Victoria’s Cantina brings us our first Vintage Collection reveals of the day with the Imperial Gunner from Return of the Jedi and R2-D2 (Sensorscope). These Walmart exclusives will be available for preorder at 1pm ET on March 24 as part of Walmart Collector Con.
We now know the VC numbers for the upcoming Ahsoka Tano (Corvus) and 501st Clone Trooper:
VC222 Ahsoka Tano
VC240 501st Clone Trooper
Thanks to legionofcollectorz on IG for the images.
Many will enter, one will win! What do you think of these matchups?
There are some great choices and fun surprises on this year’s bracket. Which character do you want to see added to The Vintage Collection as an all-new figure first? This is unofficial and not affiliated with Hasbro or Disney in any way, but let’s get talking about what our TVC priorities are and have some fun along the way.
In January, you submitted over 400 lists of your top 25 most-wanted Vintage Collection figures and these matchups were determined by the seed rankings provided by the initial data, which you can see next to each character. The top-ranked character is matched against the lowest, and it works its way towards the middle. The winner of each matchup will advance to the next round.
Voting will begin Monday, March 7, in our Instagram stories. Stay tuned for more details.
Until then, download your own version of the bracket, fill it out with what you’d like to see happen, and share it with the hashtag #SWTVCMarchMadness.
May the Force be with you!
As a follow-up to our report from last week, it is rumored that the 3 figures comprising the rest of the Marvel comic-themed fan channel Black Series figures include Princess Leia, Darth Vader (Redeemed) and Sargeant Kreel. Thanks to figurebrian on Instagram for the heads up.
UPDATE: Code names added for each (note, the month names are codes, not their release dates)
Not even up for preorder yet (next week), GalacticFigures.com on Instagram reports that part of wave 32 of The Black Series was found at Target in Omaha, NE – image via Jon A.
The next assortment of Bounty Collection figures has started to hit Target stores in Texas. Series 4 consists of 6 new mini Grogu figurines in new plastic-free packaging. They are designated as follows: Spider, Cook, Snow, Hide, Butterfly and Baby. Codes for each can be found in our Master List. Thanks to pugglesmuggle on Instagram for sending the image.
Instagram follower m_h_pt has posted in-hand shot of the upcoming TVC Razor Crest including first looks at the carded Grogu and Offworld Jawa Elder figures. Head on over to check them out.
Here is our first in-hand look at the newly announced Gamestop exclusive 6″ Black Series Imperial Senate Guard (Gaming Greats) figure from The Force Unleashed.
Thanks to Instagram follower sjtoyphotography for the images.
Instagram follower wanwangee send us an in-hand shot of the upcoming Walmart exclusive Black Series Clone Wars General Grievous.
Thanks to Instagram follower @returnofthenerdstarwars we get our first look at the attractive book-style packaging design for the upcoming Target Exclusive Black Series Star Wars Droids Boba Fett.