A wave 3 revision case has showed up on the web site of a European Hasbro distributor for March delivery.  This horrible case assortment brings more unneeded Biggs and Anakin figures to market while dropping two of the new figures, Merumeru and Windu.  Like David Hasselhoff, lets hope this stays a European problem (but it probably won’t).  If this hits US shores not only will the new figures from wave 4 be delayed, but retail will become an utter log jam.

Thanks to Trooper31 for bringing us this unfortunate news.

Important note:  The jury may still be out on this.  The contents list in the description does not match the image.  I’m inclined to believe the image is correct because the content list matches wave 3 exactly and does not represent a revision.  But we’ll have to monitor this.

There is a rumor swirling around the internet about the case assortment for Wave 4 of Black Series 6” line.  Click through to see the rumored latest horrible case assortment by Hasbro.

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Jedi Temple Archives has a report of 4 Vintage Collection figures who are rumored to be returning in the Black Series.  Head over to check their report.

If this turns out to be true, I have to praise Hasbro for this decision.  A while back, we called (via a submission to Jedi Temple Archives) for Hasbro to pay closer attention to the secondary market when selecting their re-releases.  All too often Hasbro will re-release a figure that goes for less than the current MSRP on the secondary market.  All four of these rumored candidates command a premium on the secondary market so making them available at retail again will actually present VALUE to the customer!  One of them in particular can command a 10x premium.

My friend Paul Harrison form Jedi Temple Archives has penned an articulate, well thought out and thought provoking article on the tenuous status of the action figure industry and in specific, our beloved Star Wars collector line. 

Please go there to read his article and leave your comments.

If you would like to read my long winded response, just click that “Read more after the jump>>” little doohickey that’s going to be right under this.

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The black series is shipping pretty heavily during the holidays, but it’s actually bad news.

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Spotted at a Target in Massachusetts, wave 2 appears to have completed its coast to coast roll out.

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Hasbro has provided high resolution images of the Black Series 6” line wave 3 (officially titled wave 1 2014).

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Jedi Temple Archives needs YOUR help in determining which figures should be repacked in the Black Series 3 3/4” line.  Please go THERE and either leave your suggestion in the comments section if it has not already been posted, or vote up your suggestion if it has.  This may be our best chance to escape the rapidly rising secondary market prices on some of the harder to find figures the past few years.

Some Amazon storefront sellers are already blowing out the three poor wave 1 offerings.  This is unreal for a line that is one month old.  How many times can Hasbro keep tripping out of the starting blocks?

This is a terrible sign.  The Black Series is ONE assortment old, but one major online store has already started clearancing out one of the poor sellers.  Not a good sign.  Click through to see which figure, which is being carried forward into wave 2, is being placed on clearance already,

Our friends at Jedi Temple Archives confirmed the bad news about the upcoming Black Series Stormtrooper in wave 2.  This is not the Stormtrooper you are looking for. In fact, it’s not really a Stormtrooper figure at all. Good work, Hasbro.  Luminara does look like a nice figure, however.

This Jedi Temple News report lets us know that wave 2 of the Black Series is likely weeks away from hitting US shores, but the news is bitter sweet.

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Our friends at Jedi Temple Archives are reporting that wave 2 of The Black Series has hit overseas.  Head over to check out their report. Also please leave any comments there.

Our friends at Yakface reported that Biggs and Anakin figures are showing early signs of peg warming.  This weekend, I came across a Toys R Us store that had two full pegs populated with only Biggs, Anakin and Biker Scout figures with Anakin being the most prevalent and I had to post to in support of the Yakface report.  In addition to the back up of these three figures, there were a few miscards in the lot.  This was likely due to the bubble adhesive failure and someone taping the figure to the wrong card back.

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Since the reset early last month, not a single Target store in my area has received a case of The Black Series.  I don’t want the collector 3.75” line to go away, but I don’t see how it can survive in this state.  After the jump, I share my thoughts on this unfortunate situation.

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