Takara started soliciting for their next reissue-- and what a shock, it's another version of Convoy/Optimus Prime. Battle Convoy (aka Laser Optimus Prime) was one of the finest molds from Generation 2 with a great trailer battle base and a light-up sword, plus-- for its day-- the best articulation on an Optimus toy you could expect. (We even tracked down a MISB G2 version to crack open because we liked it so much.) While special changes to the deco are as of yet unknown, it's a great toy. Even if it is one you can get fairly cheap as it is. As one of Hasbro and Takara's high points of the 1990's, we're happy to hear it's coming back.

The dudes over at Action-Figure posted shots and pricing info of the upcoming Cobra Commander gun prop replica. It ain't pretty, and it ain't cheap.

The guys over at Microman Forever posted a lot of neat stuff, including a tan body "Massive Type" Material Force body for Microman. This extra beefy blank figure could probably make a really awesome He-Man or wrestler of some sort. If you're a fan of such things, don't miss it.

Numerous stores are offering deals with Revenge of the Sith today. Target has an exclusive coin. Wal-Mart has a bonus disc with R2-D2 and C-3PO doing wacky stuff. And in case you missed it, we reviewed it last month-- click here for the full review at Galactic Hunter.

First up: guess who came out? At Entertainment Earth, we saw that we got in the new Ultra assortment with Red Alert, aka Vanguard Team First/Fast Aid. He's neat, has Mini-Con hardpoints, and is big enough that you won't be too worried he'll cost $30ish, but still, like most Ultras... yeah. We'll probably buy one though. The bio on the box was as follows: RED ALERT is, first and foremost, a healer. As AUTOBOT medic, he has never hesitated to rush onto a battlefield under heavy fire to assist an injured comrade. Indeed, there are many AUTOBOTS (and even one or two DECEPTICONS) who owe their lives to him. It is because of his skills as a healer that OPTIMUS PRIME handpicks him to be part of the team-- along with HOT SHOT and SCATTORSHOT-- to return to CYBERTRON and cleanse his home world of the TERRORCONS infestation. Though he is uncomfortable with the new armor and heavy weapons with which he has been upgraded, he recognizes their necessity, and will not hesitate to engage in battle if his hand is forced.

The dudes over at Action-Figure strike again! Toy Biz' tentative lineups for Marvel Legends 2006 are up, variants included! Talk about happy fun surprise time!

Quoth the Universal Executive: SCREW THEATRICAL RELEASE WINDOWS! The Digital Bits is reporting Joss Whedon's Serenity, based on Firefly, will be on DVD December 20 with a small smattering of extras. Click through for more.

So we got like two emails about the podcast, which is slightly better than anticipated. As such, we started working on the second installment, which is already at 7 minutes and is just two stories (unedited) and totally without intros/outros. So we think this could quickly evolve into a 20-30 minute thing unless people start complaining about length. (Our ride to work is 30-40 minutes, so we need entertainment and we figure there are people on subways and in cars that share our desires.)

Many have been speculating about the look of the G.I. Joe Cobra Trooper coming in the next Internet-only series of individually carded figures. Well, lookee what we got. Go ahead and click on that sucker for a larger image. It shows the carded figure and the loose figure, so there ya go. Who loves ya, baby? More later. As you can see, we're phoning it in today after taking yesterday off.

We also got shots of the in-package Alternators for 2006, which really means later in 2005. Check 'em out, as these are some nifty clear images of Prowl, Sunstreaker, Tracks, and Skids. Click to enlarge, etc. etc.

At work, we do lots of writing, and one article caused a bit of hubbub over at the Xevoz forums. In the most recent Entertainment Earth catalog (Holiday '05), there's a two-page spread with all the Xevoz product we had in stock, as well as some "custom" figures. This was something we did to show that these figures had swappable parts because, well, we didn't think people necessarily got it that the point of these were that they would have interchangeable limbs and heads and stuff. So anyway, that's why there's a big article in there.

One thing we just couldn't ignore was the update at The Magic Box with New Super Mario Bros. for Nintendo DS. This seemingly side-scrolling adventure looks pretty cool, and as it looks old-timey, we love it so far. We can't wait to get our hands on it, but for now, we'll have to settle for these two pages of previews.

16bit.com Podcast
November 6 2005

Well, we decided to try it again, with less scripting and more rambling. This week we focus on a lot of specific stuff which, if you've been paying attention, you may already know. But if not? It's new to you!

This week, we have five (technically three) segments again. They are:

For starters: You do not need an iPod to hear a Podcast. Podcasting is just a fancy word for "hack job internet radio show," which is exactly what we're aiming to produce here.

Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A column by yours truly. We do look at playsets, storage, the "final 12" ROTS figures, and oh so much more. Read on, you lucky readers you!

Return of the Red Wings! Images from Baron and more are up at The Magic Box, with two jam-packed pages of the English translation of the upcoming GameBoy Advance Final Fantasy IV. Therre's no mention on if a bard is spoony or not, but you do get to see that it looks like little was lost in translation to the portable.

Over at Fan2Fan, there's a ton of new information from Japan. There's spoilers on Galaxy Force-- hidden, of course-- as well as lots of magazine prize figures, Lucky Draw items, and tons and tons of other neat stuff you should go see. (We were especially happy to hear some interesting info on Planet X.)

The gents at The Digital Bits added the artwork for the upcoming Serenity disc, which looks like a bad novel-based-in-the-sci-fi-world book cover. The DVD is still due December 20.

A movie's coming out soon called Zathura, which, like Jumanji, is from a book about a board game. Same author of the book. Same creative folks on the movie. And it appears the board game was designed just like the one in the movie, and was just released this year. We've seen it at Kay-Bee toys so far for $24.99 and are quite enamored with it. We're trying to see if we can't find it for slightly cheaper elsewhere, because, well, we're curious and it looks too much like a box of awesomeness. (Sure, it'll probably be dull. But such is the nature of non-video games in the 21st century.)

A lot of hubbub is going on over a link to a page at Hasbro (seen here) for "Red Alert." It's fun to note that the product ID number-- which we have access to at work, along with hundreds of other Hasbro product ID numbers-- is that of the red-boxed Prowl from Alternators, in finer stores now. As such, it's likely a placeholder page and nothing to get your panties in a bunch over, despite what you're reading elsewhere. Although if the Red Alert from Japan shows up in the USA, we'll be in line to buy it.

The cats at TVShowsOnDVD.com added images and info of three (to us) unseen previously action figures from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for six bucks a pop from Wal-Mart. Nifty! Read on for the full scoop with images.

We can't make this stuff up-- and apparently, neither can the reporters at The Magic Box. Square-Enix is making a Nintendo DS basketball game featuring Mario and friends. It looks... interesting. Click through for screenshots.

The eighth volume of Mystery Science Theater 3000 came out yesterday, we think. No local Best Buys seem to have them in stock and we're going to do some research to see if anyone else actually got it-- the same thing happens with most of these sets, though, so it's about par for the course.

The resident genius of the Internets and Cyberweb, David Willis, posted a new amusing installment of his Shortpacked strip to his web site, this time featuring Xevoz. It also correctly points the finger for the decline of this line where it belongs-- squarely on you, the unwashed toy buying masses. (Xevoz are awesome.)

We picked up a G.I. Joe Sigma 6 Storm Shadow-- after some hunting, as a few stores were out-- and we must say we're impressed. He has all the armaments of the entire Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles team-- swords, sais, a bo, and nunchucks. But HIS nunchucks have flip-out knives which are not at all obtrusive, and he's got a grappling hook, climbing gear, and a giant box to store the weapons-- that's part of the packaging. And he's got a friggin' sword rack with a Cobra logo on it. Awesome. We'll be covering him more in the weekend podcast, but in short, um, wow?

We marked down several cases of Star Wars figures at work at EE today, and we were surprised to see that by the time we came home to post, 4 of the 5 were sold out. (Granted, those ones were $19.90.) All that's left at this point is Episode II Collection 1 Wave 1, for $39.90. (Or $3.33 a figure-ish.) It'll probably be sold out shortly, but hey, it's not a bad deal if you need to buy gifts-- it has Kit Fisto and Super Battle Droids, and R2-D2, Jango Fett, and other stuff. Oh, and this is, of course, an ad.

Over at TVShowsOnDVD.com they added both the box and Marge head box art to their site for your viewing. Do check it out.

Want to see all the first wave Beast Wars rereleases in package? How about the DVD episodes they include? And opened shots in both modes? Well, we can accommodate. Just don't freaking link directly to our images. Kthxbye.

Interviewer first-class and NPR host first-class Terry Gross had both Maureen Dowd and Sarah Silverman on her program, Fresh Air, yesterday. They were promoting "Are Men Necessary?" and "Jesus is Magic" respectively, and if you have no idea what either of those are, odds are you should just scroll to the next item. The show is available by streaming audio, so go nuts and listen to it if you have the Internet-- which, I think, you probably do.

Since we work there, and since we started this as a game site, we only thought it fair to inform you Entertainment Earth is taking preorders on this fancy blue Kasumi Statue from Max Factory. Limited run, due in early 2006, blah blah blah. They presold out of the white one, but since the blue one is better, well, may as well get those orders in early.

Advertising. If you like to order stuff online, we added a bunch of new items for sale at Entertainment Earth today. Here's a partial list. Buy something, and we get like a full quarter!
Star Wars Saga Collection: Battle of Geonosis Wave with more new Clones, Sun Fac, Sora Bulq, and more.
Star Wars Transformers Wave 1.5 with Luke, Grievous, and Obi-Wan.
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Series 1 Set with Mooninites and more.
Zathura Board Game

The guys over at Microforever posted a great news update with images of the super-cool looking Microsisters figures and much more. Do check it out, if you like such things, and we assume you likely do.

Today, we've got in-box shots of Crosswise, Brimstone, and Thunderblast if you have yet to see them. As always, thanks for not linking directly to our images and linking to our front page instead.

Over at Sideshow's site, they posted a new press release saying they're going to be producing their trademark 1:4 scale collector figures for Lord of the Rings, which is notable because they announced the end of the polystone line not too long ago. So now there appears to be at least 1 licensee for Lord of the Rings goodies going forward.

If massive multiplayer online games are your thing, the guys from Action-Figure.com hope to have a site for you. It's called XPGrind and there seems to be quite a bit of content for a new site-- plus forums and all that stuff. Check it out, and best wishes to the fine folk behind these two sites!

16bit.com Podcast
November 13 2005

Last week we tried mostly no scripting with lots of planning. This week, our aim was to basically see what could be pulled out of our butts. We're largely happy with the results.

This week, we have five (technically three) segments again. They are:

For starters: You do not need an iPod to hear a Podcast. Podcasting is just a fancy word for "hack job internet radio show," which is exactly what we're aiming to produce here.

Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A column by yours truly. We look at Commander Cody-- again-- ewoks, and tons of other stuff. Read on, or listen to me read some of the answers in yesterday's podcast.

Over at TFW2005, you can see in-package images of Downshift from Cybertron. He's basically a one-off of the classic 'Cuda muscle car (and their ilk), so it's extra cool. We may be wrong but this is probably the first "retro" vehicle Transformer toy in a modern toy line.

On our handy dandy DVR device today, we watched a couple of episodes of the new G.I. Joe animated show, Sigma 6. We're obviously not the target market, as we miss that mark by probably a good 13 years. Still, it was interesting to see the classic 1980s characters (and some more recent ones) reimagined as anime designs, to an extent. Some really worked, others... not. While your mileage may vary, we found the show kinda dull. The ninja stuff was fantastic, as we are fans of ninja things. The fighting, on the whole, was very Star Trek-esque, with characters giving facts, figures, technical info, and numbers in some attempt to make things seem exciting without showing explosions or anything neat. We did get a big kick out of seeing the majority of the direct to consumer Joe toys represented on some level, and some of the designs have us hopeful for future releases. (We'll be first in line for Sigma 6 Baroness, thank you.)

We're quite excited about Mario Kart coming to the Nintendo DS this week, because you can play it online for no extra charge. We're not overly excited about dropping seven Abe Lincolns or more to get one, so we did a little price comparison shopping.

Some things defy reason. This is one of those things. At work last week we received the monthly Toy Vault solicitations, and this one is, well, shall we say "special." We guess the basic idea is that the Lovecraftian dark demon beast can suck your brains as it keeps your head warm. It'll get you the ladies, we're sure.

Yesterday at Target, we spotted this new wave of figures. We're in LA and found Brushguard, the Speed Mini-Cons, Wreckloose, and Backstop. (Bought Brushguard and Wreckloose as we had the Japanese versions of the rest.) They're all shipping at one-per-case and just hitting now, so keep your eyes peeled and be first on your block with these new releases.

So Kingdom Hearts II is trying to be everything you could ever want. First, you can meet Captain Jack Sparrow. Now, The Magic Box reports you can meet with the cast of TRON! Wow! Well, we're happy, and you should be too.

We've seen these a while ago-- don't ask how-- and we now know it's legit. In 2006, NECA is going to be selling a single Devo action figure. What it is, is a basic body in the yellow suit with 5 interchangeable heads and accessories. (David, Mark, Bob 1, Bob 2, and Alan are all about the same height and build. So it's not a stretch.) It looks like they'll have whips, energy domes, and no instruments. We're not overly keen on the shortcuts being taken, especially as they didn't wear the yellow suits in the Whip It video, but well, iffy Devo beats no Devo at all. We'll share pics and pricing as soon as humanly possible.

Better late than never. Today at Galactic Hunter, we look at the Shock Trooper repaint of the Quick-Drawn Clone Trooper. Sure, it's the same package-- but the toy is new-ish! Is paint enough to make this figure attractive? (Well, yeah.) Read on to see pictures and why you should drop some cash on one!

Oh, it's panhandle o'clock. If you preorder through these links, you support the site as they give us a quarter and all that jazz. At Entertainment Earth yesterday, we added several new items from Gentle Giant Studios. The most interesting two are the Boba Fett 1/6-scale statue and the Cantina Bust-Ups (Series 6). Also added were a Corpse Bride Victor Bust, a Corpse Bride Victoria Bust, and a Harry Potter Hungarian Horntail Dragon Statue.

Anyone thinking Nintendo was old hat or out of touch is insane. We got Mario Kart DS yesterday and we can say without hyperbole that it is THE BEST THING EVAR since the last BEST THING EVAR.

If you like Beast Wars, this is damned appealing. You can see pictures of revised 10th Anniversary Beast Convoy (Optimus Primal) and Megatron (...Megatron) at The Allspark. These are the 1996 leader-size ($20) molds with new paint jobs and new, non-crappy heads. Well, maybe not non-crappy, but the mutant heads are gone.

Kobushi. Landslide. Scattorbrain. Monocle. All these and more, in and out of the package, for your viewing pleasure. As always, thanks for linking to our front page and not the images, and we appreciate your support. And at this time, we do not have bios or anything.

While we wouldn't call ourselves fans, Teen Titans Season 1 is coming to DVD soon! Take note, start saving your pennies, and enjoy your pseudo-anime adventures with Robin, Cyborg, uh, the Fonz, and Ralph Malph.

In case we haven't made it perfectly clear, if you have the means, you should get this. Heck, if we know you, email us your "friend code." We'll play ya. And we'll force you to hear us gush on this weekend's Podcast. (See above to sign up, and please send us your feedback or we'll make it longer and talk faster.)

The guys over at Raving Toy Maniac have new (we think) images of Marvel Legends 12. Maestro, Wolverine, all that stuff. Even Sasquatch. They look great, so check 'em out.

This is a new Action Man villain. That's all we know about it. Amusing, no? Anyway, we'll do some podcast stuff and get back to you over the weekend.

Over at E-Hobby, the recolor of Blaster, Twincast, has been revealed. Click through for images and more info... in Japanese.

Just revealed: the next wave of G.I. Joe comic packs. Of note, #24 features Snake Eyes, Stormshadow, and Stalker as they appeared in Vietnam. #16 is a Fan's Choice pack based on Devil's Due's more recent series instead of the Marvel run.

16bit.com Podcast
November 20 2005

Mario Kart DS. This may be the single most important game we've ever discussed in the podcast. This week, we look at our first-ever game overview with Mario Kart DS, and examine other new happenings.

Pictures are a necessary beast, and as such, we wanted to show you images of the avatar system in Mario Kart DS. As you can see here, Mario Kart DS gives you a 32 by 32 pixel grid pattern which you can use to create pretty much anything you can draw, or in our case, steal. In our case, we decided to go with Simon Belmont as seen in Castlevania as our efforts in making a Cobra logo proved inept. Our pal TheSwami has made one of Scrooge McDuck of DuckTales fame, and we've seen many other great ones too, including Walky of It's Walky fame. (Used by, of course, "Walky.") On the right, our friend Dan's icon.

This week, we have five (technically three) segments again. They are:

For starters: You do not need an iPod to hear a Podcast. Podcasting is just a fancy word for "hack job internet radio show," which is exactly what we're aiming to produce here.

Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A column by yours truly. This week we look at "Tado" and a number of mysteries which were, until just now, mysterious.

Over at The Allspark is a thread highlighting old timey Generation 1 names and Hasbro's efforts to keep the names from being lost to another company. We're not too knowledgeable of such things, but it looks like it may be pretty much right on the mark-- if nothing else, it's well worth a read if you have some time to kill.

The Aeon Flux: Complete Animated Collection DVD hits stores tomorrow, and has an SRP of $39.99. As readers of the site have expressed interest in a decent price, we've done some poking around. Amazon.com is about $27.29, making it the best overall deal online. Best Buy is asking $26.99, and Circuit City is $27.99.

The guys over at The Magic Box posted reams of updates today with new images and new information, including showing Vivi in Kingdom Hearts II, more shots of Final Fantasy XII: Lame Character Design Redux, Dirge of Cerebus, and there's news of a Capcom Collection for the PSP with Strider and more. Well worth checking out, so click through and consider yourself informed.

So while sitting on the couch watching "The Soup" on E!, we discovered a new feature on one of our favorite toys, or rather, two of them-- Transformers Energon Inferno and Roadblock. There's a little tab on the weapon that plugs into the back of their shoulders. Neat! The graphic we made in four seconds looks awful but we really didn't see any reason to make it look like we put any effort into it as we'd rather spend the time basking in this new way to mount a gun. It's isn't the most sturdy thing in the world, but as it seems like an obvious design now that we see it, well, maybe it wasn't meant to be. Who knows. Just pull out some toys and try it.

If you aren't visiting The Magic Box every day, you should start. Last night, we saw images of Seiken Densetsu DS: Children of Mana and Animal Crossing: Wild World for the Nintendo DS that we had not yet seen previously. Four pages of Mana and three of Animal Crossing await those who dare click through. (And no, we don't see anything that makes Animal Crossing as compelling as the GameCube version looked with all those NES games in it.)

Yesterday at work we got in a shipment of the new Johnny Cash figure. While we dig the style of the Man in Black, and the prototype looked pretty great, the final production item isn't exactly what we would call awesome. Well, if you're a huge fan, obviously, you can do no wrong. But this one didn't wow us, and we are fans of the SOTA Toys.

Apparently Hasbro added a bunch of new key info to their web site-- and of course, the lazy can find it all in this amazing thread over at The Allspark. Brushguard, Buzzsaw, Blurr, and more-- do check it out.

An article with the above name was posted to Gamespot. We see no need to editorialize, the article pretty much says it all.

16bit.com Podcast
November 23 2005

Studio Tan. This time, we were invited into a recording studio-- like, a real recording studio-- to record the Podcast. (We're not sure why, either.) As this was mostly an experiment on what a studio can do for the Podcast that a corner in my apartment can't, there's not as much stuff going on, but hey, it's news to you if you're not a big reader.

This is a short show with few segments. They are:

For starters: You do not need an iPod to hear a Podcast. Podcasting is just a fancy word for "hack job internet radio show," which is exactly what we're aiming to produce here.

Last night, our futile toy run resulted in us discovering Wal-mart indeed is receiving the Cybertron Defense Red Alert in the box just labeled "Red Alert." So variant hunters, get hunting.

The Magic Box never disappoints, and in the November 23 update, they detail the extras going into the upcoming GameBoy Advance reissue of Final Fantasy IV. Sound tests, beastiaries, and more can be yours-- if you buy it. We plan to.

Entertainment Earth is now giving away a free mousepad with every order while supplies last. So order anything, and they throw a mousepad in the box-- there's enough on hand so this should last through early next year if not slightly longer. Do you need another mousepad? Probably not. But it's good for re-gifting or using as something to line a small animal cage, too. It's got Clone Troopers on it, though, and it's a pretty nifty image. So if you're wanting to order something somewhere with a freebie, Entertainment Earth's got this. And it is indeed free. (We have one here, and it's rather pretty.)

Reader Monzo directed us to this Allspark thread concerning Toys "R" Us coupons, and there's one for $5 off $25 at real-world TRU locations. Thanks, Monzo! Happy printing. (Also note we had some difficulty getting it to work in the past when a similar offer was given but hey, $5 is $5, give it a shot.)

Guess what just showed up in China? Cybertron's own redeco of Crumplezone, the aptly named Dark Crumplezone! The fine folks at Seibertorn added the image and it sure looks purty.

The release date for this US release of the Japanese fan wank will now be December 4, and the unit costs the same as any other GameBoy Micro. We were a little disappointed there wasn't an NES edition, frankly.

Galactic Hunter has posted a Q&A column by yours truly. This week we look at stuff. Just read it, or don't.

While odds are you've seen it, Diamond Comics (aka Previews) posted a big huge graphic of their next cover of their big catalog. And Beast Wars has the cover, with the legendary Injector there for the viewing alongside Magmatron, Retrax, and a whole smattering of characters that never got an ounce of attention since their toys were released are front and center, so to take a look-- it's a nice piece of art.

The guys over at The Magic Box have news of a new classic Namco collection for the PSP, and there's images too! That's the good news. The bad news is pretty much everything has been made available on a previous Namco collection, but the selection of games is pretty diverse, with the likes of Elevator Action, Dragon Spirit, Rolling Thunder, and a new Pac-Man remix.

Just so you know, in case you care, the Podcast is now, in theory, going to be recorded on Tuesdays and posted on Tuesday overnight to Wednesday. (Hence why we didn't update over the weekend.) We spent some time fidgeting with the whole AAC and embedded slideshow thing, and we're still working on it. The good news is if we offer it as an AAC file, the file size shrinks considerably. The bad news is it's proprietary to iTunes, so odds are we'll continue to offer MP3s until we find a more elegant solution. We're also getting some interesting hate mail as of late which doesn't seem to be directed to any specific thing we've done, just the idea of our existing. As such, thanks to them for greasing the wheels of our vast publicity machine. It runs on the frustration of others.

As we work there and know of such things, Entertainment Earth has three items on super-special through, we think, just today. And they are:

With no story details yet, odds are a simple glimpse at this Viper Lockdown set will grab your attention. Two Joe team members and four new Cobra troopers enter the mix for a battle waiting to happen-- as always, please, don't link directly to the image if you're so inclined to linking to the image. Seriously. We don't ask for a lot from anyone.

We hit the LEGO store in Ontario Mills (Ontario, Californee) yesterday and were shocked to see lots of 2006 product. New Bionicle Matorans for $4, a new Knights Kingdom-themed LEGO Chess set for $49.99, and lots and lots of other goodies. (No, no new Star Wars, Harry Potter, or Batman yet.) If you have a LEGO store in your town, gas up the car and make a trip. (So despite the backorder dates on LEGO.com, you can actually buy a lot of this stuff at a LEGO store.)

We went to a few stores and found some Big Lots stores still have old Transformers Armada Mini-Cons sets, marked down for a mere $1.50 per 3-pack. We saw Road Wreckers and Space teams, and we can only assume more are out there in the system. Go check those Big Lots! Word on the street has it Wave 4 Xevoz are popping up as well.

So. How does $799 for an Xbox 360 with virtually no extras sound? Good deal, eh? According to this GameSpot article, that's exactly what J.C. Penny is counting on. The system tends to go for about that, give or take, on eBay as of late. As such it isn't too outlandish for retailers to feel they're getting the short end of the stick as the markup on console hardware is low, and in some game eras, said to have been in the single digits of dollars. As collectors of small plastic men and robots, we don't like to point fingers and call people stupid too much, but we do believe this is one of the times where we just don't get it.

Pepsi Convoy in package. Over at TFans, you can get a first glimpse at this nifty figure in the box-- we must say, the box art is actually quite good and the packaged toy makes this look far better than we would have expected. The basic concept, to the new folk, is they took the original Optimus Prime toy and gave it a new trailer that can actually carry a 500 mL Pepsi bottle.

February 7, so says The Digital Bits, is the day you'll see this movie hit DVD. As you most likely never saw it in theaters. SRP and extras are to be determined, but hey, for anyone not living near one of the four or so screens it played on, it's good news-- it's a unique film well worth seeing if you enjoy fantasy flicks or things involving the movie's creators. Which, we assume, is a lot of you.

All of the figures you need, none of the figures you don't. Entertainment Earth (by way of us, as it's our job) added a new remixed case of Star Wars: The Saga Collection to the web which may interest fans who really hate getting extra figures.