Star Wars Clone Figures and Toys
Star Wars: The Clone Wars series
Star Wars: The Clone Wars, released in August 2008, is one of the latest additions to the StarWars empire. This CGI generated 3D animated series is produced by the Lucas Animation studios with Dave Filoni as the supervising director. It started with a feature film released on August 15, 2008, followed by the first season of the TV series consisting of 22 episodes. The second season is planned to start on October 2, 2009.
The plot basically covers the same time period as the original "Star Wars: Clone Wars" animated series released in 2003 to 2005, but according to Lucasfilm officials, it is meant to extend, rather than supersede the original series.
Star Wars Clone Figures
Although the Star Wars: Clone Wars cartoon caused a bit of controversy among the Star Wars saga fans (the most usual complaints include weak plot compared to the film series, and too predictable storylines), but on the other hand it introduced many interesting characters, spacecraft and vehicles, so the related merchandise became quite successful among Star Wars fans and collectors.
There was a large number of Star Wars clone action figures released in 2008 and 2009. The most popular items include battle droids, Star Wars clone troopers, and of course the famous characters from the film saga, e.g. Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and master Yoda. Apart from those, there's also a number of new characters like General Grievous, Captain Rex, Padme Amidala and many more.
Clone Wars Deluxe Figures
The special deluxe line of the clone Star Wars toys released by Hasbro, includes the most popular characters together with their typical vehicles. You can enlarge your collection with Star Wars Battle Droid and Armored Scout Tank, clone trooper with BARC Speeder Bike or jetpack, Obi-Wan Kenobi with Freeco Bike or Turbo Tank Gunner Crew, to name just a few.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Vehicles & Spacecraft
The line of Clone Wars vehicles won't disappoint you. There are all kinds of tanks, walkers, droids, starfighters, V-wing and Y-wing fighters available, which makes it a very difficult task to pick and recommend just a few of them. Therefore I'm just going to mention a couple of my personal favorites, which also happen to be quite popular among my fellow collectors. My personal wish list includes the Star Wars Gunship (aka Republic Gunship), AT-TE Star Wars vehicle (All Terrain Tactical Enforcer) and the Star Wars Turbo Tank (aka Clone Turbo Tank). Another important fact I'd like to mention is that some of the retailers (e.g. Toys "R" Us and Wal-Mart) also released their own exclusive lines of Clone Wars vehicles, so don't forget to check their offers, too.