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Months ago Hasbro told us they were putting out a new Cinemacast Vader (the original is a prized part of my collection, partly because it often adorned Lucas's office in mid-90's interviews). It was slated to be a Wal-mart exclusive, which had all of us scratching our heads. Now it seems it's an exclusive for E-tailers and Entertainment Earth has listed it for Pre-order.

At present this seems to be a pretty easy pass for me. The outstretched right hand whispers Force Battler in my ear, the lightsaber (from the angle in the promo-shot) looks a mite short, and how many times are we gonna see the Man in Black on Mustafar? Dude never set foot there.... I know, I know- making a lot of assumptions, but the piece really doesn't grab me. With all the Vader availability this past year this comes a day late and a dollar short. Not that the price is short on dollars- it'll cost you over a hundred.

I hope Kyle's got his ears on. He wass wanting this thing. The only time I've seen it (in 2005 pkg) was at BJs Millenia. It seems like the sort of thing one might find in OUaT. -Campbell

Thanks for posting the tip. Did you get one? I'm just not happy with these things, but that is the best deal I've seen on any larger one. I'm standing pat on my C3 ESB Vader poster. -Campbell

Toy Fair Exclusives. I don't feel too bad about missing these. The Gold Titanium TIE Advanced can be gotten at other conventions this year and the Vader Bust-Up is the third time this not-my-favorite sculpt has been used.

SW.com has put up an article listing the SWW exclusives for this year.

Browsing the pictures I'm not dying for anything, though the Darth Goofy might find his way into my house. And this year's artwork, Yoda vs. Vader, is distinctive only because it's an unseen duel. I like that oddness factor, but it will have to grow on me.

Wow, that's a pretty cool one. I've forgotten if that was the one I posted previously. I really like the base, and the flag is a very nice touch.