Walmart’s exclusive TVC Mimban Stormtrooper is finally seeing some distribution thanks to them being in stock online, though at a pretty high markup.
Personal Note: Mine arrived today, and damn what a fine figure it is! Hopefully Hasbro and Disney are taking notes that great army builders like this should be packed heavily in basic assortments as opposed to being an exclusive. And just imagine how much better the TVC retail landscape would look if Wave One of TVC had two of these packed into each case instead of repacks of Rey and Jyn?
Rey (Island Journey). Mimban Stormtrooper. Elite Corps Clone Trooper. Three TVC figures we all thought we’d have by now (although Rey is enroute to collectors as we speak) but now it sounds like the next wave of Vintage figures will be following that trend of delayed gratification and will be available in March 2019. Preorders should still open next month… hopefully.
Here we are just a week before Christmas, and Walmart and Target stores are stocked to the gills with TVC that launched 9 months ago. And Walmart continues to get even more of the initial wave in.
How many figures did Hasbro produce from this wave anyway? How can 2019 be a successful TVC year when they shoot themselves in the foot right out of the gate with mostly repacks? Why aren’t there barely any sales or pricing rollbacks on these at retail? Share your thoughts here or in our forums.
For UK collectors trying to acquire the Vintage Collection Sail Barge, be assured that Hasbro is still pursuing a way to distribute it in that country in 2019. There has been alarm recently that it wasn’t going to happen at all. Hopefully we’ll hear something by Toy Fair 2019, if not before.
Thanks to UK resident Ashley F. for the updated info.
Entertainment Earth has updated their pages for the Vintage Collection Rey (Island Journey) and Elite Clone Trooper figures to reflect a new estimated arrival date of January 2019.
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We posted the figures comprising of 6″ Black Series Wave 20 in the comments for the TVC 2019 Wave 1 article, but here is the official breakdown for TBS Wave 20 currently slated for an April 2019* release.
2x Padmé Amidala
2x Battle Droid
1x Mace Windu
1x Vice Admiral Holdo
1x Han Solo (Mudtrooper)
1x Dryden Vos
*Black Series Archive Wave 1 launches January 2019 with 2 of each figure (Boba Fett, Luke Skywalker, Bossk, IG-88).
UPDATE: Word is that this wave (20) may be available as early as February.
It’s been a while since we’ve posted regarding future figure assortments, but it looks like that the first wave of the Vintage Collection for 2019 is set as follows:
