Some collectors in Canada who preorder the reissued 6″ Clone Captain Rex (#59) have recelive notifications that it has been cancelled by the vendor (i.e. Hasbro). No official word yet on the preorder status here in the U.S.
UPDATE: Gamestop Canada may have cancelled this because there was not ETA for this figure. U.S. retailer Entertainment Earth reopened preorders today but have pushed the release date back from March 2022 to December 2022.
Good news! The Walgreens exclusive 6″ Black Series 212th Clone Trooper now shows up in their system. Bad news it says “discontinued (item is not orderable)”. So it is still up in the air when/if these are coming as it says none are in transit and none are on order.
We had hinted at these in various IG posts and comments as well as on our master list but Jedi Aayla Secura, Ki-Adi Mundi and ARC Trooper Jesse will be joining the Black Series next year with Ewok Celebration Leia, Figrin D’an and New Republic Security Droid. (Not sure at this time of the Jedi will be from AOTC or ROTS)
Thanks to JediInsider for the wave details.
Instagram follower Jimmy sends word of finding a large trove of new TVC figures at Macys in Boca Raton, FL.
For TVC collectors eagerly awaiting the Ahsoka wave, Hasbro’s distribution center is receiving large shipments of retail case assortments as well as solid cases of each figure.
Sponsor Entertainment Earth is now taking preorders for the Kotobukiya ARTFX Captain Rex 1:7 Scale Statue. Leaping right from the screen of the final season of The Clone Wars, the Captain Rex statue combines with the Ahsoka Tano 1:7 Scale Statue (sold separately) to recreate their harrowing escape from Order 66!
We’ve read and have been receiving reports of the newest wave of Vintage Collection figures (Ahsoka, ARC Trooper Echo, Offworld Jawa) has started hitting Target including stores in Maryland, North Carolina and Florida. Let us know if you find them as well.
Thanks to Joseph G. for the image (and for picking these up for me).
Thanks to some in-hand packaging shots from a Facebook member, we now have the VC numbers for Wave 7 of the Vintage Collection. They breakdown as follow:
ARC Trooper Echo – VC176
Darth Maul (Mandalore) – VC201
Ahsoka Tano (Mandalore) – VC202
Offworld Jawa (Arvala-7) – VC203
It’s nice to have that 176 gap officially filled after the error of issuing the two Walmart Exclusive TVC figures – Din Djarin and The Child and the Incinerator Stormtrooper the VC177 designation. Now the question is: Who is VC200?
The Disney Store exclusive series of Star Wars Toybox figures continues on with a new set revealed recently – Ahsoka Tank and Captain Rex. These should be available online and in-store in the coming weeks here in the US.
Image via @UKstarwarscollector on Instagram
Collectors have been anxiously awaiting some sort of update on the official release/preorder of the Walgreens Exclusive 6″ Black Series 212th Battalion Clone Trooper announced last week. So here’s a “non-update” update: as of today, Walgreens still doesn’t have this in their system – neither online nor in-store.
If we use the last Walgreens exclusive as a guide, the 6″ Phase I Clone Trooper Lieutenant never went up for preorder either. It was leaked on August 18, 2020, officially announced on August 21, and then went online for purchase (not preorder) a month later on September 18. I wouldn’t be surprised if something similar happened for the new 212th Clone Trooper.