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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: , |

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|

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) [...]

By |2020-09-26T01:31:17-07:00September 26th, 2020|Categories: Convention Coverage, The 40th Anniversary Collection, The Black Series, The Clone Wars, The Vintage Collection|Tags: , |

European Release of Cad Bane 2-Pack

What was originally intended to be European Convention exclusive, Cad Bane and TODO 360 can now be pre-ordered exclusively in European Countries. A Bane figure has been highly speculated about since the debut of the new packaging for the 6" line as what we now know is the brim of his hat could be seen on an adjoining figure. While this figure is set to be made available in the states in October, it is also rumored that it will appear in the general Black Series and without mostly likely TODO 360. We've received official images and press release info from Hasbro which is as follows: STAR WARS: THE BLACK SERIES 6-INCH CAD BANE AND TODO 360 Figure 2-Pack (HASBRO/Ages 4 years & up/Available: Fall 2020) The STAR WARS: [...]

By |2020-08-26T20:19:29-07:00August 26th, 2020|Categories: The Black Series, The Clone Wars|Tags: |

Hasbro Pulse Exclusives Press Release

This morning Hasbro through a handful of media partners announced three new sets that will be available for collectors in September. Screenrant announced a 6" Kenner-inspired addition to The Empire Strikes Back 40th Anniversary Collection line, The Wampa. This set is the first of its kind as it features Black Series action figures on the packaging to truly mimic the vintage Kenner release. Typically Black Series figures either use the black line art of Gregory Titus or the vintage card back images. The next release came via Cnet.com who debuted the lastest Special Action Figure Set for The Vintage Collection. This Clone Wars based three-pack includes members of the 501st Legion, Echo, Jesse and Fives. Each of these figures was featured extensively throughout The [...]

By |2020-07-20T22:45:37-07:00July 20th, 2020|Categories: 40th Anniversary Collection, The Black Series, The Clone Wars, The Empire Strikes Back|Tags: |

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|

Toy Fair 2020 Product Showcase: THE MANDALORIAN And STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS

Thanks to our friends at Disney PR we have received images from a press event showcase that took place today at the Dream Hotel in New York, New York. The event was focused on showing off product fans can look forward to collecting, wearing and owning later this year that is based on the two Disney+ series; The Mandalorian and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. There was tons of product shown at the event which was attended by Disney executives and Andy Carboni from The Star Wars Show. We combed through the images to feature products produced by Hasbro which can be found throughout the official press release below. FANS CAN CELEBRATE STAR WARS™ ALL YEAR LONG WITH NEW MERCHANDISE REVEALED AHEAD OF NEW YORK TOY [...]

By |2020-02-20T23:11:25-08:00February 20th, 2020|Categories: The Clone Wars, The Mandalorian, Toy Fair|Tags: , |

Pre-Toy Fair 2020 Star Wars New Products Press Release

Today has been chock full of reveals and New York Toy Fair has yet to even begin. This morning we had the Mission Fleet reveal, which earlier today we pointed out the similarity to Hasbro's canceled AMP'D line of 2012 and then there was an exclusive press release in which many of the items below were revealed along with many others and now we have the official press release from Hasbro about some of the items that tie into both The Mandalorian and The Clone Wars which returns tomorrow! (HASBRO/Ages 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $59.99/Available: Fall 2020) From HASBRO’S STAR WARS Collection comes THE CHILD ANIMATRONIC EDITION toy with sounds and motorized sequences! He may look like “BABY YODA,” but this lovable creature [...]

By |2020-02-20T22:43:11-08:00February 20th, 2020|Categories: The Clone Wars, The Mandalorian, Toy Fair|Tags: |

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|

ECCC Star Wars Rebels Panel with Hera & Obi-Wan

On Friday at Emerald City Comic Con, James Arnold Taylor and Vanessa Marshall entertained fans with stories and voices during their mainstage panel "Star Wars Rebels". The voice actors shared stories from their work on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. Marshall who plays Rebel Hera Syndulla in Rebels and Star Wars: Forces of Destiny and Taylor, who has now played Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi for eighteen years, in Star Wars: Clone Wars and Star Wars: The Clone Wars, recounted stories from their work history on numerous show and films and took questions from the audience. We were front and center for the show, which you can listen to in its entirety right here: Before the panel, we visited the autograph at [...]

By |2019-03-16T00:29:59-07:00March 16th, 2019|Categories: Comic Cons, Star Wars Rebels, The Clone Wars|
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