As part of next week’s May the 4th festivities, watch for 2, maybe 3, 6″ Black Series Gaming Greats figures to go up for preorder at GameStop. It is unknown at this time who they are or what game they are from but rest assured it will be a busy day for preorders for Black Series and Vintage Collection items from various retailers.
Robo over at TheFwoosh has posted a nice review of the new 6″ Black Series Jaxxon from Hasbro. Get the full breakdown of this fun figure over on their YouTube page. Jaxxon along with Carnor Jax and Darth Maul is shipping now from GameStop.
Like previous years, it looks like Target will have a special Fathers Day section that includes a few Star Wars items (toys, clothes, etc.) — 4 of which are Black Series figures with code names “APPLE“, “APRICOT” and “ACAI” (the 4th is currently unknown) and are priced at $24.99. These figures are planned for release starting as soon as Sunday, May 23 and may be the secondary code names for recently announced Black Series figures from The Clone Wars.
Thanks to TargetGod and Jason for some of the supporting intel.
Sponsor DorksideToys posted on Instagram the pending shipment of order for the Lucasfilm50th Anniversary Comic-Based Black Series figures. Look for preorders to start shipping out at the end of the week.
For those who preordered your LFL50 Black Series Comic-Based figures through GameStop, check your order status for updates and charges hitting your bank accounts as they have begun processing orders as of this weekend. Thanks to SJWoolbert for the heads-up.
Poking around through the Walmart app, I located a listing for a new Black Series figure – code named “LOUISIANA”. Based on the higher price point it looks to be another exclusive figure of some sort. No word on who it may be or when it will be available.
Heads up Canada Collectors: Black Series Clone Wars Figures will be available for preorder on May 4 at ToysRUs Canada. No time is given for the launch.
Logic would dictate that they will be available for preorder at Target in the U.S. on that day as well. No official word yet.
A lot of questions have been posed regarding the status of the 1:12 Scale Tantive IV Blockade Runner Display Set. Recently GTP sent out an email notifying current and potential customers about a shake up in their business as well as production delays due to COVID restrictions for their first officially licensed product. They look to be able to full preorders by July/August 2021 and no more will be made after that due to low sales volumes. If you’re looking to get this for your collection it may be best not to wait.
An interesting image has been posted on Reddit potentially revealing a new Black Series Crosshair figure as well as a speculated plot point to the new series The Bad Batch within the figure’s bio. You can check out this image via our Instagram page protected by a couple of leading images. Thanks to dtinaglia for posting the image.
StarWars.com has officially announced 4 new Black Series figures to commemmorate the 50th Anniversary of Lucasfilm and The Clone Wars. The figures include Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, ARC Trooper Echo and Clone Pilot Hawk. These figures also correlate to our reports of 4 exclusive TBS figures coming to Target.
087-16-7462 “Snow” – Obi-Wan Kenobi
087-16-4919 “Sun” – Anakin Skywalker
087-16-9397 “Rain” – Clone Pilot Hawk
087-16-9980 “Wind” – ARC Trooper Echo
These will also be available through ToysRUs in Canada.