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The recently revealed DC Classic wave of McFarlane Collector Edition figures features new figures of Mera, Wonder Girl, Raven, and Black Manta. It is now confirmed that each of these will also have an alternative Platinum 'Chase' variant that is short-packed in the cases. Raven is recoloured into a white outfit and will feature alternative hands and effect parts. Wonder Girl is now in a black uniform and includes the lasso of truth and alternative hands. Mera features alternative green tones and comes with her Trident and water effect base. Black Manta is a retro-inspired purple colouring on his armour and includes twin swords and jet pack effect pieces. All four figures also include the usual circular display base and a collector card. We've added these new Platinum Variants to our extensive McFarlane Collector Database Daughter of the cosmic demon TRIGON™, RAVEN™ struggles to master the baser impulses she has inherited from him. While her father sees her as the key to his plans to consolidate his power, RAVEN uses her vast mystical and psychic abilities to battle evil in all its forms alongside her adopted families, the TEEN TITANS™ and the TITANS™. Donna Troy’s backstory has been an ever-evolving one, nearly from the time of her creation. Originally conceived as Wonder Girl™, Donna was meant to be a teenage version of Wonder Woman™ as a founding member of the newly formed Teen Titans™. She became one of the team’s mainstays, taking the independent name Donna Troy, and appearing only once in a Wonder Woman story during the Bronze Age. Continuity was altered in the 1980s to recreate Donna as a girl chosen for training by the Titans of Myth, during which she adopted the name Troia™. In the 1990s, Donna was reestablished once more, but this time as a magical doppelgänger of Wonder Woman brought to life, while Diana was out of action for a while. A native of the aquatic kingdom of Xebel, an ancient Atlantean penal colony, Mera was trained as an assassin and grew up with a deep suspicion of Atlantis. However, when instructed to kill Aquaman™, she fell in love with him and fought by his side. When Aquaman left Atlantis to make a life in the surface world, she went with him, but had difficulty adjusting. She got a welcome chance to return to adventuring during Aquaman and the Others’ quest to fight Black Manta™ and retrieve stolen Atlantean artifacts. Considered one of Aquaman’s™ greatest enemies, Black Manta™ has a singular hatred for the King of Atlantis. For decades, Manta’s true name and motives were shrouded in mystery, hidden behind his menacing oversize helmet. In modern times, however, his true motivations have been revealed. No matter the era, Black Manta has always inflicted a special kind of pain upon his archenemy, cementing his reputation as one of the most ruthless and driven criminals in DC history. To manage our storage costs, news article images are archived after 12-months. Accept our apologies if you have reached this news article, and the images are no longer available If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the '70s and '80s I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force), and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licenses - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who, and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK-focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

Images are now circulating for the new Hasbro G.I. Joe Classified Ninja Force set featuring Snake Eyes and Kim "Jinx" Arashikage. The two-pack features alternative Ninja Force outfits for both characters, along with alternative heads for both. Jinx also comes with a removable mask, extra hands, bow, quiver, arrows and twin swords. Snake Eyes comes with a UZI, a handgun with a silencer, swords (one with a sheath), a pair of nunchucks, and a pair of hand claws. The set will be exclusive to Target in the US and is reported to open for pre-orders as of the 18th of September 2026. Here in the UK, it should be available at Hasbro Pulse and hopefully via the Fan Channel retailers. G.I. JOE CLASSIFIED SERIES #223, NINJA FORCE SNAKE EYES & KIM "JINX" ARASHIKAGE (HASBRO | Ages 4 years & up | Approx. Retail Price: $59.99 | Pre-Order Sept. 18 at 9 AM ET exclusively on Target; Available October 2026) G.I. Joe is a highly skilled, on-demand, special operations force of men and women from around the globe tasked with defending the world from Cobra, a ruthless criminal organization bent on total domination. Wherever there's trouble, G.I. Joe is there. New to the G.I. Joe Classified Series line, Ninja Force Snake Eyes & Kim "Jinx" Arashikage come ready for adventure, with multiple points of articulation for high poseability. This Ninja Force Snake Eyes & Kim "Jinx" Arashikage figure set is bursting with 21 character-inspired accessory pieces. Snake Eyes comes with alternate wolf-masked head, 2 nunchuks, 2 claws, knife, 2 swords, scabbard, and 3 weapon accessories. Jinx comes with a bow and arrow, quiver sheath, 2 swords, 2 alternate hands, alternate head, and raven mask; plus a removable feather shawl. These swift and silent commandos are the true elite forces for G.I.Joe and Cobra! Each Ninja warrior is fully capable of neutralizing an adversary in milliseconds with his martial arts moves and lethal weapons. Look for other G.I. Joe figures and toys to build your roster of heroic G.I. Joe’s and Cobra villains (Each sold separately. Subject to availability.). To manage our storage costs, news article images are archived after 12-months. Accept our apologies if you have reached this news article, and the images are no longer available If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the '70s and '80s I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force), and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licenses - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who, and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK-focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

The new Marvel Legends release of Spider-Man from Spider-Man: No Way Home will be a US Target exclusive, part of their 'Fall Geek Out' event, and is live for pre-order as of the 18th of September 2026. This new variant of Spider-Man comes with an alternative Tom Holland part-masked head and web-shooting hands. It comes boxed and in line with the previous No Way Home releases. Here in the UK, it will be sold via the Fan Channel retailers. We've added these new details to our comprehensive Marvel Legends Collector Database MARVEL LEGENDS SERIES SPIDER-MAN, SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (HASBRO | Ages 4 & up | Approx. Retail Price: $27.99 | Pre-Order on Sept. 18 at 9 AM ET exclusively on Target; Available Fall 2026) Spider-Man swings away in his final suit of the film donning his new iconic red and blue suit. Bring the excitement and wonder of the Marvel Universe to your collection with Hasbro Marvel Legends Spider-Man set! This collectible 6-inch scale Marvel figure set is detailed to look like the character's appearance in Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: No Way Home. The Spider-Man figure is fully articulated with premium design and poseable head, arms, and legs. This action figure set comes with 3 accessories, including alternate partially-masked head and 2 alternate hands. Hasbro Marvel action figures' 6-inch scale make them great for posing and displaying in fans' collections. Pose the figures and reimagine Spider-Man: No Way Home movie-inspired scenes on your shelf with Marvel Legends action figures and Marvel collectibles (each sold separately, subject to availability). To manage our storage costs, news article images are archived after 12-months. Accept our apologies if you have reached this news article, and the images are no longer available If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the '70s and '80s I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force), and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licenses - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who, and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK-focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

The new Marvel Legends release of Cypher will be a US Target exclusive and is live for pre-order as of the 18th of September 2026. Cypher is packed onto a retro Uncanny X-Men cardback and comes with a sword and two additional sets of hands. Here in the UK, it will be sold via the Fan Channel retailers. We've added these new details to our comprehensive Marvel Legends Collector Database MARVEL LEGENDS SERIES CYPHER (HASBRO | Ages 4 & up | Approx. Retail Price: $27.99 | Pre-Order on Sept. 18 at 9 AM ET exclusively on Target; Available Fall 2026) Doug Ramsey possesses the mutant ability to understand all languages when he's recruited as Cypher to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters--home to both the New Mutants and their grown-up counterparts, the Uncanny X-Men. Bring the excitement and wonder of the Marvel Universe to your collection with Hasbro Marvel Legends Cypher figure! Detailed to look like the character’s appearance in Marvel's New Mutants & X-Men comics, this collectible 6-inch scale Marvel figure is fully articulated with premium design and poseable head, arms, and legs. Comes with 5 accessories, including 4 alternate hands and Techno-Organic sword. Hasbro Marvel action figures' 6-inch scale make them great for posing and displaying in fans' collections. Reimagine comics-inspired scenes on your shelf with Marvel Legends action figures and Marvel collectibles (each sold separately, subject to availability). To manage our storage costs, news article images are archived after 12-months. Accept our apologies if you have reached this news article, and the images are no longer available If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the '70s and '80s I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force), and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licenses - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who, and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK-focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

“I think we can all agree things were better under the Empire.” The Imperial Remnant Warlord and the enhanced ‘polar’ MSE Droid featured heavily in the trailers for The Mandalorian and Grogu and were announced as joining the Star Wars Black Series in April 2025 as the movie entered its final promotional run ahead of the May 22nd release date. The set would be the Exclusive adjacent release for the 2nd wave of Mando & Grogu figures, and like the Remnant Stormtrooper Exclusive from the first wave, it would be sold via Target in the US and the Fan Channel retailers elsewhere. The Warlord began shipping here in the UK in late Summer, arriving in the standard packaging for the Black Series; there was no white box ‘First Edition’ for this release. The black box carried the usual highlight colour, with a purple tone assigned to the movie. This colouring was used on the front text where our Warlord remains unnamed and is titled fully as ‘Imperial Remnant Warlord’, along with the subtitle for the accompanying droid as a ‘Polar Mouse Droid’. This generic wording continues on the back of the box with the same general movie synopsis text as all the other Mando & Grogu releases, avoiding spoilers at this early stage. The artwork, also hued in purple, features our Warlord on his own without the MSE Droid facing the camera with his hand on his holstered blaster. The same colouring on the box is carried through onto the cardback behind the main figure tray, and this is embedded with another planetary scene, consistent with - but not the same as - other Mando releases, again most likely as a spoiler avoidance. The Warlord is number 11 in the Galaxy Collection and sits after the single release of Embo at number 10. After the release of the movie and the credits, we now know our Warlord is called Commander Barro, although he was never named on screen; very much in keeping with how Kenner named many of their figures back in the day. Barro arrives wearing his large imperial cold-weather coat, a brand-new tailored soft goods piece in a heavier-set fabric than we’ve seen across other robes and cloaks. It comes with a pale fur lining and trim, with a similar black fur collar. In the box, the coat looks awkward and flat, but thankfully this is not the case once in hand and the coat does a particularly good job sitting on the frame of Barro, although you will need to use his arms and hands strategically with the coat for the best display options. The head sculpt is a new likeness of actor Hemky Madera, complete with a fully sculpted beard and long, swept-back hair. Over the base skin-tone plastic, facial printing tech is applied for Barro’s eyes, eyebrows, and mouth. The hair and beard are part of the single head sculpt and appear painted by hand with a white base colour and a darker grey wash adding definition. In the main, this is neat and tidy, but there is very minimal paint bleed at the edges. The coat is removable, allowing Barro to be displayed solely in his Imperial Commander uniform. Much of this is re-used, with the arms and legs coming from the original Director Krennic figure from 2016, which established the Imperial Uniform parts that have gone on to be re-used for the likes of Thrawn, Tarkin, Piett, and Veers. Instead of grey, these are now cast in black for the Commander uniform, with the boots a glossy black finish to differentiate them from the uniform. The torso is new to match the build of Barro, and again is cast in black with a Commander insignia on the left of the chest, picked out in red and blue squares on a silver plate. The belt and the base of the upper tunic are added as a sleeved piece in softer plastic, with the buckle of the belt painted silver, and an integrated holster to the right-hand side. Barro’s hands come straight from the original Moff Tarkin figure. That figure was often criticised due to the proportions of the hands. Here they are a much better match for the larger frame of our Remnant Warlord. These hands are skin-toned to match the head and are designed for gripping the included blaster. That piece is the SE-14r blaster that has done the rounds over the years with the Imperial Officers from Andor, Tala Durith from Kenobi, and most recently the Remnant AT-AT Driver. This grey blaster with large connected sights can sit in Barro’s right hand, or be holstered on his belt. Articulation for the Commander is an older format thanks to the donor figures for the arms and legs. There are 17 points in total. These start with older pinned legs that do get the benefit of the older double-jointed knees between the solid and secure ankle rocker, and below the thigh swivel and hip joint. The arms are a single-joint elbow, bending to 90 degrees, with the wrist peg and pivot and the shoulder joint. Torso movement sits as a ball joint at the belt line, while the new torso allows the double neck joint. Barro is not the most dynamic character, and like many Imperial Officers, posing options do not need to be extensive. That being said, Barro can pose with blaster firing and some degree of movement as he tries to escape Mando. Moving on to the companion piece, the Polar Mouse Droid, this initially looked like a new piece designed to replicate the first live-action variation of the MSE Droid since their appearance in the original movie in 1977. In hand, you realise this is simply a tweak to the original Black Series MSE Droid that came with Vice Admiral Rampart in 2021 and prior to that in the First Order Disney Parks box sets. What Hasbro has done is cast this original MSE with a white upper body and grey chassis. The wheels have then been updated to an axle with the larger off-road wheels we see the MSE use in the Imperial Remnant Base; these wheels are cast in a slightly darker grey than the base of the droid. Finally, the bulky feel of the new droid is provided by two new slot-in bumpers; these rounded light grey pieces simply slot over the lines of the original droid and are not fixed in place. with Grogu (not included) The Polar MSE Droid is more of an accessory in the set and has no articulation, other than the wheels rolling when the droid is pushed around. It has no significant paintwork, with every part cast in the base colour, apart from the upper fins and aerials, which are painted in a darker grey than the white body of the droid. With the Mandalorian & Grogu movie figures focusing heavily on that early sequence where Mando is hunting the Imperial Remnant Warlord, who we now know is Commander Barro, the inclusion of the Commander in the line does more or less complete his Imperial Remnant lineup alongside the AT-AT Drivers, AT-RT Pilot, and the Snowtroopers. The figure does re-use a lot of parts, including on the MSE Droid, but these all work, and the newly developed torso and soft goods coat do a good job of making him stand out in a collection which already features a lot of Imperial Officers in both grey and black uniforms. with Imperial Remnant Stormtroopers Keep Track of all the Star Wars Black Series figures from Hasbro at our comprehensive Star Wars Black Series Collectors Database & Checklist If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the 70's and 80's I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force) and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licences - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

The new Marvel Legends release of Gargantos in the Marvel Games series (formerly GamerVerse) has opened for pre-orders exclusively at Hasbro Pulse The set features a repainted version of the first release of Gargantos in exclusive Player 2 colouring. It features wired bendy tentacles for posing and an eyeball accessory. It is due to be released in early December 2026. We've updated our comprehensive Marvel Legends Database with the latest information, including the packaging images, which were not included in the original press release for the set. MARVEL LEGENDS SERIES GARGANTOS, MARVEL GAMES (HASBRO | Ages 4 & up | Approx. Retail Price: $64.99 | Pre-order details coming soon; available Fall 2026) A monstrous addition to your retro Marvel Games collection, this deluxe Gargantos figure comes in exclusive Player 2 colors for creating legendary fights. Designed at a 6-inch scale,  Gargantos  comes in at 22 inches wide. This figure features poseable bendy wire tentacles for impressive displays and comes with eyeball accessory to recreate his special character moves. Look for more retro video game-inspired figures to create epic hero vs villain battles on your shelf (each sold separately, subject to availability). To manage our storage costs, news article images are archived after 12-months. Accept our apologies if you have reached this news article, and the images are no longer available If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the '70s and '80s I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force), and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licenses - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who, and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK-focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

"I worked with a Purge Trooper once before, a few postings back." "Yeah? Any advice?" "Stay out of their way." Star Wars Black Series Gaming Greats multi-packs have been predominantly sold as Amazon Exclusives since the first releases in 2024 for Jedi: Fallen Order. Then, back at NYCC 2025, it was revealed that Walmart would be carrying an exclusive Gaming Greats 2-pack in the Spring of 2026, a set also based on the Jedi games from EA, namely the sequel Jedi: Survivor. The pack would be a troop-building set and would bring us tweaked versions of the Imperial Patrol Trooper (first seen in Solo: A Star Wars Story) and a Purge Trooper, as introduced in the first Jedi game. The set began shipping as intended in the Spring of 2026, sold in the US in Walmart stores and available here in the UK via Fan Channel retailers. It follows the same design as all two-packs, with a wider box, but retaining the usual depth and height as single boxes. The main box colouring is matte black with the Black Series logo on the top rail above the large window. This window shows off the two figures, and sitting in the bottom right corner of this window is the hexagonal foil Gaming Greats sticker. Blue-hued colouring is used on the Trooper names and on the band carrying the source material, and this is the established colour for Gaming Greats. This colouring extends to the side art that includes a split shot of both Troopers, with the Purge Trooper at the top and the Shore Trooper underneath. Both shots are from the waist upward and have each Trooper cradling a weapon - a blaster for the Purge Trooper, and a stun baton for the Patrol Trooper. These multi-packs are adjacent to the main collection; they are not numbered, and the side art does not connect in any way to the other releases or the larger Galaxy Collection Gaming Greats montage. The same artwork of the Troopers is repeated on the back of the box, split to either side with background text in the middle that confirms the Purge Troopers role to “rentlessley hunt remnants of the Jedi Order” while the Patrol Troopers are explained as featuring partial armour to allow for “greater mobility”. The two figures are backed in the box by a blue-hued backing card that features a wide planetary shot of Coruscant, as seen in the game and where the Patrol Troopers in particular are prevalent as enemies. We have had a number of Purge Troopers across the Black Series, both the Phase I Purge Troopers from the Jedi games, as seen here, and also the Phase II Troopers which turned up in the Kenobi Disney+ Series. This 2026 Gaming Greats release is a revisit of the very first Purge Trooper from 2019, that one at the time being based on the first Jedi game, Fallen Order. This time round, the Purge Trooper is moved onto the newer pinless Clone Trooper body and is assembled in the same way, with gloss black armoured panels connected by matt black, ribbed joints. Over the armour, we have a shoulder Pauldron in softer black plastic with a painted red shoulder over the right-hand side. The gloss black belt, featuring various pouches and ammunition, locks in a soft goods black skirt with a red applied trim around the edges. This soft goods doesn’t look as good as the softer rubber skirts of ARC Troopers, and has a tendency to sit too flat and ‘kinked’ out to the side if it wasn’t quite packed straight in the plastic. The armour is decorated with a large red Imperial decal on the left shoulder, with white chevron markings on the forearms and on the right thigh. The back of the figure shows a bit more decor around the upper torso armour, with the four circular panels picked out in red, and the vents underneath in a gunmetal finish. The helmet, a version of the Clone Airborne Trooper helmet, is gloss black like the armour and is then painted around the vents in grey, with two red panels on either side of the front breather section. The red visor we see in the game is not attempted on the figure, with the visor left more or less the same black as the helmet. A slight red hue here would have been appreciated. vs the 2019 release (right) When you compare this new 2026 release with the 2019 original, you can see that the overall aesthetic is almost identical, including the markings. Proportionally, the newer Clone body has the updated Purge Trooper standing a little more naturally, doing away with the bow-legged look. The newer figure does give up a bit of detail on the right gauntlet, where the older figure has painted indicators and switches. The newer version also loses the trim around the belt, so we have no central silver ring and the attached red straps. This is more to do with the visual tweaks in-game for the Purge Trooper between Fallen Order and Survivor. The articulation on the Purge Trooper is now all pinless, another enhancement vs the original, with 19 points of articulation in total. The legs allow for a wide range of positions, a benefit of the soft goods skirt allowing the Purge Trooper to kneel, be braced in firing positions, or walking/running toward his quarry. The Trooper has the floating knee armour, so with the knee bent, you can still position the knee section to look natural. I did find that one leg feels longer than the other, and getting a true neutral stance is more difficult, although the ankle rockers are tight and secure, and once stood in a stable position, the Purge Trooper holds fast. The torso can rotate and lean in and out via the ball joint sitting between the torso and waist, while the head sits on a double joint; although here the movement is less due to the shape of the Airborne Trooper helm and how its flared base sits very close to the pauldron. The arms are butterfly-jointed at the shoulders, and with the elbow and wrist joints there is loads of range, and wielding the blasters is not an issue. Those blasters include both the DC-15S blaster carbine and the longer DC-15A blaster rifle. Both are cast in a deep grey colour, with plenty of cast detail but no additional paintwork. There is no holster option, but Hasbro has given this Purge Trooper the newest hand format, so both right and left hands include a trigger finger, and therefore the blasters can be held in either orientation. The butterfly shoulders permit either blaster to be cradled with the other hand, while also raising the arms and blasters up to a firing position with the head & helmet looking down the barrel. The accompanying Patrol Trooper is a direct repack of the 2018 figure released for Solo: A Star Wars Story. This means the figure is an older construction which does rely on both pinned joints as well as parts cast inclusive of the joints. The armoured elements remain glossy white and are most prevalent on the chest, torso, groin, shoulders, lower arms, and shins. The rest of the suit is the black combat suit, most seen in the trousers, which are sculpted as though cloth, and then trimmed in white down the sides. In this example, where white is painted onto black plastic, the white finish is dull; this can also be seen on some of the belt elements and on the hands. Conversely, there are more numerous elements of black painted on white, which does get better coverage but can leave messier edges than if white armour had been connected to a black joint, as seen on newer format Troopers. The Patrol Trooper detailing on top of the base armour and combat suit is solely limited to the chest section panel with a green indicator. The helmet is also cast in gloss white with painted black decor around the main ridge of the helmet, the breathing components, and across and down the side cheeks through to the back of the helmet. Grey is featured on a couple of the side and rear panels, while the visor is picked out in a glossy dark green but is only really visible under strong light. Overall, the figure is well proportioned and a good likeness to their live-action but brief scene in Solo and against the game visuals for Jedi: Survivor. vs 2018 Solo release (right) Side by side against the 2018 Solo release, there are no differences as such, with only minor paint variations that you would expect across different factory runs 7-8 years apart. Articulation is unchanged and 21 points in total, representing a time (in 2018) of transition in the Black Series line: moving away from but not having fully ditched the pinned double-joints in the knees while starting to include the the butterfly shoulders and twin-jointed neck. The legs also use both a thigh and boot swivel thanks, so while the knee is fixed, rotation on the legs is not an issue. The Patrol Trooper has a large range of movement from kneeling positions up to and including battle stances with the various weaponry, and even the ability to ride a speeder if you have one spare. All of the joints on the figure feel tight and secure, and our Patrol Trooper is simple and stable to pose standing. Accessories are plentiful with the Patrol Trooper, giving it a number of offensive options. The first of these is the small holdout Blaster, as seen and released previously with Imperial Scout Troopers. This smaller blaster is cast in black and slots into a right-hand side holster, or into the right hand of the Patrol Trooper where the two top fingers are split from the bottom two to hold the blaster in a firing position. The figure also retains the same stubby baton seen on the Solo release. This is made up of two ridged black rods connected in the middle by a small silver-painted section. It too can be holstered by way of a twin-looped sheath on the left-hand side of the belt. Or it can be raised in anger as a melee baton in either the right or left hand. To align the Patrol Trooper with the Jedi: Survivor look, the set also comes with the electrostaff and riot shield as originally packed with the Jedi: Survivor Riot Scout Trooper, the Troop type that is replaced on Coruscant by the Patrol Trooper skin. The electrostaff is a grey/blue accessory with a thick, textured grip and then a slimmer neck that can be extended outward. The head of the weapon is a triangular and rounded ‘spearhead’ piece that also comes with an electro effect piece wrapped loosely around it in blue translucent soft plastic. The shield is cast in white with a black upper section and what should be an orange translucent viewing slot. The front panels of the shield are sculpted to be pitted and worn, and there is a faded Imperial cogwheel emblem embedded in the centre. Round the back of the shaped shield is an articulated handle and a wrist strap. This allows the left arm of the Trooper to hold the handle and take the weight of the shield on the wrist with the strap, enabling more secure positions with the shield up and raised. This combination of the electrostaff and riot shield does look best when combined together, and the relatrively wide ranging articulation does create some very neat-looking display options with the Trooper ready to face off against Cal Kestis. As a set, the two figures are tied together via their Imperial roots and their appearance in Jedi: Survivor, and side by side are very complementary on display, while they very much can be split up and placed into other contexts, enhancing the Purge Troopers we already have with another version, and extending the Patrol Troopers from Solo if needed. For £44.99, this is a well-priced army-building option that ticks the boxes of both being a nice addition for fans of the game, while not being essential to the main collection. The Purge Trooper is probably the better of the two in terms of it being a fully updated body and therefore improving on what you may already have in terms of articulation and aesthetics. The Patrol Trooper was always a neat figure anyway, regardless of the older body components, and I wouldn’t expect Hasbro to be fully redeveloping this body for such a niche Trooper unless it shows up more in future media. The addition of the Riot Shield and Electrostaff provides it with multiple display options, and the figure already had the articulation to accommodate these for more dynamic posing. While Hasbro has explored other Trooper Building sets such as the smaller closed box 2-packs, I can see this format being one that could see wider success in the future, linking into the Gaming Greats source material to bring Troopers back on sale as Troop builders, and we are already looking forward to the second of these with the incoming release of the Magna Trooper and Shore Trooper. I will be interested to see where we might go from there. Keep Track of all the Star Wars Black Series figures from Hasbro at our comprehensive Star Wars Black Series Collectors Database & Checklist If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the 70's and 80's I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force) and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licences - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who and the Aliens. 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As seen recently on display at Fan Expo in Canada, a new Star Wars Black Series multi-pack is coming from The Mandalorian and Grogu. In addition to the images from Fan Expo, images are now also circulating online of the packaging. The set will feature a Mercenary Guard Droid who comes with a soft goods cape and a pike weapon. Alongside the Droid is a new version of Din Djarin, The Mandalorian, with a removable helmet and a new unmasked head sculpt, as seen during his imprisonment on Nal Hutta by the twins. Mando comes with the weaponry he appropriated from the Weapons Dealer's ship, including his new Amban Phase Rifle, twin swords, knife, and scope. The set is completed by a Droid Gotra Mercenary STAP, which can be ridden by either the Droid or by Mando. This reuse of the Episode 1 Trade Federation STAP includes updated Mercenary markings. It comes with a display stand. The Droid Mercenary also comes with a blaster and pike weapon. We understand this to be an Amazon Exclusive under the codename 'Giant'. The link that was included in the QR code on the display to Amazon Canada is still not working. We have added the set to our extensive Star Wars Black Series Collector Database To manage our storage costs, news article images are archived after 12-months. Accept our apologies if you have reached this news article, and the images are no longer available If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the '70s and '80s I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force), and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licenses - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who, and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK-focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

McFarlane were at Funda Expo, Montreal, recently, hosting a panel with reveals across their action figure lines for the Autumn 2026 season. DC Multiverse collectors can look forward to the final months of the licence bringing us some new DC Collector Editions releases of Mera, Wonder Girl, Raven, and Black Manta. They are joined by Page Punchers of Nightwing, Silver Age Batman, Arisa, Soranik Natu, and Red Platinum releases of Tim Drake and Dick Grayson Robin. GameStop will also be carrying an exclusive Arkham City 'bloodied edition' Batman, while Walmart will receive a new Absolute Batman that should be formally unveiled on Batman Day (19th September), Mortal Kombat Klassic releases will continue with three new 2-packs featuring Kung Lao and Jax, Shang Tsung & Johnny Cage, and Baraka and Smoke. The final reveals were for McFarlane's own Spawn series with Necroplasm Spawn and Vox. To manage our storage costs, news article images are archived after 12-months. Accept our apologies if you have reached this news article, and the images are no longer available If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the '70s and '80s I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force), and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licenses - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who, and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK-focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

McFarlane marked their attendance at BlizzCon 2026 with four new posed figures from the Blizzard stable. They include the Blood Elf and Goblin from World of Warcraft, and the Barbarian and Rogue from Diablo IV. These are 6-inch in scale, in line with the previous WoW and DIablo releases, and pretty much the same principle as McFarlane's Movie Maniacs posed figure line, complete with large window boxes and fixed stands. This foursome is only available at the McFarlane Store, including international shipping, and they are available now. We've added them to our extensive McFarlane Collector Database For thousands of years, the high elves of Quel'Thalas drew strength from the Sunwell, a magical font of arcane energies. An invasion by the undead Scourge decimated the kingdom's population and deprived them of the Sunwell's might. Taking the name blood elves, or Sin'dorei in their own tongue, the people of Quel'Thalas sated their magical thirst for a time with demonic fel energies. Once the Sunwell was restored, the blood elves worked to rebuild their homeland and help lead the Horde into a bold future. The goblins craftiness and greed make them masters of mercantilism. Reforging old pacts with their one-time allies, the goblins of the Bilgewater Cartel have been welcomed into the Horde. Honing their inherent cunning to a razor's edge, the goblins hope to use their explosive inventions to rule the world, or at the very least own a profitable percentage of it. The Barbarian has unparalleled strength and expertly wields an entire arsenal in battle, with a weapon for every occasion. He bellows intimidating war cries and unleashes ground-shaking slams to send approaching hordes reeling. A bit of stealth is worth its weight in gold. But let's be clear: the Rogue is not some simple cutpurse. Any fool can lift some coins from a merchant's pocket with a day of practice. Few can infiltrate enemy strongholds and hostile mercenary camps, much less survive being spotted while doing so. But the Rogue isn't spotted unless they want to be. The Rogue is deadly at all distances, just as capable of slaughtering waves of demons at range as they are of carving up foes up close. Even the biggest foe has a weak point, at the Rogue will plant their blade there before their mark even knows they are nearby. Sharpen your knives and step lightly. Your new target is just ahead. To manage our storage costs, news article images are archived after 12-months. Accept our apologies if you have reached this news article, and the images are no longer available If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the '70s and '80s I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force), and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licenses - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who, and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK-focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

"Armed with dual blaster pistols and an impressive array of Republic gadgets, the Advanced Recon Commando rushes fearlessly into battle." Amazon has been the home for most of the Star Wars Black Series Gaming Greats multi-packs since the first was released in 2024 for Jedi: Fallen Order. Since then, the Amazon sets have very much focused on the EA games within the Gaming Greats source material, with releases for both Jedi games and for Star Wars Battlefront. The latest theme applied to the Battlefront releases has been various Clone Troopers alongside a ‘Training’ Battle Droid. This allows Hasbro to re-use sculpts on both Clones and Droids, updating the Decor to match what you see in the game. The two 2026 Amazon Star Wars Battlefront two-packs both followed this format, first with a Phase 1 Clone Trooper versus a ‘training’ B1 Battle Droid. The second release, as we will look at here, is the Phase 2 ARC Trooper Infiltrator who faces off against a ‘training’ Commando Droid. The set began shipping in mid to late Spring 2026, later here in the UK. The box follows the usual principles in terms of size and shape, with a black base colour and a large window at the front to show off the figures for boxed displays. This window also features the foil Gaming Greats logo. The Gaming Greats blue accent colour is used on the front text and on the side art, which is split in the centre with the ARC Trooper pictured at the top and the Commando Droid at the bottom. These same images are then split and shown again on the back of the box, either side of some background text that talks about the weaponry and gadgets of the ARC Troopers and how, on Kamino, they “sparred against training BX droids in battle simulations”. Inside the box, the figures are set into the plastic tray, and this is then framed with a backing card that uses the same basic blue inset with the iconic Death Star Wall Panels that act as a character selection screen in the game. The ARC Trooper is based on the graphics for the game for the Infiltrator Troop type and uses the existing ARC Trooper body. This follows the usual engineering of white cast armour connected by black joints that double as the suit underneath. Over the base body & armour sit the double shoulder Pauldrons of the ARC Trooper, cast in grey and painted with a lighter grey on the lower chest segment, and red on the three sections of the right shoulder. A belt and connected ARC Trooper kama skirt is the second addition to the standard body, again using a softer plastic. This is cast in white, with the incorporated holsters and straps painted a very deep blue, and the skirt also featuring red panel details around the entire circumference. Additional decor includes more red, rough-edged markings down the arm, the grey shin armour, and grey gauntlets. The left gauntlet also features control buttons in red, green, and white. Around the back of the Trooper is a separate, but glued in place, backpack in black, with gunmetal sections. The helmet is a Phase 2 lid, with the usual black painted visor, and black and silver breathing tubes and vents. There are blue vents to either side of the ‘cheeks’, while the right-hand side also features a hinged rangefinder in black with a silver shaft. This is articulated so that it can swing down over the visor of the helmet. The red markings continue here across the face and colour the top fin. This colouring is not specific to a particular battalion or legion, but is accurate to the game designs. Articulation is a newer format, but not the newest for Clone Troopers. There are 19 points in total, all of which are pinless. The legs include stable ankle rockers, knee joints, thigh swivels, and an upper hip. The knees feature knee armour that is fixed to the upper thigh, unlike the newer floating panels. This means the knees look particularly strange if bent. That being said, the skirt piece, although a flexible plastic, does restrict most leg positions. The torso ball joint gives a good amount of upper body movement, leaning in and out of poses as well as rotating. The twin joint on the neck provides good head movement too, although the helmet does clash with the pauldrons as it turns, forcing it to point more upward. The arms contain sufficient range in butterfly shoulders and elbows for weapons posing, with mismatched pivots in the wrist, with one pivoting horizontally to the position of the hand, and the other vertically. The weapons included are the ARC Trooper’s DC-17 blaster pistols, using the existing mold and cast in black with very limited detailing. These sit in the skirt holsters when not in use, or are intended to be held in both hands. The issue here is that Hasbro has not given the set the new dual trigger-finger hands, so while the right hand is not an issue, the left won't hold the weapon snugly, and it sits pointing slightly upward with no ability to get a finger positioned on the trigger. The ARC Trooper is facing off against a Commando Droid, but one in the training livery as seen on Kamino. This means the existing Commando Droid body armour is now cast in white and not grey, with the joints coloured in a gunmetal grey finish. Some of these cast white parts are different shades depending on the base plastic, so the torso and groin pieces are lighter than the arms and legs. Grey is also used on the sectional midsection, and on panels up the forearms and upper arms. The ‘training’ element means the droid is also marked with gold targets, visible on the chest next to a red indicator light and on the forehead of the droid's head. The head includes a grey painted vocalizer, while the split circular eyes are white but too close to the base colour of the head to be noticeable, unless under bright lighting, and the head therefore looks part painted. The Commando Droid brings with it the base articulation of the original figure. There are 18 points of articulation, and thanks to the slim nature of the droid and lack of any overlapping armour or parts, each joint is fully accessible in terms of how it is designed. Each reaches its full extent, and they work in conjunction with each other to get the most out of posing the droid. The legs feature a strong ankle rocker as a base and then move and rotate around the knees and the hips for a selection of stances, including the option for kneeling and sitting positions. The Droid comes with two weapons, the first a large vibro blade cast in a purple finish and devoid of any other paintwork or decor. This can be back-mounted via a peg on the sword and a socket on the rear of the droid, giving a holstered look. For battle, it can fit in either of the Droid’s clawed hands, with two-handed posing also possible thanks to the shoulder joints. The second weapon is the standard Battle Droid E-5 Blaster Rifle, a piece that has been in use for some time across multiple Separatist sets. It is a detailed piece and cast with a gunmetal finish that does bring out plenty of that detail. It too can fit in either clawed hand and be held in a two-handed supported firing pose. There is no holstering option with the blaster. Visually, the ARC Trooper Infiltrator is probably the star of the set, particularly in terms of its finish with the ARC Trooper armour and detailing to match those we’ve already had across the 501st in particular, albeit this Trooper has red markings and isn’t directly aligned to a battalion. There are issues, however, and Hasbro has not used their most up-to-date Clone mods, meaning the knee armour is fixed and not floating, and the hands are not both trigger grips. The droid is excellent in terms of sculpt and articulation, but the decor is not everyone's cup of tea, with the training skins something of a novelty rather than anything else. The weapons are OK, the blaster being much stronger than the Vibro-sword, which looks like it comes from a much cheaper kids' figure line both in colouring and detail. For £45, the set represents reasonable value with two figures included, but both are simple repaints. I have questioned the ‘training’ decor on previous sets, and cannot understand the logic of using this paint job over a standard droid for army build purposes, something that feels more reflective of Battlefront as a game. The set will likely appeal to Battlefront collectors and completists like myself, but without any direct tie-in to The Clone Wars or Revenge of the Sith, the set is likely going to struggle with broader appeal and inclusion into more TV/Film focused collections. Keep Track of all the Star Wars Black Series figures from Hasbro at our comprehensive Star Wars Black Series Collectors Database & Checklist If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the 70's and 80's I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force) and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licences - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

"We can't get to you! I suggest you get to a ship as soon as you can!" Summer 2026 saw us welcoming two more Clone Commanders to the Star Wars Black Series collection. Clone Commander Thorn and Clone Commander Doom were both Fan Channel Exclusive releases based on their Clone Wars appearances. Not a wave as such, the figures were announced together but released separately (at least here in the UK), with Clone Commander Doom arriving first in early August, followed by Clone Commander Thorn in very early September. Clone Commander Thorn is number 24 in The Clone Wars Galaxy Collection and arrives in the matt black packaging, with the Clone Wars yellow accent colour across the character name, the source material, and on the side artwork. This imagery shows Thorn holding his mini-gun and looking towards the camera with a backdrop featuring the landing pad and buildings from Scipio. This artwork connects in the wider montage to Commander Doom and will connect onward to Gar Saxon when he arrives in Autumn 2026. The same illustration of Thorn is used again on the back of the box alongside the usual supporting text that talks about his key storyline as he escorts Senator Amidala to Scipio, and how he faced off against a Separatist droid assault. Thorn and his accessories are set in the usual inner tray, with a colour-coordinated cardboard backdrop using the same yellow as the box highlights, but also incorporating the same Scipio landing pad and entryway as the main artwork. Thorn is built onto the newest Clone Trooper body where the armoured panels are cast in white and are then connected at the joints, which are black plastic and ribbed to represent the Clone’s undersuit. Painting across the black and white sections is then virtually zero, and each armoured panel is therefore crisp and defined with no overpainting or paint bleed from one area to another. The red paintwork of the Coruscant Guards is applied over the white of the armour. This includes fully red shoulder pauldrons, the left of which features a grey flexi aerial. The upper chest is painted red around a silver rank badge with red, blue and black painted squares. Elbow armour is red, just under two rings painted around the biceps and done so as though hand-painted by Thorn himself, with rough edges and wear and tear. The legs include fully red knee armour, shins, and feet - the latter then returning to the white at the soles, and you can see here how the white is the colour added over the red, as it holds a pink hue. Thorn is wearing a kama shirt which is connected by a belt cast in red and left red around the entire circumference and across the pouches, with the exception of the rear circular canister, which is painted white. The belt also features slung holsters in grey which hang down from the belt and lie flat against the kama shirt. The skirt has a glossy, almost plastic finish, but is in fact soft goods with a red trim incorporated around each of the exposed edges. The way Thorn is packed can lead to some kinking and creasing of the skirt; you can see it on the figure we had delivered, where one side has been pinched together. The helmet for Thorn is a relatively standard Commander helmet with incorporated visor and comms equipment. This is new to the line, shared with Commander Doom, and an upgrade on the similar Commander Cody lid. It is white in base colouring, with a red faceplate and black visor. The patterning around the face, visor, and over the top of the helmet is impressive and likely printed. These pattern lines sit under the visor around the mouthpiece, across the top of the visor, and back over each side of the main dome of the helmet. There is no unmasked version of Thorn; the helmet is just that, and there is no head underneath, painted or otherwise. Thorn’s articulation is, like all modern Clones, built around the armour components, and there are 19 points in total, all of which are pinless. The range of the figure is impressive, with the legs able to kneel or sit, the Kama skirt in soft goods moving with the legs as they are posed. The knee armour is left floating on the knee joint, and when the knees are bent, the armour can be posed in the right place. The arms with butterfly shoulders can extend out and up; the shoulder pauldrons are hinged to move with them. The elbows bend to 90 degrees, and the wrists are hinged to move vertically, not horizontally, so they can aim the blasters much more naturally. The torso includes a ball joint for leaning in or backward movement, while the neck is dual-jointed and the head is able to rotate and pivot on any axis. Thorn comes with two DC-17 blaster pistols, the standard weaponry for most Clone Commanders, and like all the predecessor releases, they are cast in black with no paint decor. The weapons can be holstered when not in use, or held in either hand, with both hands including a flexible trigger finger. For most collectors, the DC-17s will likely live in Thorn’s holster, and he will be displayed with the other included weapon: the Z-6 rotary blaster cannon (nicknamed "The Hammer"), which is the rapid-fire blaster cannon he wields fighting off the Separatists on Scipio until he is overwhelmed. This is brand new to the line, but is already getting a re-use with the upcoming Hardcase figure in the 2-pack with Dogma. It is a silver/grey finish in the main, with the central vented section in black. Behind this is a brown/gold power core and ahead of it a similarly coloured central barrel set within the rails of the outer casing. The weapon is held by a rear grip, with a hinged handle also fitted just ahead of the rear power cell, which is gripped by the other hand to swing the weapon up and into firing position. Thorn’s articulation allows the weapon to be posed out as though firing, slung low as though in a ready position, or raised upwards. There is even sufficient arm articulation for slinging it back over his shoulder as he moves position or surveys the damage he has just wrought. As a Fan Channel pairing, Doom and Thorn are essentially the same figure but delivered in wildly variant looks that are accurate to their Clone Wars episodes and with a level of decor complexity we don’t usually see in standard releases. While Doom has better weathering, Thorn boasts crisper and more intricate detailing, particularly on the helmet. Thorn also boasts the enormous Z-6 rotary blaster, which adds some much-needed weapon variation to a Clone Wars-era display that has been dominated by the three types of DC blaster weapons for some time. Like Doom, there is no real flaws to Thorn as a figure. Proportionally, he is great, designed to be a live-action version of Thorn rather than taken from the animation style for The Clone Wars. Decor, as mentioned, is impressive, and the articulation and accessories give him plenty of display variation. The figure is available at the time of our review, but certainly feels like a figure that will sell through quickly, and that will go on to be highly sought after on the secondary market. One to consider grabbing while you can. Keep Track of all the Star Wars Black Series figures from Hasbro at our comprehensive Star Wars Black Series Collectors Database & Checklist If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the 70's and 80's I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force) and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licences - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...