I’ve been doing some research and conferring with sources over the past few days to get some sort of grasp on what may (and may not) be revealed and available for preorder tomorrow. That being said, take what I say with a grain of salt to tamp down lofty expectations.
Continue reading Rumor Report: Hasbro’s Fan First Tuesday: What To Expect on May 4th?
March is a big month for sports and it looks like Hasbro will continue to play their game – pitting their champs against one another for collectors’ attention (and money). To recap, March started out with a home run with the launch of preorders for the new 6″ Black Series Wrecker figure and on Monday of this week, we saw them kick a field goal with the preorders for the reworked TVC Endor Leia, Paploo, and AT-ST Driver. It was a relatively easy score — keeping the season ticket holders happy — despite the continued use of that dilapidated Walmart stadium. Next week soon I hear we’ll get a pre(order)-game for four new (previously rumored) 6″ Black Series “LFL50” figures: “BASKETBALL”, “FOOTBALL“, “SOCCER” and “BASEBALL” ahead of more new products at the Fan Fest Home Opener on April 9.
Sponsor Entertainment Earth is now taking preorders for the Convention/Fan Channel Exclusive 6″ Black Series Skywalker Strikes set.
Sponsor DorksideToys is now taking in stock orders for the Fan Channel exclusive 6″ Luke Skywalker “Skywalker Strikes” set.
GameStop is now taking orders for the fan channel/shared exclusive 6″ Black Series Clone Commander Fox.
The former Walmart Exclusive Imperial Shock Trooper from Battlefront is will be making its way back to retail. As we’ve mentioned before, select figures like this one (and Commander Gree previously) will be made available again through fan channel outlets.
It took some time to find public information for this one but there is another Black Series Helmet set for release and this one may tie to The Mandalorian based on the footage shown at Star Wars Celebration. Based on the stormtrooper helmet released for Rogue One, this helmet is for the Incinerator Trooper and is said to be a fan channel exclusive.
With the return of The Clone Wars next year it would probably be fitting to get a new clone trooper or two into collectors’ hands. You hopefully caught our report back in May of the rumored Clone Commander Bly, now there is comm chatter that there will be another Clone Commander joining the ranks and probably be a fan channel/online exclusive. There are plenty of commanders yet to be made and with the existing tooling coupled with some stellar paint work and new accessories, Hasbro should be able to knock a few out rather easily.
There is one more thing that I neglected to mention before. Recently Hasbro decided to reissue 6″ Black Series Commander Gree as a fan channel exclusive. Don’t be too shocked if we see some other in-demand main line and previously exclusive figures make their way to collectors via fan channel releases.
Just in time for May 4th, the 6″ Black Series Commander Gree is once again available to order via sponsor DorksideToys.