Amazon is now sending out emails to those that preorderd Hasbro’s upcoming TVC Slave I, with expected arrival dates at your doorstep in late August. Keep an eye on your inbox for your status update, and start making room on your display shelves for this awesome vehicle!
“Of course I’m not going to be buying much of the new Star Wars line coming out,” Chewie told his wife multiple times over the past several months. “I don’t collect 6″ scale toys, and most of the new 3.75″ figures don’t interest me at all.”
Then, after seeing new figures in person today at Target, reality set in. Well done, Hasbro. Now I’m angry with you for winning me over with product I swore I wouldn’t buy. I was mad at you through all of 2012 for how bad you managed the brand, and now I’m somewhat upset at you for kicking things off so well with your new lineups.
Are you feeling the same way as I am this evening about Hasbro’s new launch? Or have I gone completely crazy? Share your thoughts in the forums!
Do you have a Five Below store in your area? If so, it may be worth your while to swing by your local establishment and see if they are receiving TVC figures these days – the local store I’ve hit in the St. Louis area received a heavy shipment of the Malgus/Imperial Navy Commander wave about three weeks ago, and restocked again over this past weekend.
The only problem is, each case contains seven Episode One carry forwards from Wave 1 (unless, of course, you need an infinite army of Qui Gons and Obi Wans!).
UPDATE – Yakface reader Chris H., who is an assistant manager at Five Below, tells us that the stores do not have the power to order these on their own. These cases are distributed throughout the company by how much sells at that particular store.
The official kick off of The Black Series hitting retail starts this week and with it comes news of packaging variants (at least in the US so far) for the first wave of 3-3/4″ figures. It appears that the first runs of these figures have a bubble variant where the embossed “wall pattern” is present on the bubble. Our friends at Star Wars Action News confirm this with the photo above. It shows that the Biker Scout, Clone Pilot and Clone Trooper Sergeant are “missing” this detail while the others in the case do. For those keeping track, the date stamps on those figures without the embossing is 31611 and those figures with it have 31261.
Thanks to Johnathan from Star Wars Action News for the assistance.
For a complete gallery of the variants, head over to StarWarsCollector.com
We assume most of our readers by now are aware of the Space Station Display Project that’s underway, but in case you haven’t noticed, this is shaping up to be one hell of a dream come true for collectors. For more details, click here or join the drool-fest in our forums!
Gentle Giant has posted their latest release schedule via their Facebook page. Within the listings it shows that the Jumbo Tri-Logo Yak Face figure is scheduled for release in the US some time this month for PGMs (Premiere Guild Members). Don’t panic though, you didn’t miss it as it hasn’t officially gone up for pre-order yet so watch for an announcement soon.
Our friends at Star Wars Action News alerted us to the fact that Amazon.com is listing two new releases of the Prequel Trilogy and the Original Trilogy coming to home video. Now they are coming as Blu-ray/DVD Combo set and received a packaging makeover as well. Watch for these on store shelves this October.
Sideshow Collectibles has updated with additional details and imagery for the store exclusive Premium Format Stormtrooper Commander figure. Remember, this figure is not available through Sideshow’s website – it is only available through authorized Sideshow retailers. To find a seller near you, check out Sideshow’s handy store locator.
Work is underway for the next installment of The Enloe Trials photonovel series as Rykrof Enloe leads a strike force to recover an ancient Sith artifact on the hostile world, Dathomir.
Over the coming weeks we will have some previews and behind the scenes custom updates for the next chapter — until then, be sure to catch up with Chapter 3: Revelations.
