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Star Wars Action News is a weekly podcast focusing on Star Wars collecting with a special focus on the Kenner/Hasbro action figures. Broadcasting from Springfield, IL Marjorie & Arnie bring you store reports, figure reviews, and discussions on all things Star Wars and collecting.


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Episode 219: What the Hoda?
A mint on card Vlix. A life sized bronze Yoda statue. A custom action figure of Steve Sansweet in an Ewok outfit. There are some collectibles that we collectors will never get, either due to cost, availability, the fact that they are one of a kind, or perhaps simply because we don't know about them. But with Steve Sansweet's new book 1,000 Collectibles -- Memorabilia and Stories From A Galaxy Far, Far Away we can find out abot some of hese items, as well as some more common ones such as Monkey-F...

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[ Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode 218: Death Troopers, Death Troopers, Smell Like Death, Talk Like Troopers
It's the biggest Star Wars novel to be released this year, with the biggest promotional push behind it--Star Wars: Death Troopers by Joe Schreiber featuring the first hard core horror Star Wars novel ever, with violence and gore that would earn any film an R rating. This week on Star Wars Action News, Arnie sits down with Joe to discuss the creation of this book, talk about the challenge that is doing Star Wars horror the right way, and finds out the troopth about the Deathtroopers promotional C...

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[ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:02 -0600 ]


Episode 217: Hasbro Fan's Choice Figure Finalists
Since San Diego Comic Con, Star Wars Action News and other Star Wars collecting sites polled you Star Wars fans to determine which Star Wars figures you want made most. Hasbro has compiled all the results into a final list, and voting is open now. Who are these 30 characters fans cannot live without? Find out on this week's Star Wars Action News. Also on this week's show, Owen Cheddar gives us a kid's viewpoint of Clone Wars: Republic Heroes for Wii, Brock updates you on what's hot and new at Br...

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[ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:02 -0600 ]


Season 2 Episode 4: Senate Spy
On this week's Republic Forces Radio Network we finish our interview with Yoda himself, Tom Kane, and discuss this blasterless, lightsaberless, explosionless episode of the Clone Wars series!...

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[ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Season 2 Episode 3: Children of the Force
Cad Bane, in the employ of Darth Sidious, has been tasked with kidnapping future Jedi babies, and it takes the combined might of Yoda, Mace Windu, Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Ahsoka to stop him! Listen as we discuss this episode, and present part 2 of our interview with Master Yoda himself, Tom Kane!...

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[ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:01 -0600 ]


Episode 216: A Lego A Day For Those In UK
It seems like it's been years while we awaited the new Star Wars novel coming out this week--Deathtroopers, and while the book jacket certainly looked grusome enough, evoking images of Hellraiser's Pinhead going to town on the Emperor's troops, and the thought was so exciting to some costumers that zombie stormtroopers could be seen walking the floor at San Diego Comic Con. But for all the hype, including exclusive "letters from the IMperial Prison Barge Purge" published on our own site, there h...

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[ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Republic Forces Radio Network -- Season 2 Episodes 1: Holocron Heist and Episode 2: Cargo of Doom
It's been several months but Star Wars: The Clone Wars is back and better than ever! Kicking off a new 22-episode season with two episodes both featuring Cad Bane, the baddest bounty hunter this side of Boba Fett, the episodes featured action, suspense, humor, and a cameo by Star Wars fan Seth Green. But the hosts of Republic Forces Radio Network cut through the hype--are the episodes as good as you've heard? Does your opinion of the episode match up with ours? Listen to find out!...

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[ Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:01 -0600 ]


Episode 215: Two Clones One Ball
While the new red packaged toys continue to show up in ever-larger numbers, perhaps one of the hottest items is still in blue--the Clone Turret Battle Pack. With Hasbro having said that this item is not planned on being rereleased, perhaps ever, due to the new smaller battle pack size, this is one item collectors can't miss out on. The hosts of Star Wars Action News finally got their hands on some of these balls, but are they worth the hunt? Listen to find out. Also this week, the latest prop re...

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[ Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode 214: A (vintage) leg to stand on
Week after week the hosts of Star Wars Action News talk about action figures, but something often overlooked is--where do you put the figures once you've opened them? While Hasbro is beyond reluctant to make modern-day playsets, there are options available. On this week's Star Wars Action News the vintage Action Figure Display Stand is reviewed, as well as its modern counterpart, the Action Figure Display Diorama. Also on this week's show, the new Hallmark Clone Wars Christmas ornaments are revi...

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[ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode 213: Want to be a Clone Commander? Read the book!
Last week at Toys R Us if you spent $30 on Star Wars toys you got a free Clone Commander Training Manual, showing that Clone Commanders must be able to navigate mazes, decipher word jumbles, and have plenty of stickers in order to lead Republic forces! The book has a cover price of $14.99, but is it worth it? Listen to this week's Star Wars Action News podcast to find out! Also this week, Star Wars fans know figure prices are on the rise, and with the new Toys R Us Commander Ponds 3.75" figure r...

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[ Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode 212: Gazing into *Abyss*
Star Wars novels are having a bit of a renaissance lately. Deathtroopers is one of the most hotly anticipated books of the fall season, and recently released was Troy Denning's latest Star Wars work, the third book in the Fate of the Jedi series, *Abyss*. This week on Star Wars Action News Troy talks about his experience writing *Fate of the Jedi*, disucssing some of the shocking events that occur in that novel. Also this week, Arnie and Marjorie review a new Shadow Stormtrooper Bobblehead, Scot...

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[ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode 211: Atlas At Last
Since the 90s the Star Wars Essential Guide series has been a must have for Star Wars fans. For fans of the Expanded Universe they are good references, and for those who don't read the novels the Essential Guides provide a Cliff's-Notes version of the Expanded Universe. But with their latest book, The Essential Atlas, Del Rey has outdone themselves. Full of full-color art from all periods of Star Wars lore and heavily detailed maps, as well as a rundown of Star Wars history, this book is truly o...

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[ Mon, 7 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode 210: Toys in Weird Places
For over four years, Star Wars Action News has been bringing you the reports of what toys are showing up at Wal Marts, Targets, and other nationwide chains. But as any collector knows, sometimes the best finds aren't at your local stores, which is why this week Marjorie and Arnie go looking for toys old and new in some unusual locations, including a number of antique stores, a toy show, and a flea market. They discuss all the types of items you might find at these places. Listen and you might be...

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[ Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode 209: A Major Loose Vintage Haul
Vintage collecting is a niche that is often overlooked. With Hasbro bringing out well over 100 figures each year between carded, battle packs, and Clone Wars, it is all too easy to forget about the toys of yesteryear, that so many of us Star Wars fans played with growing up. But for Star Wars Action News, the time for vintage was now as a seemingly once in a lifetime vintage buy was had. What did they get? How much did they pay? Listen to this week's Star Wars Action News to find out! Also this ...

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[ Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Season 1 Wrap-Up Show
It's been a year since we first saw the Clone Wars animated series premiere in theaters introducing us to new major characters in the Star Wars universe. Captain Rex, Ahsoka Tano, Ziro the Hutt, and many many more would come to life on the big screen, and continue to evolve on the small screen. This week, as we prepare for Season 2 of the Clone Wars on Cartoon Network and Season 1 of the Clone Wars on Blu Ray, Republic Forces Radio Network has one last roundtable reflecting on all that is Seas...

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[ Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:01 -0600 ]


Episode 208: Collecting Bytes
We've talked about collecting figures, busts, statues, bookmarks, candy, and Band-Aids. But this week on Star Wars Action News, we begin a look at a new type of collecting--the collecting of digital fan audio. Do you download all the episodes of Star Wars Action News and keep them on your hard drive? Have you sought out the exclusive movie commentaries they have released, or the special music CD they gave out at Celebration 4? If so, then you are already a digital collector. This week, Nathan P....

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[ Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode 207: It Works Every Time
This past weekend Chicago Comic Con (the convention formerly known as Wizard World Chicago) took place and if you were a Star Wars fan you should have been there. From a plethora of Star Wars action figures to the programming to the autograph opportunities, it was the best showing for Star Wars in some time. Star Wars Action News was there covering the event, and on this week's show you can listen as they recount meeting Clone Wars voice actor Tom Kane, asking questions to Billy Dee Williams in ...

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[ Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode CCVI: SDCC 09 Reveals
2009's San Diego Comic Con is behind us but with so much product revealed from Museum Replicas, eFX, Sideshow, Hasbro, Gentle giant, Diamond, and others, it sometimes takes a while for it all to sink in. On this week's Star Wars Action News, we take your voicemails to talk about what YOU thought of all the new Star Wars items coming down the pike, including Sideshow 1/2 scale busts (with the missing half being a shoulder?), Gentle Giant's Force Unleasehed mini-busts, and Hasbro's new Wal Mart Ex...

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[ Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode CCV: Part 2: San Diego ComicCon 2009 Postmortem
It is with mixed feelings that we look at the closing of 2009. One of those feelings is pain. Sheer, utter, physical pain, as our backs are strained from days of backpacks, our feet our sore from days of standing on the world's most unforgiving of cement floors. But there is also some very happy memories created both between lines and while standing in lines. From meeting Mark Hamill and getting the signature of the man who will always be Luke Skywalker, to seeing Hasbro's product releases f...

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[ Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode CCV: LIVE From San Diego, it's Star Wars Action News!
Star Wars Action News was honored when asked by Kotobukiya to perform a live show on Koto's new booth feature--a stage featuring hourly entertainment. But being a live show we couldn't help but bring along some guests to talk about their being at San Diego Comic Con International. First we have Lucasfilm's Steve Sansweet discussing a small snafu from earlier today when Hasbro's web site mentioned a certain Star Wars Celebration convention in 2010. We get Stee's response, talk to him about the ...

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[ Wed, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode CCIV: ComicCon International 2009 Pre-Game Show!
We found them. Repeat, we found them! Entertainment Earth recently put up for pre-order ALL FOUR of the Republic Commando mini-busts from Gentle Giant's most recent "mini-bust world tour", allowing many US collectors to breathe a big sigh of relief. On this week's Star Wars Action News we talk about the release of these busts, and talk a bit about the higher prices for these items. But those weren't the only "exclusive" items released online this past week. StarWarsShop.com opened their own Comi...

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[ Wed, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode CCIII: Box-a' Boba
Kubrick collectors have a new reason to rejoice as the Kubrick Boba Fett set, containing 8 variations of Star Wars' most famous bounty hunter, has shipped. With six regular versions, and two ultra-rare chase versions, more people are owning more Kubrick Bobas now than ever before. This week Star Wars Action News opens their own case of Boba. We also this week have Bill Cable, president of the Pennsylvania Star Wars Collecting Society, with us talking about the medallions they are selling as a ch...

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[ Wed, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode CCII: My Thumb Drive Is Better Than Yours
Thumb drives are great items. Tiny, handy, and universal. As long as you don't lose one out of your pocket in a sofa cushion with several weeks worth of work, they are items becoming as ubiquitous today as a floppy disc or CD was years ago. Perhaps that is why we Star Wars fans now have not one but TWO companies producing USB Thumb Drives for our data storage needs. For the past several years Mimobot has produced some of the cutest thumb drives this side of Endor, and now Funko, makers of the po...

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[ Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode CCI: Thank You Arnie and Marjorie
On this special secret commemorative episode of Star Wars Action News, the Star Wars Action News community tell Arnie and Marjorie congratulations and thank you for everything they have done for the past 200 episodes of the best Star Wars collecting podcast on the web. Tune in as we share the emails and voicemails of fellow listeners in addition to some favorite Star Wars Action News memories as well as a whole host of pictures, fan art, and tributes. And listen in to find out what collectibles ...

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[ Wed, 1 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode CC: Putting You in the Spotlight
For almost four years Star Wars Action News has been the only podcast bringing you weekly updates with the latest in Star Wars collecting news, product reviews, collecting tips, and commentary. With 199 episodes behind us, why stop now? We continue to bring you the best in Star Wars Collecting with updates on the latest from Gentle Giant, Acme Archives, but to celebrate 200 episodes we have done this show in full video! Darth Bounty and Darth Rockstar take YOU along on a Cincinatti store toy run...

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[ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode CXCIX: The Ultimate Autograph--George Lucas!
For anyone who collects autographs there are some rare, hard to get autographs that would be the one they want above all others. The rarity of these autographs is what makes Master Replicas able to charge $800 more for a Millennium Falcon WITH Harrison Ford's autograph versus one without. For Arnie, that ultimate autograph has always been George Lucas, and this past weekend at the Siskel Film Center Arnie was able to get that autograph and meet "the maker". This week on Star Wars Action News, Ar...

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[ Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode CXCVIII: Joke's On Us
Ever since 1977 Star Wars fans have loved Stormtroopers. But the problem is, they're all mostly the same. Sure, there are Sandtroopers with their colored shoulders, and Snowtroopers with their erie hoods and half-capes, but really there is just one Stormtrooper. Leave it to Hasbro to find a way to give us a multi-pack full of unique, helmet-removable stormtroopers by making the Joker's Squad of Stormtroopers from the Legacy comic books. We review these figures this week. Also this week we look a...

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[ Mon, 8 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode CXCVII: We Get Mugg-ed
The Star Wars Mighty Muggs are an interesting line. While so many of the Muggs warm shelves across the nation, others go for top dollar on eBay. With shoddy distribution and a number of exclusives, the only true reliable way to get the newest Muggs at near-retail prices is ordering by the case. This week on Star Wars Action News, we open cases of Wave 8 and 9 Mighty Muggs and see if they are worth the trouble, and also review the exclusive Admiral Ackbar and Shadow Stormtrooper Muggs. Also this ...

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[ Mon, 1 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode CXCVI: Requiem for a X-Wing
Today, May 25th, is a special day for two reasons. First it is Memorial Day in the United States, a day when we remember those who died protecting our country in war. Second, it is the 32nd anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope being released in theaters. Bringing these two things together, on this week's Star Wars Action News we look back at the figures memorializing those brave X-Wing pilots lost in battle above Yavin. Also this week, Star Wars Tales comic author Nathan P. Butler returns with h...

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[ Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]


Episode CXCV: The Phantom Memories
On May 19th 1999 a new era of Star Wars movies dawned as The Phantom Menace opened in theaters, the first new Star Wars movie in 16 years. Understandably, anticipation was high, and it went on to become one of the top grossing films of all time. Now we look back at the milestones of Star Wars 10 years ago, including the toys, the lines for tickets, Star Wars Celebration I, the midnight movie showings, the costuming, and the people who made Episode I the memorable experience it is today. Listen t...

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[ Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0600 ]

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