Gentle Giant Darth Vader Emperor’s Wrath 1/6 Scale Bust: Proof that Anakin Skywalker Has Ribs

Gentle Giant wants to illuminate your toy shelf with the light from a father’s loving heart. And a Sith Lord’s Force Lightning.

The Darth Vader Emperor’s Wrath mini-bust immortalizes the Star Wars villain’s redeeming moment from Return of the Jedi. Anakin showed his human side figuratively and literally by shielding Luke from Darth Sidious’ lethal attack. To mimic the tragic scene, the 7″ tall bust lights up and is cast from translucent resin.

You can pre-order the bust from BigBadToyStore for $117 (USD).

Life-sized Stormtrooper Action Figure: TK-42-Want

Check out this awesome Star Wars toy for rich kids. This life-sized Stormtrooper is coming soon from Gentle Giant. It stands nearly six-feet-tall and is a replica of the original Kenner Stormtrooper toy. It even has the same articulation, so you can pose this thing just like the original.
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It was scanned from a mint-condition 3 3/4″ figure and enlarged to life size. This Stormtrooper also comes with an authentic re-scaled blaster. I only wish that I had room for this amazing figure in my home.

You can pre-order it now for $2,300(USD) and it will ship around Q3 2014. This guy is NOT a little short for a Stormtrooper. He’s just the right size.

[via Nerd Approved]

Padmé Amidala Sexes it up as a Snow Bunny

While Slave Leia has been the official sex symbol of the Star Wars franchise for three decades, she’s about to get a run for her money from her own mother, Padmé Amidala.

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Yes, what you’re looking at is the Queen herself, devoid of ridiculous headgarb or facepaint – instead dressed in a skintight snowsuit, fringed with fur and slinky tall snow boots. Reow-reow. You’re looking good there, Mom.

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The 10-1/2″ tall, hand-painted collectible figure was inspired by painting by Adam Hughes called Snowbunny Padme (sans Yoda) and is coming in a limited-edition from Gentle Giant. You can pre-order your own Snowbunny Padme statue over at Entertainment Earth for $248.99(USD) – though you’ll have to wait until June 2014 to enjoy her up close and personal.

AT-AT Bookends for Late Night Reading on Hoth

Star Wars fans tend to accumulate a lot of books because there have been so many expanded universe adventures and special collectors editions over the years. What do you do with all of these books? You put them between a pair of AT-AT bookends, that’s what.

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How awesome do these Imperial Walker bookends from Gentle Giant look? They sell for $225(USD), and are cast from polystone and hand-painted. They just look amazing. They will hold your books, cds, whatever. They also look great displayed by themselves.

As far as I’m concerned, there’s really no cooler vehicle in the Star Wars universe. Even if a snowspeeder could take it down with some cable in like two minutes, I’d pilot an AT-AT through the snow if I could.

[via Nerd Approved]