Another round of price increases are hitting online retailers as the cost of materials and skyrocketing shipping/transportation costs from China affect the market. For example the Black Series line recently increased about $1.50 per standard (non-exclusive) figure, and now another increase of $2.00 is planned pushing MSRPs to near $25. Exclusives will approach $30 and Deluxe figures around $40. Obviously, these increases won’t be limited to Black Series, Star Wars or even Hasbro.
It looks like we can expect another 6″ Black Series Build Up Pack from The Mandalorian along the lines of last year’s Din Djarin and The Child set which was exclusive to Target. No word on exclusivity for this set but it’s tentively scheduled for October 2021 in some markets outside of the U.S. We will post an update when we learn more.
Over the weekend, I received information for at least two new 6″ Black Series Credit Collection figures – Moff Gideon and The Armorer – coming at some point this year. As you recall, these figures are simple repaints of existing figures made to emulate their concept art shown at the end of each episode of The Mandalorian and released on Vintage-style cardbacks. No word yet as to which retailer(s) they’ll be offered.
Note: the art above may or may not be used as the basis of the figure’s deco and card art.
Over the weekend, we received several reports of collectors finding the new Walmart exclusive Black Series Captain Rex from The Bad Batch in Canada. Thanks to artbypauly on Instagram for sharing these images with us.
More hunting at Target has turned up another possible Black Series Deluxe Figure coming later this year. As always, it is unknown who this character or whether or not it is an exclusive. The relevant info has been added to our Master List. More as we learn more.
While poking around at the Target price checkers today, I stumbled across a new listing which looks to be another Black Series exclusive. Code named “Libra”, this figure is priced inline with the recent exclusives for $26.49. Obviously no indication who this character may be as of yet.
StarWars.com has posted info on 3 new Carbonized Collection Black Series figures from The Mandalorian heading exclusively to Target next Spring. Included in the trio are the Scout Trooper, the Shoretrooper and Paz Vizla.
StarWars.com also announced 3 new Black Series figures as part of the Clone Wars 2-D Micro Series : ARC Trooper, General Grievous and Mace Windu. No figures of them were shown but I suspect they will be released in packaging similar to the Animated Series carded figures. Look for them sometime in early 2022.
