This was an issue first raised by our friends at Jedi Temple Archives. The 40th Anniversary Titanium collector figures have terrible paint applications. While the one I saw today is not quite as anatomically hilarious as the one JTA posted, it did strike me funny that it looks like Solo is rolling his eyes. I’m rolling my eyes too, Han ole buddy. Hasbro please fire this factory before spring 2018.
Forum member and banthaskull ambassador to Germany, Trooper31, has picks of the newest Walmart figures up in our forums. Check it out!
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Forum member (and German resident) Trooper31 has brought to our attention that a German Vendor actionfiguren24 has posted a listing for a case of the next wave of Wal-Mart’s popular, yet frustrating, 3.75” Black Series line. Click through to see how disappointed you should be!
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Our friends at Jedi Temple Archives need your vote for Hasbro’s Black Series 6” Fans’ Choice figure. Please click through and follow the instructions to cast your vote. This one is up to YOU!
In what has been the most drawn out and staggered post holiday reset in my memory, my local WM finally revamped the action figure aisle and unsurprisingly The Black Series 3.75” is on clearance for $7.00. Is Walmart dropping the SKU (again!) or are they clearing the decks for the awesome figures we saw at NYCC that are due next month? It could be anything. One this is for sure: EVERYBODY DRINK!
Our friends at Jedi Temple Archives has confirmed listings of which figures will be included in the next waves of 3.75” Black Series. These are waves 1 and 2 of 2015 with wave 1 expected in March (ugh).
Please note that the title is a question mark. I don’t want to over represent the status of my local stores as an indictment of the line as a whole. Only Toys R Us stores in my area are taking serious 6” Black Series deluxe stock and at both stores, the boxes are starting to pile up. Given that in this pic the basic 6” figures are leftover from last Christmas, I’m getting more confident in my developing contention that there is no collector depth for the 6” line. Click through for the full sized image.
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Hasbro has released some new press images of the upcoming Deluze Luke and Wampa, Han and Tauntaun, and the basic Han as Stormtrooper and Bossk. There is something off about Bossk and I can’t put my finger on it. Is the lower body too puffy compared to the upper torso? Click through for the gallery.
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Pictures are starting to come in of the new Black Series cards showing up at retail.
Forum member Darth Mire was kind enough to share this pic of the new Black Series cards littering the pegs at his local Toys R Us. Another forum member, RogueLeader also…
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We have just received word that the solid cases of the wave 5 Jabba’s Skiff Guard (Brock Starsher) figure have been canceled by the manufacturer. This is bad news as the figure is already hard to get at one per case and now future availability is in question. We assume the solid cases of Ree-Yees will soon succumb to the same fate. There is always the potential that Hasbro could re-introduce these excellent figures in the phase 2 packaging, but for right now, it appears chances to own this figure are shrinking.
The results are early, but the one figure accumulating from waves 4/5 in my area is the Yoda. This pic is from my lunch Toys R Us run. Maybe Hasbro should have given us articulation instead of the “realistic soft goods” they were going to give us anyway. Good thing this figure is two per case in wave 6 too. If you don’t get this soft goods reference, read the fourth question down. Click through for the full sized image.
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Julian57 from our forums posed a simple question. How easily can the unfortunate head of the just released 6” Death Star II Luke be swapped with the head of the previously released Bespin fatigues Luke Skywalker? Click through for the results. It makes a world of difference.
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Please not that all credit for this photo goes to Rebelscum forum member BobaFrank82. I have only copied it here for the purpose of annotation. As an incentive to click through to his post, I can tell you that his post also includes a picture of the outside of the case. What his picture shows is that 3 of the 8 figures in Walgreens cases are the Prototype Armor Boba Fett. It’s the only figure at three per case. Click through for the full sized image.
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If you get the nonsensical title of this post, you are certifiably insane (or watch too much Family Guy). Moving along, I have 100% confirmation that the Walgreen’s stores throughout my area are receiving TWO 6” Black Series figures per shipment despite living in the third most densely populated state in the union. When I see this post by our friends at Jedi Temple Archives it just makes me wonder how on earth the distribution decisions are made. Trust me when I say the tease thumbnail below is just the tip of the iceberg.
Cue the AC/DC because for Friday, we go back in black. Jedi Knight / Death Star II Luke Skywalker figures are among the most popular for that character. Today we review Hasbro’s first rendition of a Death Star II Luke Skywalker in the 6” scale.
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