As a follow-up to last month’s exclusive report, I have found more records showing that additional shipments of the Vintage Collection HasLab Razor Crest are arriving in the U.S. as recent as Oct. 10. I don’t have an exact quantity at this point but it is still good to know they continue to arrive despite the port congestion and shipping issues plaguing the West Coast.
Lucasfilm/Disney have announced this year’s media event via StarWars.com : Bring Home the Bounty! Every Tuesday until the end of the year, brands will annnounce new products for order/preorder. Today’s reveal includes the rumored Wave 2 of the Retro Collection for The Mandalorian which includes, Ahsoka Tano, The Armorer, The Mandalorian (Beskar), Bo Katan Kryze, Imperial Death Trooper, and Boba Fett (Morak). Preorders for this (non-exclusive) assortment open tomorrow at 1pm ET.
From the Disney+ series Star Wars: The Mandalorian, this set includes action figures of The Mandalorian and Grogu and fit perfectly in the cockpit of the Razor Crest, which features light and sound effects, retractable landing gear, projectile missiles and more! Available now at ShopDisney.com
It appears that in the Amazon Mexico description for the exclusive 6″ Artillery Stormtrooper, they may have accidentally revealed a Wookiee as one of the Black Series (Holiday Edition) figures we teased would be making their return this year. Click the image above for the descriptive text and its translation.
Thanks to korpil for the heads up.
Today at 1pm, Amazon will be offering a preorder for their exclusive 6″ Black Series Artillery Stormtrooper from The Mandalorian. Images via io9
This reveal confirms our report/theory from back in July.
Available for preorder (affiliate link)
Walmart has opened in-stock orders for the four new Carbonized TVC figures. Direct links are available below:
Incinerator Trooper “Obtuse”
The Armorer “Acute”
Moff Gideon “Right”
Shoretrooper “Scalene”
Update: Walmart has removed the links
Hopefully you caught our social media notifications and announcements via Twitter, Instagram and Patreon as (per usual) Target and Hasbro resorted to a 3am ET product drop (on a Sunday) for the exclusive Vintage Collection Antoc Merrick’s X-wing. It lasted about 35-40 minutes.
GTP Toys has shared an update regarding the status of the Tantive IV playset in 1:12 scale.
In short, the news is not what anyone is wanting to hear. They did not receive nearly as many orders as needed to continue into production mode. They invested everything they had into the tooling, which still has the main doorway and floor incomplete. The only option they had was to let their Disney license expire, and continue down the path of unlicensed products (like their previous Space Walls and they will be modular). So, they are reporting that the Tantive IV project is changing, and at least a 6-month delay is expected.
You can read their full email in our forums (along with some photos) by CLICKING HERE.
Now, on a personal note, I have seen some ugly posts on social media directed at GTP, and even headlines that are misleading. It’s easy, and understandable to be upset as a consumer. But before posting emotional knee-jerk responses, please take a deep breath. Then, keep in mind that there are aspects of what happened that appear to be completely out of their control, and nobody wanted this endeavor to be successful more than the GTP team who invested so much time, effort, and personal finances into the product. Personally, I am hoping for more communication moving forward, and of course for the GTP team to recover from this – we will all be in a better place with the hobby if they do, and have more fun products to look forward to.
HasbroPulse warehouse has started to receive cases of the Vintage Collection Stormtrooper 4pk. Hopefully that means orders will start filling before January 2022.
Target.com has added their exclusve 6″ Black Series Mandaloran & Grogu (Arvala-7) pack to their site. It says sold out but preorders have not yet opened – which should happen any day now.