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In Syfy’s newest reality series, Collection Intervention, premiering Tuesday, August 14 at 10PM (ET/PT), former Head of Special Collections at Christie’s Elyse Luray helps couples, families and individuals whose pop-culture memorabilia collections – from Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica to Catwoman and Barbie – have become damaging obsessions, creating financial strife and a huge strain on their lives.
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When Star Wars landed in the theaters, it introduced audiences to a galaxy filled with heroes and villains, robots and space ships, and a dizzying variety of alien life. But when the lights came up, they all disappeared...
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Gentle Giant Ltd. is happy to offer the SDCC 2012 Exclusives to those of our collectors that could not make to the show. The following exclusives are available for purchase to the general public.
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Check out the new photos of the deluxe packaging for Jocasta Nu and the Count Dooku bust, exclusive to Brian's Toys! Jocasta Nu makes her debut in action figure form and joins the ranks of the vintage-style line! She's paired with a special Count Dooku bust in a packaging that resembles the holocron vaults in the Jedi Archives.
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Many of you have heard about Steve Sansweet's Rancho Obi-Wan, a non-profit museum that houses the world's largest private collection of Star Wars memorabilia. Some of you have even taken a tour. Now, for the first time, see what the excitement is all about at the Rancho Obi-Wan Experience at Star WarsCelebration VI.
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About a week ago at Comic-Con International in San Diego, we had the pleasure of a guided tour of Gentle Giant, ltd's fantastic booth display. Updated with a gleaming new look of riveted metal and '50s sci-fi, the Star Wars pieces on display stood out nicely while keeping an eye on their roots.

- Darth Maul spider body statue, inspired by the Clone Wars season 4 finale but expressed in a realistic style. Price is TBD.

- The Death Trooper statue is in production now.

- AOTC Clone Lieutenant statue (the blue-stripes one) is one of Gentle Giant's 2 Celebration VI exclusives. While a static piece, it is based on their mainline AOTC ...

Last week at Comic-Con International in San Diego, Lucas Licensing's Chris Spitale moderated the Star Wars Collectibles Update panel. The panel kicked off "Star Wars Day" at the convention, where Star Wars takes over room 7AB for the majority of the day. The Collectibles Update panel is where licensees Kotobukiya, Gentle Giant, Sideshow Collectibles, and eFX Collectibles gave fans a taste of what's to come from each of their brands, plus Lucas Licensing mentioned a few other items, do a little Q&A, and also the chance to win prizes in the trivia contest at the end of the panel. Here's a rundown of the news out of the panel...
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Last week at Comic-Con International 2012 in San Diego, Hasbro was able to give us at SirStevesGuide.com an official interview with the Hasbro Star Wars brand team members present, a few hours after their Hasbro Star Wars Update panel and just after they had put into their display cases the newly-revealed items from that panel.

We were given interview with Derryl DePriest, Jeff Labovitz, and Brian Merten. Since Hasbro's time was limited, we jumped right into the questions...
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Here is a quick update about the BigBadToyStore.com Summer Sale, exciting new preorders, including two new Hot Toys figures from The Dark Knight Rises, and some new arrivals. They've just reduced prices by 10% to 30% on over 4,000 older items! At least 2,500 of these items received a price drop of 20% or more! There are a ton of great deals - many items have just a handful of pieces left so act fast.
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UPDATE: SOLD OUT! The San Diego Comic-Con 2012 Exclusive Carbonite Chamber is available on HasbroToyShop.com as of this writing.
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Order 66 has finally been given -- it's time to send in the clones! Diamond Select's newest Star Wars vinyl bust bank is the infamous clone trooper Commander Cody, who served under Obi-Wan Kenobi until his betrayal was ordered by Emperor Palpatine. Measuring around 8 inches tall, this detailed vinyl depiction of the character is shipping to comic shops and specialty stores this Wednesday from Diamond Comics Distributors. Not only is it a great-looking bust, it's also a bank, with a slot on the back for your loose change and secret Death Star plans. It goes great with our Clone Trooper and Darth Vader banks, and is an amazing addition to any Star Wars collection!
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It's that time again! The San Diego Comic-Con 2012 is here and our coverage!
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We now have Hi-Res photos from the Hasbro panel presentation.
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LEGO has officially released a photo of their upcoming Rancor Pit set!
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At the request of Star Wars fans, Jocasta Nu is making her very first appearance as a 3.75” figure! Jocasta Nu comes on a Vintage card, encased in a premium package designed to resemble the holocron vaults that she oversees as Chief Librarian of the Jedi Archives. Nu comes with the bust of Master Dooku, along with a mantle to hold the bust.

Take home a part of history with this exclusive Jocasta Nu figure!
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Here are the fan questions with Hasbro's answers, taken from Hasbro's Star Wars panel earlier today at Comic-Con. ...

We have added new photos of Hasbro products that were put out after their panel presentation.
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