Target’s erroneous register block of wave 1 of the 6″ Black Series 40th Anniversary Collection has been corrected internally and is now set for an April 27 street date. As of yesterday, they were still being denied for sale with a street date of August 1. A local collector (AgentWaWa) attempted to purchase them this morning and was notified of the updated street date. Hang in there if you’ve seen these at retail and have been unable to purchase them, release is imminent.
On a related note, Target preorders are also starting to process.
Armed with a dozen codes, I swung by my local Target and scanned a few using the convenient price scanners in the aisle. I got a hit on the bar code for the rumored Deluxe (D4) 6″ Black Series Dagobah Luke with Yoda set.
We’ve known for some time that the Dagobah Luke in this set is the one that will be in the third wave of 6″ 40th Anniversary Collection Black Series figures but a little bogwing told me that the Yoda in this set is different than prior releases.
No official word (or otherwise) on the release date for this set but the price in the U.S. is listed at $44.99. The DPCI has been added to our expanding Master UPC/DPCI/SKU List for quick reference.
For your review, we’ve uploaded new official glam images of the upcoming 8″ Black Series HyperReal Luke Skywalker (Bespin). Click on through to see boxed and OOP images.
Yesterday we reported via our social channels that first wave of the new 40th Anniversary Collection for The Empire Strikes Back as been found again at Meijer store and is eligible for their Buy 1, get 1 50% off sale. Thanks to Thomaiii on Instagram for passing the news on to us.
A shelf tag from a ToysRUs in Canada confirms the rumor of an upcoming Deluxe (D4) from the Black Series featuring Luke Skywalker (Dagobah) and Yoda. No word yet on availability in the US but it’s thought to be a fan channel release.
Image via Northern Legends Action Figure Collector Group (Canada) on Facebook.
I also managed to visually “confirm” our previous rumor of the upcoming Wave 2 for Hasbro’s Retro Collection assortment consisting of Lando Calrissian, Bespin Luke, Boba Fett, Yoda, Hoth Han Solo and Hoth Leia Organa. Look for official confirmation tomorrow at Toy Fair.
Our pre-Toy Fair tailgating continues with rumor confirmation of wave 2 of the 40th Anniversary Collection of 6″ Black Series figure for The Empire Strikes Back.
It appears that the popularity of the Carbonized figures from the Black Series prompted their return in 2020. Some research has uncovered info for a Carbonized Boba Fett as well as a Stormtrooper. This was also reiterated to us via an unsolicited Tweet from follower Niall Davids. His tweet also mentioned the possibility of a 6″ scale Snowspeeder with Dak? Now that is interesting….
This coming weekend, Hasbro will be having their annual off-site presentation for Toy Fair 2020 in New York. Things have been quiet on the rumor front for the Vintage Collection for a while but hopefully we get official confirmations of some past and newly rumored items for the line. Recently, a Nebraska specialty retailer leaked word of possible update to the previous Amazon exclusive TVC Slave I, there’s also the long-standing rumor of a certain Bespin playset in the cards for 2020. A little Bothan told me that we may even see the reveal of 6 “new” TVC figures that represent characters from The Clone Wars, Rogue One, A New Hope and Return of the Jedi. These rumored figures are a mix of all new sculpts, repaints as well as repacks of recently released figures.
