Upcoming: Star Wars Mighty Beanz

Non-Star Wars versions of these have apparently been out for quite some time, but I’ve never seen them before. These are little capsules decorated with various characters and weighted so they will move in amusing ways. At the moment I only know of the ones that are shown on the SpinDirect Star Wars page, but I’m happy to report that Jabba and Max Rebo are among the ones shown. With more than 75 characters, I would hope that some other Jabba-related ones will show up as well. The versions currently in stores seem to be priced at around $10 for 6 beanz, although the “exclusive pack” that SpinDirect is selling costs quite a bit more, as it includes a collector case and flip track for playing with them.

It seems that they sell these blind-packaged (with one out of 4 visible), so getting a particular character might be difficult. I may just resort to getting the ones I want loose on eBay. EDIT: Got the Jabba one (and a few others) at Toys R Us.

Here’s a commercial for the non-Star Wars ones: