Hasbro has extended funding for their Transformers Haslab project by over 30 days to help the market meet the goal of 8000 units backed.
At the time of the extension, the Unicron project was in the ballpark of being 60% funded… which is a very impressive amount of backers; but what does this mean for future projects? How will they “pick and choose” which ones get extensions moving forward?
Share your thoughts, hopes, and potential fears for what this could mean down the road.
I received a boxed image of the upcoming, yet unofficially announced Second Sister Inquisitor coming in wave 1 for Triple Force Friday. Since I don’t know the origin of the image, meaning it’s not publicly posted, I won’t be sharing it yet.* But I can say the figure has a cool graphite look to it and the packaging features an updated look with round call-out protruding into the window area. She includes a fully-lit Inquisitor lightsaber, I can’t tell if the blades are removable.
*If you’re looking for background as to why I won’t post the image, you can read this from September 2017. Thanks for the requests to post the photo here and/or for me to send it to you.
Sunday night, I joined the crew at the Galaxy of Toys Podcast to discuss some of the reveals from the D23 Expo as well as the future of Star Wars figures from Hasbro. Give it a listen!
As a follow up to our April report, I managed to find new info referencing a potential 6″ Black Series “E9 Bruges Red Metallic” figure. According to shipping manifests, the figure (E8439) is currently en route to the US and is packed 6 per case, which hints at a larger box as the standard box Black Series figures are packed 8 per case. The real question is, what is this? A different Sith Trooper or Sith Jet Trooper with more weaponry and accessories like the SDCC/D23 version? I guess we’ll need to wait for an official reveal or leak to learn more.
DamingToys – retailer out of Taiwan has posted the first look at the 6” Black Series Yoda (Force Spirit) which confirms our exclusive report from May.
As always, if Hasbro asks us to remove the image we will but again, this was posted publicly for sale by an online retailer.
UPDATE: DamingToys has removed the product stating they were given the wrong solicitation date and it should be available again on Nov. 1. We have removed the image as well in respect to DamingToys. Watch for an early look at this product soon 🙂
UPDATE 2: I did manage to find shipping manifest info for the 6″ Yoda (Force Spirit) figure and its currently on the way to the Port of Long Beach in California.
If you’re looking to add more figures to your collection at low prices, Tuesday Morning stores are receiving 2-pks from The Last Jedi and Solo: A Star Wars Story and marking them for $4.99-$5.99 each. A variety of Funko Pop! items can be found too for around the same price (several themes, not just Star Wars).
As always, good luck and happy toy hunting.
Hasbro’s ambitious goal of 3,000 backers for a premium Cookie Monster replica has fallen far short of its goal.
It remains to be seen if their Transformers Unicron project will meet the same fate, but it’s clear there is much more demand for that project. As of this post, it has just over 5 days left, and is just a tick above 39% funded (needing over 4,800 more units backed still).
Personal Note: For the fans of these, I hate to see these fail. However, I think Hasbro needs to do better homework. I feel that projects under the Haslab banner need to be more in line with the Sail Barge… something that works as a fantastic display piece to house groups of figures. Big and iconic vehicles/playsets seem to be the way to go… (or at least not a remake of something that’s been done before, such as Unicron) a Cybertron environment, or Ark playset might be more exciting for the Transformers crowd. I have no idea what would work for Sesame Street. But that’s just my opinion. And Unicron could still meet its goal, though he seems way overpriced compared to other giant Transformers.
What say you?
Droidfactory and Astromech collectors can now order the new Halloween themed R5-BOO19 droid from ShopDisney.com or via the app.
Disney and Lucasfilm have released the D23 Special Look at the final chapter in the Skywalker saga, The Rise of Skywalker
Gamestop has marked down certain Action Figure items for $5.00 each through August 31. Quite a few Marvel 6″ figures are included in the sale, as well numerous Fortnite items.
As always your mileage may vary. Good luck and happy toy hunting!