Stumbled across this guy on ebay, selling several "homemade action figures" for interesting prices.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/jurassicpark115/m.html?item=184672113549&hash=item2aff50d38d%3Ag%3Aq2UAAOSwLrNgMBsa&autorefresh=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

I admire his creativity, if not his business acumen.

Just had to share.

Well, looks like The Clone Wars lives on yet a little longer, in the form of a new animated show:

https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-bad-batch-series-announce

Like they did with the WM exclusive TVC Rey several months ago, Kaia Boutique has secured the WM exclusive TVC Lando
(Skiff Guard) after Walmart Canada passed on it yet again:

https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fkaia.qc%2Fposts%2F2500077200057408&width=500

Google Translate from their Facebook post:
"Here is our arrival of the week we've been waiting for it for a while and it has finally arrived the lando skiff guard tvc once again Kaia is very proud to have managed for Canada to have the exclusive so far available only at Walt Mart usa only $ 19.99 each
Available in store or via Facebook order
Looking forward to seeing you at the shop"

Get in touch with them if you NEED this figure in your collection.

This looks nice - too bad it will not be totally complete, with TVC still running:
https://news.toyark.com/2019/06/07/star-wars-the-vintage-collection-archive-edition-book-348108

Another fan site that I rarely visit anymore has hinted at some upcoming figures for the 3.75" SA line:
- Old Man Luke
- Snoke
- Zal Dinnes (female pilot from Rogue One)
- ERG repack again

If anyone is in desperate need of these babies, I can get limited numbers ordered in to my US address. They are $19.99 each and it's free shipping within the States, so the only additional fees would be state tax, currency conversion and a small portion of the package fee at my mail location. I try to keep my package pickup trips to about $100 max value to avoid customs fees, which usually works so likely no extras there. You just pay the Canada Post or come get from me.

So that's gonna be about $29 CAD each, excluding shipping (and hopefully no customs).

Let me know asap if interested, who knows how long they'll be in stock online. I only ask that you keep to max 2-per-person, and it's first-come first-served, as I'm willing to do maybe 2 orders of up to 5 figures each, so 10 total.

Those of you who got their 6" Proto-Fetts from me are familiar with the process. If there's people who live near each other or meet up from time-to-time, I could combine shipping to one location to save a bit of cash.

NOTE - In case you have it confused with the regular-release Scarif Squad Leader, it's this figure that I'm talking about:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Star-Wars-Rogue-One-The-Black-Series-Scarif-Stormtrooper/55005332

I was unimpressed by the news late in 2015 that Hasbro would no longer be utilising vac-metal on their upcoming 6" C-3PO. Then we heard that that 3PO would be the red-armed version from Episode 7, which I have zero interest in, and that it would likely not come with extra OT parts. So, I decided to look for other options, and stumbled upon the new model kits that Bandai sells in Japan. These kits are highly detailed and offer a decent amount of articulation. They do not require glue, and paint is purely optional.

I was so impressed that I bought 8 of the kits, even though I was initially only looking for a vac-metal 3PO to use in my planned 6" shelf (once I finally get around to setting it up). The prices I found were quite reasonable, averaging in the $20-$30 range shipped, from an ebay seller in Japan, and shipped very quickly. The OT kits I bought are Stormtrooper, Sandtrooper, Darth Vader, Boba Fett, C-3P0, and R2-D2 / R5-D4. I also picked up 2 of the ST sets, Phasma and R2-D2 / BB-8. Even though I wasn't really looking to have any ST figures in my collection, I couldn't pass up a vac-metal Phasma, and I also wanted an extra R2 mold to customise the paint into a different astromech (easily done with a model kit).

Up first was 3PO. I ended up adding a little bit of paint in some of the detail work, mainly the abdominal wiring, with a bit on his hands and inside his backplate (which is removable). While the kit comes with parts to do pretty much any OT version of 3PO (like dangling eyeball, restraining bolt, dented head casing, etc) I decided to go with a clean, vanilla version. Here are some photos: