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Disney Parks Blog has posted a ton of images and information on the Starspeeder 1000 vehicle/playset scheduled to be released this month.

Some of the details:

• Sold only at Disney Parks (NOT on the online store)
• retail of $54.95
• comes with R2-D2 and the IC-360 camera droid.
• The R2 unit is removable and can be replaced with a different Astromech droid.
• dialogue and sound effects directly from the attraction
• boarding chimes play when the doors are opened or closed
• Scaled with 3 & 3/4 inch Hasbro/Kenner action figures

Thanks to the Disney Theme Park Merchandise team that put this exclusive together!

Read all the details and see all the images on the Disney Parks Blog!

Image © Disney/Lucasfilm

Orlando Attractions Magazine – The Show has posted episode 51. The episode includes a interview with Disney’s Steven Miller who provides a preview of the upcoming Muppets/Star Wars action figures and the 3 & 3/4 inch (Hasbro/Kenner) scaled Starspeeder 1000 vehicle – playset.

The Starspeeder 1000 is previewed about 16 minutes into the video.

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Disney Parks Blog posted a report about Muppets merchandise coming soon to Disney Theme Parks. Carded images of The Muppets as Star Wars characters were shown in the post.

This set of Muppets figures was first announced in 2010 at Star Wars Celebration.

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The Star Wars Insider website has a preview for issue #129 on it’s website. The new issue includes a preview that should interest most Star Tours fans. They preview the latest Disney as Star Wars characters figures, Muppets as Star Wars characters figures and the 3 & 3/4 inch scaled Starspeeder 1000 vehicle playset!

Image © Disney/Lucasfilm/Star Wars Insider

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Two Star Tours The Adventures Continue inaugural year pins are scheduled to be released this November. Each pin is limited to 1000. One will be exclusive to the Disneyland Resort and the other will be exclusive to the Walt Disney World Resort. For more information please follow the links below.

Disneyland exclusive pin featuring Aly San San:
http://eventservices.disney.go.com/pintrading/pin?id=59843

Walt Disney World exclusive pin features a spinner with the attraction logo and Aly San San:
http://eventservices.disney.go.com/pintrading/pin?id=59849

Images © Disney/Lucasfilm

This video game looks like a must buy for Disney/Disneyland fans!!

Xbox 360 Announces “Kinect: Disneyland Adventures” Launch Date and New Experiences

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When Star Tours: The Adventures Continue made its debut in both Walt Disney World and Disneyland, Hasbro was also there with two new sets of action figures.  We took a closer look at the STAR TOURS TRAVEL AGENCY last time but now it’s time to look at the more villainous AMBUSH AT STAR TOURS.

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Today we have a sneak peek of the Disneyland Monorail play set and the die cast Tron Legacy Monorail “TRONorail” set. Where will they debut? How much will they cost?

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The latest round of Q&As with Hasbro are being posted on various Star Wars collecting websites. One question that Action Figure Insider submitted was brought to our attention:

Q1) Any plans to reissue REX (or a red and white repaint of him) for Star Tours? How about a holographic Admiral Ackbar as seen in the updated Star Tours attraction?

For Hasbro’s Answer Visit http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/main/hasbro-star-wars-qa-answers-for-june-2011

A few weeks ago we found a few images of this very cool custom Starspeeder 3000 made of Legos. We quickly contacted Harald ‘HJR’ Roossien to see if he would be interested in having his custom vehicle posted on EndorExpress…

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