Hasbro debuted the new Monopoly: Star Wars Rey piece at Toy Fair 2016 in New York. As many of you know, Hasbro caught quite a bit of crap from fans who were pissed that Rey was not originally included in Monopoly: Star Wars. Hasbro responded to our inquiry about the situation, claiming that, since the game was released a few months prior to Star...
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The frustration of the lack of Rey merchandise for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been well voiced by the fandom. It honestly doesn’t make any sense given how important the character is to the story. Today, J.J. Abrams voiced that he shares the same frustrations that many of us do over the distinct lack of Rey on retail shelves. As reported...
On this week’s 23rd episode of the Legion of Leia podcast, writer and LoL movie reviewer Witney Seibold joins myself and my co-hosts Anastasia Washington and Sabina Ibarra. Witney co-hosts the B Movies Podcast along with my Most Craved co-host William Bibbiani. This week we take on the #WheresRey controversy. As you may know, it was...
On this week’s Most Craved, my co-host William Bibbiani and I take on the #WheresRey controversy. As you may know, on Tuesday there was a big debacle on the Internet after it came to light that Hasbro‘s Star Wars Monopoly game allows you to play as Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Kylo Ren and Finn. Who’s missing? Only the...
UPDATE – 6:53PM PST: I just heard from my friend Carrie Goldman who’s eight-year-old daughter Annie Rose wrote the original letter to Hasbro about Rey being missing from the Star Wars Monopoly game. Hasbro’s official Twitter account just tweeted at her saying this: “We love your passion for Rey, and are happy to share that...
The toys are strong with this one. When Jenna recruited me to come up with a Gift Guide for the best Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys, I put together my list in no time. There’s a lot of awesome stuff out there supporting the new movie (which is, of course, the first ever Star Wars movie to enjoy a Christmas season release, making it the...
Want to add the First Order Commander to your collection? Toys R Us is here to help. Representation of women in the Star Wars toy line has always been a little bit shaky. It didn’t help that the Original Trilogy only featured one female character in the core cast, but now it’s 2015, and we’ve got the much more gender-balanced...
Ahhh! This is so exicting! Bronies and… ummm… whatever the girl version of “Bronies” are, rejoice! Variety announced today that Lionsgate and Hasbro have settled on November 3, 2017 as the official release date for the upcoming My Little Pony movie! The amazing Kristin Chenoweth will join the film as the voice of a new character! Tara...
Legion of Leia’s own Jenna Busch coined #WheresRey a few days ago, and a number of other outlets have picked up the news that the main character from The Force Awakens is missing from Hasbro’s action figure set. I’m bummed to bring this back up in the midst of all the Force Awakens excitement. I’m a huuuuge...
Last week at New York Comic-Con, I had the chance to sit down with the Hasbro brand teams that manage two of the hottest properties in the toy world, Marvel and Star Wars. Both toy properties have stood the test of time, and remain wildly popular among both kids and collectors, and most of that has to do with these brand managers, whose insight...