Hasbro just wrapped their Fan First Friday Livestream and there were some pretty nice surprises (for once) along with some disappointments.
Hasbro re-commited themselves to getting more of the original 96 figures into the Vintage Collection and today they announced that the AT-ST Driver, Princess Leia (Endor) and Paploo will be coming to the line. Sadly, Hasbro has chosen Walmart as the exclusive distributor for these figures as part of the 50th Anniversary of Lucasfilm program. They also revealed IG-11 and an all-new Lando Calrissian from The Empire Strikes Back are in the works for 2021.
As far as TVC reveals, later today we’ll be able to preorder the all new Ahsoka Tano and Darth Maul from The Clone Wars Season 7 at 1pm ET.
Hasbro’s also focused on TBS with the official announcement of the carded figures from The Phantom Menace. Included in this assortment is Qui-Gon Jinn, Battle Droid, Mace Windu and Jar Jar Binks and are said to be Best Buy exclusives in the U.S and will be up for preorder later today at 1pm ET.
Placeholder links for the Best Buy Exclusives can be found here:
We also got the official reveal of the Elite Squad Trooper from The Bad Batch which rounds out the wave of figures that includes, Hunter, Crosshair, Bo-Katan and Asajj Ventress. Preorders launch at 1pm ET.
Hasbro also gave us a sneak peek at some upcoming figures for The Black Series including Tech (The Bad Batch), Aurra Sing, Q9-0 (The Mandalorian), Koska Reeves (The Mandalorian) and General Lando Calrissian.