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Toy ‘R’ Us Exclusive Vintage Collection Vehicles Coming…

The sum updated a few days ago with this rather cool news which all sounds very likely to happen. Slave 1-finally, but limited release, oh dear. Let the madness ensue.


Speeder Bike with Scout and Cannon

On October 1st, Toys “R” Us will begin selling the Speeder Bike with Scout and Cannon set for $19.99. This set will include an all new Speeder Bike, a Biker Scout (which also appears to be all new) and a tri-pod cannon not too different from the ones the Stormtroopers used on Hoth. The Speeder Bike itself looks awesome! It has the proper handle bar grips, and pedals. This set seems to be limited to 30, 000 pieces for the US market. No word if that number includes International stores as well.

Vintage Collection Endor AT-AT

Also limited to 30,000 pieces and planned to release on October 1st, The Vintage Collection Endor AT-AT will be a repack of the big AT-AT, but this time in a Return Of The Jedi box. The images we’ve seen are mock ups, so the description doesn’t perfectly match the images seen. According to the information we saw, the AT-AT will have an Endor paint deco, so it is safe to assume we’ll see dirty ‘feet’. The box shown is the original Kenner box, but history has told us that they don’t deviate much from the original designs. The suggested Retail Price has yet to be set. Like the previous release, this AT-At will also come with a driver figure.

The Vintage Collection Slave I

There really wasn’t a lot of information on this one, but it is planned to come with a Han Solo in Carbonite. Chances are good it will share the casing from the SDCC exclusive Jar Jar.

Adventurous Ewoks & Yavin Pilots Multipacks

You may remember seeing images of these packs some time back, but now we can tell you that they are TRU exclusives. Each set is limited to 30, 000 pieces and will be available on August 1st for $34.99 each. The Adventurous Ewoks set will include Teebo, Kneesaa, Tippet, Corpsey the fallen (LOL), and an unnamed Ewok with an E-11 Blaster. The Yavin Pilots set includes Gold 5 “Pops” Davish Krail, Gold 2 Tiree, Red 5 Porkins, Vader’s Left Wingman (with a numbered helmet?)*, and Porkins’ Astromech.

* The number, if it appears on the toy, is from the film, not a prototype identification stamp.

Darth Maul FX Double Bladed Lightsaber

With an allocation of 25, 000 pieces and a price point of $69.99, there will be plenty of Star Wars fans playing with this cool FX saber once it is released on September 1st. Like previous releases in this line, the Maul DB Saber will be in a window box.

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Frugal Dad Joins flyguy.net As A Sponsor. Discount Coupons For You At Top Stores.

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We hope it saves you money off your pruchases whether for Star Wars products or not!

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Chewie in the house at BriansToys.com! Wave 3 Vintage and Target 3 packs also in stock!

The Vintage-Style Wave 3 is back in stock! Unfortunately, the Wedge sold too quick, but there are plenty of other hard-to-find figures from the set available. Also in stock is the G.I. Joe Wave 5 set!


2011 Clone Wars Carded Wave 3 (Set of 4) C-8/9

The new pre-orders for the Clone Wars and Vintage-Style figures have images up, so check out what to expect from the new waves.  If that doesn’t get your Wookiee growling, then make sure to pick up the Vintage-Style 3-Pack exclusives, now available for sale at Brian’s Toys.
2010 Vintage-Style Boxed SW Villain Set (Stormtrooper, Darth Vader, & Death Squad Commander) C-9

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Star Wars Tie Bomber Oz mega price drop!
P3630

Local Target in Melbourne offering a great deal on a cool ship. Not one for me, but still a good deal. Would love to hear from our USA/Canada/UK/EUR readers on how this price matches up? USA cheaper?

*Update* Same low price for the ARC 170 Starfighter!

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Star Wars Defense Of Hoth Battlepack HD Figure Review

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Another Star Wars product we reviewed on our YouTube Channel recently, now a chance to share it here. Head on over and subscribe and you can get these straight in to your mailbox the minute we upload them.

We already reviewed the previous set in several parts. (Part 1 & also Part 2) And finally by several purchases we end up with some parts of this ‘Defense’ pack. Not complete, but still enough parts to say this is a great pack, but is this worth your hard earned cash in your country or region with shipping, or can you even find it?

Check out our High Def review and see if truly one for your collection… Let us know your thoughts and feedback either in the comments below or on www.facebook.com/flyguydotnet

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Wax on, wax off….Star Wars Waxer Clone Wars HD Figure Review

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Another figure we reviewed on our YouTube Channel recently, now a chance to share it here. Head on over and subscribe and you can get these straight in to your mailbox the minute we upload them.

His companion Boil we reviewed some time ago and so was only a matter of time before we got our hands on Waxer who comes in this Target exclusive two pack (Sainsburys in the UK). He is packed with a red battle droid (not reviewed as just a repaint but if you want to see a battle droid review in this mould head here)

Check out our High Def review and see if one for your collection? Let us know your thoughts and feedback either in the comments below or on www.facebook.com/flyguydotnet

View our high res image gallery of this wave and previous Vintage collection figures also shown below…

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Blue Velvet! Star Wars Senate Guard Vintage Collection HD Figure Review

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Another figure we reviewed on our YouTube Channel recently, now a chance to share it with our readers here.

Even though we reviewed this Attack of The Clones Wave (wave 4) early in January, this figure was not one high in demand for me, but a recent Australian Target sale had this for $12AUD/USD and so snapped this up.

With a high quality almost velvet blue cloth cape and kind of removable helmet (you’ll see what I mean in the video), several weapons and pretty solid articulation, we compare this next to some Royal Red guards and show the differences in our High Def review.

One for your collection? Let us know your thoughts and feedback either in the comments below or on www.facebook.com/flyguydotnet

Available now at BigBadToyStore.com and also available at BriansToys.com and remember when checking out to choose ‘Internet site: flyguy.net” to note where you heard about this.

View our high res image gallery of this wave and previous Vintage collection figures also shown below…

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Second Star Wars Target USA exclusive 9 pack images surface.

Images of a second Target USA exclusive pack from Hasbro have surfaced and it looks a decent pack at first, for those that missed out on some cool figures in recent-ish waves.

The awesome VOTC Han Solo is present, excellent Obi Wan Kenobi of 2009/10, the Vintage collection Leia, and what seems like the new Vintage collection articulated Stormtrooper! Also rounding off the pack is the SA recent (Battle pack only) beardless Rebel Hoth trooper. Add in the also great Death Star Trooper, and we nearly have an excellent pack. Were it not for…

…the not so good Luke X-wing pilot, and another Darth, but worst of all what appears to be a POTF2 2-1B Surgical Droid.

Still, at what will no doubt be a typical silly low USA price point compared to the rest of the worlds figure prices, you are getting an amazing deal. Unlikely to be anywhere other than the USA, if your a carded colletcor, good luck getting this puppy shipped abroad in mint condition!

Available ‘soon’ from Target USA.

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Crappy Wan Kenobi gets Foxy with Droidbait. A Star Wars figure Custom/Tip HD video.

We show a lazy ass way of doing a custom/tip on some popular figures you may not have thought about, and give Commander fox a face, and Obi Wan more clone like appearances, twice!

You need (this feels like a recipe!)
1 x Commander Fox,
1 x Original Clone Wars ‘Crappy’ Wan Kenobi,
1 x Droidbait/C327 (although Echo or Matchstick should do)
An oven at gas mark 6*

*Were kidding about the oven! Don’t melt your figures or your mums and wifes/boyfriends will kick my butt.

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Boring Conversation Anyway… Episode 1 - The ‘Fandom’ Menace. From @flyguy & @dbsw

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A huge thank you for all for the feedback on our beta episode! We go live with our Episode 1: The ‘Fandom’ Menace

In this episode, we chew over and discuss the following:

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Attack on Hoth, Target Exclusive Battle Pack Review in Hi-Def 1080P. We likey.

So if you were a subscriber to our YouTube Channel where we have just shy of forty recent figure and battle packs reviews (some not even out yet!) you’d have got these videos yesterday…but for everyone else… here’s our Hi-Def 1080P 3D* review of the Attack on Hoth Target Exclsuive Battle Pack.

So big we had to split in to three parts! (YouTube forced a third part due to length)

Part 1 - if your in a hurry and just want the basiscs

Part 2 - we give the lowdown on the AT-ST & e-web blaster

Part 3 - The figures get the rinse.

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*okay we lied about 3D

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