BE@RBRICKS pay tribute to Star Wars by doing their own take on some of your favorite characters, many which will be given away free with bottles of Pepsi Nex in Japan.

If you’re headed to Celebration Japan, you’ll get a chance to bag the exclusives — Wicket and Paploo!

Take a look at the whole set here. (via Toys R Evil)

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Brian Heiler over at toplessrobot.com recently posted a cool article about blatant ‘70s Star Wars rip-off toys – you know, those quasi-Star Wars wannabes that got you teased on the playground when trying to pass off that “S.T.A.R. Team” villain for Darth Vader or the “Star Hawk” for a Y-wing.

Check out the article here.

Coming soon to Walt Disney World in Florida is an all new series of large Star Wars-Disney crossover figures that should be available sometime this Fall. Included are Donald Duck as Darth Maul, Goofy as Jar Jar, Mickey as Anakin, and Minnie as Queen Amidala.

The retail for each will be $200 with an edition size of 600. 500 of each will be available for guests of Walt Disney World while the remainder (100 of each) are heading west to Disneyland.

See more pics after the jump!

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Rebelscum recently updated with a fascinating look back at a little-known Star Wars ad campaign staged for Panasonic back in the late ‘80s, a campaign that endowed Threepio with a butterfly net, Yoda with ear buds, Chewie with daffodils, Ewoks with leafy produce, and the Maker himself with his own wood-cut sea-faring dragon.

A great, thoroughly-researched article that includes posters, TV ads, behind the scenes imagery and more, all of which have rarely been seen here in the US. Head on over to Rebelscum to check it out.

The Washington DC Metro Area Star Wars Collecting Club (DCSWCC) is proud to announce their third bi-annual charity lapel pin sale.

The 2008 pin features animated Boba Fett with DCSWCC’s signature Washington Monument as his rocket, in honor of the 30th anniversary of his appearance in The Star Wars Holiday Special. Third in DCSWCC’s series of high-quality cloisonné lapel pins, officially sanctioned by Lucasfilm Ltd., each pin is individually stamped and numbered on the back. Only 1000 will ever be made.

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If you’re anywhere near the small town of Petaluma just north of San Francisco this weekend, be sure to stop in and take part in the 35th anniversary celebration of George Lucas’ iconic 1973 film American Graffiti.

Early birds have already witnessed a full re-enactment of the famous police car axle-yank in the small hours Thursday morning with several more events planned for Friday and Saturday, May 16th and 17th.

Admission is free, with cruisin’ parties, cast and crew events, and special collectibles available exclusively at the event. For more information, check the schedule of events here.

It’s May Day, and that means merchandise from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is hitting the streets!

No need to fight the crowds at toy stores only to discover empty shelves – head on over to the all-new IndianaJonesShop for a vast selection of toys and other products from the upcoming film as well as cool collectibles from the classic Indy movies!

Click here to start shopping…

Dustin Roberts, former Star Wars Fan Club president and owner of R2D2central.com – a site devoted to all things Artoo — recently posted a cool video short showcasing his vast collection of Star Wars merch. Naturally, it’s astromech-heavy, but also a wonderful example of how to successfully showcase a collection (space-challenged collectors will be jealous!).

We asked Dustin a few questions about his collection – check out his responses and a link to the video short after the jump –

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Thought all the original screen-used props from the Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies were safely locked away at Skywalker Ranch? Well, you’d be right for 99.9-percent of them – there are, however, a few pieces that have managed to find their way into private collections, several of which are posted at yourprops.com.

While not all the items’ authenticity is guaranteed iron-clad (replicas are also showcased), it’s interesting to see what pieces have escaped the gravitational pull of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones productions and landed somewhere in the lower reaches of the collectosphere.

Click here to check out the Star Wars props or here for Indiana Jones – you can use the search bar at the left to isolate the actual props from the replicas, or simply enjoy the tour of a pretty impressive collection of movie wares.

While it seems Star Wars merchandise has been produced in nearly every corner of the globe, it’s not often collectors have an opportunity to explore the hobby in any depth within those areas obscured by a formidable language barrier. That’s why the recent article on Polish Star Wars collectibles posted at starwarsy.pl (via theforce.net) is such a boon for Western collectors – for the first time, we get some informative insights on the posters, books, pencil toppers and more to come from Poland, a country where information on Star Wars collectibles has always seemed murky at best.

Written by Kuba Turkiewicz with translation by Lukasz “Miagi” Mlotkowski, this fantastic article is coupled with a second piece focusing on the world of Polish bootleg Star Wars action figures – a sideline category that’s picked up a lot of momentum in recent years among diehard Kenner collectors.

You can check out the comprehensive article of Star Wars Polish collectibles here, and the follow-up on Polish action figures here.