As we continue to assemble our upcoming checklist for the product launch on April 13 for Solo: A Star Wars Story, we’ve heard of two more vehicles coming as part of the Class B assortment. One is a repack from The Last Jedi – the A-Wing Fighter with Tallie, the other is rumored to be Han’s Landspeeder (with Han) as seen in the leaked production photos as well as the LEGO set (75209). Considering the number of repacks and non-Solo film related figures/vehicles coming out that day, the merchandising tie-ins seem to be quite low – maybe lower than Rogue One.
The Luke Skywalker Deluxe Sixth Scale Figure captures Luke’s journey through Return of the Jedi with an incredible variety of customizable display options. Recreate key scenes from the Star Wars saga with the three distinct looks included with the Luke Skywalker Deluxe figure- Jabba’s Palace Luke, Endor Luke, and Jedi Knight Luke.
For those that are still collecting POP! figures from Funko (and merchandise from The Last Jedi), keep your sensors peeled at Target as they’ll soon be received an exclusive Resistance BB Unit.
Since the Battle on Crait was a bust in getting the Force Projection Luke figure, I thought I’d take an unscientific poll on what company will release/announce one first? Click on through to the comments to weigh in on the 4 options.
Sponsor Entertainment Earth has sent out the first look at the upcoming Battle on Crait Home Entertainment pack. It includes Rey (Jedi Apprentice, salt on boots), First Order Snowtrooper, First Order Gunner, and Rose (Crait Poncho) Click on through for high-res images.
Trouble for the embattled Toys “R” Us stores continue as the company announces the closure of more than 180 stores in the US. This is being done in order to “give us the best chance to emerge from our bankruptcy proceedings as a more viable and competitive company”.
BrickSeek has added a new UPC and DPCI for the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story Flagship/Playset with (3.75″) figure coming in April from Hasbro. The MSRP is $99.99. We added this to the growing Master List of UPCs/DPCIs and Walmart SKUs for 2018.
UPDATE: Pure speculation on my part but the “flagship” may be a prototype star destroyer as we revealed in this post regarding Hot Wheels Starship coming out for Solo.
This morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the nominees for this year’s 90th Academy Awards and Star Wars: The Last Jedi gathered 4 nominations:
Best Visual Effects
Best Original Score
Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound Editing
Congratulations to Disney, Lucasfilm, ILM, Skywalker Sound and John Williams for their achievement.
Trouble for the embattled Toys “R” Us stores continue as the company announces the closure of more than 180 stores in the US. This is being done in order to “give us the best chance to emerge from our bankruptcy proceedings as a more viable and competitive company”.
