I feel like it should have a tag line like "This Time...It's Personal", but the line "Defeat The Pork Side!" on some of this packaging more than makes up for the two hours of editing I just did. This past weekend, we blew young minds with the announcement of Star Wars Angry Birds and teased your wallets with merchandise to come. Today, Hasbro gets in on the action with official pics of their lineup that confirm two things...
1. There WILL BE a Star Wars Angry Birds App
2. They will be merchandising the hell out of it
and as an aside...
3. They sure do love Jabba and the Rancor Monster, as they have featured them in two of the game sets....but no Leia in any, unless you count Leia Bousch. Everybody knows girls don't play Angry Birds. Pish Posh. Sarcasm, ended.
FIRST UP!! Let's meet the cast of characters revealed so far!
The ultimate adventure collection debuts on Blu-Ray™ with seven hours of bonus features including nearly an hour of previously unreleased behind-the-scenes footage!
Every unforgettable exploit of world-renowned, globetrotting hero Indiana Jones finally comes home with pristine picture and sound when INDIANA JONES: The Complete Adventures debuts on Blu-Ray September 18, 2012 from Lucasfilm Ltd. and Paramount Home Media Distribution. The cinematic classic that started it all—Raiders of the Lost Ark—has been meticulously restored under the supervision of director Steven Spielberg and sound designer Ben Burtt. Additionally, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade have both been remastered alongside 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull making this landmark release the first time all four films in the epic and award-winning franchise have been available together in sparkling high definition.
Star Wars Detours™ is an animated comedy that explores what daily life is like in a galaxy far, far away. There are no Empires striking back or attacking clones here. Instead, Star Wars Detours focuses on the universe’s regular folks and their everyday problems… which, to be fair, do frequently involve famous bounty hunters, crazed Ewoks, and even a Dark Lord of the Sith.
Welcome to Star Wars: Detours: the other side of the stars, between the wars. Technically it takes place between Episodes 3 and 4..if you keep track of such stuff.
It's the brain child of the Robot Chicken crew who just happen to be massive Star Wars fans. The cast includes Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Ahmed Best, Seth MacFarlane, Jennifer Hale, Dee Bradley Baker, Joel McHale, Nat Faxon, Cree Summers, Felicia Day, Abraham Benrubi, Weird Al Yankovic, Zachary Levi, Donald Faison and most definitely Breckin Meyer & Seth Green.
What more do you need to know?! I'm sold. Here's some eye candy!
Today, Screenlife®, creators of the popular Scene It?® entertainment trivia games announced its 2012 retail lineup, which will be previewed at the upcoming NY International Toy Fair, booth #2931. In conjunction with the Scene It? brand’s 10th anniversary, for the first time ever, Screenlife will be launching a title based on one of the most iconic film series in history, with Scene It? Star Wars. Featuring stunning movie clips and engaging trivia across all six Star WarsTM films, the game extends the classic Scene It? experience with new Stars Wars-specific challenges, and new puzzle types that offer a rare look at behind-the-scenes materials that will delight as well as inform fans. Also previewing at Toy Fair in the Screenlife 2012 lineup, Scene It? Movie Night, which features blockbuster films of past and present, spanning hits from comedy, action, drama and beyond. Both of these Fall 2012 releases will introduce a new streaming capability to the Scene It? experience, offering players the option to stream gameplay on a variety of devices, as well as play from the patented Scene It? DVD.
“It’s a delight to bring Star Wars, one of the most popular and beloved film franchises of all time, to the Scene It? galaxy of rich entertainment trivia,” said Barry Watts, CEO of Screenlife. “2012 is shaping up to be a great year for movie fans, as we are bringing not only fantastic new titles like Star Wars and Movie Night to our lineup, we are giving players new ways to play with convenient streaming gameplay.”
Scene It? Star Wars
From the Battle of Naboo to the birth of Luke Skywalker, from the rise of Darth Vader to the fall of the Galactic Empire - Scene It? Star Wars delivers hours of fun spanning the complete Star Wars film saga. As one of the engaging new puzzle types introduced in this landmark title, the “Jedi Archives” challenges players to solve puzzles utilizing behind-the- scenes film assets, from storyboards, production stills, concept art and more. The Force will need to be with fans as they try to solve the “Finish the Line” puzzles, which task Star Wars devotees to complete key dialogue from the films. The “Imperial Listening Post” incorporates the fantastic sound effects of Star Wars, as players endeavor to identify the iconic hum of lightsabers, or the inspiration of Chewbacca’s signature voice. Emulating R2-D2’s famous projector, “Holonet Disruptions” presents clues in holographic projections, as first depicted in the original Star Wars. Available Fall 2012, ages 13+.
Scene It? Movie Night : This crowd-pleasing entertainment trivia game challenges player knowledge of the silver screen with all-new amazing clips, captivating trivia, and the most popular on-screen puzzles from the biggest Hollywood blockbusters of the past 20 years. From comedy classics like Wayne’s World and The Naked Gun, to edge-of-your-seat thrillers including Cloverfield and Paranormal Activity - to recent Oscar nominated films like True Grit and Bridesmaids, the fast-paced, star-powered fun makes Scene It? Movie Night THE party starter for both casual movie buffs and diehard film fanatics. Pass the popcorn, gather friends and family, and get ready to play Scene It? Movie Night! Available Fall 2012, ages 13+.
New Streaming Gameplay : With Scene It? Star Wars and Scene It? Movie Night, Scene It? proudly introduces a groundbreaking way to play. Players can choose to play using the included DVD or simply stream the content via their favorite web-enabled device, including laptops, tablets, and connected TVs. The streaming option offers added convenience while providing access to bonus content not found on the disc. It’s the best of both worlds for Scene It? fans!
For more information on Scene It? Star Wars, Scene It? Movie Night, or any other Scene It? game, visit www.screenlifegames.com.
INNOVATION!! It's what separates the hum drum average toy maker from the likes of McFarlane Toys who make a zombie figure you can tear apart and re-assemble! BLUW is one such company who like to put a little extra zazz in their plastic with products including wind up grannies battling wind up Daleks...and Air Hedz, the inflatable costume hat!!
We are deadly serious.
Blow up your own piece of super-sized fun! Air Hedz's giant inflatables are the super-sized way for kids to dress up. Each set comes with a giant piece of headgear and accessory. Take your pick from a range that includes a cowboy, pirate, nurse and fairy princess. Just blow them up and put them on - they're a gigantic load of fun!
Their creations include a Cowboy with a gun, Robot with a blaster, Pirate with a sword, Alien with alien hands and Fireman with an axe. This is one company that knows adults (or closest approximation) want to get in on the fun, so they've got a Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Skeleton and Axe to the Head sets as well!
Now BLUW joins in on the Star Wars celebration with blow up Lucas creations you'll be sporting at San Diego Comic Con this year fo sho. The lineup includes Darth Vader Inflatable Head & Armor, Clone Trooper Inflatable Head & Blaster & Yoda Inflatable Head & Cane.
AMAZING. Bluw is also cranking out some Transformers and Ben 10 Air Hedz, so keep watch for those if you're a fan! More Toy Fair news coming soon..same bat time..same bat channel.
Force you to do what...I could not say. I've never had a Quick burger so I won't make any bowel movement jokes today.
From across the great waters comes the most awesome merchandising tie in since Hello Kitty lent her face to a vibrator. It's STAR WARS BURGERS!!! French website MintInBox got the scoop on these force infused sandwiches, but not much info. It seems this February, to coincide with the release of The Phantom Menace in 3D, Quick will release three burgers.. The Dark Burger (red), the Jedi Burger (green), and the Dark Vader Burger (black).
February 10th is the set date for The Phantom Menace to drop on theaters in 3D, so I'd expect a flurry of product tie ins to start...right about...meow.
Now that the Flickr is jam packed with Toy Fair 2011 goodness, it's time to grind out all the little bits of info for the lines you'll be obsessing over this year. What better way to kick this off than with STAR WARS!!(<~click here for 268 images!)
Clone Wars Wave 2 hits this March with Ahsoka and Anakin (Season 3) grown up, El Les the bounty hunter, Clone Commander Wolffe and an Aqua Battle Droid.
Wave 3 stars Jedi Eeth Koth and Bariss Offee (from the brain invaders episode), Clone with Riot Gear and Red Leader Arc Trooper.
Figure and Vehicles – (June) Clone & Scout Speeder, Seperatist Droid & Speeder and Castas & Speeder
This Fall – Republic Fighter Tank Remote Control Vehicle rolls out with 6 projectiles and a Clone Trooper. A light comes on at start up and when you fire a missile, it simulates the recoil action of a real tank.
The Republic Attack Ship is the big mother trucker this year with fully positionable wings, pop up blaster cannons with spots for Clone Troopers to man them. The ship can be converted into a battle platform playset with blast shields, scout tower and a cockpit that turns into a recon vehicle with fold out wings. Electronics included boast an “interactive mode” with the Commanders voice telling you to fire on the enemy…and he’ll know if you’ve done it!
Vintage figures were a success so they are continuing the line into 2012 with 35 figures minimum coming out in 2011. Most will have some new tooling while others will have all new tooling (meaning they are new figures; the tool being the mold from which the plastic is punched when they make the figure.) The line will extend beyond episodes 1-6 this year into the Expanded Universe. This fall the line will introduce deleted scenes figures as well. On tap are..
Clone Trooper in 212th deco, New Hope Luke with grappling hook and light saber, R5D4 Droid, Storm Trooper, New Han Solo Celebration (with medal), Commander Gree, Luke in Degobah arrival outfit (ungloved hands..ooo), Clone Trooper, ATRT Driver, Weequay, Fi-Ek Skirch (Nikto Jedi from Episode 2 battle), General Lando Calrisian, Baris Offee (final cloak will be vinyl, not cloth), Rebel Blockade Trooper, Trooper Commander (Captain Fordo with his fo-hawk hairstyle and 2 helmets), Logray ( Ewok w/articulated ankles!), 501st Trooper (Episode 3), Aayla Secura, Dr. Cornelius Evazan, Kithaba, Nom Anor (resculpted and in scale for 6 feet tall, removable armor and removable back spikes to complete alternate looks), Bom Vimdin, Fan Pick Bastila Shan, Echo Base Trooper (Hoth!) and Ponda Boba (removable arm and two sets of hands for a hoofed look and hands that can hold a cantina shot glass, should he be doing shots before decapitation)
This fall, Revenge of the Jedi cards return for the vintage line. 12 figures will be released on these cards late this summer/ early fall including Slave Leia, B-Wing Pilot (Keyan Farlander), Luke Skywalker (Endor Capture), R2-D2 (with Jaba’s skiff serving tray), Han Solo (Endor trench coat), Stormtrooper, Darth Vader, Admiral Ackbar, Wicket, Boba Fett, TIE Fighter Pilot and Rebel Commando (Endor).
Hasbro assures us these figures will be easier to find than the Galactic Hunt releases, but to assure you get your set, they’ll be releasing the lot in a Death Star package at San Diego Comic Con this summer. Included are two bonus mini figures of Salacious Crumb and a mouse droid, both on small vintage cards.
This year’s mail away is Boba Fett in his prototype armor. We were told there is even a hint of the beach towel deco on the cape to mock the original painted beach towel sprayed and hooked onto the now legendary white costume.
Figure 4 packs will see release around the same time the films get their Blu-ray push, including some of the greatest characters from those films and packed with mini posters of the films. When you put all 6 sets together you’ll form a complete piece of art from the sides. The Phantom Menace set includes Qui Gon Jin, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Maul and a Battle Droid. The Episode 2 set includes Anakin Skywalker, Jango Fett, Count Dooku and a Clone Trooper. The Episode 3 set comes with Mace Windu, Yoda, General Grievous and Commander Bly. The Episode 4 set comes with Luke Skywalker, Sandtrooper, R2-D2 and Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Episode 5 set includes Luke Skywalker in Snowspeeder gear, Princess Leia (Hoth), Snowtrooper and Boba Fett. Finally, the Episode 6 set comes with Luke Skywalker (Jedi), Han Solo (Endor Trench Coat), Darth Vader and a Biker Scout.
Galactic Heroes is coming to an end. Aww. Luckily, they got out an adorable AT-AT and an oh so cute Rancor Monster in their run. Now the line will be retooled (like the other lines) for a more pre-school appeal (meaning they ain’t for you and your grubby man hands anymore). Jedi Force 2 packs include figures with new articulation so they’ll fit properly in any vehicle in the line. Coming this August are Darth Vader and a Stormtrooper, R2-D2 and C-3PO, Anakin Skywalker and Jar jar, Yoda and Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Commander Cody and Han Solo and Chewbacca. Pull back and Go vehicles include a Landspeeder with Luke, BARC Speeder with Anakin and a Freeco Bike with Obi-Wan, coming this August. Other vehicles include a Snow Speeder with Hoth Han Solo and Pilot Luke, Anakin Skywalker’s Starfighter with Anakin and R2-D2 and the Millennium Falcon (with a total redesign to be not as fat and chuncky with a smuggler’s compartment, detachable radar dish and cannons that can be re-pegged inside, full range of tools and the holo chess game.)
ROLE PLAY!! ..and we don't mean Slave Leia outfits. Hasbro returns to the drawing board with their Lightsaber design and returns with a kid friendly but still screen accurate model called the Ultimate FX Lightsaber. This is said to be the most realistic lightsaber ever produced for kids. The UFXL retails for 35 dollars with a blade that strobes to life from hilt to tip (as it should!) with activation noise, power down and clashing sounds. Each is packed with a CD to show Jedi moves so you can train properly and not behead your neighbors.
With the return of Disney Star Tours come NEW exclusive figures! Get ready for Darth Vader on his hover pod, 2 Sky Troopers and Boba Fett in the Star Tours Ambush Pack and the Baggage Handler, a new version of Ace, C-3PO and droids as well as some luggage that actually opens in the Travel Agency Pack. New Walmart 2 packs are on the way packed with single episodes of Clone Wars targeted to kids. The packs include Landing at Point Rain with Obi-Wan in Clone Armor and a Battle Droid and Weapons Factory with Anakin and a Super Battle Droid. Target Clone Wars 2 packs (sans DVD) include a Special Ops Clone Trooper and Geonosian Soldier (not a zombie this time) and ARF Trooper Waxer and a Battle Droid. Target also gets some additional Vintage 3 figure packs this Spring with a Stormtrooper, Vader (w/ soft goods) and an Imperial trooper and a second pack with Luke Skywalker in X-Wing gear, Obi-Wan (soft goods) and Han Solo. Toys R Us will score some Vehicle and Figure packs with a Rebel Transport Speeder and a Flitknot Speeder with Geonosian this Spring. Kmart gets a single figure exclusive this Spring with Clone Captain Lock.
Remember that red guy that popped up in Episode 1, handed Qui Gon his ass and then was dispatched by a lucky light saber strike minutes later? That Sith terminator Lucas has been cranking out toys for ever since? His name is Darth Maul; an often forgotten Star Wars baddie overshadowed by the horror that was Jar Jar Binks and the entire Gungan race. Now...his story will be told!!
Lucasfilm Ltd. and Cartoon Network invite you to limited theatrical screenings and a BIG SCREEN sneak peek at an all-new Clone Wars villain - the monstrous SAVAGE OPRESS! For the first time ever, Sith training will be explored - and with it, truths about the very nature of the dark side itself!
A warrior forged by a dark sorcery as mystical and powerful as the Force, Opress will uncover shocking revelations about the galaxy's tenuous balance of power, including secrets about one of the Sith's most infamous villains -- Episode I's Darth Maul! From his origins to his fate, Maul's mysteries will at long last be uncovered...
For a list of cities where these screenings will occur, and to RSVP, follow the links below. These screenings are FREE, but we ask that all attendees bring a new/unwrapped toy to benefit children in need this holiday season.
I feel like it should have a tag line like "This Time...It's Personal", but the line "Defeat The Pork Side!" on some of this packaging more than makes up for the two hours of editing I just did. This past weekend, we blew young minds with the announcement of Star Wars Angry Birds and teased your wallets with merchandise to come. Today, Hasbro gets in on the action with official pics of their lineup that confirm two things...
