For those that missed out on the first release of the Toys”R”Us Exclusive 6″ Black Series Commander Gree from 2017, word is (via the 6″ Black Series Collectors group on Facebook) that he may be available sometime again in the near future as distributors have started receiving solicitations and opening preorders again.
Walgreens has opened orders for their exclusive POP! Jango Fett (Preflight) figure online.
Thanks to @DisFunko for the heads-up.
Update: No longer available.
Solo: A Star Wars Story managed to snag an Oscar nomination in the Visual Effects category for this year’s Academy Awards. It will have stiff competition against films like Avengers: Infinity War and Ready Player One both of which had visual effects supplied by ILM.
If you’re looking to get a jump on the GameStop Exclusive 6″ Black Series Imperial Rocket Trooper before it goes online, head to your local store armed with code #189033 to preorder yours. Look for this to start shipping sometime this Spring.
Funko has released glam shots of the newly announced ROTJ wave of POP! figures PLUS announced 3 Target exclusives: Nippet the Ewok (Flocked), 10″ Wicket and a GITD Electrocuted Darth Vader variant. Click on through to check them out.
Entertainment Earth has just posted the preorders for the Return of the Jedi-themed assortment of POP! figure from Funko. Look for them to start shipping in February!
Wicket W. Warrick
Ewok Village Leia
Electrocuted Darth Vader
Endor Han Solo
Emperor Palpatine
General Lando Calrissian
After an extensive search online, we’ve located and added the UPCs and Walmart SKUs for the second wave of 6″ Black Series Archive (BSA) figures to our 2019 Master List of products. As you recall, Hasbro officially announced back in October at NYCC 2018 that wave 2 would consist of Anakin Skywalker, Yoda and the Biker Scout/Scout Trooper. Darth Maul* on the other hand has been on our rumor lists for a while and based on the UPC info found above, we now have Maul’s accurate (yet unofficial) confirmation. Case breakdown isn’t known at this time but we can guess that it will be similar to Wave 1 with a 2x pack out.
*Note: the image for Maul is not of the actual BSA figure.
Finally, Walmart has corrected their inflated pricing for their exclusive TVC Mimban Stormtrooper to $12.99. Now if they could just restock them.
Update: Using the Walmart.com chat feature, I was able to confirm that when the product is in stock, price adjustments can be made to your orders for the lower price point until April 9, 2019.
After spending a few hours searching this morning, I managed to stumble across a new listing for an unannounced Vintage Collection figure: Lando Calrissian (Skiff Guard Disguise). Perfect for the upcoming Barge and rumored Tatooine Skiff, right? No word yet if this is exclusive to Walmart, but based on its UPC, that is not out of the realm of possibility. Maybe we’ll learn more about this at Toy Fair next month. The pertinent info has been added to our Master List of UPCs and SKUs.
Jayson and Flyguy are back after 6 months to discuss our thoughts on 2018, what’s to come in 2019 and the latest news in collecting. We touch on our purchases for the past few months and dive into some of the rumors revealed lately. All this and more on the triumphant return of the Realm Recap!
UPDATE: MP3 audio file now available for download