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Clone Watch: German Clones?

Friday, April 11th, 2008

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If you didn’t happen to go to the latest Star Wars convention in Germany (the appropriately named Jedi-con), then you most certainly missed out on the exclusive two pack of clones that were at the show. The figures are Shadow Troopers that are packaged much like the Target exclusive Order 66 packs.

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Clone Watch: The Toy Fair 2008 Edition

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

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It’s great to finally see all the rumors that have been floating around the past few weeks finally confirmed (or slightly disproved) by the recent 2008 Toy Fair, especially when it comes to Clone Troopers.

AT-TE

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First off, I’m pretty sure regular readers of this site will know how obsessed I am with the AT-TE. Jedi Insider was able to secure some pictures of the thing and it looks amazing. While it isn’t quite as big as I thought it might be, the thing is pretty damn large. It looks like it comes with one Clone Trooper, although it’s of the animated style variety. Be sure to head over to Rebelscum.com for the rest of the pics.

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Clone Watch: Scubaaaa Troopaaa

Monday, February 11th, 2008

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For all the talking I’ve been doing lately about how much I want a Clone Scubatrooper, I hadn’t seen an image of one or any other figures in it’s wave until I ran across this image at Galactichunter.com:

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By God, this is one of the best waves of figures I’ve ever seen. I’m pooping rainbows in my pants here. First of all, I need about ten of those Scuba Troopers. Then you’ve got the Obi-Wan in clone armor that’s a must have. The add on armor was neat enough, but the body sculpted armor looks fantastic. Another figure that looks pretty damn good is the snow bunny Padme, oh yeah sweetness. I’m not as hot on the rest of the figures, but they should please a lot of other Star Wars fans out there.

Of course, I don’t think I’ll see my must wanted figures in stores when they eventually hit so I’m going to start thinking about where I want to track them down online. Any suggestions?

POTF2.com Rumor List: Clone Watch!

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

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POTF.com recently posted a rumor list for the future of 2008 Star Wars figures and it looks sweet so far. The list is as follows:

Obi-Wan (General armor)
Clone Trooper w. quad cannon
Clone Scuba Trooper
Saesee Tiin General
Quarren Soldier
Padme Ilum
Black IG-88 Speeder-Bike Droid
Mon Calamari Warrior

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Clone Watch: New Order 66 Target Two Packs

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

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Last year’s Target exclusive Order 66 two packs must have gone over pretty well with Target, because it’s been recently confirmed that they’re ready to have another go around of the things. I know I bought three or four of them without really meaning too, the damn clones were too tempting!

The rumor that there would be more clone two packs started a week or so ago with Jedi Defender having a big update on it that even included a list of figures that we might see. They included:

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A Clone Watch (and other stuff)

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Sir Steve’s Guide (yes, the very same site that has won the Ultra Geeky Award many times) has posted some images from the first wave of the 2008 line of Star Wars figures that you might want to check out if you are so inclined. As the title of this post indicates we have a Clone Watch with this wave, albeit a pretty minor one:

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Star Wars Saga Legends Fan’s Choice Polls Close

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

With the Saga Legends line you have a win-win situation for both Hasbro and toy buyers. Hasbro wins because all they have to do is clunk out a few thousand more figures from molds they already have. Fans win because they get another shot at owning a figure they might have missed without resorting to eBay.

This round of figures for the Saga Legends line for the Spring of 2008 has some good picks. In fact, it qualifies as a honest to goodness, old fashioned Clone Watch.

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Star Wars at SDCC 2007

Monday, August 20th, 2007

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I can’t believe it, but I completely forgot about my Star Wars Comic-Con coverage. In my defense though, most of my Star Wars load was blown at Star Wars Celebration IV where my extensive coverage of the event basically covered almost everything shown at Comic-con in terms of toys. However, there were a few things worth noting so I’m catching up with them here. (Click on the pics to make them larger)

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Clone Watch: Battlefront 2 Retailer Exclusive Figure Packs

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

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Just when I become Mr. Cocky Know-it-all Toy Blogger and I think I know everything about all the newest Star Wars toys coming down the pipeline, I see news on a site like RebelScum.com pointing out my inadequacies so I know I’m not cock of the walk. I’m cock of nothing.

The ego deflating news is that there will be two battle packs chock full of figures based on the game Star Wars: Battlefront 2. The selection consists of a ton of clone variants:

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Clone Watch: Entertainment Earth Reveals Another Exclusive

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

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It seems like Entertainment Earth can’t stop revealing figures from their 14 figure exclusive Mandalorian set. The first reveal lately is a figure that was first shown in the latest issue of ToyFare (yeah I know, I haven’t reviewed it yet). This figure is a variation on the ever popular characters from the game Republic Commando.

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Clone Watch: Wave 8 of Star Wars 30th Anniversary

Monday, July 16th, 2007

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Rebelscum.com has posted an image of a Hasbro Star Wars action figure poster at Celebration IV in Europe, which has the unseen figure wave 8 included on it. In this Attack of the Clones themed wave is an unusual clone trooper, to say the least:

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Clone Watch: Mandalorian Exclusive Set

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

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It’s been awhile since I’ve had to bust out the Clone Watch logo, but it’s that time again. Way back when I reported that Entertainment Earth was going to release a 14 figure Mandalorian themed set, nerds across the world started sweating with anticipation. Who were the rest of the figures? Well, prepare to mess your computer screen with this image of the next figures in the set:

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These two are obviously clone trooper repaints. What, you expect 14 brand new figures? What makes these clones different is that they have the kick ass whatever the hell its called symbol on their chests. I’m a huge Star Wars geek, but even I don’t know the name of that thing (nor do I really care to find out). Still, these figures are pretty awesome pants with that simple addition.

The rest of the 14 figure crew is going to be revealed at the San Diego Comic-con, so rest up for another inevitable mind explosion at that time.

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Star Wars Celebration IV: Bring on the Clones

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

I’m back from Star Wars Celebration and I gotta tell you, I’m both sleep deprived and wired on caffeine so this is not a good combination. I realize you’ve been waiting for a few updates from me on the whole experience, so I’ll be quick and speedy with one to tide you over.

Hasbro had a lot more to offer than I thought they would, in fact they showed almost all of the figures that will be available in the upcoming year. I took a bunch of pics of the ones that I thought were the coolest and most worthy of Toy Bender’s geek love and will split them up in a series of updates. This first part will deal with…

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Clone troopers. Duh, what else did you think I’d talk about?

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Clone Watch: New Star Wars Wave

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

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Man it’s been awhile since I had some truly clontastic news that got the old clone collecting juices flowing, but the time has come to bust out the ‘ole Clone Watch logo. Rebelscum.com has info on a Star Wars figure wave that was pushed back until later this year. There are a couple of cool figures in the offering, but let me draw your attention to two of the best:

Clone Trooper - Brown Decoration: Uh, okay this one is actually a lame repaint. Remember those army builder three packs from Revenge of the Sith? Well, this guy is the brown one, but with better articulation.

All right, you might have not been as impressed with that particular choice. Well then, how about this one, chumpy?

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Mama like!

This is a new super articulated Clone Wars clone trooper, which will sport a muddy paint application and a poncho. Let me repeat that if you missed it… A PONCHO. Hot damn, I’ve never been this excited about a poncho before. Let me say right now that I’m warning all the retailers in my area to order lots of these or else I’ll get super passive aggressive on your ass. Oh the scowling you will receive!

Source: Rebelscum.com

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Order 66: More Clones in Your Face

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

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If you need some more clone trooper figure related info, then head on over to Jedi Insider to check out lots of pics on the Target exclusive Order 66 series of figures and Figures.com also has got an in depth look at most of them. Okay, I realize that this isn’t exactly the world’s most groundbreaking news, but I was fudging around in Photoshop and I wanted an excuse to use an alternate, pratice Clone Watch logo.

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