which is sorta cool. Check out the scans below, and expect more detailed information in a few weeks from New York Toy Fair!

New Hasbro coupons including a ‘Buy One Get One Free’ Star Wars coupon now available

MattG — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:33:06 +0000

Hasbro’s kicked off a new coupon campaign, with a bunch of pretty solid coupons. The highlight is a ‘Buy One Get One’ coupon for Star Wars figures – which is perfect with the Star Wars reset that’s going on. Also of note are coupons for $3 off a Transformers Dark of the Moon deluxe, $8 off the Optimus Prime Kreo set, or $5 off Hungry Hungry Hippos. You can find all these coupons by following this link. Please note, registration and installation of a coupon printer are required to get the coupons.

Mimoco expanding product offerings to include card readers and drives

MattG — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:18:35 +0000

Mimoco essentially invented the designer USB flash driver, carving out a nice niche for themselves. Today they unveiled their Mimomicro line – a smaller drive that can be used as a USB flash drive, or as a microSD card reader. The Mimomicro drive – smaller than 2″ H by 1″W features a flip-out USB plug, a built-in keychain and an LED light. Launching in March of this year, initial offerings will include Star Wars (Darth Vader,Yoda, C-3PO, Chewbacca, the Millennium Falcon) and DC Comics (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman). along with characters from DC Comics including Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. Check out images below, or head to www.mimoco.com for more information.

Super 7 Shogun Boba Fett teased

MattG — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:22:29 +0000

Super7 has teased their 2nd release in their Super Shogun series. Released a few years ago, the Super Shogun Stormtrooper will be joined this year by a Super Shogun Boba Fett. The teaser image implies that he’ll have firing wrist rockets. Looking forward to seeing more details of the finished figures; but really wish it was a Darth Vader. Check out the teaser image below.

Win a life-sized Darth Maul statue signed by George Lucas

MattG — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:28:40 +0000

As new 2012 ‘The Phantom Menace’ figures start to hit Target the vintage style cardbacks promote a new contest where you can win a life-sized, George Lucas signed, Darth Maul statue! The contest will have a site, DarthMaulGiveaway.com, but that’s not live at the time of this article. To enter, simply send in the form included in a figure – or send a 3×5 card with your name, street address, city, state, zip code, phone number and date of birth (and a parent’s signature if you’re under 18) to Star Wars Darth Maul Giveaway PO Box 513, Elmhurst, IL 60126. All entries must be recieved by August 31, 2012 – and you are limited to 1 entry per person per day and only one entry per envelope. The prizes include the Darth Maul statue (valued at $3100, apparently) and 100 first prizes of a Force FX Lightsaber. May the Force be with you!

Send a Lego Star Wars holiday e-card and Lego will donate to Toys For Tots

MattG — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:57:56 +0000

With this holiday season having the first Lego Star Wars advent calendar, Lego has set-up a small Star Wars holiday site featuring a Santa suit clad Yoda. On this site, Lego has 3 free holiday e-cards and as an incentive for sending them to your friends and family, for each card sent Lego will donate to Toys For Tots! This is a fantastically easy way to make a difference for a child this holiday season – and the middle card is pretty awesome to boot! Head over to www.legosantayoda.com, send a card and help a kid. Couldn’t be easier!

Toys R Us – Buy one get one 50% off – Star Wars figures and playsets

MattG — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:53:38 +0000

Toys R Us is kicking off a 2-day sale today and one of the highlights is a ‘buy one get one’ deal on Star Wars figures and playsets. With this printable coupon, you can buy one and get 50% off the second. If you’re a Joe fan, they are offering a free figure with a $25 G. I. Joe purchase. Happy shopping!

HasbroToyShop’s Friends and Family – 25% off and free shipping

MattG — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:09:38 +0000

HasbroToyShop.com, Hasbro’s online store, is offering a special Friends and Family discount – 25% off and get free shipping! There are some exclusions, but this is a chance to save a few bucks; it does look like there’s a few new Marvel Universe figures available as well as some of the online only Iron Man figs. Go to HasbroToyShop.com to browse and use coupon code FSFAM11 to save some coin.

Great deal at Toys R Us on Star Wars – Buy 2 for $11.99

MattG — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:16:18 +0000

With Halloween now a distant memory (3 days gone!) the retailers are ramping up for the holidays with sales popping up frequently in the toy aisles. As part of their ‘Super Wow!’ deals – this Friday from 3PM to midnight and this Saturday from 8AM to 1PM, Toys R Us will offer a deal on Star Wars figures with them ringing up as 2 for $11.99. Vintage figures are expressly mentioned in the online ad – so this is a great price for two figs. In order to get this price, you do need to print your Wow! savings card which you can find here. Happy shopping!

Voting for fan’s choice Star Wars figure underway now

MattG — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:23:21 +0000

Voting is underway for the official Hasbro Star Wars Fans’ Choice figure! Featuring 20 finalists chosen by select Star Wars fan stites, this is your chance to influence what’ll be on the pegs in 2013. Voting runs through December 1st and the winner will be unveiled at the Hasbro 2012 Collector-Fan Media Day event at New York Toy Fair 2012. I’m impressed as I knew who 11 of the 20 were, so there’s some good mainstream characters in the line-up…be sure to make your voice heard! Visit the Star Wars Insider page to vote.