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Happy #SatTOYday And we hope it is indeed a Happy SatTOYDay, especially after a disappointing TripleForceFriday for most of the UK. Our issue today rounds up the news from the last couple of weeks, then we take a look at all the TripleForceFriday news and reveals, including an overview of the day itself here in the UK. Be warned there are spoilers in this section, so stop reading when you hit the spoiler warning. We will be back sooner than normal with issue 105 that will cover all the New York Comic Con News. In the meantime you can follow the NYCC news at our conventions & events page. We are using a new PDF viewer on the site, which means you go to the SatTOYday news page and then click on the issue you want to read. Older issues, as per usual, are in the SatTOYday archive and are PDF's direct from Google Drive.

At their booth at New York Comic Con, Mezco have unveiled a brand new One:12 Collective Classic Wonder Woman figure. Shortly afterwards the pre-orders went live and the promotional gallery and details were released. Wonder Woman includes her torso armour and star pattern trunks. She is also wearing a removable cape which includes internal wiring to pose it. Her weapons include the Sword of Athena, spear, battle axe and her shield. There are two versions of the Lasso of Truth - one wound that can also be hung on her belt, and one unwound for action posing. Diana also gets two head portraits and a selection of hand options. She will come with the standard One:12 display base with Wonder Woman logo. The figure is a limited exclusive and can only be bought via Mezco. It may ship as early as November, but could be as late as January 2020. "The One:12 Collective Wonder Woman – Classic Edition comes prepared for battle, outfitted in reinforced torso armor and trunks with star pattern detailing. The unconquerable warrior wears a cape with an integrated posing wire that attaches via a clasp at the neck. Wonder Woman comes complete with weaponry fit for the Princess of the Amazons, such as the Sword of Athena and Lasso of Truth which can be held on her belt, a spear, a battle axe, and a shield. Diana Prince, better known as Wonder Woman, is a member of a tribe of women called the Amazons, native to Paradise Island. Wonder Woman has come to represent the possibility and potential of life without war, hate, or violence. She stands amongst the most power superheroes to protect the world from injustice in all forms."

Here in the UK, I think it is fair to say that Triple Force Friday did not live up to they hype put into it by both the Disney/Star Wars teams - but also by sites like ourselves. All of us built up Triple Force Friday to what we all hoped would be a huge launch of new Star Wars product. In US we are seeing collectors scooping up product from Target and Walmart in person with "scores" being proudly shared on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. And even in Australia, a country often on par with the UK in terms of availability, had on the shelf options and availability. What happened here in the UK was quite the opposite. I sit here now as the 4th of October draws to a close and have no new Star Wars product in hand to review or enjoy, the first time this has happened across any of the previous Force Fridays. On the Pegs? With the absence of Toys R Us we knew that actually on the shelf product would be limited. The hopes of collectors finding anything laid predominantly with Forbidden Planet and Disney Store. Sadly neither delivered. The Disney stores opened at 9am on Friday with a new Star Wars section and with some new product like the Vintage Series and their own items including clothing and figurines - but no Black Series or more collector focused items. Forbidden Planet stores also have the limited Vintage figures, but nearly all their Black Series orders were delayed. That meant even the flagship London store opening at midnight only had the Elite Snowtrooper Exclusive on sale. FP stocks will start to land from the 8th October so there is hope, just a few days late. Smyths joined the Force Friday party late, but initially in a big way with the announcement of their First Order Jet Trooper Carbonized Exclusive and Black Series stocks going live at midnight. Again disappointment followed. While some of the figures went up just after 12.30am, none were in actually stock. Those visiting stores on Triple Force Friday may be lucky to find the Remote Control D-0 droid and nothing else. Again delays have put pay to anything being on the shelf, not even their own exclusive. They were even promoting Jurassic World on Friday AM with no mention of Star Wars anywhere. It seems the Smyths stock is now expected around the 14th of October (10-days) late and their own exclusive is being quoted as arriving at some point after the 31st of October. The Entertainer did sent out a Force Friday email circular and had made some effort in stores. But the majority of this was new Funko (arriving on the 5th) and Lego stock. This was then coupled with the clearance Star Wars items they've been stocking for the last few months. The Galaxy of Adventures figures are incoming into The Entertainer later in October. Asda, when asked, have given a vague response of some new product in stores from 17th of October, and are the only one of the big supermarkets to confirm anything. Online? Most of the online attention was towards Star Action Figures who have secured the new Carbonized Mandalorian as an exclusive and had heavily promoted this and their midnight launch. This demand at Star Action Figures was likely further increased when many other sites started talking about delays at UK customs impacting the basic Mandalorian figure and the Jawa. At midnight the Star Action Figures site pretty much went down and stayed inaccessible for most for at least the next couple of hours. Some orders got through, others partially and sadly instead of packing new orders overnight and into Force Friday the SAF team are still working through the system to ensure those who did pay have an order confirmation. I tip my hat to the team for staying with it most of the night and keeping people updated. Sites like In Demand and Kapow suffered similar issues - although not quite as bad. I did manage to place an order with Kapow that looks to be arriving on Monday. Other online stores like Geeky Nerd Toys and Darkside Toys, with likely lower volumes of traffic, were probably the biggest winners as other sites struggled with volume and they captured the orders for the product they had in stock. One site that will never have volume issues is Amazon, and they were fine all night. The problem here was the distinct lack of any product. Their exclusive Carbonized Sith Trooper, expected to be up at midnight, was a no-show until the very early hours and was then a pre-order for the 11th of October and not in stock. Oddly, Amazon also listed the Carbonized Jet Trooper (Smyths) and Mandalorian (Star Action Figures) for pre-order - we will have to see if these are honoured? So what could you buy? While the Vintage 3.75" figures seem to be in good supply online and via Disney and Forbidden Planet, it was the Black Series that seemed to suffer on Force Friday. Cal Kestis, Rey, Kylo, Stormtrooper, Second Sister and Sith Trooper seemed to be the main stocks and anyone ordering these should start to get them Saturday onwards. The Sith Trooper did seem to sell out at a number of places. There was also availability on the white box first editions which sites were selling as cases only, that seemed to be the easiest way to secure the wave if you had the £150 - £160 cash spare and could get on the sites offering those bundles. Sadly I do not expect to see the First Edition boxes anywhere on UK shelves. The Mandalorian exclusive sold out at Star Action Figures, but more are due next week. The basic Mando figure apparently never made it past customs, stuck alongside the Jawa. The other Carbonized figures were mixed with some imported stock listed on other sites - the Second Sister seemed to be fairly widespread to having come in from Diamond Comics. What Next? The next few weeks will see the stock issues easing, and we will also have new items like the Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker and Purge Trooper arriving. Everyone will get the figures they want, and I even think some like Rey and Kylo will end up discounted - potentially even before the movie lands. Longer term, and if we do get a similar Force Friday event in the future, it seems expectations should be better managed by all parties. Had the "product launch" been on Friday with stocks then coming online for pre-order in stages the expectation of having it in hand on the same day would have been negated and the possible demand on websites spread out. The other option is to do the global reveal, then open the pre orders ahead of Force Friday letting the online stores pick and pack and dispatch for the day - especially if the stores here in the UK are reluctant to put new stock on shelves.... For now, let's enjoy the popularity of Star Wars - after all it very nearly broke the internet. Play some Battlefront, listen to some John Williams, stick on your favourite (mine is Return of the Jedi) and enjoy your Friday. May The Force Be With You You can share your thoughts and experiences using the comments below (sign in needed) or via the posts on Facebook and Twitter - here are a few we have received The comments are from our readers and do not reflect our opinion. They can be read and responded to on our Facebook and Twitter feeds if you wish to verify them further. "F5 "This website cant be reached" F5 "This website cant be reached" for 2 hours, but eventually got everything I wanted. Bloody knackered though as I had to get up early for work and only had 3 hrs kip😴" "The only experience iv had so far has been refreshing a Web page at midnight and getting nowhere fast" "Store wise there isn't one haha but online was fun last night." "I’ll be honest it was rubbish. UK shops claiming they had exclusive figures to their stores to drive sales and the figures were US exclusives which they managed to get a handful of. Then hardly anything worth staying up late for as most stores websites crashed out." "farcefriday" "Managed to get everything after the 12.01 meltdown, F5'ing between IDT and Kapow until almost 2 am, dropped into my local Smyths at 9am to see about their 'exclusive' only to find nothing but a couple of those plastic lightsabers, the manager told me everything was a big secret because of the new movie coming out, secret my **** your shop is useless"

The NECA booth at NYCC 2019 is overrun with Gremlins, with NECA showing off their new Christmas Carol 2-packs ahead of their release. There was also a new Gremlin, the Smoking Gremlin from Dorry's Tavern - complete with Fedora hat. It seems this display is showing off part of the new NECA & Loot Crate collaboration where NECA figures are offered in a kickstarter programme via the Loot Launcher programme. Fans have to back the set for it to go into production. The Fedora and Cigarette for the Gremlin is part of a wider "Dress & Play" Gremlin set currently under way on Loot Launcher. Image has been shared by Preternia on Twitter, follow them for full NYCC coverage direct from the convention floor.

NECA and Loot Crate - now called the Loot Company - are working under the same umbrella now and as such we are starting to see new opportunities for product that started with the 7 inch scale NECA Tec-Shield Batman figure offered as a Loot Crate subscriber exclusive. Now this burgeoning partnership has expanded very quickly to a Kickstarter type campaign for new NECA products. The idea is simple, NECA and Loot Crate share a new NECA product via the Loot Launcher element of the website. The figures have a set number of commitments to meet and once that level is reached the figure will be produced and sent to everyone who backed it. This is very similar to the Haslab project from Hasbro, but in this case NECA have been smart and are going with smaller value product. The Loot Launcher option also has International distribution built in so is open to most of the globe and no-one is actually charged until the product reaches its goal date and the goal has been met. One of the first items NECA are working this through with is a new 30th Anniversary Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle accessory set with an exclusive "Spirit" Splinter figure which will be exclusive to this channel. Splinter uses the existing sculpt and stands 6 inch high, he comes with iridescent paint and robes - similar to the Hasbro Force Ghosts. The pack also includes some Turtles movie collectible sand accessories and it seems a T-Shirt as you are asked to submit your size when checking out - but at this stage these are not detailed. Despite this the $49.99 set is very nearly halfway to the goal of 3000 units being backed as we write this article. If we back this as a UK customer we will be paying $49.99 for the item and $10 shipping to UK. That is about £49 at todays exchange rate, although that will fluctuate. If you want to back the Spirit of Splinter figure and accessory set, you have until the 17th of November to back it. This is the date you will be charged if it is successful. It will ship in Spring 2020. Cowabunga! 30 years ago, the heroes in a half shell took the world by storm with 1990’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie and we’re celebrating with an exclusive assortment of limited edition TMNT gear! The crate includes an exclusive “Spirit of Splinter” action figure not available anywhere else! It stands over 6” tall and is fully poseable with special iridescent paint applications, cloth robe, and LED campfire base to recreate one of the film’s most iconic scenes. “I am proud of you, my sons. Tonight you have learned the final and greatest truth of the ninja…” What else? An epic assortment of other TMNT movie collectibles & accessories. Plus... no anchovies. And we mean NO anchovies. You find anchovies in this thing and someone’s in big trouble, okay?

NECA and Loot Crate - now called the Loot Company - are working under the same umbrella now and as such we are starting to see new opportunities for product that started with the 7 inch scale NECA Tec-Shield Batman figure offered as a Loot Crate subscriber exclusive. Now this burgeoning partnership has expanded very quickly to a Kickstarter type campaign for new NECA products. The idea is simple, NECA and Loot Crate share a new NECA product via the Loot Launcher element of the website. The figures have a set number of commitments to meet and once that level is reached the figure will be produced and sent to everyone who backed it. This is very similar to the Haslab project from Hasbro, but in this case NECA have been smart and are going with smaller value product. The Loot Launcher option also has International distribution built in so is open to most of the globe and no-one is actually charged until the product reaches its goal date and the goal has been met. One of the first items NECA are working this through with is a new Gremlin set, as shown at NYCC 2019. The pack includes the Ultimate Gremlin figure and then provides you with a raft of other accessories so you can dress up your Gremlin as you wish. There are soft goods clothes to make the Smoking Gremlin with Fedora hat and cigarette, the flasher Gremlin with overcoat, and the Flashdancer with leggings and crop top. You also have a raft of other accessories such as the Poker Chips, Bow Tie and Visor for the Poker Gremlin and the Hand Puppet for the Puppeteer. There are then sunglasses, beer mug and playing cards for even more mayhem. If we back this as a UK customer we will be paying $49.99 for the item and $10 shipping to UK. That is about £49 at todays exchange rate, although that will fluctuate. If you want to back the Spirit of Splinter figure and accessory set, you have until the 17th of November to back it. This is the date you will be charged if it is successful. It will ship in Spring 2020. This 6” Gremlin figure features 2 brand new exclusive outfits: a “Flasher” Raincoat with detailed buttons & waist belt; and a “Flashdancer” outfit featuring a sweatshirt and legwarmers! PLUS, you also get an assortment of brand new accessories, including a Poker Chip Pile, Bow Tie, Visor, Mallet, Hand Puppet, Fedora, bonus interchangeable hands, Sunglasses, Frosty Mug, Cigarettes, and Playing Cards to further accessorize your Gremlin collection!

On Triple Force Friday (4th October 2019) the Hasbro team launched a brand new wave of 8 Star Wars Black Series 6 inch figures. The wave was made up of 2 figures from The Mandalorian, 2 from Jedi Fallen Order and 4 figures from Episode 9, The Rise of Skywalker. The wave was released in standard Black phase 3 packaging, but there was also a special First Edition set released - the same figures packed in a white box design. Wave 22 full details can be found at our 2019 Black Series homepage

No sooner was it revealed at New York Comic Con than the Marvel Legends Stan Lee figure went live on the Target (US) website for pre-order. The set is not exclusive to Target, they have however got the pre-order up first. Once ordered you will be waiting until June 2020 for the figure to actually land. Stan is based on his cameo in Avengers and comes with the chessboard he was playing in that short piece. He also comes with Captain America's shield which has his signature in silver across it. 6-INCH-SCALE COLLECTIBLE STAN LEE FIGURE: Fans, collectors, and kids alike can enjoy this 6-inch-scale Stan Lee figure, inspired by the creator of the Avengers himself, Stan “the Man” Lee! INCLUDES CAPTAIN AMERICA SHIELD AND CHESS BOARD: Figure includes a Captain American shield featuring Stan’s signature® and a chess board based on his iconic cameo in Marvel’s The Avengers movie.

Another exclusive, that had been leaked ahead of Triple Force Friday, was the Luke Skywalker Jedi Knight figure. The Luke Jedi Knight figure, based on his outfit from the start of Return of the Jedi in and around Jabba's Palace, will be released in early October. It is Walmart Exclusive in the US, but a shared fan channel Exclusive elsewhere worldwide. Luke will come with a soft goods robe, lightsaber and the blaster he takes from one of Jabba's guards.

DC Collectibles have released a number of new images for their DC action figure lines ahead of NYCC 2019. Joining the DC Essentials line of figures are 8 new figures, a lot of which are based on the DCeased limited series. These are all solicited for a 2020 release at this stage. 23 Batman Rebirth Flash Speed-Force Nightwing New 52 Superman : The Return of Superman DCeased Batman DCeased Joker DCeased Harley Quinn DCeased Superman We also get a look at another new figure in the Batman : Adventures Continue line, the Batman Who Laughs. This figure is due for release in a year in October 2020.

NECA have released the full details of their set of three trick or treaters from the 1982 movie Halloween 3 : Season of the Witch. These are the 8 inch scale figures with sculpted and articulated bodies and heads overlaid with tailored soft goods clothing. Each kid has two mas options that can be swapped. They each have their trick or treat bags and there is also a TV accessory included with lenticular effect. This TV looks very much like a repaint of the one released in the 7 inch scale Freddy Krueger Diorama Set The set is down for a January 2020 release. Halloween 3: Season of the Witch - 8” Scale Clothed Action Figure Set “It’s almost time, kids! The clock is ticking!” From #Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, this set of clothed action figures includes the three iconic trick or treaters from the 1982 horror movie. Each is dressed for a night of fun and each comes with two interchangeable heads: one in the distinctive Silver Shamrock mask and one displaying the effects of the triggered mask. These articulated figures stand approximately 6" tall and also come with trick or treat bags and a TV set accessory with lenticular effect. Window box packaging. == Shipping Date: January 2020

Hasbro have just held a live stream at NYCC 2019 talking about their Marvel Legends line. Within the stream were a number of new figure reveals. The Fantastic Four are getting a new set of figures in their space suits and are pictured with a Doctor Doom. From X-Men we have new figures of Warpath and Sunspot, and behind them if you look close is the new She-Hulk. And the best bit is the reveal of that Stan Lee figure that was originally planned as part of the Infinity War releases. The figure now seems to be a go and will be a Target exclusive in the US. The images are screen grabs and have been shared predominantly by Adam on the Marvel Legends Facebook groups....