“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!
New Star Wars product has finally started to surface at retail as reports have been trickling in with collectors spotting Hasbro’s new Black Series figures at Toys”R”us stores and Target (as well as Legends/Mission Series).
Good luck seeking out these new figures, and remember to share your finds with us in the forums!
Last week, we learned that the time may finally be approaching where Star Wars fans worldwide can FINALLY purchase diorama sets to display our 3.75″ scale figures… and now the kickstarter campaign is LIVE!
If this campaign is successful and this project becomes reality, it will mean that Star Wars fans the world over will finally be able to proudly display their collections in the way that they have long wanted.
We are hoping that our readers will support this – and if you’d like to be able to help make this happen, click here for more details.
For well over a decade, Star Wars collectors and kids alike have wanted Hasbro to make some sort of action figure display units (or even playsets) in the 3.75″ scale, but our pleas always fall on deaf ears.
But now the market might finally have a chance in the future to be able to spend our dollars on such items (and no, it ain’t through Hasbro). Head on over to the forums for more details.
While on a toy run today, I swung by TJ Maxx… and stumbled onto a ton (and I mean a ton) of 2012-2013 Star Wars Hasbro product. Deluxe size vehicles, Angry Birds, Fighter Pods, Role Playing blasters, etc… and these are all items that Hasbro really thought would appeal to kids this past year.
In my humble opinion, this is just another sign that Hasbro has lost touch with their consumer base. I am hoping for a really strong showing at SDCC from the folks at Hasbro, because Hasbro, retailers and the fan base does not need another 2012 (or another first half of 2013).
Just as we’re getting geared up for The Black Series figures to start hitting, Five Below now comes through like they did so many times in 2012… this time, with the Darth Malgus wave!
There’s some great figures in this wave, but as we all know, also a ton of TPM figures that Hasbro unfortunately decided they needed to pack into the first three assortments of TVC last year, which crushed distribution for anything past the first few assortments of TVC in 2012.
Anyways – be on the lookout for these if you have a Five Below store in your area and hopefully this means that more waves past this one are on the way!
The folks at Wattosjunkshop.com are hosting a fun event at their site where you have the chance to show off your collection, and win some great prizes. Head on over there to check it out!
The ToyMan Collector Show returns to St. Louis on Sunday, July14.
With over 180 dealer tables, you never know what Star Wars, GI Joe, Transformers or He-Man items you might find, and often at great prices! For more details, click on the image above.
We recently posted a wishlist for SDCC reveals in our forums, and now forum member localgotal has added some outstanding mock-ups for some Cinema Scenes that would sell like hotcakes if Hasbro would just make them like the pics he has shown. Check them out after the jump (but remember, none of this has actually been announced by Hasbro – but it should be!).
