Does The Hasbro Mandalorian Checklist Confirm That The “Fan Channel” Waves Are Not Fan Channel

Hasbro Pulse just sent out notification of an update to "The Official Fan Checklist for Hasbro Star Wars Products". You can view the checklist HERE. Aside from being a sobering reminder of how second fiddle The Vintage Collection is to The Black Series, I noticed something concerning about what has heretofore been referred to as the "Fan Channel PhotoReal" repack waves. Under the "Availability" column, a lot of the product is listed as "Shared Fan." We assume this designates the Fan Channel. The Vintage Collection Slave 1 is listed under this designation.

The two Fan Channel waves for 2020, however, are listed as "Availability: ALL." See for yourself:



This seems to run counter to what we were told about the "Fan Channel" waves not being designated for brick and mortar. Please don't comment that Hasbro "lied to us". That's ridiculous. What would be gained from a lie that's easily disproven? Nothing. Actually worse than nothing because it would do more harm that good. That's not the case. I have 100% confidence that the information was relayed to us in good faith. If you want to be cynical, that's your prerogative, but it's no way to go through life. Clearly, if these PhotoReal repack waves are truly designated for traditional retail as this seems to suggest, there has been a miscommunication. This becomes particularly worrisome considering the next PhotoReal repack wave seems to have marginal market appeal.

Also, it should be noted that the single carded ARC Trooper Fives figure from the Hondo/Chirrut/Luke Jedi wave still doesn't appear on the checklist despite the fact that the figure has already shipped from several retailers, including Amazon and Entertainment Earth (which is only shipping Fives in the full case, but not yet offering it as a separate figure.)

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