Chopper: The New Star Wars Astromech

A new astromech character and figure has been unveiled for the upcoming Star Wars Rebels animated series. Chopper. 

C1-10P is affectionately known as "Chopper" and is said to be quite lazy and cranky, yet lovable in his own grumpy way. This figure will be realeased as part of Hasbro's 3 3/4 black carded line. 

Star Wars Rebels takes place in 4BBY, between episodes III and IV. Creators have announced that there will be two primary female leads, make heroes, and a wide range of villains. There will be many new faces, as well as some familiar ones. The show will begin airing in the fall of 2014 on the Disney XD network. 

Game of Thrones Funko Mystery Minis Coming Soon!

     Funko will soon release a new set of those great little mystery minis, this time featuring Game of Thrones characters. This is said to be the first series, so we can hope to see more to come in the future. And we Game of Thrones fans know all too well that there are plenty of characters! Funko could essentially come out with a half a dozen series' and still never feature all of them! 

     The figures will be the standard 2.5", and be blind boxed. There are 15 characters to collect: Robb Stark, Jon Snow, Arya Stark, Joffery Baratheon, Daenerys Targeryen, Khal Drogo, Jamie Lannister, Tyrion Lannister, Ned Stark(yay!), Viserion, Ghost, Shaggy Dog, Drogon, Rhaegal, and a White Walker. There will also be rare glow-in-the-dark versions of certain characters. 

     The figures will retail for $6.99-$8.99 each, and will become available in Feburary. They can be pre-ordered at the HBO shop http://store.hbo.com/detail.php?p=497250 and at Entertainment Earth http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=FU3302A

Can't wait!