It was a pretty good day for Hasbro as they dropped a lot of official announcements for the Black Series and Vintage Collection with preorders for most starting tomorrow at 1pm ET.
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Limited Edition Jumbo Kenner Darth vader (THE Empire Strikes Back) Figure
Gentle Giant has also revealed a special, limited edition Jumbo Kenner Darth Vader figure from The Empire Strikes Back. Limited to 750 pcs and features a special foil accented TESB cardback. Preorders open tomorrow at 11am ET.
New TVC Reissue Wave found at Walmart
Not to be out done, Walmart has also started to receive the new TVC reissue wave. This image was sent to us via Dave F. from Appleton, ,WI on Twitter.
New TVC Reissue Wave Hitting Target
Instagram follower Tim S. reports finding the newly announced TVC Reissue wave consisting of Hoth luke, Endor Han, Royal Guard and Admiral Ackbar at his local Target in Grand Rapids, MI.
TVC IG-11 and TESB Lando Figures Revealed
Yesterday as part of the Fan Celebration event, Hasbro revealed the official images for the upcoming TVC figures for IG-11 from The Mandalorian and Lando Calrissian from The Empire Strikes Back and both look fantastic! Look for these figures later this year with two figures from Return of the Jedi.
New In-Hand Shots of VC187 Princess Leia Bespin Escape
Yesterday I managed to score most of the new wave of Vintage Collection figures at aTarget here in Minnesota. I took some new images of the Princess Leia (Bespin Escape) figure to show that not all is lost with this figure. Straight out of the package, her braids are malformed and pressed against her head. After submerging her head in hot water for a few seconds, the plastic returns to its intended shape and looks much better. Click on through to check out a few more images.
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Here is another Target store find of the latest wave of Vintage Collection figures. These were found in Fishers, IN.
Thanks to my friend TatooineSandworm for the image. Loose images to follow soon.
UPDATE: Loose shots added – brace yourself for Leia – her iconic hairstyle has been done a disservice.
Continue reading UPDATE: Another New TVC Wave Find – Loose Images AddedNEW TVC Wave Hits Target
Yakface Reader Mike N. shared these new in-hand shots of the next wave of TVC figures that have apparantly started to hit Target in AZ and were listed on eBay and Mercari. The VC numbering is a follows:
VC184 The Child
VC185 Greef Karga
VC186 Boba Fett
VC187 Leia (Bespin Escape)
VC189 Zutton
Also note the image card back for Boba Fett is the corrected version with the yellow accent color and the zoomed out shot for the reference image.
6″ TBS Archive Han Solo (Hoth) Variant
Looks like there is a pretty distinct variant of the new 6″ Black Series Archive Han Solo (Hoth) figures. There is a light brown jacket version and a dark brown jacket version. Thanks to BradPitt on Discord for posting the image.
Target Exclusive Hascon 6″ Black Series Echo Base Set
Also for today’s Mando Monday, Target announced that they’ll be offering/re-issuing the former convention/HasbroToyShop/Amazon exclusive 6″ Black Series Echo Base Set featuring the unique, hood down, brown coat Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa. The set retails for $49.99 which is surprising considering that is the original price it sold for back in 2018.