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The Force Awakens Play Set and Smuggler’s Bounty Unboxing

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Finn and Rey from The Force Awakens Play Set for Disney Infinity 3.0
Photo-A-Day #3937

Disney Infinity 3.0 Star Wars The Force Awakens Play Set is now in my hands. I got to play that this afternoon as Andrew napped. Then while I played my most recent Smuggler’s Bounty box arrived from Funko. That is the Star Wars Themed Collector’s box filled with great Funko items like a t-shirt, pin, patch, exclusive Funko figure and more. So, for today’s vlog I unboxed both fun items. I also received my latest Loot Crate but I’m going to hold that until tomorrow’s vlog.

The Force Awakens Play Set comes with Rey and Finn and the game piece. You start off on Jakku and have to find your way off to continue through the galaxy. I played through most of Jakku and then got the Millennium Falcon and will be continuing the adventure later. This Play Set was sent to me for free and I’ll be picking up a Kylo Ren and a Poe Dameron figure myself to add to my collection as well as the power disc pack. I knew that I should have grabbed those guys when they were on buy one get one for 50% off at Target a few weeks ago. Oh well, live and learn. The Play Set is so much fun. The characters are great and I love the cut scenes that go with it. Flying the Millennium Falcon is quite a trip, too. Both characters are really fun. You can see more about them in today’s vlog.

The Smuggler’s Bounty box is something that I purchase myself. I do the same with the Marvel Collectors Club box. There is now a DC themed collectors box but I cannot be buying that as well. Where am I going to put all my Funko Pops? You can see everything from the Smuggler’s Bounty box in the vlog as well and I have a couple of photos of the items after the jump so read on.

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens – A SPOILER FREE Review

I was invited to a press screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens yesterday. I saw the movie for free, early but received no other compensation. This is my honest, Spoiler Free review.

Premiere Of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" - Red Carpet
HOLLYWOOD, CA – DECEMBER 14: The cast and crew speak onstage during the World Premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the Dolby, El Capitan, and TCL Theatres on December 14, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

When I was a kid in 1977 the original Star Wars came out, I was 3 years old. My parents thought I would be too scared of the movie so they didn’t take me to see it. Growing up I wish I had seen it, but now that I’m older I’m kind of glad that I didn’t. I discovered an appreciation for Star Wars later in life. I had friends and my cousin had plenty of the toys so I got to play Star Wars from time to time. But it just wasn’t my thing. I enjoyed it when I eventually saw it and I’ve seen all the movies now. This past year I even bought all of them on digital. I’ve even seen the famed Christmas special and the Endor movies.

It really wasn’t until the past few years that I’ve gotten into Star Wars much more. Rewatching the movies with my kids has awakened an appreciation and love for these movies in a way that I couldn’t appreciate as a child. Watching shows like Star Wars Rebels and then Star Wars: The Clone Wars and playing Disney infinity 3.0 has really made my enjoyment of Star Wars complete. Talking about Star Wars with my daughter seeing her reading the books and seeing her just love watching the movies has made me see Star Wars in a whole new way. A way that I never saw as a child but I appreciate it now as an adult.

Premiere Of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" - Red Carpet
HOLLYWOOD, CA – DECEMBER 14: Fans attend the World Premiere of ?Star Wars: The Force Awakens? at the Dolby, El Capitan, and TCL Theatres on December 14, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

I was invited to see a press screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Boston. I was sworn to secrecy as to where I was seeing the movie, when I was seeing the movie and that I saw the movie at all until now. Now that the embargo has been lifted I can tell you what I thought of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This will be a spoiler free review because I want you to be able to experience this movie with the wonder and excitement of a child’s eyes that you just don’t get to experience anymore. I can assure you of one thing, these are no prequels. This is the movie that was worth camping out to see.

After some scheduling conflicts and driving in to Boston and getting stuck in the traffic and screaming at the top of my lungs over and over and over again I finally got to the theater. We weren’t allowed to take in our phones or anything like that, so I left them in the car and I ran to the theater because I was running late. I made it. I hustled up to the back row and sat down to catch my breath and watch the movie. The nice thing about being almost late is that I didn’t have to wait long for the movie to start. I was pumped and at the edge of my seat as the words crawled up from the bottom of the screen. Continue reading Star Wars: The Force Awakens – A SPOILER FREE Review →