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After months of Star Wars drought a flood new Hasbro product is sweeping the country!  Among the new product is Hasbro’s latest mega-vehicle, the AT-AT.  I’ll be honest, I’ve had mixed feelings about the vehicles at the $100+ price point.  While I love the Millennium Falcon, I only got the AT-TE because it was heavily marked down and skipped the Clone Turbo Tank entirely.  How does the AT-AT stack up to the others?  Based on first impressions; it is an incredible toy and worth the retail price.  After the jump let’s look at the good (well great) and the bad of Hasbro’s latest huge vehicle.

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Adam of GalacticHunter.com and 16bit.com fame has found the new Wal-Mart exclusive Jabba the Hutt and Oola in the Phoenix area.  This exclusive item is priced around $35, and will likely arrive when your Wal-Mart puts out all the new merchandise its been sitting on.  Check out the mini-feature on GalacticHunter.com for his impressions and a photo-gallery of this great looking gangster!

Sideshow Toys has posted a new pre-order for their premium format Episode II Clonetrooper.  This piece was on display at San Diego Comic-Con and looked fantastic. At 19″ tall, this rendition of the Clonetrooper features armor over a fabric body suit.  This figure is due in Q1 of 2011 and is available for preorder for $294.99.  Click on the image to the left and head over to Sideshow Toy’s site to check it out.

The last of the gallery updates!  I’ve added galleries for Iron Man, Marvel Universe, Star Wars and Transformers.  Check the galleries out at the below links

Iron Man

Marvel Universe

Star Wars

Transformers

I’m in the homestretch now.  See below for a gallery of Gentle Giant’s display, including their 12″ Vintage Star Wars line.  They’re fantastic in their retroliciousness.

Gentle Giant - SDCC 2010

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The Hasbro Comic-con exclusives are posted on HasbroToyShop.com.  Not everything is still available, namely Sgt. Slaughter, Captain America, Thor and Galactus have sold out.  The other exclusives are still available.  Also HasbroToyShop.com have issued a 10% off coupon code – COMIC2010.  This coupon expires on 8/15/2010 at 11:59 PM eastern.

A few minutes from the start of the Star Wars panel, today is going smooth.  Two main toy panels today, Star Wars and MattyCollector.  I have low expectations for the Star Wars panel, as any major reveals would have to be shared with Celebration V.  If the line moves, I’ll get to find out.

• “2010 will be more focused but it will be a celebration”
• Details on the Galactic Battle Game – all products except vintage.  Kid friendly battle game.  Will continue through 2011.
• Clone Wars wave 3 – Ki Adi Mundi, Flame Trooper Clone Trooper and Clone Trooper Pilot
• Sergeant Bric Mail-in details – Play mat holds 16 figures; Sergeant Bric is a bounty hunter hired to train clone cadets
• Battle Packs Wave 2 – Mandolorian Troopers and Arc Troopers
• Hyena Bomber is a nice sized toy.
• 3 3/4″ Hailfire droid goes about 9 mph and fires 18 missles.  Big focus for the fall…will have a commercial
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As part of their SDCC event, Sideshow Toys have posted a pre-order for a 1:6 scale Yoda and his Dagobah environment. That’s right, this is an original trilogy Yoda! Head over to their site to check Yoda out, with this link. The exclusive version (with snake) runs $75 with the normal edition being $70. The Dagobah environment is $275.

Gentle Giant has announced their second entry in their new 12″ vintage Star Wars figure line.  For the past week, Gentle Giant has been revealing the card back to the Stormtrooper, which shows the other figures planned for the line.  On Friday Gentle Giant announced that as an exclusive for Star Wars Celebration V they will be an offering upsized vintage Boba Fett figure.  Thanks to ToyFare magazine, after the jump there’s a teaser image showing the Stormtrooper, Boba Fett and Ponda Baba.  Check it out!

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The fourth Entertainment Earth exclusive Star Wars comic pack has been unveiled.  From the ‘Jango Fett: Open Seasons’ comic book series come the Jaster Mereel and Montross.  The Mandalorians are armed and articulated.    This comic pack is available for $17.99 or pick up all four for $69.99.  Check out a larger picture after the jump or head over to Entertainment Earth and place your pre-order now.

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