Hasbro has announced new figures for The Bad Batch featuring revised season 2 looks for Omega, Hunter, Echo, Tech, Wrecker and the Clone Commando. Preorders for Omega open next week April 11 at 1pm ET at most retailers, the other 5 open for preorder on May 4 exclusively at Walmart. Full details at Nerdist.com
Entertainment Earth is now taking individual preorders for Vintage Collection Starkiller, Hunter (The Bad Batch), and Admiral Piett (not Jerjerrod as listed).
TBS Crosshair (Imperial) is now available again on Walmart.com
While Hasbro has cutback on the number of new preorders, you can still get some of the new figures shown this week by preordering the existing TVC Wave 15 at sponsor Entertainment Earth.
TVC Wave 15 breakdown:
2x Cassian Andor – Aldhani Mission (Andor)
2x Hunter (The Bad Batch)
1x Clone Trooper – Phase II Armor (Andor)
1x Admiral Piett (Return of the Jedi)
1x Starkiller – Vader’s Apprentice – (The Force Unleashed)
1x Cal Kestis (Jedi Survivor) – carry forward/repack from wave 13
Sponsor Entertainment Earth has listed on their Drop Zone page a teaser for an upcoming preorder in February. The language “enlist” and “batch” seems to suggest something The Bad Batch related and will likely be the Vintage Collection Hunter from the already solicited TVC Wave 15 with Cassian Andor (Aldhani Mission) and Cal Kestis (Jedi Survivor). No word on if there will be anything else dropping that day but we will update when/if we learn more. Thanks to bac for the heads up.
Update: I’m reminded of the fact that there was a Black Series Omega from Season 2 pipelined back in October for MCM Comic Con, so she could be possible preorder as well.
Thanks to an image from Alan A. from the Star Wars The Vintage Collection UK Collectors Group on Facebook, we get a look at the back of the Scout Trooper (VC273) and some of the upcoming figures for Wave 7 (Wave 15): Hunter (The Bad Batch), Admiral Piett, Phase II Clone Trooper and Starkiller
With today’s preorders, a new TVC case assortment was added containing the new Cassian Andor (Aldhani Mission) as well as a repack/carry forward of the upcoming Cal Kestis (Jedi Survivor) figure. Based on the code name and SKU for Cassian, I believe we can also slot Hunter (The Bad Batch) in this case as well.
As always, case assortments are subject to change.
Hasbro Pulse Con gave a nice peek into the future of the Vintage Collection with a few Pipeline Reveals specifically targeted toward the 40th Anniversary of Return of the Jedi. They include: Darth Vader (retool), Weequay (reissue), Woof (reissue), Nikto (reissue), Kithaba (reissue), Yak Face! (Saelt Marae) (reissue), and the rumored Endor Bunker Playset (new) as well as the Female Tusken Warrior (new), and Clone Captain Howzer (reissue). Look for all of these in 2023.
Following up on a previous pipeline reveal, Hasbro Pulse Con gave collectors their first look at the Vintage Collection Hunter figure from The Bad Batch. This all-new, mainline figure features a removable helmet, backpack, pistol, blaster rifle and knife. Look for a preorder for this figure at a later date.
Two new LEGO Star Wars sets were officially annouonced today at LEGOCon 2022: 75337 AT-TE Walker (1082 pcs.) $139.99 and set 75323 The Justifier (1022 pcs.) $169.99. Both have an August 1 release date.