DorksideToys is now taking preorders for The Black Series Wave 8. This assortment includes:
• 1 x Captain Rex
• 1 x Darth Vader (Dagobah Test)
• 1 x Dutch Vander
• 1 x Chewbacca
• 1 x Clone Commander Doom
• 1 x C-3PO
• 1 x Princess Leia as Boushh
• 1 x Mosep Binneed
• 2 x Clone Commander Thorn
• 1 x Han Solo with Carbonite
• 1 x Jawas
Various preorders have opened up today for The Black Series Deluxe 6″ Luke Skywalker and Wampa sets. Don’t over pay through shoddy eBay/gray market sellers. You can get yours now through sellers that support your favorite sites:
DorksideToys passes on info that the next wave of The Black Series 3.75″ line (wave 8) will go up for preorder on May 3rd.
Our friends at MakingStarWars.net have posted their transcription of their QnA rundown with Hasbro from Celebration Anaheim. We’ve included a nice little excerpt regarding the Black Series line below
Q: The Black Series line, as it is, is it continuing on to 2016 and beyond?
A: Yeah we have no plans to stop Black Series. It’s doing really well for us. We revealed the new Fall 2015 line look. It’s moving forward. We’ve had a lot of fans ask about Vintage and Droid Factory, both things we definitely want to get back to in the future but Black Series in terms of our pinnacle figure expression, that’s what it is and that’s how it’s continuing.
Hasbro has revealed that a 6″ Ahsoka from Star Wars Rebels is coming to The Black Series assortment in 2016. Here is an image courtesy of SithFire30 on Facebook.
UPDATE: Rebelscum has posted detailed images of Ahsoka. She’s gorgeous.
Our friends at Jedi Temple Archives and Jedi News are on the show floor for Celebration Anaheim’s Preview Night and the have provided a great detailed look at new revamped packaging for the 6″ Black Series. It is 1000X better than the orange and blue versions to be sure. Head on over to their respective sites to check these out as well as carded images of The Black Series.
Our friends at JediNews are on the floor at Star Wars Celebration and have been snapping photo of the set up progress. One image caught my eye in particular as it appears that The Black Series is getting a color change again from blue to red and possibly a switch to Chewbacca from the current TIE Pilot. Note the “2015 New Series” text on the side of the display cabinet. You can check out the full image via Instagram or Twitter.
Some of you have seen posts recently regarding the weird shifting scale for some of the new clones in the 3.75″ Black Series line (Rex, Doom, Wolffe). The inconsistency doesn’t stop there as the new 6″ Leia Boushh towers over her previous 6″ body. What is going on here??? Thanks to Kool Kollectibles for the heads up on this image from The Fwoosh.
Jedi Temple Archives has called our attention to an image of an as-of-yet unannounced (but rumored) TRU Exclusive Jabba’s Rancor Pit set posted on Facebook. The set looks to include several repacked figures, but that Jabba in there is drawing attention as it looks to be new. Stay tuned for more details as they arise.
Forum member Darth Vlad’s Clone has shared nearly a dozen pics for your viewing pleasure of the new 6″ Black Series Han Solo in Stormtrooper gear – all side by side with the standard Stormtrooper. Check out the pics, and let’s hear your thoughts in the forums!
Personal Note: I’ll always be a 3.75″ scale collector, and want Hasbro to mostly focus on that line, but the more OT figures they make in this scale, the more I’m caving in and liking them.