HASBRO STAR WARS SDCC PANEL:  What Do You Hope To See?

That Hasbro Star Wars panel is at 5PM ET this evening. As a reminder, here's the original announcement:

Hasbro Star Wars Panel: Friday, July 22 at 2:00PM - 3:00PM | Room: 7AB
Join Patrick Schneider, Chris Reiff, & Jing Houle from the Hasbro Marketing & Design teams as they discuss the popular Hasbro Star Wars line, including the Black Series and The Vintage Collection. Attendees will get an in-depth look at Hasbro’s latest action figure and premium roleplay offerings from throughout the saga. Word on the Holonet™ is there may also be a few surprises.

We've already had a pretty massive reveal courtesy of Agustin from the Star Wars The Vintage Collection Facebook Group. You can see it HERE. If you combine all the cardbacks and pipeline reveals, I'm fairly certain we now know the entire 2022 mainline lineup, assuming 2022 is 5 waves:

Wave 1: Bo-Katan, Mythrol, Kuill, Lobot, Bib Fortuna, Hoth Soldier (Echo Base Battle Gear)
Wave 2: Fennec Shand, Ahsoka Tano (Corvus), Death Watch Mandalorian, 501st Clonetrooper, Yoda
Wave 3: Darth Vader (Dark Times), Obi-Wan Kenobi (Wandering Jedi), Reva (Third Sister), Mandalorian Super Commando, Anakin Skywalker (Padawan)
Wave 4: Figrin D'an, Din Djarin (Morak), 332nd Clone Trooper, Mandalorian Super Commando Captain, Death Watch Airborne Mandalorian, ARC Trooper Jesse
Wave 5: Cassian Andor, Vel Sartha, Cal Kestis, Luke Skywalker (Imperial Light Cruiser), Artillery Stormtrooper, Klatoonian Raider

I'm expecting all of Wave 5 to be revealed because there's some good news about the Figrin D'an wave. Entertainment Earth now has it listed for August delivery. The next major reveal event is Hasbro Pulse Con at the end of September. If Hasbro doesn't reveal wave 5 before then, there's an excellent chance that international collectors will have those figures in-hand before they are officially revealed (again). Of course there is the distinct possibility there will be some sort of "Fan First" livestream event between SDCC and Pulse Con, so maybe not all of the wave will be revealed. Also on the figure front, I'm hoping we get at least one surprise exclusive.

Moving on from figures, it would be nice to get a vehicle announcement. Hot Toys is currently showing a 1:6 scale Din Djarin’s N1 on the floor of SDCC. The pressure's on Hasbro, but I have a sneaking suspicion that there's another vehicle release in line first (Now batting. Third Base. Wade Boggs-oggs-oggs). I don't know that Hasbro would want to announce two vehicles today, as I suspect they would spread out those announcements. So if the N1 is in the plans, it may have to wait its turn.

Finally, it's the Vintage Collection's turn for a HasLab. At least it should be. I know Black Series fans haven't had a fair shot at a HasLab yet, but that's not TVC's fault. We're up! I would be blown away if something were revealed today, since I can see Hasbro wanting to hold such a big announcement for their own house-convention this fall.

So what are you hoping for? As usual let us know in the comments. Unless you're soliciting for an adult website, in which case please kindly FOAD. Finally, there is absolutely no way you can figure out the Wade "Cranberry" Boggs clue. It's extremely tangential. So don't bother trying.

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