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Here are pics from yesterday's review of the Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 40th Anniversary Darth Vader (Deluxe Edition) 1/6 scale collectible figure from Hot Toys! @hottoyscollectibles Full review with tons of pics on Toy News International (link in bio)! #toyfarce #hottoys #starwars #returnofthejedi #40thanniversary #darthvader #lordvader #anakinskywalker #darkside #onesixthscale #onesixthfigures

TOYFARCE REVIEW: HOT TOYS STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI 40th ANNIVERSARY DARTH VADER (DELUXE EDITION) This week, we're having a look at the Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition figure of Darth Vader from Hot Toys. I had been waiting for a Darth Vader figure from Hot Toys that would have the unmasked head, in order to have a 'complete' figure, but Hot Toys went a step further and added a Force lightning, transparent blue helmet, which made the deal even better! This is the ultimate Darth Vader figure to me, and I don't see how it can be topped. Full review with tons of pics on Toy News International (link in bio)! More news at 11:00... Give yourself to the Dark Side... #toyfarce #hottoys #starwars #returnofthejedi #40thanniversary #darthvader #lordvader #anakinskywalker #darkside #onesixthscale #onesixthfigure

Sheeeeesh... 🙄🚁 TOY MEMES TUESDAY! Seen any great toy-related meme lately? Share it with us in the comments, by using #toymemestuesday or tagging us! #toyfarce #toymemestuesday #toymemes #hasbro #haslab #gijoe #gijoeclassifiedseries #assaultcopterdragonfly #dragonfly

Well, now I can't unsee that... Thanks, @dvon.art ! (and I'm so sorry, @fanplasticfour 😅) TOY MEMES TUESDAY! Seen any great toy-related meme lately? Share it with us in the comments, by using #toymemestuesday or tagging us! #toyfarce #toymemestuesday #toymemes #mondo #batmantheanimatedseries #clayface #matthagen #aceventura #aceventurawhennaturecalls

🤭🤭🤭 By Alexander from the Hardcore Collectors Facebook group 👊🏻 TOY MEMES TUESDAY! Seen any great toy-related meme lately? Share it with us in the comments, by using #toymemestuesday or tagging us! #toyfarce #toymemestuesday #toymemes #mcfarlanetoys #dcmultiverse #thejoker #joaquinphoenix #robertdeniro #murrayfranklin #arthurfleck

Anybody else getting bombarded by those blanket hoodies commercials? 😅 TOY MEMES TUESDAY! Seen any great toy-related meme lately? Share it with us in the comments, by using #toymemestuesday or tagging us! #toyfarce #toymemestuesday #toymemes #bandai #tamashiinations #shfiguarts #harrypotter #voldemort #lordvoldemort #blankethoodie

TATOOINE, MAKE SOME NOISE! (First thing that popped in my brain when I saw the S.H.Figuarts promo pic...) TOY MEMES TUESDAY! Seen any great toy-related meme lately? Share it with us in the comments, by using #toymemestuesday or tagging us! #toyfarce #toymemestuesday #toymemes #bandai #tamashiinations #shfiguarts #starwars #anewhope #obiwankenobi

In Space, no one can hear you break free... OR In Space, no one will rock you... Keep it going! 🤣 By @fakeeyes22 (this picture needs more love!) TOY MEMES TUESDAY! Seen any great toy-related meme lately? Share it with us in the comments, by using #toymemestuesday or tagging us! #toyfarce #toymemestuesday #toymemes #alien #xenomorph #shfiguarts #queen #freddiemercury #alien3

Every toy makers in the 90s/early 2000 What happened to Battle Damaged figures? TOY MEMES TUESDAY! Seen any great toy-related meme lately? Share it with us in the comments, by using #toymemestuesday or tagging us! #toyfarce #toymemestuesday #toymemes #battledamaged #actionfigures #toys #collectibles #toycollector #toycommunity #toycollecting

The one figure that could have actually been a statue, and it's articulated 👌🏻 Sent by @thedoctordanko TOY MEMES TUESDAY! Seen any great toy-related meme lately? Share it with us in the comments, by using #toymemestuesday or tagging us! #toyfarce #toymemestuesday #toymemes #mcfarlanetoys #dcmultiverse #superman #justiceleague #falsegod #falsegodsuperman

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CALLING FIGURES FROM THE 90’S AND EARLY 2000’S “RETRO” PERFECLY LEGAL (ALLEGEDLY)!

You might have seen it and felt a pinch in the heart when a brand like Hasbro calls toys from your childhood “retro”, but it turns out that it’s ok…

BREAKING NEWS:

CALLING FIGURES FROM 90’S AND EARLY 2000’S “RETRO” PERFECTLY LEGAL (ALLEGEDLY)!

You might have seen it and felt a pinch in the heart when a brand like Hasbro calls toys from your childhood “retro”, but it turns out that it’s ok…

The ‘Retro’ craze started years ago, most likely with the Star Wars: The Vintage Collection from Hasbro, which had the same packaging and design as the original vintage figures from the 70’s and 80’s.

Nowadays, Hasbro is continuing to play with nostalgia, releasing figures from many of their lines (Marvel Legends, Star Wars: The Black Series, Transformers,…) with a packaging similar to the one we had when we were kids/younger.

But recently, Hasbro has been using for their Marvel Legends figures retro line, the same designs as the X-Men, Spider-man, Fantastic Four figures from Toy Biz from the mid to late 90’s. Even more shocking, they announced during a recent Fan First Friday that the next Star Wars: The Black Series “retro” figures would be based on the Star Wars Episode 1 figures which came out in 1999 and early 2000… Is this still considered “retro”?

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ToyFarce asked several experts, and also found on wikipedia that: “Retro style is a style that is imitative or consciously derivative of lifestyles, trends, or art forms from the historical past, including in music, modes, fashions, or attitudes. In popular culture, the "nostalgia cycle" is typically for the two decades that are 20–30 years before the current one.”

So… yeah. We’re just getting old. It’s perfectly normal and legal to call something from 2 decades ago “retro”. If we are to believe this, Facebook, Youtube, the iPod, the iPhone, the Playstation 2 and the Playstation 3, the XBox and XBox 360, the Gamecube and the Wii should all become “retro” during this decade. Ouch?

More news at 11:00… Retro style!

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