tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33190518296968725882024-02-07T01:28:45.917-08:00The Scavenger UK BlogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10917387631957079915noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319051829696872588.post-33876066995081125732017-06-06T05:32:00.003-07:002017-06-06T05:32:42.781-07:00Star Wars Adventures Magazine Breakdown! Issue 24th May - 20th June 2017!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">OK, so there's only a few things which are exclusive to the UK and this is one of them! </span></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">First the magazine though! Here's the full breakdown of what you'll find in this months issue:</span></span></b></div>
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<b>Pages 2 - 3 (Page 1 is the cover!): </b>A nice spread of the newest Star Wars Pop! Vinyls from FUNKO!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /><br />Pages 4 - 7:</b> The Galaxies Toughest Warriors! All the faves are here, From the Light side of the Force aswell as the Dark!<b><br /><br />Pages 8 - 9:</b> A puzzle page which pays Homage to the Vintage Figures!!<br /><br /><b>Page 10:</b> An advert for the New <a href="http://amzn.to/2rsOtyb" target="_blank">Star Wars "Book of the Film" Junior Novel Collection</a> from Egmont!<b><br /><br />Page 11:</b> An Exert from the new <a href="http://amzn.to/2svCDlq" target="_blank">Star Wars Doodles Strike Back</a> book from Egmont!<b><br /><br />Pages 12 - 15:</b> Part one of this months awesome comic from the Legends Library! "Nameless" from <a href="http://amzn.to/2syX3df" target="_blank">Star Wars Tales 10</a> (Currently only £1.49 on Kindle!!) tells the tale of Maul naming his double bladed lightsaber!<b><br /><br />Pages 16 - 17:</b> Spot the difference and Kylo Ren Puzzles!<br /><b><br />Page 18 - 19:</b> A massive quad page poster the original 3 heroes. Plus a double page spread of Rey and BB8.</span></span><b><br /><br />Page 21:</b> WIN! Cool FUNKO Wobblers! These are cuter than the standard POP! Vinyls, very nice!!<b><br /><br />Pages 22 - 23:</b> A double page poster/fact-file of the Bounty Hunters we saw in <a href="http://amzn.to/2rHqudc" target="_blank">The Empire Strikes Back!</a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /><br />Pages 24 - 25: The Story of Anakins/Lukes Lightsaber! Follow the steps which led it to Rey's hands in <a href="http://amzn.to/2rHMuo8" target="_blank">The Force Awakens</a>!</b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /><br />Pages 26 - 29:</b> Part two of the "Nameless" Legends comic!</span></span><b><br /><br />Pages 30 - 31: </b>A factfile on the galaxy's favourite Droid! <a href="http://amzn.to/2r1hQ7u" target="_blank">R2-D2</a>!!<b><br /><br />Pages 32 - 33: </b>Rogue One Puzzles! "Codecracker" using Aurabesh! Love those ones!!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /><br />Pages 34 - 35:</b> Join the dots puzzles to create The Falcon & A Stormtrooper, and a tease to the next issue which includes Rebel Gliders PLUS a Boba Fett Stampeez!</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">THE FREEBIES!!</span></span></b></div>
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This month I've been sent the Imperial Assault Carrier! As seen in Star Wars Rebels, this ship looks pretty bulky but makes for a great support ship, and comes with Two Tie Fighters (Standard from the Original Trilogy/Rebels Era's) and some niiiice Upgrades and Pilot cards. </div>
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Historically, these ships were used as Freighters and if you're a watcher of Star Wars Rebels, you may remember a shipment of Kyber Crystals being transported in one of these and ultimately destroyed by The Ghost.<br />
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It's a bulky but nice looking arrowheaded Cruiser.<br />
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As you can see, a nice array of Pilot cards come in this set, various Pilot skill, sporting various skills. There are the standard squad and academy pilots which don't really do too much, but notably the "Scourge" pilot could do some proper naughty damage if the defender is already down by one hit.. The extra addition of a die can be a great asset!! </div>
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<b>Pages 3 (Page 1 is the cover) -</b> An intro to the mag which a nice big picture of Director Krennic's Shuttle as in Rogue One!</div>
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<b>Page 32 - </b>Looks at the New Star Wars Books from Egmont including the awesome <a href="http://amzn.to/2rJGOJ0" target="_blank">Star Wars Galactic Atlas</a>! </div>
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<b>Page 33 - </b>WIN The NEW set of Star Wars <a href="http://amzn.to/2psSxi6" target="_blank">Microfighters</a><a href="http://amzn.to/2kSeWBX" target="_blank">!</a> Get the Issue to find out how to win!! </div>
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More of the Jedi Masters of the council are also included, Eeth Koth and Agen Kolar, as well as Jabba's Fool, Salacious Crumb. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">First the magazine though! Here's the full breakdown of what you'll find in this months issue:</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Pages 4 - 7 (1-3 are the Front cover and contents of this month):</b> Rogue One Best Bits! That's it really, without spoiling the feature, it's the best bits of the new Smash Hit - <a href="http://amzn.to/2qrdzhh" target="_blank">ROGUE ONE! (NOW ON DVD!!)</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Pages 8 - 9:</b> Which Hero Are You? Quiz, one of those, answer yes/no quizzes which leads you to either Luke Skywalker, Poe Dameron or Jyn Erso..<br /><br />I GOT LUKE SKYWALKER! BOOM! Knew it..<b><br /><br />Page 10:</b> An advert for the New <a href="http://amzn.to/2qqQHOW" target="_blank">"Quest For The Kyber Saber"</a> book from Egmont!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Page 11:</b> A competition to WIN the NEW Star Wars Adventures In Wild Space- THE COLD (As per <a href="http://scavengeruk.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/star-wars-adventures-in-wild-space-from_11.html" target="_blank">my review!</a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Pages 12 - 13:</b> Death Star Puzzles! Follow the trail, work out who's on the screen, Death star Double, and Spot the droid puzzles! </span></span></div>
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It's out NOW in all awesome bookstores, for £<span style="font-size: small;">3</span>.99 and for that you get a great mag which I'll breakdown for you, aswell as an awesome Lego Mini Model OR Lego MINIFIGURE! It's worth getting JUST for the freebie if you ask me! </div>
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<b>Pages 3 (Page 1 is the cover) -</b> An intro to the mag which a nice big picture of <a href="http://amzn.to/2ondElO" target="_blank">Yoda's Jedi Starfighter!</a></div>
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<b>Pages 5 - 8 - </b>The first part of the AWESOME 2 comics in every Issue! "Catch The Traitor!" Darth Vader has build a new <a href="http://amzn.to/2q6Ff7l" target="_blank">Carbonite Freezing Chamber</a> on Coruscant and there's a spy in the Rebel's ranks; It's up to Luke Skywalker to find out who it is! </div>
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<b>Pages 10 - 13 -</b> Part 2 of "Catch The Traitor!" Comic! Find out if Luke tracks down the Spy and if Darth Vader get his comeuppance! </div>
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<b>Page 16 - A file on one of the heroes from The Freemaker Adventures! ROWAN! (A fellow Scavenger!)</b><br />
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<b>Pages 22 - 29 - </b>The second Comic for the Issue "Revenge of the STARSCAVENGER!", On Thalser, the Freemaker team are building a new ship and need one more part, all of a sudden, thieves steal the Starscavenger, Rowan and Roger are still inside and show the Theives whoose boss! </div>
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<b>Pages 30 - 31 -</b> An awesome look at the new LEGO Death Star!! </div>
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<b>Page 32 - </b>Looks at the New Star Wars Book <a href="http://amzn.to/2oEaMfx" target="_blank">Quest for the Kyber Saber</a>! From Egmont!! </div>
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<b>Page 33 - </b>WIN A set of Star Wars <a href="http://amzn.to/2psSxi6" target="_blank">Microfighters</a><a href="http://amzn.to/2kSeWBX" target="_blank">!</a> Get the Issue to find out how to win!! </div>
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<b>Page 34 - </b>Teases the next issue which includes the Mini Vulture Droid Ship! Also two more great comics from Martin Fisher! </div>
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The back page is a cut out and keep of Light Side (LEGO Xwing) Poster or Darkside (Imperial Tie Fighter)!! </div>
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Rocket and Groot is a new line of books for ages 8-13 which is high on events, fast paced and written with a hilariously witty style with a hint of toilet humour! </div>
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I remember being this sort of age and any mention of farts and pee were
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Just by knowing the Author Tom Angleberger from his previous books like the<a href="http://amzn.to/2plAw5c" target="_blank"> Yoda Origami Series, </a> this link actually goes to Amazon's kindle download, of which I will probably do myself as these books look brilliant! </div>
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The story goes, that our Pair of (unlikely) heroes crash land on planet Happyhappyfunfun and soon realise it's not as "Fun" as the planet name suggests. What ensue's is a plethora of crazy silly trouble for the two, and by the end you'll be turning the pages of this book as quickly as the pair are racing through the town! Loads of great moments and some of Rocket's quotes are fantastic! <i>"Flaming Walrus Mustaches! We're going to die!" </i></div>
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The way this book is laid out and written is amazing. It read's a little like a script, with each characters phrases on each line, but it's extremely simple to follow with a different font for each character.. there's also an added bonus of sounds of everything that's going on e.g. "Sound of totally awesome tape dispenser gunning the engine" which sets the scene quite nicely.<br />
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As I said at the top of this review, the pace is very fast and there's so many little jokes and snidey comments from the "Awesome Tape Dispenser", she's a really great character and the banter between Rocket and her is genius.<br />
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There's also tons of illustrations to go with the story too also actually created by Tom Angleberger and also an amazingly gorgeous doublespread by <a href="http://isidremonesart.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Isidre Mones</a>!<br />
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This is in fact the second in this series and I'm very much hoping there's more! Here's the first below and a link in case you wish to purchase!</div>
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<b><i>All in all, these books are a great read for 8 plus year olds, if they know of the Guardians of the Galaxy films then this is sure to be a favourite for them, personally I have an 8 year old and before picking up these books to review, he already picked this off a shop shelf and said how funny and good it looked. I'll be giving both of these books to my son to read and I'm sure he'll thoroughly enjoy them! </i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The new Keep on Truckin' book will be available from 4th May (STAR WARS DAY in fact!) and RRP is £6.99, also available from Amazon to PRE-ORDER!!</span> </b></div>
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<b>Issue 30 - Senate Guard</b><br />
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Like the Imperial Helmet, it's a sleek beautiful design, and the brushes on the top give a more regal feel.. This Helmet is a really nice representation of the actual prob from the films.<br />
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The magazine starts off with the Database from KAA - KAM, including information on the Gungan battle mounts! the Kaadu, General Grevious' Kaleesh, AND *SPOILER ALERT* the now Imperial turned Rebel, Agent Kallus!<br />
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Next with a History of the Senate Guard, this paragraph goes into a little information about them and how they went about their duties. There we go, the inside pages now talk about the ranking of the Guards, as well as information about the changes from the Senate Guard to the Imperial Guard. <br />
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Middle pages go into the cross sections of the helmet itself. More than just for show (although this is definitely talked about) interestingly enough the Plume on the top hides away a communications antennae.. there's more about the general design, weapons and equipment for these guards. <br />
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Further pages explain about the other form of the Senate Guard, the Senate Commando's and goes into a little backstory of Captain Faro Argyus (From the Clone Wars Animated Series). Ultimately he was a traitor to the republic but as Karma had it, he met his end at the hand of Asajj Ventress.<br />
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The back page teases Poe Dameron's more modern looking helmet!! </div>
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<b>Issue 31 - Poe Dameron</b></div>
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We're now getting along with the Databank and this issue covers KAM to KAT, including the mysterious Kaminoans (answers on a postcard to confirm how to say that masterpiece of a word!), of course Kanjiclub get a mention, is this an actual saying now? "I swear Mum I didn't do it!" "Tell that to Kanjiclub!!"</div>
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The Wookiee world of Kashyyyk gets a mention in the Databank too and confirms WHERE it actually resides on the universe map of the new Canon!</div>
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Next up for the middle pages sets up the history of the wearer of this issues helmet, Poe Dameron. Taking this info from the <a href="http://amzn.to/2oKAwKA" target="_blank">Marvel Comics Mini-series Star Wars: Shattered Empire</a> this outlined Poe's roots regarding his parents piloting background.</div>
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Info about Poe's personal fighter ship is also teased here aswell as a piece on Poe's intro in <a href="http://amzn.to/2pfvJ5y" target="_blank">Star Wars: The Force Awakens</a> (That's that film that did rather well in ratings.. )</div>
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The cross sections detail more about the helmet and what's weird is that there's some Aurabesh on the side of the helmet.. which reads ROAEHAL in English.. what does this mean!?! I've tweeted the Holocron, so hopefully I'll get a reply back soon! STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES!!</div>
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There's also details about Poe's sidearm and other equipment and also a little bio. </div>
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Whats next in the mag is a few pages on the Resistance as a whole, their History, uniforms, certain members, even the new style of Rankings on their uniforms. My favorite part of this mag is next detailing the pilots of this new era, sadly most of them bite the dust on Starkiller base.. which leads quite nicely into the last segment of this issue, the Assault On Starkiller Base. </div>
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Issue 32 boasts the helmet of the Hoth Rebel Soldiers, should be good as I don't know alot about them, we see little of them in "Empire" too.. </div>
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The newest book in this line of pre-teen books from Egmont Publishing was released very recently! I'll be providing a full review of.. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Cold! </b></span></div>
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BUT FIRST! A look at the other books in this great series which has kept my son engaged each bedtime! </div>
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<a href="http://amzn.to/2nKWnhs" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Book 0 - The Escape" border="0" height="200" id="id_5511_d199_c00f_f873" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6wYPZYTuG5xtVSV3s8cM6MmqWUtDRlWrw5fjJ2grOYgn0xPsTthiZ8zH1AcqPT3hdAsCQk_TH6NX5GPaimFjAc7CuiPAsZj_cdc8lkJq35W5Z839b9N64Bjfqo6_XDNoleUfhXKvLV9M/s200/book+day.jpg" style="height: auto; margin: 4px; width: 125px;" width="125" /></a>A great line of children's books, its debut was made on Book Day 2016 with THE ESCAPE, and follows the adventures of Milo and Lina Graff, son and daughter of a pair of fantastic Navigators of the Wild Space of the Star Wars Galaxy, they have mapped out most of Wild Space and the Empire wants their maps. </div>
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I won't totally spoil whats gone before, but the story starts when just on a routine mapping of a system The Empire meet up with the Graffs to pay for Maps created by them. However, the cadaverous Captain Korda wants the maps for nothing, and the Graffs don't agree, obviously. One thing leads to another and the Graffs are captured, leaving their children, pet Monkey Lizard and researcher droid CR-8R (a great mish-mash of Protocol, Astromech and even probe droid!) to fend for themselves, Getting them into trouble several times through the series.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Series </b></span><br />
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These books as a whole are very nicely put together and the two Authors, Cavan Scott and Tom Huddleston have made a great line of books which first of all read really well, have a great flow of action mixed in with mystery and just enough emotion entwined to keep the young reader captivated. </div>
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Myself and my son have been reading the entire line as bedtime stories and even doing that we're up to speed with all the books and very nearly ready to start the newest (Reviewed below!) The Cold!</div>
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These books don't just have the text, there's a few great illustrations (By David M. Buisan) which really build up the imagery that the text is talking about and in some cases get you excited for a character you're just about to meet!</div>
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<b>I thought this was to be the last of the adventures for the Graff kids, however it seems like after grabbing a new ship, (yep the battered up Whisper Bird finally gets left behind, it had to happen sometime!) the two are at last onto a concrete lead on where to find their parents! </b><br />
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<b>The Cold is available via <a href="http://amzn.to/2p2IDk1" target="_blank">AMAZON.CO.UK</a> right now for only £4.39! Great for bedtime reading. Ooks for the young reader and also a great quick read for the adults! </b></div>
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The show is designed to take a nose dive into the identities of our favourite characters aswell as teaching visitors about what males US tick and how you as a person grows, in terms of who influences us and how we react.</div>
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Aswell as some awesome interactivity regarding the above, there's some amazing props and obviously this is accompanied by a history of the props and even how certain characters were imagined and then brought to life. </div>
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When I was originally advised of Star Wars Identities I was extremely excited, obviously, I'm a Star Wars fan. Anyway, I was thinking I'd be going on my own and then invited my 8 year old along for some Father/Son bonding, he LOVES learning and museums, so because of his appreciation for Star Wars too, this was a perfect combo. In the end MY Father also came with us, so there was 3 generations of my family.</div>
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The props were amazing, as above, there was tons of info about these that even as a seasoned fan there was stuff I didn't know. </div>
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I interactivity came in the form of an audio walk, where there were audio stations along the way, as well as lots of videos, each explaining each part of the exhibit. There was also a wireless wristband we had to wear throughout and with this answer certain questions to create our Star Wars Character and learn about their living journey. I'll come back to them at the end of this review.</div>
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As you can see from the questions above, at the same time as being very fun building your own Star Wars character, OR you could go through this exhibit answering the questions as yourself! Which is actually what I did.. albeit to choosing a species and background story for the homeworld. <br /></div>
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This month I've been sent 2 more fantastic ships to review and bit to the test against each other!</div>
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The magazine for this issue starts of with the Databank from JAM to JED, which includes information about Wes Janson, Kanan Jarrus, as well as the Jedi in general, loads of info there which covers all 7 of the films. </div>
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As I say this helmet is extremely simple, it really is a "Buckethead" the top part is practically a mold of the At-At driver but with an extra part with eye holes, and then material hanging down. Again no soft goods here, but it looks pretty material-like. Like the previous helmet, this is too clean, I wanted to see maybe a few scrapes and blemishes, as per the magazine photo.</div>
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The magazine starts with the Databank of JEL to JUN and includes goodies like Dexster Jettster and Qui-Gon Jinn aswell as other characters from The Clone Wars and ships from the Canon Comics! I love how thorough DeAgostini are with this Databank!<br />
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What follows is a history lesson into the Snowtroopers, or "Cold Weather Assault Troopers" as they are formally know. This also goes into detail about "Blizzard Force" which was apparently one of the "..most feared groups within the Imperial army.." ..hmm.. cool..<br />
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The Imperial Fleet in general is then broken down into the different types of Ships (as in the big ones!). Then the Highlight of the Saga in this issue is a breakdown of some of the pinnacle moments and storylines of The Empire Strikes Back, more precisely the Battle of Hoth.<br />
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The back page is a little annoying as it's usually the teaser to the upcoming issues and it states Issue 29, which is THIS issue, aswell as the next one which we already know is going to be the Senate Guard. I'm looking forward to that one though as I've just started collecting merchandise regarding the Royal Guard, of which was born from the Senate guard..<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Get onto DeAgostini's <a href="https://www.jacklin-uk.com/deagostini-subscribe/public/star-wars-helmets/?_ga=1.234717529.654288770.1450199047&__utma=78301057.881705041.1488976608.1488976608.1488976608.1&__utmb=78301057.1.10.1488976608&__utmc=78301057&__utmx=-&__utmz=78301057.1488976608.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=(not%20provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=151900735" target="_blank">website</a> to start your subscription!! It's from £20 per month and for this you get two Helmets and Magazines! </b></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10917387631957079915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319051829696872588.post-15570923199521563142017-03-08T00:44:00.002-08:002017-03-08T00:44:22.438-08:00Guardians of the Galaxy Toy Review! Star-Lords Elemental Blasters!<div>
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A pair of Star-Lords Elemental Blasters from the upcoming hit movie Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2!</div>
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NERF had a great version of this blaster for the original movie release, but these in my mind blow NERF out of the water! Ok, so you press a button and it popped open to fire the darts, BUT.. did it have sound? NO! Did you get TWO in a pack? NO!! Was it really worth it's price tag??! MAYBE!...</div>
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Anyway, with that out of the way, this PAIR of Electronic sounding blasters which ALSO fire darts are brilliant! The sounds are great (only 2 on each but hey!) and they are actually a little smaller for mini Star Lords like mine! </div>
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Ok, so I'm not too sure about the darts that come with this, they're pretty hard and I'd be worried about "poking someones eye out"! with those (they fire pretty far too!), however, if I'm completely honest, the electronic aspect of these blasters is what really sold them for me, totally completes my sons costume, they're the perfect size for him! </div>
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<b>Order yours online EXCLUSIVELY at the <a href="http://www.disneystore.co.uk/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol.-2-star-lord-element-blasters-461064891940.html" target="_blank">Disneystore</a>! They go for only £22.99! So for just over a tenner for each blaster, (for a near replica) for your child is really great! JUST DO IT!</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 will be released on April 28th!! <a href="https://youtu.be/2cv2ueYnKjg" target="_blank">HERE</a>'s the trailer! </b></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10917387631957079915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319051829696872588.post-49673215456467025922017-03-07T02:34:00.000-08:002017-03-07T02:34:14.769-08:00Cartamundi Card Game Review! My Little Pony SHUFFLE!<img alt="" id="id_f5ce_741f_13f6_7bf2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr93WohF-l2yLvvmS64DYG-Du8uoWQ0g6bF3qMSEwP3YyE7y2dqvv85PrJ8d-aul27GRz1GpHVhoyIajtfF-GigfIgwIm83DWcE3o7DudruYkQMY2Gak_0_QUAOuREYZtgx9nJ1H_ZzyX4/" style="display: block; height: auto; margin: 4px auto; width: 191px;" title="" tooltip="" /><br />
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So this is probably my first girlie kind of review, but I'm completely up for it. Previously I've only really reviewed boys stuff because I have an 8 year old with a good imagination that can give me good feedback to help out with these reviews.</div>
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Being a card game, and being a girlie game my Wife was happy to play with us. That is me, my son and my daughter. Great, Family Board Game night! </div>
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So we got the cards out of the nifty box and I started to read the rules.. now I'd usually give this job to the wife as shes better at understanding stuff.. I actually put it on myself as I already had confidence it wouldn't be too difficult as my son and I had very quickly learn the rules to <a href="http://amzn.to/2lzHtye" target="_blank">Transformers SHUFFLE</a> a few weeks earlier.. </div>
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The rules were pretty simple.. a little like Dominoes but you have four directions for your paths. We each had a pony and one square of the path is laid by each player on their turn, on these paths are half Gems (the same as on our Pony cards) and also, sometimes Celestia, who reigns (pun intended) over the Pony.. er.. land? <br />
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Anyway, paths are laid and Half gems make whole ones meaning a point for the matching colour Pony. The end of the game is when all the patch cards have been used and its then the task of counting all your gems and the player with the most wins, you also get an extra point where Celestia is on your Gem cards. </div>
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A very easy game to play, but I'd say a definite hit with the little ones. My daughter loved it when she matched up her gems and let out the occasional YAYYY! When she did so. I was really please she understood the rules too a d needed little to no help matching up the cards to the gems and placing them down on the table. </div>
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There was also an extra rule which I think was a really nice touch. You have to say "Thank you" when someone matches one of your gems for you. Manners should always come into games like this, and we almost made a game out of the rule too! "You didn't say thank you, you wont get your point!" And giggles ensued between the younger players. </div>
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It was a lot of fun! I think I'd like to try out a few of the other <a href="http://cartamundi.com/en/our-brands/shuffle/" target="_blank">Cartamundi SHUFFLE games</a>, I believe they have some news on the horizon too of which I will keep you updated with!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>My Little Pony SHUFFLE is available in all Good toy stores and anywhere they sell Card games, RRP £6.99, you'll find this discounted on <a href="http://amzn.to/2mhctSx" target="_blank">Amazon.co.uk</a> </b></span></div>
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Ok.. so..I'm a Star Wars fan.. since the age of about 5 when I saw Return Of The Jedi I've loved Star Wars in some shape or form.. be it the Ewok movies, the main movies, Droids cartoon, The Clone Wars Series, Rebels, even the Holiday Special was pretty cool to me, everywhere I could get Star Wars I tried to be there. I still remember waiting about half a day to download 12m/b's to watch The Phantom Menace trailer.. THAT.. was when my fandom went from playing with my brothers hand me down Star Wars Figures (3.75" of course) to getting my own.. Starting with Darth Maul.. so that's when buying the figures for me started.</div>
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I'm not one of those collectors which have to have everything, I've never had the money to get everything and to be honest I've not been interested in buying characters I can't connect with or even have some kind of love for. I just bought sporadically. </div>
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But this comes at a price, if you're not invested in a whole line, you end up with bits and bobs from each and it kind of makes the collection a little non-special. I don't really have much of a collection either, there are still lots of figures I would have liked but another problem is space.. I have nowhere (at the moment, I'm working on it) to display my collection.. </div>
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My wife has recently started a collection of Beauty & The Beast merchandise, mainly display pieces and plush toys. But this got me thinking while looking at all the different type of items for this one film.. its also aesthetically pleasing to look at, as the colours are very similar to one another.. whilst looking at my own collection of different lines, different types of toy, different characters just looks a little messy.. </div>
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She says mostly, and firstly as she loved Beauty and the Beast, she has done since childhood and it's always stuck with her. There's a few reasons she transfixed on B&TB: One, because of Disney there's just SO much out there, and we have neither the room or the money to purchase everything. This is not to say my wife has had to reign it in on a few occasions as she has bought a few items, but in the main she's done her best to just get B&TB.. </div>
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My wife has advised that she does not just go down the ebay route, she is also connected via Facebook to a wealth of groups which deal with vintage and also newer Disney items. This is where for her, the fun really starts. Okay it's great searching e-mail for that vital piece and putting in that bid, watching and then grumbling if lost of getting extremely excited once won.. it's also ALOT of fun searching the boards and being the first person to raise their hand to purchase an item from someone. Ebay seems to have become too popular with some sellers and they tend to take the "Mickey" (pun intended) with the Disney items in terms of price, so in a lot of cases she can get a much better price from "Facebook Friends" who seem to appreciate a little bit more about giving their old items a new loving owner. </div>
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Because of the many boards and many people to purchase from, the thrill of the hunt also plays a big part for her. </div>
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So having a focal point for a collection seems to be the way to go. Taking into consideration Money and Space, I'm pretty sure for me it's the best way to go. I totally respect those Completists out there too though, a few of my old colleagues on the <a href="http://www.toyruncast.com/" target="_blank">Toy Run</a> podcast and <a href="http://www.galaxyoftoys.podbean.com/" target="_blank">Galaxy of Toys Network</a> are Completists in one way or another...</div>
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This is not to say that people who collect EVERYTHING Star Wars don't have a great looking collection.. Steve Sansweet is another level of a collector (<a href="http://www.ranchoobiwan.org/" target="_blank">CHECK OUT RANCHO OBI-WAN!</a>), but it proves that if you have a massive collection it looks beautiful!! </div>
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For the small collection I have I think it notices more and there's no WOW! factor.. I want to be proud of my collection.. Of course I have the sentimental pieces that actually mean something and I love those and will never get rid of them, but I do feel there are quite a few pieces where I've just wanted them for the sake of wanting.. "oh! There's a new film! I need the Hero/Heroine!" Is usually my first thought.. I also buy for my son too, if he likes a character I get it..it goes in a bag of opened figures and then gets played with so I don't include those in my collection. </div>
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If you're going to do something, do it wholeheartedly.. especially when it's something you love. I will therefore soon be sorting out my Star Wars Collection and will be placing all neatly on ebay.. after which I will be concentrating ("All firepower") on collecting specifically the Emperors Royal Guard..<br>
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Basically, I'd always found them intriguing, I LOVED the Crimson Empire comics (which I've downloaded recently again from <a href="http://amzn.to/2md9qLX" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, SO CHEAP!) and I've chosen this Character as I like the mystery behind them, their awesome costume and it was in fact one of the first 3.75" figures that I played with as a child. It was a hand me down from my Brother, whether he liked it or not!<br>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10917387631957079915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319051829696872588.post-48548398612667476852017-02-27T07:49:00.000-08:002017-03-09T05:19:49.299-08:00Book Review! The DC Comics Encyclopedia! From DK!<br />
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The last time a <a href="http://amzn.to/2lr3rzl" target="_blank">DC Character Encyclopedia</a> was released, was 2008. This brand new(ish) book was available on 3rd October 2016 published by the much loved, multi licensed giant, DK. </div>
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From A.R.G.U.S. to Maxie Zeus, there's
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For each of the characters that have been a part of another team or
associated with another team, all the details are included!! Aswell as
if there have been several incarnations of them, you REALLY need to
check out THE FLASH page! AWESOMESAUCE!</div>
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Well, my son and I are MAHUSIVE DC fans, we love The Flash and The Arrow, aswell as the other series' I need to catch up on!! He and I look through these Encyclopedia's together, DK also did the <a href="http://amzn.to/2lYrCrT" target="_blank">Marvel Encyclopedia</a>, of which myself and my son constantly thumb through during the watching of films and shows.</div>
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I think it's just a REALLY nice addition to a fans collection, to have the details about every character of the universe.. it just makes sense! </div>
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<a href="http://amzn.to/2lr3rzl" target="_blank">Amazon</a> has this book at a great price at the moment, so get on and buy it! This book is such a great reference book and also a nice coffee table read! <br />
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<b><i>The DC Comics Encyclopedia</i>, published by DK, out now, £30.00. TM & © DC Comics.</b> </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10917387631957079915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319051829696872588.post-55276617757810959702017-02-27T07:29:00.000-08:002017-02-27T07:29:07.076-08:00Cartamundi Card Games Review: Transformers SHUFFLE<b>The Prologue:</b><br />
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Card games, card games have always scared me really.. being brought up on card games like Rumme and Go Fish, more recently Poker: 5 Card Draw. But way back when I tried out THE STAR WARS CUSTOMISABLE CARD GAME, I can't say it and I also sure as hell can't play it!! So many rules so confusing!! </div>
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All is well in Star Wars land though as I found Star Wars Destiny!!! And am getting on very well!! If you'd like to hear more about that you can go over to <a href="http://www.galaxyoftoys.podbean.com/">www.galaxyoftoys.podbean.com</a> where I have a few of my old ScavengerUK Podcast episodes :) </div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Right onto the review at hand!! With the above in mind it was extremely refreshing to play a new card game that (GASP!!) wasn't Star Wars and was VERY easy to pick up in the first few minutes!! </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">That game is a battle game where each player have to win territories.. the first to win four of them wins!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">This is a really fun game and VERY easy to pick up, as I said in the Prologue it's great diving into a game like this with my son and not having to spend the first 30mins just reading and understanding the rules! We read through twice and were playing in less than 10 minutes! </span></div>
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<a href="http://amzn.to/2mltIPt" target="_blank">Titan A.E.</a> Released on June 16th 2000. Now usually I'd write and review about Star Wars stuff, however I'm pretty passionate about this film. It came out 17 years ago and I remember seeing it back then, it's still great and hasn't really aged! It's awesome! So I thought I'd give it a bit of a mention!</div>
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Their world was dying, then the Dreg (pronounced Dredge) destroy Earth. Cales Father was the creator of the TITAN.. The "Only Hope" for the Human Race, we learn later on in the film that it has the ability to create life, a new world even..</div>
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Now Gune, I had a little trouble placing, see, he's wise, but shows it in a very crazy way, he's also a little silly but very lovable all at once. You'll notice watching the film he helps ALOT along the way, helping to navigate the ship, very good with ships sensors and also piloting and gunning at the end of the film, WOW that was a relief he was ok right? Of course! R2D2! "I'VE FINISHED MY NAP!!!" The Feels!! hehe! Wish R2 came onto a scene like that! </div>
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Preed is a liar.. now a dead liar, but before he decided to back the Dreg, him and Korso were in cahoots, Korso's Lando of sorts.. but then as I say the mutiny happened and he would have done anything to kill Korso and Cale. Good job Korso is good at turning heads :P</div>
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Don Bluth, who brought us the hidden classics of <a href="http://amzn.to/2kM0ddt" target="_blank">The Secret of Nimh</a>, <a href="http://amzn.to/2mltyaP" target="_blank">An American Tail</a> (and its hilarious sequels) and who can forget <a href="http://amzn.to/2lLuXuF" target="_blank">The Land Before Time</a>!! (The original was clearly the best!) </div>
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It's a great mix of feels, disaster, humour, fisty cuffs, space battles. It's really good fun.. It also, surprisingly, for an animated film stands the test of time, the feel is kind of Steampunk, also like Star Wars it has a very lived in feel with no kind of 'advanced' tech as it were, food replicators and such, and the colours are a warm gold or a darker colder blue when we have the alien enemy on the screen.. I cant praise this film enough and at only £3.99 on iTunes you'd be mad to try it out.. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10917387631957079915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319051829696872588.post-76235759896311595872017-02-17T04:26:00.003-08:002017-02-17T04:26:38.192-08:00Star Wars Force Friday II - Confirmed! Midnight on 1st September!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The 1st September will bring new toys and other merch from the new Episode 8 - The Last Jedi, so hopefully we will have our first glimpse of Old Jedi Master Luke Skywalker! </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10917387631957079915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319051829696872588.post-8765989317785303952017-02-17T04:13:00.001-08:002017-02-17T04:13:16.586-08:00First Strike Light-Saber Combat Simulation - An Interview with one of the Creators<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="_5yl5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>So Wayne, firstly thanks for answering these questions for me:</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="_5yl5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>"No probelmo mate"</i><br /><br /><b>Secondly then, can you just give us a quick run down of when you were first introduced to Star Wars? </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="_5yl5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>"My first experience of Star Wars was when my Dad took me to watch A New Hope at the cinema and like most people it really captivated my imagination - blew me away really, and still does. It inspired me to make my own comics and draw characters constantly as well as play with my huge collection of toys I had. "</i><br /><br /><b>So what exactly IS First Strike Lightsaber Combat Simulations? </b><br /><br /><i>"Well, we are a triple pronged business. Firstly we have the 'Battle Ready' classes. This is a series of light-saber combat training classes where we teach techniques such as strikes, blocks and parries, evasion and the flamboyant spinning often referred to as flourishing. The idea behind the classes is not only to train, but to learn control so when</i> <i>students take part in the live action roleplay element they can do it with good technique and control, have good combat using a recognised system where injury is minimised."</i><br /><br /><b>So is it similar to LARP? </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="_5yl5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>"Yes, very much so. I was inspired when I went along to the Star Wars Secret Cinema - me and my pals went in costume and got drawn into the roleplay element and were drawn into the whole immersive and interactive experience. This brings me nicely onto the Galactic War element of the business. This will be the arena if you like where players will pick a faction - Guardians or the Fallen and have team roleplay missions to</i> <i>achieve; which will naturally lead into elements of combat. You have a choice of character classes to choose such as Jedi, Sith Acolyte and some others - you just can't rock up as a canon main character though, you have to design your own otherwise we will have twenty-five Darth</i> <i>Vaders' wandering around! We already operate an events business and will initially be using one of our sites to set the scene based on our planet of Takadannaar - a woodland planet rich in resources but currently neutral and a hive of activity for all manner of intergalactic scum. A bit like Mos Eisley in the woods!"</i><br /><br /><b>Personally I love the idea of LARP, and I too went to the Secret Cinema, what an amazing experience! So, how extensive is the training? </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="_5yl5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>"The training is as hard as the student wants to make it. We expect effort to be put into the classes, though, as you will only get out of it what you put in to it; but it's designed to be progressive, starting with a warm up then moving onto basics such as foot work and body movement, strikes, blocks/parries</i> <i>and then usually something a bit more advanced before finishing off with various elements of individual or team combat using the techniques you have been taught. Most of all, its great fun, good fitness and most students are also avid fans of Star Wars, so we hope to develop into a series of clubs and a community in our own right."</i><br /><br /><br /><b>That makes sense and sounds awesome! Is there any kind of grading for the classes? </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="_5yl5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>"I am also a Ludosport student myself and although only been training a few months I have experienced some early successes getting through to the finals in every tournament and even winning one and getting an award in another - Best Youngling of 2016! Ludosport is about tournament combat - which I love and highly recommend but our emphasis is more</i> <i>about getting battle ready so you can join in our LARP/Cosplay events as well as learning a solid martial arts based on my own extensive experience. We are also looking for other martial arts instructors to come on board and bring other styles to the table so we can develop the other forms too. We don't wear armour so practicing solid technique and</i> <i>control is crucial as unlike the Saber Legion who are more akin to Kendo, we would be more so like a futuristic form of Iaido with light-sabers crossed with medieval sword work. My experience is mainly in Japanese martial arts of which I hold a couple of black belts and a brown belt. No way my pants are falling down!"</i><br /><br /><b>Wow, no messing with you then, and if you have a stick in your hand, start running right? Hehe.. Ok, so what kind of kit does someone need to join the class? </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="_5yl5"><span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-size: medium;"><i>"We say turn up in training kit e.g. tracksuit and clean trainers and a t-shirt - once you have been coming a few weeks and have joined you get your first belt and a club t-shirt to get you going but my expectation is that all students dress the same and we have a uniform standard to adhere to which is affordable. All you need other than that are some gloves as we have 40 light-sabers, so until you are ready to get your own, we have you covered!"</i></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><br />Where do you train, and how can you be contacted if we're interested in joining?! </b></span></span></span></div>
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The other piece looks decidedly Sithy, or at least Dark side.. we know that Rey destroyed <a href="http://amzn.to/2lS3B3j" target="_blank">Kylo's lightsaber</a> in the Force Awakens, or at least that's what it looked like.. So could we be seeing a teaser of his new lightsaber? At this point we really don't know but it's fun speculating right!? That darker piece also looks like the red prongs fan out at the click of a button, so that could be a cool new hilt design.. </div>
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It's out NOW in all awesome bookstores, for £<span style="font-size: small;">3</span>.99 and for that you get a great mag which I'll breakdown for you, aswell as an awesome Lego Mini Model OR Lego MINIFIGURE! It's worth getting JUST for the freebie if you ask me! </div>
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<b>Pages 30 - 31 -</b> An awesome look at the LEGO sets <a href="http://amzn.to/2kSeQdr" target="_blank">Encounter on Jakku</a> and <a href="http://amzn.to/2kSpvVx" target="_blank">Battle on Takodana</a>!! </div>
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The back page is a cut out and keep of Fact File "cards" for Captain Phasma, Poe Dameron, Chewbacca and Ahsoka Tano! Lots of cool info on these!! </div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Look! It's the Ghost!! The now iconic ship featured heavily in The Star Wars Rebels series aswell as very breif moments of the Box Office Smash hit Rogue One! </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This little ship is only around 3 inches long but is a great representation of the original! It won't take long for you or your little one to put together, I think my son put it together in about 10minutes, good fun though and he was soon zooming it across the table! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The LEGO Star Wars magazine is available between 8th Feb - 7th March and is priced at £3.99!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks so much to Egmont for providing this review copy!</span></div>
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OK, so this particular post follows on from Episode 10 of the Scavenger UK Podcast where I reviewed Fantasy Flight Games Star Wars Miniatures <a href="http://amzn.to/2kOtLFy" target="_blank">U-Wing</a> and <a href="http://amzn.to/2lL3INg" target="_blank">Tie Striker</a>!</div>
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Well, as I always play Imperial and my son plays rebels, mostly because he has more ships. I try to give him the edge so we have a good game and to give myself a bit of a challenge! </div>
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So this time round my son had the <a href="http://amzn.to/2kOtLFy" target="_blank">U-Wing</a> and chose Cassian Andor..not for his special, I think he's just one of his favourite characters from Rogue One. </div>
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I had the <a href="http://amzn.to/2lL3INg" target="_blank">Striker</a> and chose 'Pure Sabacc' mostly because of the cool name hearkening back to the game which won Han Solo the Millennium Falcon but also if he has 1 or less damage he can attack with one more attack dice. </div>
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To confirm myself and my son were playing the simple rules in this game, we don't use the action cards or upgrades. We've played a few times like this but it takes a while to set up. I'm thinking of building a default set so we can set up quicker, but that needs time and a lot of patience initially.<br />
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Anyway.. simple rules.. basically we play what's on the pilot cards, ship bases and also the damage cards.. bearing in mind we both had the same pilot skill Josh decided he wanted to fire first, so I moved first. I was happy with this because in terms of damage and attacking Josh's <a href="http://amzn.to/2kOtLFy" target="_blank">U-Wing</a> (4 Hull & 4 Shields) was far superior to my Striker with only 4 Hull, so I was hoping I could give him the run around. </div>
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<b>Turn one</b> was pretty non eventful, we moved but were both out of range.</div>
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<b>Turn two</b>, I moved and was slightly shielded by an asteroid, however this didn't stop my son from firing and scoring two hits. Sadly I forgot about the barrel roll action I could have played to maneuver out of Josh's scope and he managed to score 2 hits! That's me half dead already! This will be a short game!! </div>
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<b>Turns three & four & five</b> were all about getting into the right position. I managed to barrel roll out of the way of my son while he was tackling the asteroid field with his not so great maneuvering, he did ok, but he unfortunately took some damage while navigating the field.<br />
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See, the great thing about the <a href="http://amzn.to/2lL3INg" target="_blank">Striker</a> is that it can basically turn on a dime, so I had no trouble making quick tight turns, whereas the <a href="http://amzn.to/2kOtLFy" target="_blank">U-Wing</a> has to make bigger and longer turns, therefore more difficult to get through the asteroid field. HOWEVER while putting away the cards after our battle I realised something I also missed in my review on <a href="http://galaxyoftoys.podbean.com/e/scavenger-uk-podcast-episode-10/" target="_blank">Episode 10</a> of the podcast. The <a href="http://amzn.to/2kOtLFy" target="_blank">U-Wing</a> has the ability to do a 0 maneuver which uses the sweeping back<a href="http://xwing-miniatures.wikia.com/wiki/Pivot_Wing" target="_blank"> "Pivot" Wings (Landing)</a>. So when the 0 is done, using the cards ability, it allows the player to rotate the ship 180 degrees so would have been great to get me a few times, or indeed help getting out of the asteroids. So yeah, I felt a little bad about knowing that after the fact as I would have let him use that.. There's always next time! Hehe!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The U-Wing & Tie Striker are both available on Amazon.co.uk, click the links to purchase!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2kOwDlT" target="_blank">U-Wing - £22.31!</a> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://amzn.to/2lL3INg" target="_blank">Tie Striker - £12.95!</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>For more info on the Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures line up, check out <a href="https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/x-wing/" target="_blank">Fantasy Flight Games Official Website</a>! </b></span></div>
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