Galaxy of Toys #90: Hasbro PulseCon, HasLab & Holiday Troopers

The crew of Galaxy of Toys Podcast is back to breakdown the reveals, announcements, and memorable moments from Hasbro's first virtual convention; Hasbro PulseCon 2020! Join host Jason Luttrull (Galaxy of Toys) and co-hosts Matt Fox (This Week in Star Wars), Ryan Beise (MrByZ Reviews), Chris Moorehead, Jayson Krebsbach (Yakface) and Jake Stevens (From4-LOMtoZuckuss) for a rundown of all the reveals from the last month! On this episode, we discuss the latest Star Wars offerings from Hasbro. We talk about the reveals at Hasbro PulseCon 2020 and our thoughts on the latest HasLab project. Please send comments and questions to galaxyoftoys@gmail.com

By |2020-10-01T23:39:58-07:00October 1st, 2020|Categories: Convention Coverage, Galaxy of Toys, Hasbro Pulse, HasLab|Tags: |

The Sandcrawler #99 – The Fallopian Falcon

As it is International Podcast Day, we had drop by The Sandcrawler to chat about the reveals made at this past weekend's Hasbro PulseCon. Join Mac, Dan, and yours truly as we breakdown the virtual convention yuletide announcements! We’re on Episode 99 but are we The Great One? Listen and find out! Hasbro Pulse Con 2020  was this past weekend and their livestream of the event provided a ton of Star Wars figure announcements including the reveal of the next Haslab crowd funding project: The Vintage Collection Razor Crest from The Mandalorian.  Jake returns to help us break down all the announcements. Follow along with our discussion with Jake’s article on From 4LOM to Zuckuss.com. Hasbro Pulse Poseable Figure Stands Watch listener, Dave put them [...]

By |2020-09-30T23:21:39-07:00September 30th, 2020|Categories: Convention Coverage, The Sandcrawler|Tags: |

Hasbro PulseCon Recap

Yesterday Hasbro's Star Wars brand panel provided a wealth of information and reveals and below you will find the cliff notes of all that was announced. The Vintage Collection Basic Figures Captain Rex (The Clone Wars) VC182 Fives (The Clone Wars) - Fall 2020 The Mandalorian (Beskar Armor) (The Mandalorian) Includes plastic cape Specialty Reissue Wave Anakin Skywalker (Peasant Disguise) (Attack of the Clones) - Spring 2021 Includes improved soft-goods & PhotoReal Battle Droid (The Phantom Menace) - Spring 2021 Updated weathering Deco Queen Amidala (The Phantom Menace) - Spring 2021 PhotoReal TIE Pilot (Return of the Jedi) - Spring 2021 Version taken from the TIE Fighter with improved deco Exclusives 501st Legion ARC Troopers Special Action Figure Set (Hasbro PulseCon) Incinerator Trooper (The Mandalorian) [...]

Hasbro PulseCon Press Release and Images

This morning Hasbro successfully began their first virtual convention, Hasbro PulseCon. The event began at 8 AM PST with fantasy gaming panels before transitioning to three consecutive Star Wars panels at 10:30 AM PST. The first panel hosted by members of Hasbro's design and marketing team as well a representation by LFL. During the panel, numerous Black Series and Vintage Collection figures were announced. Among them were a new wave of Archive figures, a new TVC reissue wave, a wave of Holiday Edition Black Series figures, few exclusive TBS and TVC figs, and a few non-exclusives. During the second panel, HasLab officially announced that the Razor Crest from The Mandalorian will be joining The Vintage Collection if it is successfully funded. This time, Hasbro [...]

Begun The Clone Wars Black Series Has

This morning approximately 40 minutes prior to their 7 AM release time, Wal*Mart made available yesterday's announced Clone Wars wave of The Black Series. If you missed the exclusive announcement yesterday by iO9, the wave consists of characters from the final season of The Clones Wars released earlier this year. The figures above are centered around The Seige of Mandalore arc which ended the series. Ahsoka Tano 332nd Ahsoka's Clone Trooper Mandalore Loyalist Mandalorian Super Commando The wave is set to launch in November and while the pre-sales were exclusive to Wal*Mart, the release of this line will include other retailers in the Fall. As of this reporting, 12 hours after launch, only the Mandalore Loyalist is still in stock [...]

By |2020-07-17T18:36:33-07:00July 17th, 2020|Categories: Convention Coverage, The Black Series, The Clone Wars|

Emerald City Comic Con Postponed

Each year we work hard to cover Emerald City Comic Con by releasing our annual Guide to everything Stars Wars at the show and just announced this morning it was announced that it has been postponed due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus which is valid due to Seattle being the US's ground zero for the illness. We will cover the convention, per usual, this Summer when it is expected to return. So it appears we can already shift our attention to the Washington State Summer Con which is coming to the Washington State Fair Grounds on the first weekend of Summer. Taking place on June 20th-21st, the convention, who has shown fans of the Star Wars Saga so much love in the past, [...]

By |2020-03-06T14:51:45-08:00March 6th, 2020|Categories: Convention Coverage|Tags: , |

Galaxy of Toys Episode #84 – International Con Reveals Fall 2019

The latest episode of Galaxy of Toys Podcast has dropped and is packed full of discussion about the latest reveals from Hasbro's EU Convention tour! Join Jason and co-hosts Ryan, Chris, Matt and Jake as they break down the upcoming Black Series and Vintage Collection figures and finally discuss the numerous hiccups Hasbro has had as of late. Tune in and let us know what you think on our socials. On this episode we take a look at some recent Hasbro Star Wars reveals from various Comic Cons held in Europe. Please send comments and questions to galaxyoftoys@gmail.com .

By |2019-11-12T11:17:25-08:00November 12th, 2019|Categories: Convention Coverage, Galaxy of Toys, The Black Series, The Vintage Collection 2|

Barcelona Manga Press Release and Images

In their last convention appearance of the year, the Hasbro Star Wars Brand Team revealed a few figures that will be coming in the second half of 2020. Just like at Lucca Comics and Games, Hasbro revealed two new Black Series, a "new" Vintage Collection figure and 4 reissues from earlier in The Vintage Collection line. For those keeping count over the past two weeks, Hasbro has revealed the following for 2020: 7 new Black Series figures 1 "new" repainted Black Series figure 2 newly sculpted Vintage Collection figures 2 "new" repainted Vintage Collection figures 8 reissued figures From a different point-of-view, we are getting in The Black Series: 6 figures from the Prequel Trilogy 1 figure from the Sequel Trilogy 1 figure from The [...]

By |2019-11-04T22:21:48-08:00November 4th, 2019|Categories: Convention Coverage, The Black Series, The Vintage Collection, The Vintage Collection 2|

Lucca Comics and Games Press Release and Images

This past weekend was another busy one for Hasbro's Star Wars Brand Team as they held two different panels while wrapping up their EU Convention tour. The first batch of reveals was done at Lucca Comics and Games Convention that was held in Italy. At the convention when it came to new products, Hasbro followed the same pattern of reveals as they did the week before and announced two Black Series figures and one Vintage Collection figure. But at this show they included four additional reveals for the Vintage Collection in the form of another wave of online exclusive reissues. Now we are still working through information collected at the convention, but it appears that the Clone Trooper while being a reissue will be a [...]

By |2019-11-04T21:38:38-08:00November 4th, 2019|Categories: Convention Coverage, The Black Series, The Vintage Collection 2|

Star Wars in 2019 and Beyond Calendar Update

Now that we have had a week to digest the incredible reveals and updates from this year's D23 Expo, we thought it was important to revisit our Star Wars in 2019 - Month by Month post from January. As fans of the Star Wars Saga, there is so much to look forward to between now (Galaxy's Edge in WDW opened this week) and end of the year which will see the final Skywalker Saga film released. September Toys: The Black Series Sith Trooper appears on shelves in Walt Disney World ahead of Triple Force Friday Toys: The Black Series Emperor Palpatine ships Comics: 4th - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - Dark Temple mini-series begins Books: 24th - Star Wars: How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks [...]

By |2019-08-31T12:12:37-07:00August 31st, 2019|Categories: Convention Coverage, Disney+, Star Wars: Resistance, The Clone Wars, The Rise of Skywalker|
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