Archive for January, 2010

2009 — A Year In Refute, Too (Mea Culpa)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

First off, this should have been posted on SATURDAY (because of the rich heritage of cool Star Wars action figure and toy commercials) but AT&T decided to have a day of digital schizophrenia (i.e. home connection went up and down and all-around).
After writing a brief and not-too-kind rundown of toys from The Clone Wars action figure […]

Best Of… Most Of… Satiate The Need…

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Behold… (a still at least) of Han Solo in "unique attire"!  (Notice the welding accessory, which we’ve seen a time or two.) Will this be the Han Solo for 2010?
Click To Enlarge — Thanks To Shabby Blue

Dégueulasse, Tes Jours Sont Comptés!

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Merci, Mssr Truffaut, éternellement…
Tying up some of 2009’s loose ends, I think we’ve seen the last of Q&A until Toy Fair 2010. (Save the date — all the sites — will be working hard for you on/around/through St. Valentine’s Day.) I bit my tongue holding back (and hoping) that Imperial Scanning Crewman #2 would miraculously […]

A Critique of Snowspeeder Luke Skywalker (and Suggestions for the Future)

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

by Shabby Blue(GuestBlogger)
The new Snowspeeder Luke Skywalker figure is now showing up in stores along with the rest of the Empire Strikes Back wave.  I’ve wanted this particular version for years, but until now Hasbro has always come short of offering an accurate quality version of this figure.
The original POTF2-era “X-Wing Luke Skywalker” released in […]