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On this week's Star Wars Action News podcast we come to you from the
Pittsburgh Comicon 2008 where the Star Wars Action News hosts held panels
on Star Wars collecting. We report on the con and scour the vendors'
booths for any Star Wars items available.
Also this week, everyone knows that keeping a large carded figure
collection can take a lot of space. A LOT of space. We look at the
options of loosing some of those figures from their cards and ways to
store the figures in a safe way.
Finally we have a double dose of vintage as Darth Gawth continues
reviewing vintage mint-on-card figures in his collection, and Darth Bounty
informs us about the ancestors of the Titanium figures, Kenner's first
die-cast Star Wars vehicle line.
And with a Hasbro Q&A that puts the Aayla Secura decal sheet issue to bed
once and for all, this is a Star Wars Action News not to be missed!
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QUESTIONS HASBRO ANSWERED
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1) At Toy Fair during the Saturday Q&A Darrel said that there are no
plans to release a new Millennium Falcon in '08. However, he looked
uncomfortable saying that, so everyone just assumed it would be in '09.
Now there are pictures out of the new Falcon (and it looks ASTOUNDING,
kudos to every single person involved), and it appears it is coming out
this summer. If it is indeed coming out this summer, why the outright
denial at Toy Fair?
2) The new Target exclusive Aayla Secura Jedi Starfighter has no decal
sheets, to the upset of many, yet Hasbro.com says they cannot provide
decal sheets for this vehicle. Why was the decision made to release this
starfighter without decals?
3) In the recent wave of Titaniums (including Anakin's Pod Racer) there
is a Red 5 X-Wing and a Slave I. Are these new sculpts, repaints of older
sculpts, or simple repacks of previous popular vehicles?
To find out the answers to these questions,
listen to this week's episode!
Have a question for Hasbro?
Post it here
and maybe it will be answered by Hasbro!
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CYSTIC FIBROSIS AUCTION
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100% of the proceeds of this auction will go to help Team Cassiebug
and the Cystic Fibrosis Great Strides Walk.
There is a fund raising event going on for Cystic Fibrosis One of SWAN's forum admins daughter
is affected by CF and Red5's family is doing a walk in Dallas in a few weeks. Please check out
the message below:
I wanted to take a moment and let my extended Star Wars family know that in May my daughter
Cassidy is turning 4 and we are participating in the annual Cystic Fibrosis Great Strides Walk
on May 17th, 2008 here in Dallas. We have organized a group, Team Cassiebug, that is raising
funds and would greatly appreciate any help anyone is willing to give. Our team goal is to
raise $1,000 for our efforts and I wanted to make it fun by throwing a little Star Wars into
the mix. If we can raise $500 I will wear my Stormtrooper Armor in the walk, but if we hit our
goal of $1,000 I will wear my Darth Vader Costume.
If anyone would like more information, please visit the following link:
http://www.cff.org/Great_Strides/JenniferRacek5585
or you can visit my wife's bolg on livejournal at
http://tapestrymlp.livejournal.com/395008.html
We greatly appreciat any help you all can give. Thank you for your time.
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PHOTOGALLERIES
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SHOW STUFF
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