It’s Star Wars Day for 2021 – May the Fourth be with you!

We enjoy incorporating Star Wars into our life on a daily basis, but dial it up for fun on May the Fourth… just because we can. Starting up the day with this officially licensed The Mandalorian breakfast cereal. It wasn’t actually released in New Zealand, but a few food/confectionery importers brought it into the country, and it was actually available at retail stalls at a recent Armageddon Expo.

Tasty, but somewhat sweet, it’s more than fine for a one-off Star Wars celebratory meal for the whole family. But we also particularly love the packaging, and will add it to our small collection of other Star Wars cereal boxes, which includes all the previous Kellogg’s brand breakfast foods we’ve encountered locally.

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This life-size statue of The Child aka “Baby Yoda” from Star Wars: The Mandalorian was first announced and made available for pre-order from Sideshow Collectibles back in January of this year. The first wave of orders have started shipping out to eager customers around the globe. You can still place an order for this realistic 1:1 collectible either locally via Mighty Ape (affiliate link) or direct from Sideshow Collectibles, but the expected delivery date is sometime between January and end of March from both of those sources.

The Child is distributed by Sideshow, but is crafted by Legacy Effects, who made the original “Baby Yoda” puppet that was used on-screen in The Mandalorian series. It comes with a solid base, and a Razor Crest control knob that he can hold in one hand via magnets. This full-scale version of the character is not articulated, but an articulated one made by Hot Toys is also available (Mighty Ape; affiliate link).

We’ll shortly be taking a ton of photos and videos in order to post a full review, but in the first instance wanted to get a video made that shows everyone how he comes in the box, so without further ado, here is our unboxing video straight from when the shipping carton was dropped off by the courier.

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I had a wonderful Star Wars-themed family day for Father’s Day today, starting with surprise gifts from our daughter, who drew this cute Baby Yoda/The Child sketch card and managed to purchase gifts including a Black Series The Mandalorian stormtrooper as well as flowers, without me knowing.

The day was fully allocated to relaxation, watching a few movies together and catching up on some Star Wars gaming (Star Wars: The Old Republic).

Happy Father’s Day to the other dads out there!

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It was a little while back when The Mandalorian started screening on Disney+, and instantly it seemed like everyone was trying to get The Child (aka “Baby Yoda”) merch made and noticed, so it seems kinda weird that a lot of the products are only now just starting to ship out when we are right in the void between season 1 and season 2. Nevertheless, I understand why there was a lag in production, particularly given the impact of the character reveal that Disney and the showrunners wanted to achieve.

One of the expected and anticipated collectibles is this standard The Child Funko Pop! Vinyl bobble-head figure. I say “standard”, but this collectible differs a little from all other standard Pop! Vinyl figures in that, because of the width of The Child’s ears, the figure is packaged in a sideways-oriented box that is otherwise the same size as the basic 4″ Pop! Vinyl figures.

Since the time this figure was announced, a whole lot of additional poses and versions have been teased. This one, with “Baby Yoda” doing “the magic hand thing”, is arguably the most classic, and a great staple item to have in your Star Wars collection.

Because of the mass and width of his head, the actual bobble-head feature is quite dramatic… put him down on a surface, and his little ears will still be waggling some time later. The sculpting of the fabric on his cloak is great, and his pose and facial expression really capture the essence of this character. He’s not in scale with the other Pop! Vinyl figures that we have from The Mandalorian, but that’s okay as he works as a standalone collectible.

The Child Pop! Vinyl figure is available at Mighty Ape for $25.00, along with the newer variant poses and versions.

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