It’s Star Wars Day! What should we expect in terms of reveals and preorders? Look no further than last year as your rough guideline as to the types and quantities of products announced/revealed and available for preorder the following day on May 5th. For preorders, by my count, we should see about 12 mainline and fan channel items split evenly between the Vintage Collection and Black Series lines. There may be a couple retailer exclusives as well that may or may not throw off that balance.
Next week’s May 4th Fan First Wednesday Livestream kicks off at 10am ET.
StarWars-Universe.com and GalacticFigures.com have posted the first look at the upcoming Vintage Collection Figrin D’an figure. Preorders for this figure go live on Thursday at 1pm ET.
Officially announced on Fan First Wednesday back in February as a pipeline reveal, we may finally get to see the Deluxe Black Series Saw Gerrera figure as part of tomorrow’s Fan First Wednesday livestream. Preorders should open around various fan channel outlets on Thursday at 1pm ET.
GalacticFigures.com (formerly known as JediBusiness) will have and exclusive TVC figure reveal today at 5pm ET to preface tomorrow’s Fan First Wednesday livestream. Be sure to check out their site and social media channels for the announcement.
Recent shipping info shows that a small quantity of the previously confirmedPrincess Leia Organa (Endor Village) figure (code named “BUFFALO”) has arrived in the U.S. It’s possible that the figure may be shown at next week’s livestream but nothing is confirmed thus far.
Hasbro has announced that next week on Wednesday, February 9, we will get our first “Fan First” livestream for 2022. The event will have Black Series and Vintage Collection announcements as well as “Pipeline Reveals” for the coming year. Set your alarms for 11am ET.
We are back from summer break! On this super-sized episode, we discuss what the Hasbro Star Wars Team has shown us at the Walmart Collector-Con, Hasbro Pulse Con Preview & Fan First Wednesday.
Hasbro held their anticipated Fan First Wednesday Livestream showcasing several new TVC and TBS items and gave a few sneak peeks at what’s to come in 2022.
As we await the launch of today’s Fan First Wednesday, Hasbro has previewed – via select fan site outlets – a new POTF2 inspired Princess Leia Organa (Yavin 4) figure. This should go up for preorder on November 1 in the U.S. at Hasbro Pulse. If this exclusive doesn’t do it for you nostalgia-wise, look for her to be released in the regular Black Series line in an upcoming wave.
It appears that there is at least one more Retro Collection item planned for this year. A search last night turned up results for an item called “SW RETRO BLACKBOARD” and it’s currently shipping to the U.S.. As you may recall, the recent Target exclusive Prototype Edition Boba Fett has the code name “SW RETRO CHALK” – it is unknown if this is a figure or other item like the previous games with a figure pack-in. Maybe we’ll hear about it tomorrow at Hasbro Fan First Wednesday.
