It appears that the next potential exclusive for SDCC/Hasbro Pulse is Vintage Collection related and features the long-awaited Emperor Palpatine with Throne. If this is true, it may explain the why the rumored figure has been held back from being revealed with its other case mates for it to debut in this set.
Thanks again to professorbtoyshop on Instagram for the image.
Instagram follower punkcomictoycollector send word of finding the Retro Collection Boba Fett (Prototype Edition) at their Toys R Us store in Mississauga, Ontario Canada.
U.S. collectors will have to wait until Target’s July 25th street date is lifted to acquire theirs.
Another figure code name has been uncovered at Target, this time for the Vintage Collection. Star Wars VIN “Periwinkle” is listed as $13.99 and at this time there is no indictation whether or not it is an exclusive.
Thanks to some in-hand packaging shots from a Facebook member, we now have the VC numbers for Wave 7 of the Vintage Collection. They breakdown as follow:
ARC Trooper Echo – VC176
Darth Maul (Mandalore) – VC201
Ahsoka Tano (Mandalore) – VC202
Offworld Jawa (Arvala-7) – VC203
It’s nice to have that 176 gap officially filled after the error of issuing the two Walmart Exclusive TVC figures – Din Djarin and The Child and the Incinerator Stormtrooper the VC177 designation. Now the question is: Who is VC200?
Hasbro has sent word that they will be offering another “batch” of the Amazon Exclusive TVC Bad Batch Sets in early 2022. Why not just open more preorders now instead of parsing them out 6-7 months from now?
Long rumored to be joining Lando Calrissian “Antarctica”, IG-11 “Huron” and Teebo “Ontario”, Amazon AU has updated the listing for “Erie” as well confirming The Emperor coming to the Vintage Collection. The pages and listings are no longer visible publicly but remain visible to those who added them to a list for future purchase when available.
Those who preordered the exclusive TVC Paploo and AT-ST Driver figures from Walmart can start checking their statuses as orders have begun processing and shipping notifications are hitting inboxes.
Update: Leia (Endor) is shipping also.
Hasbro has partnered with several fan sites to announced the Amazon Exclusive Vitnage Collection The Bad Batch 4 pk. This set includes Captain Rex, Clone Captain Grey, Clone Captain Ballast and an Elite Squad Trooper. Watch for preorders to launch today at 1pm ET. Head on over to our friends at BanthaSkull for more images.
For those curious about those two other mystery/code named figures in this case assortment they are the recently revealed “pipeline” figures Lobot (Las Vegas) and Bib Fortuna (Reno).
You can preoder the entire case now from sponsor Entertainment Earth.
Sponsor DorksideToys is now taking new preorders for Black Series, Black Series Archive and Vintage Collection figures.