“Hey Troopers, Darth Vegas reporting in. The western sector finally paid off. My collection is complete to #30. I beat the scalper at his game. I went in at 3:00 am and there were figures on the pegs so I grabbed those. I looked down the isle and the stocker had 2 more boxes so I whipped out the old blade and went to work. I had emptied the pegs of the good stuff so when he said those 2 boxes were overstock I said B.S. and proceeded to remove the good stuff from them too! I got a Scorch, a Cody, 7 clones and 2 or 3 of everything else. I even racked up 5 or 6 of the Galactic Hunt cards. All in all, a good mission. I could tell the stocker was miffed and on my way out of the store who was walking in? Why my good pal Mr. Scalper. My haul of Star Wars stuff made his day I'm sure. Well that's about it from way out west where we are trying to build a big huge fence. Get loud and stay loud!”tpinney2@cox.net
General Grievous was one evil character who had the lightsaber skills of a Jedi, the deadly ways of a Sith Lord, and the military background of a commanding officer. He was a general of the Separatist Army during the Clone Wars. Just before Emperor Palpatine transmitted "Order 66" to all of his clone army, General Grievous was approached by Obi-Wan Kenobi and the one-on-one battle between the two began. Grievous thought he had more skills and talent and that he could easily take his opponent, but he was obviously mistaken. Hasbro captured Grievous' last moments quite well in plastic form, so be sure to check out fellow staff member Boba Bink's report and images of this figure 
Hey troopers, it gives me great pleasure to announce the recent addition of another Star Wars collection to our 
The Sandwatch section is getting hot tonight with its third update, this time we're proud to show you five new figures from the soon-to-be released additions to the VOTC line. In it are Greedo, Han Solo, Biker Scout, Sand People and Luke Skywalker X-Wing Pilot. Check out the loose and carded shots of these figures 
We have some exciting new images to share with you, and they all come from Hasbro's soon-to-be released Heroes & Villains collection. The cardback is pretty much the same as the latest Saga collection, but this has the logo printed on the front that says "The Episode III Heroes & Villains Collection." It's currently not known when these will make it to stores, but I'm sure they'll be out sometime this year. Although the cardbacks look great, the figures all appear to be rehashes. Check out all the new images 
Hey troopers! I had received lots of requests asking about making some desktop wallpapers so that you could have Sandtroopers.com become part of your computer system, and I have finally finished working on some for you. A total of six different desktop wallpapers have been designed for you, so go ahead and start downloading! Sorry there isn't more than just six, but in time there will be more added. You can download them by clicking 
Hasbro has recently updated their site with new Galactic Hero figures that will be coming out late this summer. The figures will include the following: Greedo & Han Solo, TIE Pilot & Wedge, Luke Skywalker & Han Solo in Stormtrooper Disguise, and last but certainly not least a Sandtrooper & Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Sandtrooper looks awesome and will of course be a hard item to find when it's eventually released. Check out all the photos and more 
George Lucas' final installment in the Star Wars Saga, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, has received four nominations for this year's fourth annual Spacey Awards which include best movie, best non-human (both R2-D2 and Yoda), best movie villain (both Darth Vader and Chancellor Palpatine) and best movie hero (Obi-Wan Kenobi). The awards will be presented by CHUM Television's Space: The Imagination Station specialty channel, and the winners will be announced during a prime-time special on May 27. Do what must be done and cast your 
For all those troopers out there who have been enjoying LucasArts' new video game "Empire at War," there is a new downloadable patch that will add new content and fix several issues in the game. To see a list of everything that is involved with this patch click 
George Lucas has made the news once again, and this time he was recently given the "Global Vision Award" by the World Affairshile while he was in San Francisco. While he was there he had commented on how Hollywood's culture has spread across the globe. Lucas said, "As long as there has been a talking Hollywood, Hollywood has had a huge impact on the rest of the world." Read the full article 
"DarthPharaoh with a word. The Coruscant wave has hit the Atlanta area, though I haven`t seen them yet and from the reports from local collectors only a couple folks have seen em. Otherwise basic figures are slim around here. There`s Hoth and Carkoon here and there but not even a single pegwarmer from Geonosis. Frankly, that wave barely hit. Atlanta has become it`s old SW lacking self. It was that way before ROTS and apparently will be again after. There are billions of choppers to be had though!! What a joke that line was. The Titanium figures also seem to be warming shelves around town. I just don`t think too many will pay $15 for them. After all, the large Titanium ships are way bigger and are only $5 more. The only ones I plan to get are the 501st clone and... naturally... the sandtrooper. That`s it from Hot(h)lanta. Death to all scalpers!!!"
Hey troopers! Just before you know it August will be here, and that means one of the biggest conventions will be making its way into the Chicagoland area. The convention I'm referring to is Wizard World Chicago, and it will be at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center (in Rosemont, IL) again like it has been the last several years. If you're thinking about attending you might want to start making plans for it, so request those days off from work as soon as you can. The more members from Sandtroopers.com means the more fun this convention will be! Head on over to 
