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Jul 23, 2008

Toys R Us midnight Star Wars: Clone Wars event, life-size action figure giveaway

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From the article:

"As if fans really need another reason to get psyched about the upcoming animated Star Wars: Clone Wars film, Toys R Us is having an in-store midnight sales event featuring Clone Wars products and also giving away four five-feet tall Clone Wars action figures."

Toys R Us is also offering free shipping on select items including many LucasArts videogames including Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Thrillville and Lego: Indiana Jones. Several videogames include a buy-one-get-one-half-price offer. Also:

"To help promote the event, Toys R Us is also giving away four life-size (as in five feet tall) action figures. Depending on the week, you could win a large-scale Anakin, Captain Rex, Obi-Wan or Ahsoka figure. You can enter once per day via the "Galactic Star Wars Sweepstakes" web site."
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Sep 20, 2007

Thrillville: Off the Rails - new screens

Wii News | Thrillville: Off the Rails

Sept 20, 2007 New screenshots highlighting Thrillville: Off the Rails' 34 minigames have rolled in. But not all these minigames will be new to fans of the franchise, as 20 of them will be returning from the original. Highlights of the new minigames include Robo K.O., which will feature rock 'em sock 'em boxing robots, Bandito Chinchilla, which sports some side-scrolling action, and Tank Frenzy, a vertical shooter. To check out all the platform-specific screens, click below: PC | 360 | DS | ... » Read More

Jul 27, 2007

Thrillville dev: Wii popularity could dwindle like EyeToy's

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Wii - Thrillville: Off the Rails - Thrillville dev: Wii popularity could dwindle like EyeToy's

In an interview with Next-Gen, veteran games developer, David Braben, (responsible for co-authoring Elite back in the 1980s and more recently the founder of Frontier Developments), has compared the Nintendo Wii to the Sony PlayStation 2's camera accessory, the Eye Toy - something novel in the beginning that people may get bored with after 18 months or so.
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