They can't even bring themselves to put "Holiday Special" on the packaging. 

Maybe it's on the back somewhere. . .

. . .nah.

The cardback was shown at ToyFair.  RS had one of the most legible shots...

"The first appreance of Boba Fett was in an animation short in the Star Wars Holiday Special."

Ok... back on topic.

I watched the episode this AM and was a little confused... The Looking Glass thing did not play out like I thought it would.  I suppose there is still time for Desmond's latest flash to come true, it will be interesting to see how it all plays out next week. 

I wonder if they will have any juicy hints for us on next week's episode  in the "Answers" thingy tonight?

Thanks for the prompt payment on that Tantive Battle Pack! 

Have their exclusives ever been available online?? 

Some people had luck gettting the Disney exlusive Star Tours figures via an phone order number, but they have never been on-line by Disney before.

They say that these figures are Star Wars Weekends exclusive, so it will be interesting to see if they are only sold during the Weekends events or if they will filter out to the other Disney locations as well...

Found his post in the Series 8 thread...

According to the guys at the medicom booth there will be more series.  No dates set yet, I think they must have been busy with the box set and 400% releases.

OK, let's see where we are at...

Following the news of Yoda and Obi-Wan, that leaves us with just one of the 12 McQuarrie concept carded figures for 2007 to be revealed:

#1 - Stormtrooper (30AC Wave 1)
#2 - Boba Fett (30AC Wave 2)
#3 - Chewbacca (30AC Wave 3)
#4 - Darth Vader (30AC Wave 4)
#5 - Starkiller Hero (30AC Wave 5)
#6 - Snowtrooper (rumored for 30AC Wave 6)
#7 - "Han Solo" (rumored for 30AC Wave 7)
#8 - "Rebel Trooper" (rumored for 30AC Wave 8 )
#9 - C-3PO & R2-D2 (Celebration IV Store)
#10 - Luke Skywalker (HasbroToyShop @ C-IV)
#11 - Obi-Wan Kenobi & Yoda 2-Pack (rumored for a summer convention)
#12 - ?

I guess I'm not sure if Obi-Wan and Yoda are carded together (like 3PO and R2), but all we've heard so far indicate they will be.  I'm starting to wonder if there will be two SDCC figures this year like Celebration IV, one at SWShop and one at Hasbro Toy Shop.  Otherwise, I'm not quite sure where that 12th figure will land...
 
All bitching about exclusives aside for a moment, this is shaping up to be a very cool sub-line.

Will it still be the white "Vintage" paintjob, as scene on the box?

What is shown on the box is not what we are getting.  According to Hasbro it will be the same as the last release, just in a new (crappy, mistake laden) box.

The latest Hasbro QnA has been posted...

- 30AC Vader's TIE = huge disappointment 
- 30AC 4-LOM - all-new and pretty darn cool 
- No CIV Hints for You!   


Also, a scheduling note:  The formal Q&A sessions will be taking a small hiatus due to Celebration IV and the Memorial Day holiday.  Look for the Q&A sessions to resume on June 8th. 

Don't worry though, there should be quite a bit of Q&A goodness from the Hasbro C-IV panel to tide you over!