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Hasbro Survey Regarding Plastic-Free Packaging for Black Series
Hasbro is asking participants their preference for an upcoming potential designchange for Black Series packaging which removes the plastic window. You can see the variations in the images above. As you may recall, back in August 2019, Hasbro stated their goal of removing plastic elements from all of their new packaging by 2022.
Hasbro Reveals/Confirms New Comic Based Black Series Figures
Confirming previous rumors, Hasbro has revealed the four new Black Series figures based on fan favories from classic Star Wars stories. Preorders will launch tomorrow at various online retailers. Head to StarWars.com for additional detail.
In-Hand Shot of Deluxe 6″ Black Series Boba Fett (ROTJ)
Today we get our first in-hand look at the upcoming Deluxe 6″ Black Series Boba Fett from Return of the Jedi thanks to Star Action Figures in the UK.
If you ordered from GameStop, keep an eye on your account as orders are starting to ship.
Hasbro Star Wars Brand March Match-Up: TBS vs. TVC
March is a big month for sports and it looks like Hasbro will continue to play their game – pitting their champs against one another for collectors’ attention (and money). To recap, March started out with a home run with the launch of preorders for the new 6″ Black Series Wrecker figure and on Monday of this week, we saw them kick a field goal with the preorders for the reworked TVC Endor Leia, Paploo, and AT-ST Driver. It was a relatively easy score — keeping the season ticket holders happy — despite the continued use of that dilapidated Walmart stadium. Next week soon I hear we’ll get a pre(order)-game for four new (previously rumored) 6″ Black Series “LFL50” figures: “BASKETBALL”, “FOOTBALL“, “SOCCER” and “BASEBALL” ahead of more new products at the Fan Fest Home Opener on April 9.
First Look at Retro Collection Mandalorian Figures
Kaia Boutique in Quebec, Canada has posted the first in-hand look at the upcoming assortment of Retro Collection figures for The Mandalorian. We also get an idea of what the upcoming TVC cardbacks for IG-11 and Kuiil will look like since Retro Collection and Vintage Collection share reference images.
Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest Coming April 9
Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest is a front row seat to engaging brand panels, behind-the-scenes content, product reveals, and exciting interactivity, all in celebration of the people that inspire us to do what we do every day: our Fans. The schedule is filled with exciting brand panels that will offer fans exclusive news and opportunities to secure their favorite products before anyone else*, as well as special guest appearances, product giveaways, and more! This event will be hosted by SYFY Wire on-air correspondent, writer, and producer, Jackie Jennings, and available to watch exclusively on Hasbro Pulse YouTube.
*Hasbro Star Wars items excluded from early access
Update: Walmart Exclusive TVC Figure Links
In order to prepare yourselves for their release on Monday, here are the 3 Walmart links for the new TVC figures for Paploo, Princess Leia (Endor) and the AT-ST Driver.
VC90 Paploo
VC91 Princess Leia (Endor)
VC92 AT-ST Driver
UPDATE: Preorders are now live.
Update: Walmart Exclusive TVC Figures Arriving In the US
Based on some searching last night, I have been able to determine that cases of the Walmart Exclusive TVC Paploo “Oval” figure have arrived in the U.S. Hopefully this means the other two (Endor Leia and AT-ST Driver) are not too far behind and they will be up for order soon.
UPDATE: preorder for new TVC items will launch on March 15 at 1pm ET – thanks to Chad R. For the alert.
Rumor Report: Another TVC Code Name Blooms
Another code name for the Vintage Collection has sprouted from the internet and this one joins the bouquet of other flower-themed code names we posted last month. “Daffodil” is currently showing that it has arrived at a Hasbro Distribution in the U.S. No word as to when it may be announced or if it is an exclusive release, but it is likely.
The addition of “Daffodil” increases the total of unannounced TVC figures (with discovered code names) to 15 and our Master List has been updated to include this new figure.