Its the Endgame for Jedi

I was just walking around Kino today, not even thinking of buying anything Star Wars. I didn't realise that Endgame TPB was out already. This collection of stories is set after the dreaded Order 66 and the rise of Vader.

Xwing Omnibus

I've made my decision ... I'm not buying these 2 X-Wing Omnibus. One reason, I have in my possession the TPBs of the whole xwing series. These omnibus is just a repackaged TPB of the old series. I was thinking previously of buying these for the sake of being a completist but heck, I did forego the Marvel TPBs so why not these ones.

The Falcon has landed ...

After an internal struggle to NOT pay above retail for ULTRAs, I've succumbed to the inevitable. The constant tug of any collector; do I wait longer to pay retail or pay more to get it now? After 2 months of wait, this collector can't wait any longer. I bought the Millennium Falcon and Vader's Tie Advance from a toy collector's shop. I actually made these purchase last week, but I just couldn't find the time to take these snapshots. But I can't release them from their packaging yet because I lack a plastic plate which I use to raise ultras higher in my display cabinet. Oh well, I'm just happy I bought these babies!

New Titanium set announced

A new titanium wave has just been announced, but I'm not too crazy about these. Just look! The swampspeeder is a repaint. The mud effects looks good but the camo on the clonetroopers looks very badly done. Yuckkks square. I've got the blue tie fighter, so that's a done deal. The droid tri-fighter is supposedly to be a battle damaged repaint. But the laser score marks on the dark blue paint scheme just doesn't work. The last one I might get. It's a repaint of the Y-wing in red. I've got the original yellow scheme.

SDCC Hasbro Titaniums (pt 5)

Now, back to our regular programming. This entry will focus on repaints of previously issued vehicles. a: This is a repaint of the ARC-170. It follows the colour scheme of the Clone War gunship with the face of a fierce looking bird. But as I said, the paint looked really like a deranged goose. But I'ld still get it ... hahahahha! b: In the tradition of Hasbro idiocracy, we now have a BLACK jedi starfighter. Guess who's ship this belongs to? Yup, Anakin Skywalker when he turned SITH. So now, Anakin has 3 starfighter under his belt, a yellow, green and black starfighter. Duhhh! He is the main character of the Star Wars saga. c: Same reasons as above, Hasbro has thrown mud packs on all vehicles that were shown on planets with swamp/ground. Gentle beings, I give you a swampspeeder with mud. d: Errr ... An Xwing with mud? From Dagobah, this one comes. e: Since I couldn't view any close up of the paint scheme, I would say this is a BLACK gunship. Maybe Anakin used one somewhere?

SDCC News Interlude

I have one more article on the SDCC but I have to interject here because I've just seen this wonderful video and it is AWESOME!! It's not a real game but the scenes are just deliciously DARK, ... as in SITH kind of dark. Just watch.

SDCC Hasbro Titaniums (pt 4)

The last 3 NEW moulds of the Titanium series are as follows. The last ship shown on the right was from this year's stock, that is Jango Fett's Slave 1. No. 11 : This is the the chicken-walker aka AT-ST. Seen twice in the SW 6-parter, mainly in TESB and ROTJ. This scheme is from the Battle of Endor. No. 12 : Amidala's Naboo starskiff was used to transport her from Coruscant to Mustafar in ROTS. No. 13 : All time favourite is the this CR90 corvette or better known as Tantive IV. It was as a rebel blockade runner in ANH. Previously, it was a consular ship used by Senator Bail Organa in the days of the Old Republic.

SDCC Hasbro Titaniums (pt 3)

The next 3 Titanium vehicles are as follows; No. 8 : A battle damaged AT-AT. By the looks of it, it's from the Battle of Endor, not that we actually see an AT-AT being damaged in ROTJ. I'm taking a guess, since there were only 2 places we see this mechanical behemoth, first in the Battle of Hoth and the other whilst transporting a captured Luke to Vader on Endor. So by careful? deduction, the scene points to Endor. No. 9 : This is an AT-TE. A distant cousin twice removed from the AT-AT ... hahaha! AOTC is where you can find this juggernaut. No. 10 : This my friends, is General Grievous personal starfighter. A Mankvim-814. Hyperdrive-equipped and with a forward-mounted engines & rear-mounted fins, flanking this separatist commander is a task in itself.

SDCC Hasbro Titaniums (pt 2)

The impressive lineup continues on with these 3 vehicles. The Y-wing on the left is a repaint of the previous line. No. 5 : This is Darth Maul on his Sith speeder. Ever so menacing, this vehicle appears on the sands of Tatooine in TPM. Loved this vehicle. No. 6 : A vehicle of the nature world. Dewbacks were used as transport between ports of Tatooine. This stormtrooper was last seen in the special edition of ANH. First animal vehicle in the titanium series. No. 7 : An awesome addition is the jedi starfighter with its hyperspace ring. This to me is a MUST get. Used by Obi-Wan in AOTC, the starfighter would detach itself from the ring.

SDCC Hasbro Titaniums (pt 1)

Pictures of Hasbro's new titanium vehicles are out all over the SW sites. From Rebelscum, JediDefender to GalacticHunter, the photos of my favourite SW collectible toys were showcased. My jaw has not been able to close since I've seen what Hasbro has planned for this series. Drool is spilling out and I don't even care. Some are rehashes or repaints of previous waves, whilst a bulk of them are totally new vehicles. No. 1 : This is a repaint of the Naboo starfighter. Previously, it has a yellow body paint. The vehicle appears in TPM but not in this colour scheme. No. 2 : Anakin's Clone wars Jedi starfighter. Its not in AOTC nor ROTS. You can find this in the clone wars animated series. No. 3 : This is the Invisible Hand, the flagship of General Grievous. It's the starship which Anakin crashlanded into Coruscant. It appears in ROTS, the Battle of Coruscant. No.4 : Taken from a scene in ROTJ, we see an ewok (Paploo?) taking command of the speeder bike to create a distraction. From this group, the best would be Anakin's starfighter. A distant second would be the Hand, followed by the ewok and Naboo starfighter.

Comic-Con 2006

What is it? As the official description goes, it is the largest gathering of comic book and pop culture fans and professionals in the world. Why am I talking about this? Only one thing, what new titanium vehicles will Hasbro come out in the near future.

Luck of the Bounty

One door closes, another door opens A day after being outbided, one of the specialty shops that I subscribe to announced that they were bringing in the tie interceptor in loose form. I was like, duhh!... I saved $7 by being a failure in an auction. Wasn't that great planning? I've bought the Jawa sandcrawler too and the most exciting part ... (cue dramatic sound effects please). I've bought the elusive exclusive GOLD Tie Advance fighter. This special version of Darth Vader's TIE Advanced X1 Starfighter is a gold-painted version of the normal vehicle, given away at 2006 Convention Exclusive Toy Fair. 3 down ... a lot more to go

Auction Action

Oh well, after 4 days of tracking this Yahoo auction, I was outbidded on the last day by someone else. No use breaking the bank for toys, yeah ... right. The auction was for the Tie Interceptor and the Falcon repaint but luck was not on my side, ... and the search continues.

Droids Guidebook in the bag

Made my way to Kino today after reading news in the SW forums that the book is out already. Didn't find any copies there. Has it run out so fast over the weekend? Undaunted, I made a beeline to the nearby comics store at the same level, and saw one last copy still available. Grabbed it, paid it and unwrapped it. Flipping through the pages, the coloured graphics was a new addition but found the guide book lacking interesting droids. The only thing that caught my eye was about General Grievous and his assassin droids. Hopefully that'll be a good read. Thinking back, it must be the completist in me that kicked in to get me this book ... heh heh ...

I don't Figure ...

With the announcement of another battlepack "Mace Windu's Attack Battallion", I was absolutely relieved that I am not into collecting SW figures, any sizes. The way Hasbro has been churning these clones pack, I would be in the red 3 times over. That is if I can beat the other clone army collectors in getting them first. Why? Because these battlepacks run out as fast as the retail put them out. And before the scalpers and specialty shops raise their price to match the collectors frenzy level. I've came close to buying one of the sought after packs, "Hunt for Grievous" battlepacks. I had it in my hands for 30s ... Nahhh! Not going to do it. These fanatics of the clone army figures could easily spend a few hundred bucks just to have an army, passable to show-off. Me ... I rather find titaniums that cost half of that.

Hackers Anonymous

Mannn, ... the SW forum site which I frequent was invaded by hackers recently. The "shite" that these buggers left was a very disgusting photo which I will not describe here. This is the second time, I've seen hackers attacked a popular SW site, and I know it won't be the last. sighhhhh!

R2D2

I was doing a bit of spring cleaning on my various Star Wars stuff recently. Dust seems to like my SW collection. I want to show off one of my prized SW possesion. Its a 40cm tall R2D2. It was a gift from my siblingin-laws when I got married into their family. It was the best gift that I've ever received.

Finally, ... a Wave 1 Tie Fighter

At last, I have in my hands the elusive exclusive wave 1 tie fighter. Why exclusive? Well, the very first wave of the Titanium series was never sold at retail in Singapore. Why elusive? Any copies that collectors want, they would have to probably purchased online, but is now out of stock on most stores. Also in my hands is the titanium Luke on a Speederbike. How I managed to get these? ... My best friend, who went visiting his relative in NY, bought them for me. So out of a list of 5, he only managed to get 2. Not bad, ... for a novice. But to me, the tie fighter itself would account for 2 or maybe 3 die-cast. Too bad he'd mistaken the tie bomber that I wanted with Darth Vader's tie fighter. Else, he would have made me the most appreciative friend he would ever have... hahhahah.