STARBURST RETURNS!

Good news indeed! The news is out for a little while now, but I just read the deatils that the classic, really, really nice UK Sci-Fi magazine STARBURST is about to return this January 2012! Ceased in 2008 it was one of the few loooooong time running mags to exit the publishing market. I still remembering reading those first copies covering STAR WARS (though I have even better memories of FANTASTIC FILMS - but that magazine won´t return for sure). Back than, the UK was really far away and getting a copy at our international newspaper stand was a tough challenge. If you have the proper age you know what I mean, if not - well, let´s just be happy with the return of a lost friend! WELCOME BACK STARBURST!!!

1st STAR WARS Cover of 2012

It only took 18 days and we have our first STAR WARS related cover! I´m surprised and impressed! After the weak media news and marketing efforts for Episode One I´m really not expecting much this year. But Total Film did it! Funny enough it is the German edition, which is a licenced and translated version. Nevertheless I ´m happy ;-)

TOTAL FILM
Coverstory
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Happy New Year 2012!

To all my readers, followers and fellow magazine collectors: Happy new year, guys! As always I promise to post more stuff, but - well - you know there is soooo little time ;-)
Anyhow - if there is a lack of most current coverage here, you can be sure I´m always in magazine collecting mode. Just drop me a mail for news and infos...

LEGO HAN SOLO to celebrate Xmas in style...

at least that´s what this cover tells me! Well, I almost missed this really sweet cover from the LEGO CLUB magazine (almost ;-) ) - thanks to ebay I fetched a copy. I´m not sure, if this cover has been available in th US - so far it looks like a European special ( I got a German copy as well) - maybe someone can confim this. ?!
Good job LEGO - give us more cover stories! I´m not sure if you know this, but compared to the United States LEGO is really far behind sharing their love for LEGO toys here in Europe. As there is always everytime a story, poster etc. in the US issues, LEGO ist cutting back the coverage in half - though the SW sets are at least as popular in Europe as they are in the USA. Don´t ask me why they do it, but I have a lot of LEGO magazines and catalogs proving that the company really ´removes´and / or changes ´articles´ in favour for some other LEGO related coverage! Just to let you know and to honor this cover even more ;-)

LEGO CLUB MAGAZINE
UK and Germany
Race into Adventure - Pod Racing set
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STAR WARS INSIDER QUADRUPLE COVER CELEBRATION

Celebrating the STAR WARS SAGA Blu Ray release in style, the SW INSIDER comes this month with 4 (four) different covers! LUKE, LEIA, VADER or BOBA - there is some-thing or everyone! Well done TITAN publishing. As the rest of the publishing world is pretty much ignoring the BLU RAY event, at least you can count at your own licenced mags ;-) - right Lucasfilm ? ;-)

But I don´t want to not cherish these beautiful editions - I´m glad Titan cares! Unfortunately I was wrong with my EW cover forecast as with a lot of other expectations...

Anness Laser fetures Vlu Ray Release

My French is close to zero, but I know for sure that France has got a very vivid & cool magazine culture. So I always check my French sources concerning magazines from the land of bread & wine ;-)
Well, it seems that the mag Anneess Laser managed to keep below my radar for quiet some time now (years infact!) The September issue has a great cover of C-3po & R2D2. The magazine comes up with a nice STAR WARS alphabet and a unique cover!
Check out the other STAR WARS from the past 10 years as well - these guys really managed to come up with some unique covers over the time - I´m impressed!



ANNEES LASER No 178 Sep 2011
STAR WARS Cover
Blu Ray coverage
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a storm is coming...

Well, it seems like a slow year for STAR WARS mags, but I´m pretty confident, that the second half of 2011 will turn out to be more SW magazine friendly. After all the release of STAR WARS on blu ray is imminent and so the entertainment magazines will run - hopefully - some nice feature stories about the Complete Saga Blu Ray Box.
My guess for the second half is that we will get at least one cover at ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (you hear me guys ?!) and some more on DVD oriented mags.

Ok fans in USA, Japan, UK, Poland, Russia, China or wherever you live - don´t forget to report any sightings!!!!

Talking about the blu ray release - THIS sounds like a pretty neat project ;-)