The transforming and movement of the bots really sold me. Especially the cool rolling/fliping that Starscream does.

The Bumblebee air freshener hanging from the 80s Camaro rear view mirror is a nice touch too.

I liked the "the must be Japanese" line from Spike, funny.

When are the weekends? These look very cool (if I can find them)! Leave it to Hasblo to make the coolest stuff the exclusives. 

Saturday and Sunday 

A few months ago, fans got a sneak peek at four new exclusive maquettes bound for this year's Star Wars Weekends at Disney-MGM Studios in Florida. Visitors will have a bunch more exclusives waiting for them this year when the annual event stops in for four consecutive weekends between June 1 and June 24, with a great poster, pins, figures and other collectibles now readying for release.

Same card shape and graphics; coin is there, figure is there.  Cardback is different (on US cards anyway) but that's not so obvious. 

True, but I think it's the blue accents that's the attention graber which draws the unscrupulous and collector-types alike. So, I rank these on the same level as last year's UGH and this year's uber-UGH gold coin chases. Hasbro must be cognizant of that...

It's almost EU in the sense that it's not movie canon, though it is the basis for what we eventually got.

Pre-canon... 

I probably should go look for photo reference first, but just offhand, is it still accepted that there are grey and white pauldrons (in the film, that is)?  I thought the grey had been discounted as dirty white ones.

From SW.com Databank under Sandtroopers

"Sandtroopers wear colored pauldrons as a designation of rank. A stormtrooper sergeant's pauldron is white while an enlisted stormtrooper's pauldron is all black. Squad leaders, who lead units of seven troopers, wear orange shoulder pauldrons."

No mention of gray.

Regarding the beer and ebay... You've probably heard about the idea of having to blow in to a breathalyzer before you can drive- well, apply it to computers and maybe you've got a product worth licensing to SW fan wives everywhere.

As long as shoe/clothing retailers get the same thing 

 

Nice! I hope BBTS pulls through for me 

Nice Stuff Steve! The Ewok is great as is the Force Witch with Rancor - nice use of the Elizabeth Swann from POTC:AWE figure. Very cool.

What did you use for the feather on Skunky the Ewok Warrior?

Made for TV, just like the Ewok things were, so they could be anything.  Hopefully one will be for Lifetime, dealing with Gargan's struggle to carve out a new life for herself following the unfortunate death of her boss, and her difficult decision to undergo triple breast-reduction surgery.  Starring Meredith Baxter-Birney.

I'd watch it.