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May 24, 2007 |
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DAY 1: SANDTROOPERS
INVADE LOS ANGELES
Overall, I’d say the best experience of being out here has to be meeting up with fellow Troopers like Starfox, Jedi Hawk, Boba Fence, Jacen Solo and so many others that are going to make the next few days very special ones. We will do our best to deliver the best possible coverage. United We Find! PHOTO GALLERIES
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The Celebration is underway and team Sandtroopers is on the scene
taking photos and doing their best to simply maneuver throughout the
city. The thirtieth anniversary is not showing us any signs of rust
as far as Hasbro, Gentle Giant and Sideshow Collectibles are
concerned. With what is on the horizon I’m sure collectors will be
most pleased with the latest offerings from Hasbro.
The McQuarrie
figures are certainly going to be a highlight for many fans. I’m
sure people who have asking for new vehicles will be most pleased to
see the new Jedi Starfighter (with hyperspace ring) as well as the
repainted ARC-170 and battlepack fly into their collections. The
area was very crowded and there was a little bit of turmoil for fans
waiting to score the Concept Luke. The line kept capping and people
were asked to go shop around and “come back later” to get the Hasbro
Toy Shop Exclusive. You would have thought they might have had a
better set up for the distribution among the thousands of people. I
was told the line for the droids was much better. Overall, I think
most will find the future to be most promising and enjoyable for
collectors.
The team at Sideshow unveiled a
couple of nice surprises, the most notable would be the Biker Scout
on Speeder Premium Format figure. At eight hundred dollars, I’m very
interested to see how well this high priced wonder is received.
There was also a bronze Darth Vader that will be limited to 50
pieces and will also sport a very high price tag. The 1:1 line will
get its first taste of Bounty Hunter with the addition of Bossk. I
was really blown away seeing the R2-D2 and C-3PO life-size set, and
if I do decide to purchase I know divorce papers are soon to follow!
The Gentle Giant booth was also
swamped. However unlike other areas, the lines did seem to move
pretty smooth. We can look forward to Admiral Ackbar, Tusken Raider
and the Clone Engineer joining the mini-bust line. However I’ll be
anxiously waiting to see the outcome of their distribution plan for
their exclusives. As most collectors seem to share the sentiment
that it’s not going to work, and someone is going to come up short.
