Today’s unboxing features three Grogu figures from The Bounty Collection by Hasbro. This is an ongoing series of cute non-posable figures of Grogu (and more recently other characters), in a variety of poses inspired by his appearance in The Mandalorian.

When this series first launched, we weren’t sure if we wanted to start another collection – we already own a few Grogu figures from the Funko Pop! Vinyl range. We were gifted a couple of figures from series 3, and were pleasantly surprised by how much we liked them. We recently picked a few more from series 4 and 5 so we unboxed them on video – and can already see ourselves adding more to this new collection!

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While the earlier series had window boxes, these figures from series 4 and 5 are part of Hasbro’s new ‘plastic free packaging’ line and are just packaged in cardboard boxes. The images on the front of the box are a pretty good representation of the figure inside – this is not a random ‘blind box’ line, so the lack of a window for these isn’t an issue.

Each series has 6 designs to collect – these are pictured on the side of the box, so you can see which designs to choose from, or use it as a checklist to collect them all! Personally, I think these are some of the better designs from series 4 and 5 – some figures are just a simple pose, while other figures include extra elements like a helmet or creature.

Unboxing these figures and getting to see them up close in person, I think they are really well done! Each figure has a good level of detail for the cute stylized design, and I already want to collect more from this line.

Here are our three new The Bounty Collection figures –

• Series 4 – figure #22 Grogu with blue butterfly
• Series 5 – figure #27 – Grogu with Loth-cat
• Series 5 – figure #30 – Grogu with Beskar

We already own two figures from series 3 – when the packaging still had plastic windows, so you could clearly see the figure inside before purchasing. These figures were gifts, and as you can see, we liked them so much we ended up getting more!

• Series 3 – figure #16 Grogu meditating
• Series 3 – figure #18 Grogu with Mando helmet

Overall, my opinion has changed on this series – at first I wasn’t that interested, but now I really want to collect more! Some of the designs are more interesting than others, but once you get a few together on display, I can see how the simple poses work within the whole collection.

May the Force be with you!

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Today’s video features a Funko Pop! Vinyl mystery box! We have really started to focus on collecting Funko Star Wars figures recently (even starting to plan out a new collectible space for them), so we’re wanting to fill out gaps in our collection. A fun way to do that is with a mystery box!

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Australian retailer PopCultcha has a great range of Funko Pop! Vinyl figures, and we often shop their website to find exclusives that aren’t available locally in New Zealand. Browsing their range, we spotted a Star Wars mystery box, and we were intrigued.

The price of the mystery box equated to two full price Pop! Vinyl figures locally, so we figured we take a chance and see what we got! So opening it up, our mystery box contained –

• #410 Darth Maul
• #422 Qui-Gon Jinn (Tatooine)
• #443 Wrecker
• #460 Iden Versio
• #477 Grogu (Using the Force)
• #500 Jar Jar Binks

So overall, an interesting mixed bunch. A lot of special edition figures, which is cool. A couple of them had some box damage, which is a little bit sad but I get that mystery boxes are for clearing out stock, so it’s not really surprising – and honestly, I’ve seen much worse in some stores with full price stickers!

Ideally, we needed two new figures we didn’t already have, and the price would be worth it. So, which ones did we already have?

Well, we already had three (Jar Jar, Wrecker, and Iden Versio). At first I thought the Darth Maul was a double up, but after I checked, I realised the Darth Maul figure we already had is different, so yay a new one! We didn’t have the Qui-Gon or that version of Grogu, so all up, three new figures for our Funko collection, and three double-ups to add to our Star Wars collection around the house. We call that a win!

May the Force be with you!

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Merry Christmas and all the best for the Festive Season!

We took the time to put up our Christmas tree this year, fully decked out in our collection of Star Wars ornaments. This year we added two new characters… a Grogu Hallmark ornament that showed up at our local Countdown supermarket, and a Din Djarin, also Hallmark, via EB Games.

It’s certainly been a year of ups and downs for many of us, but we look forward to a 2022 full of Star Wars entertainment and hobbies. Stay tuned as we celebrate Star Wars over the next 12 months; looking forward to so many new titles and stories from the Galaxy Far, Far Away.

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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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