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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:
What an impressive re-release! Hasbro FINALLY gets Captain Cassian Andor up to speed with a remarkable PhotoReal update. The figure hasn’t looked better. Check out the new version of the fan-favorite character. It comes with a stunning paint job that brings out the likeness and is a worthy inclusion to the line now. We took the time to summarize all the new details for you by producing an all-new 56-image gallery complete with comparison shots and a breakdown of what separates the 2018 version from the 2024 reissue in the Collector Notes. See this gorgeous figure updated in our RDRs now! There’s more difference here than you may realize.
There is a LOT to talk about this week. Not just about The Bad Batch and the return of Asajj Ventress (which comes as no surprise, they showed her in the trailers) and certain revelations, but I feel it’s also high time to talk about Star Wars as a whole, because “The Harbinger” is a perfect showcase for everything that is both good and beautiful and just plain silly and bad in Star Wars. So click here or on the banner for my spoiler review of “The Harbinger” and let’s discuss it all!
The Vintage Collection Finn (Starkiller Base) figure has some minor improvements from the figure released almost nine years ago, but why did Hasbro wait so long to add this crucial character from The Force Awakens into the line? It sounds a bit suspect and racist to us! (more….)
Pre-orders are now live for yesterday’s Imperial March The Black Series and The Vintage Collection announcements. Click below for pre-order options:
The Black Series
Note: The Last Command set will also be available at Disney Store at a later date.
The Vintage Collection
The Vintage Collection Count Dooku figure is a perfect ten. The only thing we’re disappointed in is the packaging. But aside from that, this figure has been worth the wait. (more….)
We also have a few reveals from The Vintage Collection to close out Imperial March. Both of these will be mainline releases and available to pre-order starting tomorrow at 1 PM Eastern.
Looks like we also get another The Black Series reveal today, featuring a 4-pack from Star Wars: The Last Command. This will also be a Hasbro Pulse/Disney Store exclusive going up for pre-order tomorrow at 1 PM Eastern on Pulse, and Disney Store at a later date (this was Pipelined last year at MCM London Comic Con). Check out the full reveal over at Comicbook.com.
It’s the end of Imperial March, and the last week of reveals start with The Black Series Phase II Clone Trooper & Battle Droid set, exclusive to Hasbro Pulse and Disney Store. Click here for the other reveals from today. Pre-orders at Hasbro Pulse start tomorrow at 1 PM Eastern.
The Vintage Collection Phase I Clone Trooper figure is a figure that we expected after long last, but it’s so close to perfect that it will make you mad. Why couldn’t Hasbro tweak it a little further? Check out what makes this figure both good and bad. (more….)
Thank you for reading Research Droids Reviews: Season 15!
S.H.Figuarts dropped a tease via social media today indicating some releases for The Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary. Look for announcements to start in April.
This year finally, 1999 release “Star Wars Episode 1 / Phantom Menace” celebrates its 25th anniversary! New S.H.Figuarts series announced?! More announcements coming in April, stay tuned! This year, “STAR WARS: EPISODE I, The Phantom Menace” will celebrate its 25th Anniversary! And there will be an announcement from S.H.Figuarts?! Look for more details coming this April, you won’t want to miss it!
It looks like Amazon has followed suit with Walmart and dropped the price of the newest The Vintage Collection R2-D2 release to $9.97. Click here for the product page.
Sideshow Collectibles dropped the pre-order time on their Twitter account today for the LIMITED Hot Toys Umbra Operative Sixth Scale figure. Get ready because this is limited to 1,500 worldwide, which means a small allocation for Sideshow Collectibles and sure to sell out in a flash on Sideshow’s site.
Walmart has listed most of this week’s new pre-orders from The Black Series and The Vintage Collection for much lower than their retail price. They did this with both Darth Vader and the Stormtrooper too, and then raised them back to retail a few days later. If they add the other two TVC figures from The Acolyte we will add them. Take advantage of the lower prices while you can:
The next The Black Series Holocomm figure is now available to pre-order. Darth Vader is an Amazon exclusive, retailing for $27.99. Click here for the pre-order page.
With this week’s episode we are past the halfway point for the last season of The Bad Batch and things are slowly coming together. While this week is mostly more setup for the finale, “Bad Territory” is an entertaining episode. Much of that can be attributed to the inclusion of Fennec Shand. So click here or on the banner for my spoiler review of “Bad Territory” and lets’s discuss the latest The Bad Batch episode!
Along with pre-orders, we also get some reveals today. The Imperial March Campaign has revealed several The Black Series exclusives:
The Masters of Evil 3 Pack is available to pre-order right now, and you can check out the official reveal of that set over at Collider.com.
Pre-orders are now open for yesterday’s The Vintage Collection and The Black Series announcements from yesterday’s Imperial March Fanstream. Click below for pre-order pages.
The Vintage Collection
The Black Series
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Amazon has dropped the price (again) for their exclusive The Black Series Ahsoka Tano & HK-87 Assassin Droid Carbonized set down to $28. Thanks to JTA reader Jon for letting us know!
Well, that was a very pleasant surprise and probably the best Hasbro Star Wars livestream in literal ages! Not just when it comes to the number of reveals, but also the presentation felt much more alive this time, less scripted, less teleprompter reading and actually, just like five people having fun with the reveals… Anyway, much to my own surprise Hasbro revealed a ton of The Acolyte figures, which will all be released in Fall 2024!
ALL figures come with their robes and each has a unique lightsaber! Only Mae comes with various knives/daggers instead, but she too has her purple cloak. All the figures are mainline items in the US and Fan Channel / Amazon / Pulse items in Europe and everything revealed today will be available for pre-order on March 21st at 1 pm ET!
On top of that a new Darth Maul holocomm figure was revealed as well and there will also be a new Moff Gideon roleplay helmet
There are also quite a few exciting pipeline reveals! Stay tuned for the update coming very soon with all the photos and some discussion!
Click through for all the photos and a discussion!
Here’s the breakdown of what was revealed during today’s Imperial March live stream for The Vintage Collection. Pre-orders kick off tomorrow (March 21) at 1 PM Eastern.
The Vintage Collection
Also revealed was the packaging and card backs for Jabba the Hutt playset
TVC Pipeline reveals
Hasbro’s Star Wars Imperial March Fanstream starts today at 11 AM Eastern. Click through to watch and discuss! You can also watch it on the Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel.
Hasbro will make action figures for The Acolyte. Now the only question is what figures they should or could make…. based on the first trailer I have some suggestions for Hasbro. So click through for my take on what Acolyte figures Hasbro should make.
The new trailer for The Acolyte has dropped. Click through to watch it and also for an analysis and discussion of the trailer! You can also check out the second teaser poster.
The next sixth scale figure in the Hot Toys line-up is the Umbra Operative ARC Trooper (VGM58) as seen in Battlefront II. Click through for details and gallery images.
Note: This is a Hot Toy exclusive, so it probably won’t go up for pre-order until a later date.