Tickets are booked. Hotels are registered. We here at Galactic HQ are preparing for our annual pilgrimage to New York City for Toy Fair, the toy industry’s pre-eminent trade show. (While they’re not giving me any sort of kickback, I’d like to thank Delta Airlines in advance for the seamless, relaxing flight I will undoubtedly have with them. [Knocks on wood. Prays for upgrade. And no screaming babies — except this one.])

Thanks to our friends at Sprint I’ll be live-blogging via their PPC-6700 Smart Device. What does this mean for you readers? Well, to be flat-out honest, I’m not sure. Sprint‘s EV-DO connection is pretty speedy, but it’s tough to grab time in the Hasbro showroom to breathe, let alone blog. GalacticBlogger will probably be a conduit for impressions and small details rather than big news. (That means a lot of fanboy frothing about new toys.) OK here’s a plug, since my cell-provider salesman did a good job getting me a good deal, contact this guy if you need a cool phone from Sprint.

The PPC-6700 is my new, hot toy at least until the iPhone’s second generation. (Trust this old bounty hunter — wait until the second generation of iPhone and a non-AT&T carrier.) She’s not much to look at, but she’s got it where it counts. (Is that the right quote?)

So the details are planned, and the bags are being packed right now. Everyone cross your militant blogging fingers, and hope that Gentle Giant allows cameras in their showroom this year. (I have such fond memories of seeing the original Armory Collection helmets, but they would’ve beat me if I took even a cam-phone shot.)

Will my Jabba The Hutt 1/6 scale figure by Sideshow Collectibles show up while I’m gone? (Since I’ve been dying for this piece, it would only be fitting to have it arrive while I’m out of town.) Will I throw down the gauntlet and challenge Hasbro to make a Jabba The Hutt set that is just as nice? You’d better believe it.

Will Hasbro show off the upcoming Sith Infiltrator and V-Wing Fighter? Will there be a brand-spanking-new Speederbike (and an assortment of speeder-sized vehicles)? Is that a hint?

Finally, speaking of Toy Fair, I’ve been going through literature from Toy Fairs past, and I found this little gem of an image, which features what would have been the continuation of the Episode I line. Most of the figures were, of course, released in the Power of the Jedi line, but one figure here just didn’t make it. It’s a pity, too, because I think Neimoidians are pretty cool. (Click to enlarge.)

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