Sponsor Entertainment Earth has opened preorders for some older, hard-to-find TBS figures and recent Vintage Collection figures. Figures include Clone Commander Wolffe (TBS), Commander Gree (TBS), General Grievous (TBS), Gamorrean Guard (TBS), Cara Dune (TVC), and The Mandalorian (TVC). Head on over and avoid those high aftermarket prices.
An interesting observation was made regarding the packaging design for the new Black Series 4.0 assortment. Hasbro may be hinting at future accent color usage in the line as the top right tab on the packaging doesn’t match the overall color accent of the box.
BOX ACCENT COLOR / TAB ACCENT COLOR
Kamino Clone (Yellow) / Red (used for AOTC)
Teebo (Green) / Dark Brown (used for The Mandalorian)
Ackbar (Green) / Tan ?
Mandalorian (Dark Brown) / Light Pink ?
Stormtrooper (Dark Brown) / Eggshell Blue ?
Darth Vader (Blue) / Purple? (different from Rebels color)
Thanks to TatooineSandworm for the tip.
Once again I join the crew over at the Galaxy of Toys podcast to discuss the recent Fan First Friday reveals and more. Head on over to galaxyoftoys.podbean.com to download, listen and subscribe.
Hasbro has just announced via Instagram they they will be having their Hasbro Pulse Con on September 25 & 26 where they will be having new official reveals and exclusives from Star Wars, Marvel, Transformers, G.I.Joe and more.
I posted this comparison earlier via social media and I think it’s worthy of discussion here as well. If you take into consideration all of our rumored /unconfirmed Vintage Collection (TVC) and Black Series (TBS) action figure related items coming between now through 2021, the lines look as follows:
TVC: 31 rumored/unconfirmed
TBS: 42 rumored/unconfirmed
We don’t know how many of both lines are repacks/repaints, and if you remove the 4 additional TBS Credit Collection we just reported today, the balance overall is just barely in the Black Series favor. Interesting.
No, this is not an agency that repeatedly calls you for insurmountable debt you’ve accumulated, a couple days ago we reported the discovery of a new 6″ Black Series figure “Mando Berry” in Target’s system and it looks like there’s more info to share regarding this figure and the new “Credit Collection” to which it belongs.
Continue reading Rumor Report: 6″ Black Series “The Mandalorian Credit Collection”
Instagram follower clone_cooper_customs has posted a nice series of images showing off the upcoming Target Exclusive 6″ Black Series Commander Pyre (Galaxy’s Edge). We unofficially reported it last month but watch for it officially in-stores in October for $24.99. DPCI: 087-16-2229
I received some intel from a source today indicating that Target may be getting an exclusive TBS “Holiday Trooper” in October. If you recall, back in June, I posted the discovery of a “Holiday Trooper 5″ in Walmart’s system. Cross checking the two shows that they are different SKUS and not the same holiday trooper – whatever they are.
Secondly, another potential exclusive is also in their system and it’s coded as “Mando Berry”. “Berry” was the mystery code name for the Cara Dune figures for The Mandalorian. This new one has a different UPC/EAN code than the TBS #101 figure so again it sounds like something new.
Both are priced at $24.99. More info to come….
UPDATE: I hit my local Target this morning to get some first hand images of the upcoming figure via the self-service price scanner and a helpful team member.
Heesa Back! First rumored back in May 2019, it appears based on some new rumblings from sources on the interwebs that Jar Jar will indeed make it the the Black Series line, possibly as a deluxe figure sometime in late 2020/early 2021. Hopefully, that missing Crait Luke Skywalker is not too far behind.
Indemandytoys.co,uk has posted the first look at the rumored Convention Exclusive 6″ Black Series Cad Bane with TODO 360 set. Watch for preorder to launch in the US soon. Cad Bane will also be available as part of the regular Black Series assortment later this year.
UPDATE: StarWarsCollector.com has posted word that this will be available in the US on October 1.