Live. Die. Repeat. That is the tag line of another franchise, but it’s sadly applicable to today’s mediocre fanstream of retools, repacks, refreshes, or what ever other corpo jargon you’d like to employ here. There were a couple bright spots but with ten preorder annoucements, including only one all new item, this was a weak first fanstream for 2024
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Continue reading Hasbro Star Wars Fanstream Repacks, err Reveals
We are only a couple hours away from today’s Hasbro Pulse Star Wars Fanstream! Get your daubers ready and join in on the announcements and reveals with our version of bingo. (Don’t forget to mark the free space). Download your game card before the stream starts on YouTube at 11am ET
Recent shipping data shows that the Walmart exclusive Black Series R4-6D0 (Greef Karga’s Droid) is now arriving in the U.S.. Note: preorders have yet to be offered for this figure.
Hasbro has confirmed that there will indeed be a Hasbro Pulse Star Wars Fanstream on YouTube next Tuesday, Jan. 23 at 11am ET, revealing new Vintage Collection and Black Series products. Preorders will open starting Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 1pm ET.
Originally pipelined at Hasbro Pulse Con, it sounds like the Black Series Clone Trooper (Phase I) with updated body (code name “Marathon”) will be a fan channel exclusive and available in the same case assortment at the long-awaited Ki-Adi-Mundi. Both figures should be 4x per case, similar to how the Anakin Skywalker (Tatooine) and Padme Amidala (Royal Decoy) are being distributed.
Some collectors have started to receive email notifications from Target requesting payment source updates for their Black Series Clone 2pk preorders. When you select a new, or even current payment source, you are met with an approval to charge the new, corrected price ($44.99 each) – not the original price ($24.99 each). I was also going to be charged shipping despite being over the $35 threshold. I suggest if you received the email, contact Target customer service directly to try to get your order sorted out. Act quickly as the order will auto-cancel if not addressed by the date in your email.
Let us know if you have success in having Target honor your original preorder price.
While hunting around for more 2024 information today I came across a curious listing that seemed to specify that Count Dooku may be making a return to the Black Series line as a possible fan channel exclusive. Dooku was a stellar figure when it was first released, featuring a near perfect likeness to the late Sir Christopher Lee. If accurate, could we see more prequel figures from the past reissued in the mural packaging? Would you like to see such a thing even happen?
It was only a matter of time but Target finally updated the error price ($24.99) of the exclusive Black Series Lieutenant/332nd Ahsoka’s Clone Trooper 2pk to the proper pricepoint ($44.99). Existing preorders should retain their lower price.
Without fail, when I post a rumor report regarding one scale or the other, the comments (on social media) turn into an “us versus them” situation in terms of what scale is more heavily favored by Hasbro. Interestingly, I took a look at my rumor list of TVC and TBS code names for 2024 products and you’d probably be (pleasantly?) surprised to hear that I’ve been able to find approximately 30 code names for EACH line. Granted, that’s only what I’ve personally been able to find info for, but as it stands, that’s pretty f’ing balanced.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled slap fight.
For the breakdown of the discovered TVC and TBS code names and how they are weighted, click on through.
Continue reading Balancing the Scales: TVC vs TBS Code Name Comparison for 2024
The digging continues as athe code name “SIGHT” for an as-of-yet unannounced Black Series Electronic Helmet has been found. No word as to what it may be just yet.