{"id":52497,"date":"2022-01-26T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/?p=52497"},"modified":"2022-01-26T08:07:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T14:07:31","slug":"retro-rumor-report-who-is-the-next-prototype-edition-figure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/2022\/01\/26\/retro-rumor-report-who-is-the-next-prototype-edition-figure\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro Rumor Report: Who Is the Next Prototype Edition Figure?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/retro_2022_prototype.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/retro_2022_prototype-1024x826.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52498\" width=\"474\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/retro_2022_prototype-1024x826.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/retro_2022_prototype-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/retro_2022_prototype-768x619.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/retro_2022_prototype.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>2022 will continue Target&#8217;s annual trend started in 2019 of offering an exclusive <strong>Retro Collection Prototype Edition figure<\/strong>. So far, we have Darth Vader, Boba Fett and Imperial Stormtrooper &#8211; question is: who will be next? Precedent shows that it will most certainly utilize an existing mold and with the 2021 Stormtrooper having a colored weapon (one of 6 variants), I have a strong feeling that for 2022 we will see Chewbacca (with colored bowcaster) join in the multicolor madness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let it be stated, I have <strong>zero confirmation<\/strong> that it will be Chewie &#8211; just a feeling &#8211; but after some recent investigating in Target&#8217;s system, I do have strong evidence there is a new Prototype Edition figure code named <strong>&#8220;Eraser&#8221;<\/strong> for $13.99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may recall, based on our <a href=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/2021\/09\/07\/rumor-report-another-retro-item-for-this-year\/\">previous report<\/a>, that Boba Fett had the code name <strong>&#8220;Chalk&#8221;<\/strong> and the Stormtrooper had the code name <strong>&#8220;Blackboard&#8221;<\/strong>, so <strong>&#8220;Eraser&#8221;<\/strong> fits rather nicely into this naming and pricing convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Obviously, no official information is known yet, so this is all speculation and rumor until then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2022 will continue Target&#8217;s annual trend started in 2019 of offering an exclusive Retro Collection Prototype Edition figure. So far, we have Darth Vader, Boba Fett and Imperial Stormtrooper &#8211; question is: who will be next? Precedent shows that it will most certainly utilize an existing mold and with the 2021 Stormtrooper having a colored &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/2022\/01\/26\/retro-rumor-report-who-is-the-next-prototype-edition-figure\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Retro Rumor Report: Who Is the Next Prototype Edition Figure?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[76,39,86,3182,2789,2351,29],"class_list":["post-52497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collecting","tag-exclusives","tag-hasbro-2","tag-kenner","tag-prototype-edition","tag-retro-collection","tag-rumor-reports","tag-target"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52497"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52508,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52497\/revisions\/52508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}