I know it's not technically his birthday yet where he lives, but it is past midnight here in MN and I didn't want to let this one slip by...

Great big birthday wishes going out to JD staff member JediMAC who turns 37 today (Aug 1st). 

Happy Birthday Matt, hope you have a fun day! 

It's time for a new Give-Away!



JediDefender.com is giving you the chance to win the entire 2007 “Vintage” wave from the 30th Anniversary Collection! That’s right, it’s your chance to win all six of the 2007 “Vintage” collection figures - Han Solo (Hoth), Snowtrooper, Bossk, IG-88, Luke Skywalker (Bespin), and Princess Leia (Endor). Plus, once you open the figures, you’ll have everything you need to send away for the mail-away Vintage Coin Set from Hasbro!

See our Give-Away page for all the details!
 
Give away ends Saturday, August 18th, 2007.

Good Luck!

They will go boxed into an Oscar case. 

Wuss.  All the cool kids open them... 

The best dang custom made cases around. 

I use Oscar's Cases for all my Carded Kubrick figures and I have always been satisfied with his prices and quality. 

- Updated list with waves confirmed at SDCC 2007. 

2007 Wave 9 - Attack of the Clones
  30AC #55 Clone Trooper
  30AC #56 Padme Amidala
  30AC #57 Jango Fett
  30AC #58 Voolvif Monn
  30AC #59 Destroyer Droid
  30AC #60 Concept Rebel Soldier

2008 Wave 1 - Revenge of the Sith
  30AC #xx Po Nudo
  30AC #xx 2-1B
  30AC #xx Octuparra Droid
  30AC #xx Kashyyyk Trooper
  30AC #xx Commander Gree

so the vintage line to me is a dying breed (but also because they are running out of appealing figures to add to the line).

And right there, you just proved that the "Vintage" premium figures are ultimately aimed at kids too.

Think it's a coincidence that we've seen multiple Hans and Lukes in the assortments so far?  Nope, because kids love Han and Luke.  If the line was solely aimed at Collectors, there would be no need to worry about having each wave having a Han/Luke in it.

Sure, the nostalgia evoked by the line is targeted at the older collector set, but the character selection that goes into it shows that Hasbro is thinking about making sure it's appealing to the kids too...

I guess I'm not surprised by BBTS's announcement, just surprised it took this long for them to confirm what we've been speculating for a while now.

Sucks for those who were waiting, but I guess it's another case of "if it sounds too good to be true..."

Kinda disappointing (but not surprising) to see more re-paints and kit-bashes end up in the Comic Packs line. 

Mouse/Able - no idea who these guys are, so I have no excitement for them.

RC/SBD - Repaints... but at least they are good army builders.   

Shan/Jundlan - Shan looks like a repaint of the Force Unleashed Officer and Luke looks like he's re-using parts from the recent DS/Imperial Officers as well.

I would love to see some resurgence in interest and tell Hasbro. What about:

Dash Rendar & Luke Jedi with yellow vest
Snoova (chewie) & Leebo
Xizor & Guri
Vader & Jix

Anybody else give a rats ass about SOTE?

I have no need to see resculpts for what they've done already (Dash/Xizor/Snoova), but I wouldn't mind a Guri/Leebo pack since I think those are two figures that they should have done the first time around.