Looking for older news posts?
Be sure to visit our News archive!
Get ready for the latest Hasbro livestream straight from San Diego Comic Con. You can click through to watch and discuss, or over at the Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel for today’s event! the panel starts at 5 PM Eastern. After the panel, we’ll break down all the reveals in our roundup articles.
Tags: Fanstream, Hasbro Pulse, livestream, San Diego Comic Con, The Black Series [Phase IV], The Vintage Collection
 |
|
|
This post contains affiliate links. At no additional cost to you, JTA may receive a commission if you click and make a purchase.
Pre-orders are now open for the limited edition Hot Toys exclusive The Phantom Menace Darth Maul Hologram (ACS015) 1/6 Scale Accessory. Click here for the pre-order page.
|
|
|
This post contains affiliate links. At no additional cost to you, JTA may receive a commission if you click and make a purchase.
Pre-orders are now open for the Hot Toys Darth Vader (Battle Damaged) DX44 & DX45 1/6 Scale Figures. Click here for the product page!
|
|
|
When you look at what other action figure toylines have to offer you sometimes wonder if Star Wars survives on nostalgia and being, well “Star Wars” alone, but not because of great products or good value.
The reason I am mentioning all this is the brand new GI Joe Classified HasLab: the Rattler. And when you look at it, what it offers, its features and its price… you begin to wonder if Star Wars fans are just getting ripped off these days and with the remaining collectors even deluding themselves into thinking something like the Cantina is a great thing to have. Click through for more!
GI Joe Classified Rattler, the full package with potential bonus figures
|
|
|
This post contains affiliate links. At no additional cost to you, JTA may receive a commission if you click and make a purchase.
The Amazon product pages are now live, and you can also pre-order The Vintage Collection reveals at other online outlets. Click below for available links:
- Moff Gideon’s Imperial Light Cruiser Hallway (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
- The Mandalorian (Imperial Base) (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
- Bo-Katan Kyrze (Plazir-15) (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
- Mandalorian Shriek-Hawk Set (Amazon Exclusive)
|
|
|
IGN has exclusively revealed the next Hasbro Pulse Con exclusive featuring the STAP & Battle Droid in Episode I packaging, retailing for $49.99. Get more images and details after the jump.
|
|
|
This post contains affiliate links. At no additional cost to you, JTA may receive a commission if you click and make a purchase.
It looks like Amazon is not the only one jumping the gun on pre-orders today. Pre-order links are live for the Hasbro Walmart Collector Con exclusives (Micro Galaxy Squadron exclusive is not yet available). Click below to grab them:
- The Black Series Mandalorian Shriek-Hawk Trainers
- The Black Series Mae (Assassin) (Holocomm Collection)
- Micro Galaxy Squadron Ahsoka Tano’s T-6 Jedi Shuttle
Update: All pre-orders are now live
|
|
|
This post contains affiliate links. At no additional cost to you, JTA may receive a commission if you click and make a purchase.
It looks like there’s a preview page featuring the four The Vintage Collection releases which allows you to add them to your card and order them early. Click on each one to open the pre-order option at the bottom. Get an early jump on today’s pre-orders. Thanks to JTA reader Mike for the tip!
Update: Individual product pages are now live:
- Moff Gideon’s Imperial Light Cruiser Hallway
- The Mandalorian (Imperial Base)
- Bo-Katan Kyrze (Plazir-15)
- Mandalorian Shriek-Hawk Set
|
|
|
San Diego Comic Con officially kicks off today. Hasbro will be in attendance once again with their showroom floor booth throughout the event, and their Star Wars panel on Friday at 5 PM Eastern. They’ve already kicked things off with several pre-SDCC reveals this week, with pre-orders starting tomorrow. We’ll get the full line-up at panel on Friday.
We’re back! That’s right, Hasbro Pulse is live on-site once again at #SanDiegoComicCon and ready to bring you the latest, greatest, and best from your favorite Hasbro brands!
Catch us at Booth 3213 right inside Hall D at the San Diego Convention Center, where attendees can visit, explore, experience, and engage with our epic products and brand teams. Even cooler, fans will get a front-row seat to our product reveals, interviews, and more exclusive content from our brand new Fanstreaming studio directly from the booth. So if you couldn’t make it out this year, don’t worry – we got you! Tune into the Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel throughout the event to see what’s happening.
From signings and giveaways, to panel experiences, and an on-site storefront Hasbro Pulse has an incredibly #SDCC lineup! Stay tuned for more great things to come!
|
|
|
This post contains affiliate links. At no additional cost to you, JTA may receive a commission if you click and make a purchase.
This Thursday (July 25) will be another full day of pre-orders. Along with today’s announcements, Walmart will hold their seasonal Collector Con with pre-orders for their exclusives going live at 10 AM Eastern. Here’s what’s on this summer’s Collector Con exclusive ticket:
- The Black Series Mandalorian Shriek-Hawk Trainers
- The Black Series Mae (Assassin) (Holocomm Collection)
- Micro Galaxy Squadron Ahsoka Tano’s T-6 Jedi Shuttle
|
|
|
Hasbro Pulse dropped a video on their YouTube channel this morning revealing three new The Vintage Collection releases. Moff Gideon’s Imperial Light Cruiser Hallway, The Mandalorian (Imperial Base), and Bo-Katan Kryze (Plazir-15) will be available for pre-order on July 25th at 1:00 pm ET. Click through to check out the full video.
Update: This set will retail for $59.99
|
|
|
Collider.com has exclusively revealed a new Mandalorian Shriek-Hawk Special Action Figure Set. Click through for the full reveal. This will be an Amazon exclusive going up for pre-order for $64.99 on July 25 at 11 AM Eastern.
|
|
|
The Hot Toys Darth Vader (Battle Damaged) Deluxe Version (DX45) gives you some additional display features for this Expanded Universe release. Click through to check out the full gallery and details!
|
|
|
Hot Toys is introducing another Battle-Damaged version of Darth Vader (DX44), this time more in line with the Expanded Universe. Click through to check out all the details and gallery images.
|
|
|
Hot Toys continues to build their Revenge of the Sith line with the announcement of General Grievous (MMS760D67). Click through to check out the full details and gallery images.
|
|
|
While marketing for Skeleton Crew has not yet started what seems to be an official promo poster / artwork has now been found in a thrift store (of all places), according to someone who posted the photo on X. This is a color version of a metal ingot revealed previously, maybe this will be the official poster for the series.
The theory is that maybe someone who worked on the show sold some of the swag crewmembers usually get when production wraps. Skeleton Crew was ready for release in 2023 already and thus production ended quite a while ago, but Iger decided to delay the release as part of his new Disney+ content strategy, which is why we’ll get the show in November this year.
One noteworthy thing is that Jude Law is absent, unless you count his silhouette walking in the background with the four kids in tow. This may imply the kids truly are the main focus here with Law only being a support character. One would think they would feature the only known actor in this show a bit more prominently.
What do you think? After so many either at best average (Mando S3, Ahsoka, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Book of Boba Fett) or outright disastrous (The Acolyte) shows I have doubts Lucasfilm under Kennedy will get a series right that is meant to have kids as main characters, especially when we look at the child characters in previous Disney+ projects. But of course no one will know for sure until release and I will certainly watch the pilot episode.
Found in a thrift store…
|
|
|
UPDATE: Luminate have already released their numbers for week 7 of The Acolyte, i.e. for the series finale. And episode 8 also failed to enter the top 10 Luminate original series like the previous two episodes. The #10 entry on the Luminate charts has 228.5 million minutes viewed (Sausage Party: Foodtopia, which is a sequel series to the movie) which is just embarrassing. The Acolyte must have had less then 228 million minutes watched, maybe even less than 200 million. According to Luminate the finale was watched by maybe as few as 4.4 million people (or even fewer)! In the update I also discuss some statements made by Headland in a Collider interview that reveal she literally considers Qimir aka Smilo Ren as somewhat of a self insert. You find the Luminate update and the interview quotes at the end of the original article!
Well, that escalated rather quickly… while The Acolyte remained in the top 10 Luminate Original Series charts until week 4 and episode 5 and only dropped out when episode 6 was released in week 5, The Acolyte has already dropped out of the top 10 Nielsen original series charts in week 3 with episode 4! The #10 show has 298 million minutes on the Nielsen charts. The Acolyte must have less than that. According to Luminate The Acolyte had 262 million minutes in week 3 (episode 4). Click through for a short commentary.
The Acolyte is as dead as this wookiee
|
|
|
This post contains affiliate links. At no additional cost to you, JTA may receive a commission if you click and make a purchase.
The latest reissue from The Black Series is the former Target exclusive Clone Trooper (Halloween Edition). You can now pick this up at various online stores including sponsor Entertainment Earth.
Need a recap? Check out our full Visual Guide right here.
|
|
|
Hot Toys has also started a new collection called the Accessory Collection Series. This series’s first Star Wars release features Darth Maul Hologram (ACS015) and is limited to just 1500 units in select markets. Details and gallery images after the jump!
|
|
|
Hot Toys reveals Clone Commander Scorch (TMS130), their latest The Bad Batch release. This is a Hot Toys exclusive limited to only 3000. Click through for full details and gallery images.
|
|
|
It’s finally over… the last ever episode of The Acolyte was released Tuesday night… but Headland’s show ends with a massive middle finger to almost all Star Wars fans. All in all things develop as you’d think they develop, there are no surprises really here. The plot is more than just predictable.
But Headland creates one of the most toxic romances in history (only rivalled by Rey and Kylo Ren) and has the gall to even include a cameo of a certain Jedi we all know… and I do not care about spoilers. The Phantom Menace is more like “The Super Duper Obvious Menace, We’ve Known About For 100 Years” now because at least two members of the high council should know about it all, and knew about it for about a century… which is just laughable. And that other cameo may make some fans even more angry…
There are quite a few things to talk about, none of them pleasant, but Lucasfilm should hear it loud and clear from the normal majority of fans that this is nothing most fans want (in case the lousy ratings do not tell Lucasfilm how a majority of fans reject this). While the two dozen Reylos who now have Oshamir scream on Twitter about how they want a season 2. Anyway, click here or on the banner to read my spoiler review for The Acolyte series finale.
|
|
|
This post contains affiliate links. At no additional cost to you, JTA may receive a commission if you click and make a purchase.
Pre-orders are officially open for the Amazon exclusive The Black Series Inquisitor & Duros Bounty Hunter (Halloween Edition) set. Click here for the product page.
|
|
|
This post contains affiliate links. At no additional cost to you, JTA may receive a commission if you click and make a purchase.
Amazon is celebrating Prime Day for the next two days. We will add any notable deals we find to this post as they arrive. You can browse through the complete list of Star Wars deals here.
- The Black Series Rebel Commando – $15.99
- The Black Series Wicket – $18.99
- The Black Series Princess Leia Organa (Hoth) – $13.42
- The Black Series Carnor Jax – $16.71
- The Vintage Collection The Mandalorian’s N-1 Starfighter – $96.49
- The Vintage Collection Tusken Raiders Builder Pack – $54.39
- LEGO Luke Skywalker’s X-Wing Fighter (75301) – $34.99
Search All The Black Series deals
Search All The Vintage Collection deals
Search All LEGO deals
Tags: Amazon Prime Day, Amazon.com, The Black Series [Phase IV], The Vintage Collection
|
|
|
This week you’ll get yet another pretty short article. Because The Acolyte failed to make the top ten original series Luminate streaming charts for a second week in a row, this time with episode 7, that other flashback episode. Last time the series was on the Luminate charts it had around 220 million viewing minutes, by far the lowest figure for any Star Wars live action series ever – if the numbers will be reflected on the Nielsen charts in a few weeks from now we will know for sure. But week 2 figures agreed very well between the two charts. So it is not unreasonable to assume that we may see very similar trends in upcoming Nielsen streaming charts. Click through for a few comments about this embarrassing performance on the Luminate charts.
No wonder hardly anyone is watching this
|
|
|
This post contains affiliate links. At no additional cost to you, JTA may receive a commission if you click and make a purchase.
DisneyStore.com now has The Vintage Collection Captain Enoch and Thrawn’s Night Troopers builder pack available. Click here for the product page.
|
|
|
![Sun Fac - LC [2] - Droid Factory](/galleries/2013/Review_DroidFactorySunFac/thumbnails/Review_DroidFactorySunFac07.jpg "Sun Fac - LC [2] - Droid Factory")
Toy Reviews
