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May the SALES Be With You!

It’s May the 4th time again, and what started as an internet joke has become a major marketing tool for Lucasfilm and their partners to offer discounts on Star Wars items, or release new, exclusive ones!  With all the news that is going to be released on the 4th, keep checking back to this page as we update with all the sales info!

And do you know of a sale we missed?  E-mail us the details at show@swactionnews.com

Toys and Statues

Entertainment Earth has two sales going on!  May 4th only all in-stock Star Wars Action Figures are on sale!  This includes older figures, comic packs, and the new Black Series figures in both 3.75-inch and 6-inch scales!  But also at Entertainment Earth all week you can get Star Wars statues and busts for 20% off.  This sale includes pre-orders so get your Kotobukiya Mara Jade or your Gentle Giant Padme, Yoda, and Holiday Special Boba Fett!

Not a sale, but Sideshow Collectibles unveiled a new life-sized Star Wars statue — Yoda.  This is the third life-sized item recently, added to the Han Solo in Carbonite and Boba Fett statues.

Sideshow also put up for pre-order their exclusive 1/6 Scale R2-D2 Deluxe figure.  The exclusive edition comes with 3 extra accessories – a saw arm, a laser welding arm, and a spacecraft linkage arm!

Amazon.com has all their FX Lightsabers for 37% off!   This is good through May 10th.  Plus keep your eye on Amazon for the Black Series 6-Inch Stormtrooper which has been popping in and out of stock.

LEGO.com has another exclusive minifigure for May 4th this year — Darth Revan from Knights of the Old Republic!  He is free at Lego.com with a purchase of $75 or more.  You can also get a free Star Wars LEGO poster with any Star Wars LEGO Purchase.

Midtown Comics has ALL their Star Wars statues, figures, and more for 20% off May 4th only.

Rancho Obi-Wanis offering, today only, 15% off all of their fixed-price eBay auctions!

Plus Star Wars Action News sponsor Brian’s Toys has added nearly 1,000 Vintage Figures to their web site, so if you’re wanting to complete your vintage Star Wars collection now is the time!  And through May 18th you can get $15 off any order at Brian’s Toys $75 or more by using coupon code 4THBWU at checkout!

Books, Comics, and Video

Dark Horse comics is again having their digital May the 4th Megabundle.  This is 150 digital Star Wars comics for just $100, including series like Crimson Empire, Dark Times, and the new Star Wars series!  They also have a May the 4th Kids MegaBundle for only $30 which comprises 18 comics and small books aimed at younger readers.

With Star Wars Episode 7 coming out the Star Wars Insider will have plenty of new, exclusive content.  And through May 5th you can get 20% off with a subscription plus a free, exclusive T-Shirt!

Amazon also has their Star Wars DVDs and Blu Rays on sale, including the Star Wars films and the five seasons of The Clone Wars.

Amazon’s Star Wars eBooks and eComics are also on sale with tons of graphic novels for 99 cents or $1.99 and dozens of novels at discount as well (even if most of them are Legends now).

Gus Lopez and Duncan Jenkins are having a sale on their Star Wars Collectors’ books!  Throughout all of May you can purchase their Price Guide for only $25, or bundle it with their guide to Star Wars Prototypes for just $50.

Clothes

Her Universe is celebrating the day with 40% off most of their Star Wars items, plus unveiling new designs and a “mystery tee”

Also Think Geek is having 20% off most of their Star Wars items including a Han in Carbonite rug, Star Wars chopsabers, their Dark Roast Coffee, Hoodies, and so, so much more!

Cufflinks.com is having 37% off all their Star Wars items on May 4th only.  They have a very cool, wide selection of ties, socks, money clips, and (shocker!) cufflinks!

Amazon has some exclusive REBELS T-Shirts as well.

Hot Topic has 20% off all their Star Wars items, which is mostly T-Shirts but also some stickers, posters, car accessories, and POP Vinyl figures.

For even more Star Wars T-Shirts We Love Fine has 25% off their Star Wars T-Shirts May 4th only with coupon code MAYTHEFOURTH14

Video Games and Tech

Steam has their Star Wars gaming bundle on sale for 2/3 off, getting you 14 classic Star Wars games, including ttlefront II, Jedi Knight 1 and 2, The Force Unleashed, Knights of the Old Republic, Dark Forces, and many more for  $33.99.

Sony and Microsoft also both have sales on their digital console games on their respective online stores.

If you still have a need for thumb drives (or just like cute designs) Mimoco has 20% off all their Star Wars MIMOBOTs on May 4th only.

Misc

Super 7 has a new silkscreened 16 x 20 Darth Vader poster, limited to 200, available starting today.

 

Check back here as we will be updating the page all day long, and if there’s a sale of note that we missed e-mail us!

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