NEWS UPDATE! DECEMBER 28th 2002
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NEWS UPDATE! JUNE 6th 2002
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JUNE 6th 2002: NEWS UP-DATE: AS TIME ALLOWS, WE WILL UPDATE THE LAST OF THE POWER OF THE JEDI FIGURE SERIES... 

FINALLY, NOW ONLINE: 2002 EXCLUSIVE VEHICLE PICTURES ALL ARE UP-DATED INCLUDING THE TIE BOMBER & SNOWSPEEDER!

ALL POTJ 2002 EXCLUSIVE VEHICLE PICTURES ARE NOW UP-DATED!!!

NEWS UPDATE! JANUARY 31st 2002
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STAR WARS EPISODE 2 TOY-LINE NEWS IS NOW ON-LINE! CLICK ABOVE FOR FURTHER AND FUTURE DETAILS

NEWS UPDATE! JANUARY 16th 2002
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Whilst Episode Two will draw the most amount of attention this year into next, Hasbro isn't forgetting about the films of the original trilogy or Power of the Jedi. Whether POTJ is still flying the Star Wars banner by mid year is another story, new Characters never produced before will be making their first appearance: including the first Corellian spacer who approached Ben Kenobi in the Mos Eisley Cantina, BoShek. Another brand new character confirmed and making its first appearance is the Rebel Astromech Droid with hexagonal head R4-M9, from the Blockade Runner Tantive IV in Star Wars: A New Hope. Besides others like Teebo (Ewok) and the much awaited Ephant Mon, Rumoured future releases include: Captain Needa, Even Piell, General Dodonna, General Madine, General Rieekan, Hermi Odle, Moff Jerjerrod, Yarael Poof (Remember only rumour at this stage!)

NEWS UPDATE! DECEMBER 18th 2001
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STAR WARS EPISODE 2 TOY-LINE NEWS IS NOW ON-LINE! CLICK ABOVE FOR FURTHER AND FUTURE DETAILS

NEWS UPDATE! NOVEMBER 20th 2001
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If Your having trouble with the sounds on any of our pages and you have Internet Explorer 5 or 6? QuickTime have issued a new ActiveX control patch which will fix the problem, you can go directly to the Quicktime program check site here this will not effect your computer, just enhance your internet sounds and options! You must have QuickTime first.

NEWS UPDATE! NOVEMBER 13th 2001
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THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO BUY ANY BRAND NEW STAR WARS FIGURE FOR AN INSANE $10.00 EACH! Our Sold.com.au listing comes to an end this Friday (Nov 16th) at 11:30pm. All Brand New Figures Including such Figures as Shmi Skywalker, Han Death Star Escape, Luke X-Wing Pilot, Darth Vader Emperor's Wrath, Ben Kenobi Jedi Training and even all other Rarer Figures in this series all started at $10.00ea and there's still heaps left to be picked up at these unbelievable prices! All Vehicles Playsets, Dolls and all Episode One Stuff is going real cheap! Don't Miss out, because the prices will never be this good again?  We have compiled a Super Auctions listing for our Star Wars section this lists every Star Wars Product (only) we have currently on offer in our Merchant Mall. Every text listing on that page is a link which will take you directly to a live Auction, but Hurry it all ends this Friday Night at 11:30PM. We have also up-dated our special Auction News. Page. Check it out, because they won't be this cheap again this year! Santa's coming to town and he's flying in with Vega! Also join our email listing for next time we list!

NEWS UPDATE! NOVEMBER 2nd 2001
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An amazing interest in our x2 Star Wars Polls will now result in us sending them to Hasbro Australia and the U.S.A.. When the final results are in, they will be delivered to toy management, even if these don't become available it will show Hasbro from an Australian collectors point what you out there really want! this may also help some of those guys decide what kind of qty to bring out (if any?).. Have you voted yet click here! Also The Vega Transports Massive Christmas Sale featuring brand new Star Wars Figures will be on-line within a few days don't miss out! Join the listing right here!

NEWS UPDATE! OCTOBER 26th 2001
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The Vega Transports Massive Christmas Sale featuring brand new Star Wars Figures will be on-line shortly! join the email listing or you might miss out! Join the listing right here!

NEWS UPDATE! OCTOBER 22nd 2001
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We have x2 New Star Wars Polls now on-line! Vote for the best 2001 Star Wars Vehicle and vote for the Future Star Wars Vehicles you want to see? We have added a nice little feature which will allow you to add your own suggestion under "other!" The Best suggestions will be made into a new Poll for others to vote for! Both Polls will be on-line til late December 1st 2001. If we get a heap of votes the results will be sent to Hasbro Australia and U.S.A directly!

NEWS UPDATE! OCTOBER 22nd 2001
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GO to the New Vehicles of 2001 Today for the Up-Dated AT-ST Walker 3PK with a little news and more Pictures. More Pictures including Carded versions of most of the Screen Deluxe Figures will be up-dated on-line over the next few days.

NEWS UPDATE! OCTOBER 22nd 2001
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Vega Transports will be extending the 12th Birthday Sale Auctions next time we list on sold.com.au. Last time we listed questions were piled up and we couldn't get through because our email server was shut-down due to upgrades after the code red virus did some damage. Hopefully we should be able to run a bit smoother next time. Check out the new auctions at the best prices very soon, don't miss the Bargains join our email listing to find out the best deals when we list on-line!

NEWS UPDATE! OCTOBER 21st 2001
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Go to the official Hasbro Star Wars Site for the following interesting news?! Hasbro's Latest Official Star Wars Poll invites you to vote for your Favourite Kenner/Hasbro Action Figure Star Wars packaging! Choose from: Original: A New Hope, Return of the Jedi, Power of the Force, Power of the Jedi or Episode I. The winning choice may present the out come of the packaging type look for Episode 2 and 2002's Power Of The Jedi series. So join up as a member and vote for your Favourite Packaging today! Also People emailing us about future 2002 releases please take note : With a lot of names floating around when it comes to the new Star Wars 2002 POTJ Series Figures (and Episode 2). Right now the newest names that are actually confirmed and will be coming out in 2002 are: BoShek, the Fan Choice #3 Ephant Mon, Teebo and a re-sculpt R5-D4. At the moment everything else at this point is still a rumour, characters like: Yarael Poof, a new Snowtrooper and General Madine to name a couple. However those candidates along with a few others seem likely to get a release at some point, until then your best hopes will have to wait until Toy Fair in Feb 02.

NEWS UPDATE! OCTOBER 20th 2001
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The Vega Transports Australian Star Wars Helmet Poll has ended with a 3 way tie! Check out the results by clicking here. Boba Fett, Darth Vader and the Imperial Scoutrooper all came in 1st place. Once the word is out that we are doing more polls, we will hold another Poll to vote for the best Australian Helmet. If you have a Poll suggestion? Email us, as we may use it!

NEWS UPDATE! SEPTEMBER 13th 2001
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U.S ATTACK TRAGEDY: We at Vega Transports offer our deepest sympathies and condolences to our family friends in New York City. Our hearts go out to those who have been inflicted by the disastrous devastation and may God be with us all on our continuing journey to unity and eternal peace.

NEWS UPDATE! SEPTEMBER 11th 2001
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Go to our Australian Star Wars Helmets Site to Vote for your Favourite Star Wars Character Helmet's Today! The Helmet Poll will be on-line til October 12th! After the Poll is finished results will be posted. Other polls will be on-line shortly, if you have any suggestions or would like to see something different, send us an email! Also check out the Latest Pictures over the next few days, as we'll be updating the Tie Interceptor page and a few other pictures!

NEWS UPDATE! AUGUST 27th 2001
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Check out the Latest images courtesy of Hasbro U.S.A in our new Up-Dated Star Wars Section! There is pictures of not only the new 2001 Star Wars Vehicles but also some of the brand new 2002 Characters, including a Prototype Anakin Skywalker from EP2! There is also more new character images coming soon!

NEWS UPDATE! AUGUST 8th 2001
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We have begun updating our Star Wars Sections, check out the above small links to take you to the sections of interest. Our Latest Pictures have been up-dated, previewing not only Figures coming this Christmas, but also all 2001 Exclusive Vehicles! From Loose to Boxed previews! Also we'll have TIE Interceptors very shortly!

NEWS UPDATE! AUGUST 3rd 2001
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IT IS OFFICIAL! STAR WARS EPISODE TWO IS NOW OFFICIALLY TITLED: STAR WARS EPISODE TWO: ATTACK OF THE CLONES!
Your first thought and comment will be: is this a joke? Well it's official and we Think George Lucas is really going a bit nuts and he may actually change this, but then again everyone originally disliked The Phantom Menace Title anyway, so do you think it should be changed? or will it grow on you?

NEWS UPDATE! JULY 2ND 2001
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For the start of our brand new updates for our entire Star Wars sections on our web-site (during the next 3 weeks).

Listed below is the Exclusives hitting Australia this year. Dates are Australian eta but you might have to allow an extra month in some cases.

AUSTRALIAN ARRIVAL DATES:
Presently Now: B-wing Fighters and T.I.E Interceptors (2pks)

July / August: 12" Speeder Bike with Luke 2pk.

August: 12" Dolls: Death Star Trooper, Death Star Droid, Han Stormtrooper

September: 12" Dolls Luke with Yoda on Back 2pk.

September: Screen Deluxe Assortment Figure Packs (Toys R' Us Only at this stage! NOT AN F.O.B ITEM AT THIS STAGE!)

October: 12" Jabba Band: (x4 Dolls) x2 2-Packs E.G: Sy Snootles and Max Rebo Band (Can't confirm all Characters just yet?)

November / December: Battle Damaged Snowspeeder and Luke 2pk.

November / December: T.I.E Bomber and Pilot 2pk

December: 12" Bounty Hunter figure wave: Zuckuss, Dengar and Leia Boushh.

December: At-St Scout Walker and Speeder Bike with Ewok (which maybe Paploo). No Chewbacca?

The Chewbacca idea has been thrown around as maybe another Exclusive, we found it very hard to confirm this item, but from what is coming out of Hong Kong, there saying the AT-ST or Scout Walker will be a 3-Pack set and it's still unclear at this stage if the Ewok is Paploo and if it's removable from the bike which is also unknown to have the battle damage feature or not.
All of these items will be available for Australia, however the qtys in some cases are going to be small and they won't appear that they did get released. The dates are interesting meaning we'll be on time with the U.S (at the moment) however these could change, you know the drill. Hasbro will continue to fly the Star Wars Banner at Toys R' Us, they will look after these guys over anyone at all in Australia (confirmed!) Also confimed, it appears at this stage that the product for EPISODE 2 is not going to be as massive as EP1, but we'll have to wait until Feb 2002 to confirm that for sure- instead of all of the talk about it. Vega Transports we will most likely have every single item for sale from this list, in the near future if interested either see our sold.com.au Merchant store or email us.

NEWS UPDATE! JUNE 27TH 2001
The Darth Maul Sith Wave: Hasbro have confirmed that the Darth Maul Sith wave will be coming to Australia directly and only for Toys R' Us, no one else will be able to have them, why because yes a U.S order fell through and Hasbro picked them up for Toys R' Us only, no other major distributor in Australia including any other wholesalers etc are allowed access to them. There will only be roughly 1,200 to 1,500 units (not cases) available at Toy R Us Australia wide. These will be available within the next month, We can almost guarantee you that the Sith case will include: x4 Darth Maul Sith Apprentices, x2 Battle Damaged Biker Scouts, x1 Chewbacca Mechanic, x1 Bespin Leia or Lando, x1 Aurra Sing, x1 Cold weather Ben Kenobi, x1 Qui-Gon Jedi Armour and x1 Sandtrooper, (U.S.A case version is 84455.0010). Vega Transports is currently getting these from the U.S and we'll have them soon!

SPECIAL STAR WARS TOYSHOW NEWS REPORT:

The Annual U.S.A International Toy Fair 2001 was held in New York Mid February. Amongst the hundreds of new toy lines, companies going all out to impress every attendee and the huge displays present this year, stood Hasbro’s Continuing Star Wars line. Whilst I will be previewing other larger lines in the coming months, the Star Wars one has an interesting story. With Hasbro agreeing to down size the Star Wars market in preparation mode for Star Wars Episode Two next year, Lucasfilm were very quick to support them with prototype sculpture busts of some of the main characters in the 2002’s Movie with one looking like a cross between a Bounty Hunter aka: Boba Fett’s armour with a Lobot type head on top!

Hasbro will not have a huge Star Wars Line in 2001, so the story goes, with high anticipation focused primarily for Star Wars EP2 in 2002.

This year Hasbro will introduce the ‘Palm Talker’ series for Classic Star Wars. These are based on the Japanese super deformed series; this means large heads, short arms, bodies and legs sized to about the palm of your hand! Yes it will be an interesting concept for a Star Wars line, but many people won’t agree on them for a start. That line includes: Boba Fett, Chewbacca, C-3PO, Darth Vader, Stormtrooper and everyone’s favourite little Droid R2-D2.

2001’s Power Of The Jedi (POTJ) 12 Inch Doll Series will include: 100^th Edition Doll: Luke Skywalker with: both Tatooine and X-Wing Fighter Pilot gear (something a long time coming), Death Star Commander, Death Star Droid (with Mouser Droid 2Pk) which is simply an awesome Doll, Death Star Trooper with removable helmet, Bossk, 4-Lom, IG-88, Captain Tarpals and Kaadu (2pk), plus Han Solo Stormtrooper (Trash Compactor), The Bantha & Tusken Raider (2Pk) was not as yet confirmed. Judging from the look of the line at toy fair, some say the window box style packaging will be a little stronger this year, however we have all heard this before, so we can only hope?

 This Year marks Hasbro's return to the ever so popular growing Expanded Universe Series. This time Hasbro bring out some of Episode One Characters in the Expanded Universe 'concept range', which was first made famous over a year after it was first deleted in 1998. Darth Maul Sith Apprentice, a figure style based on concept designs, looks very impressive close up. Comic book and pre-production concepts based upon early drawings, have inspired the release of: Cold Training Obi-Wan Kenobi (who has a lot of great detail), Jedi Training Qui-Gon Jinn. Originally the series was going to be 'Expanded', however it now appears that only possibly five characters will be produced.

In a year where detail will make or destroy a toy company’s reputation, Hasbro have finally listened to the fan’s screaming for ‘Spawn’ or ‘McFarland’ type detail in the Star Wars universe. 2001 will see the return to the Deluxe (2pk) Series range, with no word on possible Cinema Scene 3-Packs thus far. The POTJ Deluxe Series, though still sketchy at this stage will include: Luke Hoth with Bacta Tank Medical Unit, which has been on the cards for the last 5 years, Now finally seeing the light of day! Darth Maul Crusade, (supposed to the best so far?), Leia Slave re-sculpt with Sail Barge Deck Cannon and the 2nd Fan favourite recently voted upon at Hasbro's Web Site: Amanaman (2pk) with most likely a Salacious Crumb counterpart.

As collectors of all galaxies continue to scream out for more detail for their dollar, as was the case early in Hasbro’s ’96 line when collectors preferred the detail on Playmates’ Star Trek: Deep Space Nine figure line. Hasbro have finally had to meet some requirements, even if some people are a little annoyed with an almost G.I. Joe type action feature introduced into Star Wars figures. 2001 will see the very best representations of any Star Wars Characters so far. Some thought the 4 Inch Episode One figures when first released were hot, well 2001 will bring out the best detail ever since in a galaxy far, far away: 

Power Of The Jedi (POTJ) 2001 4” Action Figures: Please note the following includes some characters just appearing on the Australian market as we went to print: Aurra Sing (Bounty Hunter), Battle Droid (Boomer Damage), Ben Kenobi Jedi Master (EP1 Version), Bespin Security Guard: almost looks like a comic version, Boss Nass (Gungan Temple), Chewbacca (Millennium Falcon) Mechanic: will be finally a taller size. Darth Vader Emperor's Wrath (the lightening bolt version), Ellorrs Madak: better known as one of the Duros (Classic Alien looking) brothers from the Star Wars Cantina and The first Hasbro Web-Site Fan voted Figure for release- finally coming mid year, Fobe and Beed (Just Released in Australia), Gungan Warrior (Just released in Australia), Han Solo Bespin Capture (Just released in Australia), Han Solo (Death Star Escape with trooper's belt), IG-88, Imperial Scoutrooper (re-sculpt will be very popular!), Imperial Sandtrooper (re-sculpt version with Grey bib), Jar-Jar Binks (Tatooine Tongue version), Ketwol: The Special Edition Character finally arrives in 01, after being on Hasbro's database also for some time- This Alien's detail is going to be a fan favourite! K-3PO: Hoth Echo Base Protocol Droid, Lando Calrissian (Bespin re-sculpt! this version is much better than the first He-man addition), Luke X-Wing: (Removable Helmet) another awesome re-sculpt, Mon Calamari Officer, Plo Koon (Jedi Master), Princess Leia Bespin Escape, Queen Amidala Theed Invasion (the best version!), R2-Q5 (Imperial Black Astromech Droid with Holo Death Star 2 stand), Sabe: Amidala's decoy aide, Sae Sae Tin (Jedi Master), Shmi Skywalker (Anakin's Mum), Tessek: a Quarren better known originally as "Squid Head". 

Although some would say this looks like a big list, beware some products may be few and far between releases, Hasbro will be concentrating on Lord Of the Rings for Xmas as well as Episode 2 in 2002. The B-Wing fighter, Twin Pod Cloud Car and Imperial T.I.E Interceptor 2-Packs will be the Vehicles of 2001 and Hasbro still have not counted out a possible Imperial Shuttle Tydirium release.

Inclosing; Questions first asked by hundreds of visitors before even viewing the current line present at Toy Fair included, “Will there be security in place in 2002 as bad as it was in ’99 for the Star Wars EP2 displays?” this was simply blown off or answered with worst!

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