April the 6th saw the Hasbro Star Wars team take to the Live Streams for another Fan First event and with a number of new Star Wars reveals to show us.
We will update this story as more information is received and as the press release and photo galleries are received from Hasbro & their PR team.
Black Series
The Black Series news started with the Saw Gerrara figure as announced as a pipeline figure some time ago. Saw is based on his Rogue One appearance and is a Deluxe release complete with his staff and breathing apparatus and tubing. Saw Gerrara will sit in the Rogue One Galaxy Collection and is numbered 10. He is a Winter 2022 release with pre-orders open from the 7th of April.
The Gaming Greats line continues with another Delta Squad release RC-1207 'Sev' from Republic Commando. He has an individual rifle with a sniper configuration and is number 11 in the Gaming Greats line and exclusive to Gamestop in the US and Zavvi in the UK.
The Publishing Programme line will have a release of Return of the Jedi: Infinities Darth Vader in the White Armour and Cloak as seen when Vader was redeemed and returned to the Jedi Order. He will be packed in the closed book style box with an opening front flap that features the comic book art from the Dark Horse series.
In the same line is a Publishing Edition Princess Leia Organa as taken from the Marvel Princess Leia comic series. She features a new hairpiece, cloak, holster, blaster rifle and pistol. The artwork comes from the Princess Leia early issues of the Marvel series.
The third Publishing Edition release is Sergeant Kreel from the Marvel Comics Star Wars series. He features an updated torso for a Stormtrooper body as well as new accessories, straps, and holsters. He features a blaster and lightsaber.
All of the Publishing Edition figures are Fan Channel releases coming Spring 2023.
The final Black Series reveal was a Premium Role Play X-Wing helmet of Trapper Wolfe (Dave Filoni) from The Mandalorian. It uses the base X-Wing helmet with updated Deco and decals and it features voice FX of Trapper Wolf from Season 1 and 2 as well as the other blaster FX sounds.
This is also a Fan Channel shared release for Spring 2023.
The Black Series pipeline reveals will see Grogu and a Season 1 Migs Mayfeld. We would assume Grogu is a build-up pack of sorts with one of his prams and possibly other added value like the Seeing Stone (this is speculation in terms of how they can make Grogu a standard release).
The Vintage Collection
The new 3.75-inch figure of Figrin D'an had been previewed the evening before the Live Stream through some of the Fan Sites. He will be a Spring 2023 release and comes with three of the Model Nodes instruments. The Star Wars team alluded to a future box set of the Model Nodes including Figrin D'an, but this is the only time the character will appear carded.
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The Gaming Greats line is also now established in the Vintage Collection and today we had the reveal of Shae Vizla from the Old Republic Video Game. The updated figure now features photo-real deco.
And joining the series is a new Battlefront 2 release of Lando Calrissian based on the unlockable skin from Battefront's Solo updates. The team have used the photo-real deco to apply the shirt design for a new degree of accuracy to these patterned costumes. Lando's cape is soft goods with a two-tone finish.
These Gaming Greats Vintage Collection releases are Autumn 2022 releases and shared across the Fan Channel retailers in the US and globally.
The reveals then moved to The Clone Wars and specifically the 501st with the reveal of ARC Trooper Jessie. This is a re-release of the figure from the exclusive ARC Trooper 3-pack, now concluding all three figures onto their own individual card backs.
From Season 7 of The Clone Wars comes the Deathwatch Airborne Trooper, complete with jet pack and twin blasters.
And the final main-line reveal from The Clone Wars, taken from Season 5, is the Super Commando Captain as seen in the capture of Duchess Satine. He too comes with a jet pack and twin blasters.
The three Clone Wars main-line releases are general releases and will arrive in Spring 2023.
The final Vintage Collection reveal will be a Troop Builder Pack of Imperial Death Troopers as seen in the likes of Rebels, Rogue One, and The Mandalorian. The Troopers feature a Captain with Pauldron and three basic Troopers. The set includes six weapons to share across the squad. As a Troop Builder, this is a boxed release for Autumn 2022 sold via Hasbro Pulse in the US, Canada, UK and now in Germany.
The final 3.75-inch news was the prototype Retro carded Chewbacca which is packed in six different variants with the Bowcaster also varied in its base colour. This is a US Target Exclusive, sold at Toys R Us in Canada, and via the Fan Channel elsewhere - it is a Summer 2023 release.
Pipeline reveals for The Vintage Collection were all from The Mandalorian - the Klatoonian Raider, the Artillery Stormtrooper, Luke Skywalker, and the Dark Trooper
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