With the first of November, we not only get a new month but new figures as well! The Disney Store has released both in store and online their first Hasbro action figure exclusives. Joining The Black Series today was a new battle-damaged Captain Phasma from The Last Jedi, a Stormtrooper with blast fire-accessories, and the greatest bounty hunter of them all, Zuckuss. Now if you are thinking, haven't these already been released; you are correct. All three of these figures were slated as Toys 'R' Us exclusives earlier in the year. But with the collapse of Geoffrey's empire, these figures were picked up, thankfully, by The Disney Store. But as TRU is still alive and kicking in Canada, these figures have been out for several months both in-store and on www.toysrus.ca. [...]

This week Starwars.com released an article detailing the second wave of the upcoming Black Series 6" Archive collection. This series which focuses on releasing popular characters from The Black Series line with some photo-real printing upgrades. The Archive line has been two years in the making, due in large part to the fans who talk directly to the Hasbro executives on the convention circuit. “We’ve actually been discussing this in one form or another for literally the past two years,” Schneider says. “And it was just based on this idea: Fans would say, ‘It’s great that you’re releasing 4-LOM. I want 4-LOM. But for 4-LOM to make sense, I also need Boba Fett and Bossk and IG-88.” Hasbro has provided us with press photos of wave 2, [...]