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More Fan Celebration Reveals

This past week Hasbro continued their Fan Celebration reveals by showing off the next member of The Bad Batch and two all-new Vintage Collection sculpts. Last Thursday, Wrecker was announced to be joining his clone brothers from the upcoming animated series which were revealed a few months ago. The next day on Friday, IG-11 from The Mandalorian and Bespin Lando Calrissian were finally shown off. Both of these figures were part of the pipeline reveals made a few weeks ago during Hasbro's last LiveStream event of 2021. Wrecker was made available for pre-order this past Friday but both TVC figures will be put up for presale in the future. Hasbro has provided us with their official press release information and photos. STAR WARS: THE BLACK [...]

By |2021-03-01T21:23:57-08:00March 1st, 2021|Categories: The Black Series, The Empire Strikes Back, The Mandalorian, The Vintage Collection, The Vintage Collection 2|Tags: , |

Exclusive Fan Celebration Reveal: TBS First Order Stormtrooper Helmet

We are excited to once again be partnering with Hasbro in their Fan Celebration Day by providing an exclusive reveal of their latest helmet to join Star Wars: The Black Series line. The First Order Stormtrooper Electronic Helmet joins the already impressive line of Star Wars replica helmets produced by Hasbro. This helmet includes voice distortion electronics much like the troopers from Star Wars: The Last Jedi. This helmet is now available for pre-order at Hasbro Pulse and other online etailers. Like last year's Fan Celebration Day reveals, make sure to visit Hasbro's fan media partners today for other exclusive reveals. The official press release and images can be found below following a quote from one of the helmet's designers: [...]

By |2021-02-23T21:07:38-08:00February 24th, 2021|Categories: The Black Series, The Last Jedi|Tags: , |

Hasbro Star Wars Brand Team Interview – Feb ’21

Today we had the opportunity to sit down with members of Hasbro's Star Wars Brand Team, Patrick Schneider and Eric Franer. Jake was joined by our friend Dan Emmons of StarWarsCollector.com and fellow fan-media site contributors Jose from Endor System, @skeletonastronaut from Rebelscum, and Victoria from Victoria's Cantina. You can listen to the interview in podcast form by subscribing to The Sandcrawler on your favorite podcast feed. Or you can watch the video of the actual interview on our official YouTube channel as linked below!

By |2021-02-10T21:23:34-08:00February 10th, 2021|Categories: Interview, The Black Series, The Vintage Collection|Tags: |

GameStop’s Gaming Greats Cal Kestis and Thoughts on Repaints

This past Friday, Hasbro announced their next Gaming Greats figure for the GameStop exclusive Black Series line. Cal Kestis from the popular Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order joins the deluxe line. This figure includes not only his trusty BD-1 droid but it also includes a small Bogling creature from the planet Bogano. This figure appears to be a repaint of the initial Cal figure released last October on Triple Force Friday with a new cloak. When it comes to repaints, the last year of figures has featured them heavily so this release is not unexpected. Whether the 6" line has been rereleasing sculpts with PhotoReal deco, holiday repaints, or Mandalorian credit sequence Credit Collection repaints, the reuse of molds has become the norm for the [...]

By |2021-02-09T21:43:15-08:00February 9th, 2021|Categories: The Black Series|Tags: |

Fan First Friday Livestream Jan ’21 Press Release

Yesterday morning Hasbro Pulse held their "inaugural" Livestream event of 2021 on their official YouTube page. This Fan First Friday event revealed ten new items as well as showcasing three that were revealed yesterday on IGN. They also previewed a few figures in the works for both The Black Series and The Vintage Collection. We'll break down our thoughts about each of the reveals in a follow-up post. But in the meantime, the following are the official press release and images from today as provided to us by Hasbro: STAR WARS: THE BLACK SERIES LUCASFILM 50TH ANNIVERSARY 6-INCH QUI-GON JINN Figure (HASBRO/Ages 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $24.99/Available: Spring 2021) Commemorate the first 50 years of LUCASFILM with figures inspired by the STAR WARS prequel [...]

By |2021-01-30T12:56:54-08:00January 30th, 2021|Categories: Episode 1, Lucasfilm 5th Anniversary, The Black Series, The Clone Wars, The Vintage Collection, The Vintage Collection 2|Tags: , |

The Sandcrawler – Episode 107: Save The Black Series Junior

The Sandcrawler Podcast is back in 2021 with Episode #107! Join hosts Mike Tarkin and Dengar Dan as they torture Jake Stevens with his pet peeves and all three discuss some of the best Black Series and Vintage Collection figures released in 2020! Tune in and let us know your thoughts on the best figs of the last 12 months! It’s our first show of the new year! And after the year the world went through last year, it’s reason to celebrate! This week we catch up on new Star Wars finds (and other franchises) in I Wanted Everything and Jake asks the question But Where Did The Pins Go?  Getting the Din Djarin/The Child Build Up Pack was a pain for most collectors. How [...]

By |2021-01-24T20:01:34-08:00January 24th, 2021|Categories: The Black Series, The Sandcrawler, The Vintage Collection|

Mando Monday #8 Hasbro Press Release

This week Hasbro once again debuted new product on the penultimate Mando Monday! Next week will be the final installment as it corresponds with this Friday's final episode of Season 2. After fans experience the latest episode every Friday on Disney+, they can visit MandoMondays.com each Monday to see what new toys, collectibles, apparel, books, comics, digital content and more will be unveiled. Mando Mondays will run for nine weeks, culminating on December 21. The rumored and now confirmed Bo-Katan is joining The Black Series next year along with a second 2021 Archive Collection wave. This second wave not only reissues hot-on-the-second-hand-market figures but ones that all tie into The Mandolorian as well. Lastly, in the action figure category, the third wave of The Bounty Collection [...]

By |2020-12-16T21:54:54-08:00December 16th, 2020|Categories: The Black Series, The Mandalorian|Tags: |

The Sandcrawler Podcast #103 – Many Many Mando Mondays!

This week on The Sandcrawler, Jake joins Mac and Dan to discuss this Fall's many #MandoMonday reveals and a ton of action figure therapy...now in video! This week we catch up on Mando Mondays and the announced Star Wars figures for Black Series and The Vintage Collection. Will we get the entire Bad Batch team at some point? Does it really matter if the announced Zutton figure is named Snaggletooth or not? In I Wanted Everything Jake knocked off a few big missing pieces for his complete Disney Parks Droid Factory collection. Dan finds a super cool KB Toys Phantom Menace sign and Mac proves he’s a hypocrite  and gets The Carbon Freeze Chamber play set. It’s a shorter show [...]

By |2020-11-28T00:17:22-08:00November 28th, 2020|Categories: The Black Series, The Sandcrawler, The Vintage Collection|Tags: |

Mando Mondays #4 Hasbro Press Release

This morning Hasbro announced another three Black Series figures based on the Disney+ hit The Mandalorian. These reveals were made on the fourth Mando Monday since the program began in late October. Each of the figures revealed today include characters that have yet to be announced for The Vintage Collection but have been announced for the Retro Collection. Now is should be noted that while Amazon and Wal*Mart are listed below, these figures are not exclusive to those retailers and will be released both in brick-and-mortar stores and at online etailers. We have been provided the official press release and images by Hasbro and be found below: STAR WARS: THE BLACK SERIES 6-INCH MOFF GIDEON Figure (HASBRO/Age 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $19.99/Available: [...]

By |2020-11-16T23:01:15-08:00November 16th, 2020|Categories: The Black Series, The Mandalorian|

Fan First Friday November’s Livestream Press Release

Last Friday, Hasbro Pulse held another Fan First Friday Livestream event which resulted in four new reveals for The Black Series and The Vintage Collection. The event hosted by Star Wars Brand Team members Patrick Schnieder and Eric from the Design Department on the Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel. The Vintage Collection Zutton figure was hinted at potentially needing two more versions to be released in the line before for and Hasbro can check it off their The Ninty Six list which is referring to the original 96 or figures that were originally released by Kenner in the vintage line. In addition to the reveals, it was mentioned that the Brand Team is listening to fans and that after the next release of Captain Rex [...]

By |2020-11-16T22:36:28-08:00November 16th, 2020|Categories: The Black Series, The Clone Wars, The Vintage Collection|
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