Our friends at BanthaSkull have the pleasure of revealing the reworked Vintage Collection Stormtrooper from A New Hope. This version features new rocker ankles (borrowed from the upcoming deluxe Nevarro version) and new hip holster. Preorders open on 3/24 at 1pm ET exclusively at Walmart.com.
Victoria’s Cantina brings us our first Vintage Collection reveals of the day with the Imperial Gunner from Return of the Jedi and R2-D2 (Sensorscope). These Walmart exclusives will be available for preorder at 1pm ET on March 24 as part of Walmart Collector Con.
Various fan sites and social media channels around the web will be taking part in a day of official reveals that include new, upcoming Vintage Collection and Black Series products from Hasbro. Check back throughout the day as we compile the announcements as they are made. Preorders are expected to come later (i.e. not today).
Participating sites/social channels: (more to come)
Bantha Skull – TVC Imperial Stormtrooper (ANH) – WM
From 4-LOM to Zuckuss – TBS 13th Battalion Clone Trooper – GS
Bossk’s Bounty – TBS Republic Commando “Fixer” – GS
Victoria’s Cantina – TVC Imperial Gunner & R2-D2 – WM
Fantha Tracks – TBS Republic Commando Fixer – GS
Collectors Cantina –TVC Imperial Gunner & R2-D2 – WM
Flyguy.net – 13th Battalion Clone Trooper – GS
@starwarstheblackseries – TBS Republic Commando “Fixer” – GS
Rebelscum – TVC Imperial Gunner & R2-D2 – WM
GuerreStellari – 13th Battalion Clone Trooper – GS
Star Wars Action News – 13th Battalion Clone Trooper – GS
Coffee with Kenobi – TVC Imperial Gunner & R2-D2 – WM
YodasNews – TVC Bespin Security Guard (Helder Spinoza) – WM
JediNews – TVC Bespin Security Guard (Isdam Edian) – WM
Mint in Box – TVC Bespin Security Guard (Isdam Edian) – WM
Star Wars Collector – TVC Bespin Security Guard (Isdam Edian) – WM
Galactic Figures – TVC Bespin Security Guard (Helder Spinoza) – WM
StarWars-Figuren –
Participating sites/social channels: (more to come)
Bantha Skull – TVC Imperial Stormtrooper (ANH) – WM
From 4-LOM to Zuckuss – TBS 13th Battalion Clone Trooper – GS
Bossk’s Bounty – TBS Republic Commando “Fixer” – GS
Victoria’s Cantina – TVC Imperial Gunner & R2-D2 – WM
Fantha Tracks – TBS Republic Commando Fixer – GS
Collectors Cantina –TVC Imperial Gunner & R2-D2 – WM
Flyguy.net – 13th Battalion Clone Trooper – GS
@starwarstheblackseries – TBS Republic Commando “Fixer” – GS
Rebelscum – TVC Imperial Gunner & R2-D2 – WM
GuerreStellari – 13th Battalion Clone Trooper – GS
Star Wars Action News – 13th Battalion Clone Trooper – GS
Coffee with Kenobi – TVC Imperial Gunner & R2-D2 – WM
YodasNews – TVC Bespin Security Guard (Helder Spinoza) – WM
JediNews – TVC Bespin Security Guard (Isdam Edian) – WM
Mint in Box – TVC Bespin Security Guard (Isdam Edian) – WM
Star Wars Collector – TVC Bespin Security Guard (Isdam Edian) – WM
Galactic Figures – TVC Bespin Security Guard (Helder Spinoza) – WM
StarWars-Figuren –
Participating sites/social channels: (more to come)
Bantha Skull – TVC Imperial Stormtrooper (ANH) – WM
From 4-LOM to Zuckuss – TBS 13th Battalion Clone Trooper – GS
Bossk’s Bounty – TBS Republic Commando “Fixer” – GS
Victoria’s Cantina – TVC Imperial Gunner & R2-D2 – WM
Fantha Tracks – TBS Republic Commando Fixer – GS
Collectors Cantina –TVC Imperial Gunner & R2-D2 – WM
Flyguy.net – 13th Battalion Clone Trooper – GS
@starwarstheblackseries – TBS Republic Commando “Fixer” – GS
Rebelscum – TVC Imperial Gunner & R2-D2 – WM
GuerreStellari – 13th Battalion Clone Trooper – GS
Star Wars Action News – 13th Battalion Clone Trooper – GS
Coffee with Kenobi – TVC Imperial Gunner & R2-D2 – WM
YodasNews – TVC Bespin Security Guard (Helder Spinoza) – WM
JediNews – TVC Bespin Security Guard (Isdam Edian) – WM
Mint in Box – TVC Bespin Security Guard (Isdam Edian) – WM
Star Wars Collector – TVC Bespin Security Guard (Isdam Edian) – WM
Galactic Figures – TVC Bespin Security Guard (Helder Spinoza) – WM
StarWars-Figuren – TVC Bespin Security Guard (Helder Spinoza) – WM
Recent shipping info shows that more cases of the new specialty wave of Vintage Collection, Amazon exclusive TVC Bad Batch 4pk and the Deluxe TVC Boba Fett (Tatooine) from TBOBF have arrived in the U.S. Hopefully, orders will ship sooner than their expected fulfillment dates
As a follow up to a previous report, it looks like preorders will be opening soon for the 4 rumored fan channel exclusive TVC Gaming Greats figures as a couple of them have surfaced in GameStop’s system. Watch for an official announcement and preorders within a few weeks.
According to recent shipping data, thousands of Star Wars Black Series and Vintage Collection products have arrived in the U.S. via the the port in Savannah, GA. Products include:
Black Series
Wave 31 solids: Stormtrooper (Jedha Patrol), Migs Mayfeld (Morak), Princess Leia, Dr. Evazan, Ponda Baba, Boba Fett (Tython), Bib Fortuna, Fennec Shand
Wave 32 solids: Ahsoka, Death Watch Mandalorian, Omega, The Client
Fan Channel exclusive Baze Malbus, Cassian Andor
Walmart Exclusive Imperial Clone Shock Trooper
Deluxe Boba Fett (Throne Room)
Black Series Archive (solids)
The Emperor
Dengar
Lando Calrissian (Skiff Guard)
501st Clone Trooper
Vintage Collection
Amazon Exclusive The Bad Batch 4pk
Update: Fennec Shand added
It sounds like we were supposed to get a slew of Vintage Collection and Black Series preorders this week (yesterday specifically), but now that preorder event will be pushed to April 7. (It’s not like we’re short on preorders already). That’s said, we may still get a couple announcements prior to that. Stay tuned for more.
We now know the VC numbers for the upcoming Ahsoka Tano (Corvus) and 501st Clone Trooper:
VC222 Ahsoka Tano
VC240 501st Clone Trooper
Thanks to legionofcollectorz on IG for the images.
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Many will enter, one will win! What do you think of these matchups?
There are some great choices and fun surprises on this year’s bracket. Which character do you want to see added to The Vintage Collection as an all-new figure first? This is unofficial and not affiliated with Hasbro or Disney in any way, but let’s get talking about what our TVC priorities are and have some fun along the way.
In January, you submitted over 400 lists of your top 25 most-wanted Vintage Collection figures and these matchups were determined by the seed rankings provided by the initial data, which you can see next to each character. The top-ranked character is matched against the lowest, and it works its way towards the middle. The winner of each matchup will advance to the next round.
Voting will begin Monday, March 7, in our Instagram stories. Stay tuned for more details.
Until then, download your own version of the bracket, fill it out with what you’d like to see happen, and share it with the hashtag #SWTVCMarchMadness.
May the Force be with you!