Sponsor DorksideToys has passed along final carded images for the upcoming Clone Commander Wolffe, Power Droid and Luke Skywalker (Stormtrooper) figures from The Vintage Collection. As you can see, the fit and finish of the bubbles and the trays now reflect what we’ll see when these ship out to collectors and hit stores.
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Rumor Report: 5 New TVC Figure Listings Found Via Walmart app
Yesterday, I teased the reveal of a bit of forthcoming Vintage Collection (TVC) news and now that I’ve some time, here it is. Five new TVC listings have turned up in Walmart’s system* . Interestingly, a new code naming theme has been introduced with this wave with the names of oceans. “Atlantic”, “Pacific”, “Indian”, and “Arctic”. The fifth name looks familiar as the “Omega” name (from The Mandalorian) has turned up in our prior Black Series rumor report. It’s a pretty safe bet that they are the same character, the question is, who is it?
*Note: these are NOT Walmart exclusives.
Rumor Report: Convention Exclusive Clone Trooper Set
Fellow product sleuther, JTPrime has found evidence of an upcoming exclusive Hasbro Clone Trooper pack currently en route to the U.S. Like previous convention exclusives*, they are initially available at shows like SDCC but also available through Hasbro Pulse. It is unclear what scale this is, but I’d bet on this being a Black Series item.
As for Vintage (TVC) product news, stay tuned.
*Obviously, there are no conventions planned in the short term so these will likely go directly to online sales.
PEtition Hasbro to Make More NEW 3.75″ TVC Figures Per Year
Collectors and fans of Hasbro’s Vintage Collection (TVC) line have launched a Change.org petition to spur them to make more NEW 3.75″ TVC figures. Joining the movement is simple, just take this link and sign to show your support.
#backTVC #fightforTVC #save375
Rumor Report: New TVC Playset Now Listed in Walmart app
As a follow up to a tease I posted on Instagram back in March, I have now found an accessible link via the Walmart app to a listing for a new Vintage Collection playset to be revealed and released this year. It is not exclusive to Walmart (thank God) and isn’t a reissue of the POTF2 version. It is suspected to be the long-rumored Carbon Freezing Chamber playset from The Empire Strikes Back. Still no word as to how many (if any) figures it will include.
Update: It may include a single Stormtrooper and have electronics.
Show Hasbro Your Support for the Vintage Collection
Fan sites and collectors everywhere are rallying behind the movement to show Hasbro, and more importantly the retailers that carry Hasbro’s product, the demand for The Vintage Collection (TVC) and 3.75″ figures is STILL strong in the collecting community. Hasbro continually looks for metrics to justify the creation of products for this long-running line. By first voting with our wallets in support of products created for TVC, and second by using the power social media, we hope we will be sending a clear message that we want these products and we want stores (both brick and mortar and online) to carry more of them – not just in quantity but in variety, too.
To those who use social media as part of their regular communication with fellow collectors, use the hashtags #backTVC, #fightforTVC and/or #save375 to show Hasbro your passion for the line as there are some great things coming for The Vintage Collection this year and next. To tweak a line from Darth Sidious: we have the power to save the ones we love. And what we love is The Vintage Collection and the 3.75″ action figure format.
Hasbro QnA With Fan Sites
Hasbro’s Star Wars Brand Team held a Google Hangout with groups of several fan sites to answer questions regarding their various lines. Below you will find links the questions and answers that some of the sites submitted.
FanthaTracks
JediBusiness
JediNews
StarWarsCollector
From 4-LOM to Zuckuss
FlyGuy/StarWarsBlackSeries (IG)
Imperial Shipyards
Bantha Skull
Starwars-figuren
Update: From 4-LOM to Zuckuss added
Update 2: Flyguy.net/StarWarsBlackSeries, Imperial Shipyard, Bantha Skull, StarWars-Figuren added
Rumor Report: New TVC & tbS Exclusives Follow Up
Last week I posted word of a handful of potential exclusives coming from Hasbro in late 2020. Today I can publish 10 hints to aid in your speculation.
For this group of 5 exclusives:
None are clone characters
None are Jedi/or former Jedi characters
None are members of The Ghost crew characters
None are PT characters
None are OT characters
None are ST characters
One item is TVC
One figure is an alien
One is a vehicle
Two items have never been released by Hasbro before
All five are related by their source material
As I mentioned in the previous report, it will be interesting to see how these are distributed due to the cancellation/closure of large venues.
Sponsor News: New Preorders Open at Entertainment Earth
Sponsor Entertainment Earth has opened preorders for some of the new products revealed today. Head on over to secure yours.
New TBS and TVC Preorders at Dorksidetoys
DorksideToys is now taking preorders for the new TBS Deluxe Luke and Yoda 2pk and the TVC Luke Skywalker (Stormtrooper) figure.