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Walmart Collector Con is set to launch tomorrow morning at 10 AM  Eastern. Here are the links for the upcoming The Vintage Collection exclusives expected to go live at that time:

Note: Until the links are activated, they will default to the Collector Con home page.

• Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2)
• Bespin Security Guard (Helder Spinoza)
• Bespin Security Guard (Isdam Edian)
• Imperial Gunner
• Stormtrooper

Thanks to Volker c over at starwars-figuren.com, here’s a look at three carded images from the Walmart exclusive Original 96 wave announced this week. What are your thoughts? Looks like they (almost) got 2 of 3 correct. 

Check out Instagram user @victoriascantina for two more fansite reveals today: The Vintage Collection Imperial Gunner (Return of the Jedi) and R2-D2 (with Sensorscope) (The Empire Strikes Back). Both will be Walmart exclusives and up for pre-order on March 24th at 1 PM Eastern. You can also view them on her Twitter account.

Welcome to another entry in our The Vintage Collection: The Ninety Six column. Hasbro recently committed to collectors that they will be “focusing” on characters in The Vintage Collection that fall under “The Ninety Six” banner. If you’re new to this, it means that there needs a modern counterpart for every classic Kenner figure. Between 2020 and 2021, Hasbro’s made an admirable effort by focusing on these characters. But there is more work to be done, and we’ll figure out where we are step by step. Today we assess ARTOO-DETOO (R2-D2).

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In 1984, new packaging for Star Wars figures was introduced for the European market. A cost containment initiative, the new packaging sported three languages of the Return Of The Jedi logo for a “one size fits all” approach. Although a “three-logo” design was created for The Power Of The Force line (as evidenced on some ‘boxed’ toys), it wasn’t carried over to the basic figure line’s card design. They continued to use the three Return Of The Jedi logos instead. Although the word “Trilogo” is found nowhere on the packaging, the term is universally adopted by all Star Wars collectors to describe this line of figures.

Today we revisit ARTOO-DETOO (R2-D2). ARTOO-DETOO (R2-D2) has an interesting Trilogo card back. C-3PO was repositioned, and both characters received a strong orange wash over them. Eventually, the name of the figure was changed to Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2) (with Sensorscope), but that took some time. See the full Trilogo card art and additional notes by revisiting 1982’s THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK ARTOO-DETOO (R2-D2) figure HERE.

ARTOO-DETOO (R2-D2) • The Empire Strikes Back • 1982