Star Wars Celebration Japan kicks off TONIGHT with various panels and interviews. Be sure to checkout out the Hasbro Star Wars Brand Panel at 10:30pm ET. (11:30am in Japan) for the latest Vintage Collection and Black Series reveals and announcements. Preorders for new products drop tomorrow.
Disney Store will be offering the Shin Hati & Baylan Skoll Lightsaber Hilt Set on May 4 at 8am PT. No price is given yet.
We’ll be kicking off another Customizing Challenge in our forums in May. All registered Yakface Forum members can vote to help determine the theme.
The choices are: Medics, Feral Droids, Alien Deities, Swoop Racers, Pre-ANH Rebels, Return to Tatooine, Imperial Bureaucrats, and The Coruscant Underworld.
If you’re registered in our forums, take a moment and cast your vote by clicking here!
The crew over at FanthaTracks took part in an exclusive DisneyStore preview event which showcased new merchandise for their stores and parks. One of the pieces was a new Droid Factory 4pk from The Book of Boba Fett. Look for this set to drop around May 4th.
A new Vintage Collection 4 pack has surfaced on eBay containing the new Snowtrooper.
Thanks to Darth Xander for the alert
In another case of Walmart being Walmart, it appears that some Walmart stores have already relegated the Black Series Commander Cody to clearance. This often happens when stores receive product ahead of their reset and instead of hanging on to the product, they rush it to the clearance aisle. This isn’t everywhere and you’d have to be lucky to find them but if you do, do not hesitate. Show no mercy.
Images via Reddit and Facebook
Sideshow Collectibles is now taking preorders for Hot Toys 1:6 Scale Cassian Andor ($275) and K-2SO ($265) figures.
A new “Power the Force” shipper has started to hit Walmart that includes new Black Series mainline figures and the exclusive Clone Commander Cody.
Images via Avery_White on Reddit
UPDATE: New Walmart shipper looks to support stocking of new TVC and additional TBS releases as well. Images via dum / echoalive22_
Revenge of the Sith Deluxe novelization (Hardcover) by Matthew Stover available for preorder at Target and Amazon ($60.00).
The new special edition novelization comes with over 150 annotations from author Matthew Stover, an acetate jacket with foil stamping, a paper over-board book case, gilded and stained edges, illustrated full-color end papers, and a red satin ribbon market.
Details at Collider.com
Amazon has started to send out notifications for some Black Series preorders which move the release date from July to May. Keep an eye on your preorder status for any movement.