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The Black Series Ki-Adi-Mundi has been in the wind for quite some time, but it’s now (finally) available to pre-order at sponsor Entertainment Earth. Click here for the product page.

Amazon also dropped an exclusive The Black Series Jed: Fallen Order 3-pack that includes a MagnaGuard, Super Battle Droid, and Battle Droid. Pre-order the set here!

Amazon exclusive The Black Series Emperor Palpatine & Throne is available for pre-order. Click here for the pre-order page!

This dropped a little later than the rest of today’s pre-orders, but you can now pre-order The Vintage Collection X-wing Pilot Builder Pack on both Entertainment Earth and Amazon. 

• Entertainment Earth
• Amazon.com

Pre-orders are now open for yesterday’s The Vintage Collection, Retro Collection, and The Black Series reveals. Click below for pre-order options.

Note: Pulse items are live at 1 PM for members, and 2 PM for everyone

The Vintage Collection

• X-wing Pilot Builder Pack (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)

The Black Series

• Darth Sidious (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Super Battle Droid (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Yoda & Clone Commander Gree (Hasbro Pulse)
• The Phantom Menace 3-Pack (GameStop)

Retro Collection

• Prequel Trilogy 6-pack (Hasbro Pulse)

Disneystore.com now has the TBS Phase II Clone Trooper and Battle Droid set available for $39.99. Click here for the product page.

Pre-orders are now open for the two Walmart Exclusive The Black Series figures. Click below for pre-order pages:

• Baylan Skoll (Mercenary)
• Captain Enoch & Night Trooper 2-pack

According to today’s live stream, two The Black Series Walmart exclusives will be available to pre-order starting tomorrow at 10 AM Eastern. Both Baylan Skoll (Mercenary) and the Captain Enoch & Night Trooper 2-pack are scheduled to drop. We will post links once they go live.

Hasbro’s May the 4th (on May 3rd…) livestream was mostly a nothingburger, unfortunately, especially with the HasLab announcement being delayed until further notice. The Black Series mostly gets kitbashes, refreshes or rereleases.

• Darth Sidious (Revenge of the Sith)
• Qui-Gon / Obi-Wan / Darth Maul 3-pack
• Yoda and Commander Gree 2-pack
• Super Battle Droid
• Captain Enoch and Nighttrooper 2-pack (Walmart Exclusive in the US and Canada)

The figures will be released in fall 2024, the Enoch/Nighttrooper 2-pack will go up for pre-order tomorow, May 4th at 10 am ET on Walmart. All other sets will go up for pre-order at 1pm ET, as usual you can find everything on Pulse.

There was also a pipeline reveal and my reaction was “WTF?”. Click through for the details!

Multipacks are apparently very popular at Hasbro

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Here’s a look at what was revealed for The Vintage Collection during today’s May the 4th Be With You live stream. Pre-orders kick off tomorrow (May 4th) at 1 PM Eastern. 

As mentioned earlier this week, the upcoming HasLab will be revealed at a later date. The Packaging for in-production The Ghost HasLab was revealed today. 

The Vintage Collection

• X-wing Pilot Builder Pack (Fan Channel/Amazon)

The Retro Collection

• Prequel 6-Pack (AOTC/ROTS) – Hasbro Pulse/Disney Store
  • Padme Amidala (AOTC)
  • Mace Windu (AOTC)
  • Jango Fett (AOTC)
  • Anakin Skywalker (ROTS)
  • Clone Trooper (ROTS)
  • General Grievous (ROTS)

TVC Pipeline Reveals

• Anakin Skywalker (from Ahsoka)
• Shriek Hawk Mandalorians Builder Pack
• Armorer Forge Playset

Click through for photos and the pipeline reveals!

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The official site dropped some Star Wars Merchandise reveals today, including The Black Series The Phantom Menace 3-pack which includes Qui-Gon Jinn, Darth Maul, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Full details will likely be shared during the live stream. Look for this to go up for pre-order tomorrow. 

Hasbro is set to kick off their May the 4th Be With You Fanstream at 11 AM Eastern. Sit back, grab a drink, and join us right here to watch and discuss! Or, you can also watch it on the Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel.

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Entertainment Earth has the The Black Series Boba Fett Helmet Prop Replica up for pre-order. Click here for the product page.

Long story short… It’s not happening this week, but it’s coming! Two word-play hints now that it might be the long-awaited Death Star. The Hasbro Pulse live stream announcement (…keep your comlinks open…) and Mr. Stevie’s Almost There posted on Instagram. You can head over to his full post for the HasLab update.

Hasbro’s next Fanstream event celebrating May the 4th Be With You will launch this Friday at 11 AM Eastern, with pre-orders likely on Saturday, May 4th. The next The Vintage Collection HasLab was teased to be announced for the May 4th event, but now it looks to be pushed back. 

Map the coordinates and initiate your hyperdrive because we have a galactic Star Wars May the 4th Be With You Fanstream coming your way! Join the Hasbro Star Wars team on our YouTube channel next Friday, May 3rd, at 11:00 am ET for a celebration filled with fresh reveals from the Star Wars The Black Series line and some updates on The Vintage Collection.

We know the anticipation is high for the upcoming Star Wars The Vintage Collection HasLab. While we initially planned to unveil it this week, we’re taking extra time to ensure it’s as spectacular as Star Wars fans expect. The reveal is pushed back, but fear not we promise it’s worth the wait. We’ll share more details soon, so keep your comlinks open and stay tuned!

Wall Street is celebrating Hasbro’s latest earnings report. The company posted an operating profit of $116.2 million. The stock price is up by almost 12% as I write this. And then you look at the report and you wonder what on earth these people are partying over. And Star Wars? Not worth a mention at all. You want to know why Hasbro no longer talks about Star Wars? Click through for more!

Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks at the earnings presentation (symbol photo)

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Several new pre-orders are available for the Fan Channel exclusive The Vintage Collection reveals from yesterday. Click below for pre-orders:

• Cal Kestis (Imperial Officer Disguise) (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Mandalorian Judge (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)

These figures are both a part of the Fan Channel wave that includes Kanan Jarrus (VC318) and Ezra Bridger (Hero of Lothal) (VC319) and is available to pre-order on Entertainment Earth.

BigBadToyStore has revealed via their Instagram account two new The Vintage Collection figures: Mandalorian Judge & Cal Kestis (Imperial Officer). These will be available to pre-order tomorrow (April 23) at 1 PM Eastern. Both figures were previously pipeline reveals.

Update: These are both Fan Channel exclusives and part of the Fan Channel wave that includes Kanan Jarrus (VC318) and Ezra Bridger (Hero of Lothal) (VC319). This case is currently available to pre-order on Entertainment Earth.

Yesterday’s The Black Series announcements are now available to pre-order on Target’s website. Click below for pre-order pages:

• Mandalorian Privateer
• R5- D4, BD-72 & Pit Droids

Also revealed today on Social Media via @fathersfigures is the Mandalorian Privateer. This will be a Target exclusive and will retail for $24.99. 

The folks over at Gamerant.com have revealed the latest The Black Series exclusive, featuring droids from The Mandalorian. R5-D4, BD-72, & Pit Droids will be a Target exclusive retailed for $49.99. Get the full details and additional images over at Gamerant.com.

Just in case you have not checked out Steve Evans’ latest The Vintage Collection checklist, he’s added all of the latest announcements. The previously skipped VC271 will be the single-carded Dark Trooper release. Head over to check out all the latest additions.

It’s time for another mini pre-order day. Click below to pre-order the WonderCon The Black Series and The Vintage Collection reveals:

The Vintage Collection

• Kanan Jarrus (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Ezra Bridger (Hero of Lothal) (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
• Garezeb “Zeb” Orrelios (Deluxe Packaging) (Entertainment Earth)

• The Vintage Collection Wave 5 (Includes Kanan Jarrus & Ezra Bridger)

The Black Series

• Momaw Nadon (Entertainment Earth)

Hasbro announced several new figures today from The Vintage Collection and The Black Series at today’s WonderCon panel. Pre-orders will go up on April 3rd at 1PM Eastern:

The Vintage Collection

• Kanan Jarrus (VC318)
• Ezra Bridger (Hero of Lothal) (VC319)
• Garezeb “Zeb” Orrelios (Deluxe Packaging)

The Black Series

• Momaw Nadon (ANH07) (Fan Channel Exclusive)

Head to LaughingPlace.com for more details and images

Update: Click through to watch the entire panel

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Amazon has dropped the price again for the Rebel Soldier (Echo Base Battle Gear) ($24.99) and Imperial Death Troopers ($28.99). Click below for the product pages: