Last year during the height of the #WheresRey campaign, Hasbro addressed parent/fan/collector concerns regarding the omission of Rey as a game piece in the Monopoly The Force Awakens Set.
Today, the Chicago Tribune has posted a follow-up and “due to insufficient interest”, the game won’t be updated to include her (in the U.S.). But all is not lost as the representative for Hasbro states that the piece was in fact made and is available through Hasbro’s Customer Service department.
In honor of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Toys”R”Us will be offering BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE on all non-exclusive 6″ Black Series figures. The sale will run from from Sunday, July 16 through Saturday, July 22. Promotion valid in stores and online.
UK residents can now preorder the Forces of Destiny Rey with BB-8, Rey of Jakku and Princess Leia Organa with R2-D2 now on ToysRUs.co.uk. ETA for availability is Aug. 1, 2017.
Toys”R”Us has issued details for this year’s shared SDCC Hasbro Exclusives and confirms that the 6″ Black Series Clone Commander Gree will be available at SDCC (Entertainment Earth Booth #2343), then online starting July 20 through July 23. Gree will be released in stores this Fall. Click on through for the detailed boxed and loose images.
Reports are coming in from coast to coast that wave 2 of the 40th Anniversary Collection is being found at Target. Black Series collector groups on Facebook and our friend Corey from First Order Transmissions reports snagging these over the extended holiday break through today.
Thanks to an image shared via the 6″ Black Series Collectors Facebook group, collectors can now start to expect wave 2 of the 40th Anniversary Collection to start hitting Target soon.
While heading to the cabin for the extended holiday weekend, I thought I’d try my luck at a couple “backwoods” Walmarts. My first stop (Pine City, MN) yielded a 40th Anniversary Jawa and Death Squad Commander, but my second stop was where I really hit the jackpot…
