Adam's Star Wars Newsletter #005

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CONTENTS

I. Prologue
II. The New Hasbro Announcements
III. The New Hasbro Releases
IV. New Shows
V. Fin

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I. Prologue

Everything old is still old, and so are the people who buy it!  Hasbro came through with a second wave of figures based on The Mandalorian, which is something of a dream.  I liked wave one just fine, but this new wave gives us a new alien with Ahsoka Tano, a new Boba Fett and three other Mandalorians, and a new trooper.  While I could say "but what about that guy?" it would just go on forever.  I would love "Kenner" to be the scale-of-record for the Mando show, what with the Astromech Gondola operator, or The Client and Dr. Pershing, or Mon Calamari Green Sweater Chaos Repairs, or especially Brian Posehn and Amy Sedaris.   Who wouldn't love more of these?  If they can keep craning out six or so per year, I am a happy camper.

I would also love a couple of vehicles - a Blurrg, really - but I'm not hopeful.  Maybe they can keep this going, I'd love an Andor wave with characters from the Rogue One prequel series too!   

Speaking of vehicles, I'd suggest you hurry up and get a 1996 Shadows of the Empire Slave I vehicle - basically the original Kenner one with nicer paint - or perhaps the Mission Series/Saga Legends mini one that was repackaged in small numbers during The Force Awakens.  It's tiny, but it has a lot of character and is oddly perfect for Kenner figures.

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II. The New Hasbro Announcements
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The Black Series Figures
__ Artillery Stormtrooper (Amazon Exclusive)
__ Bib Fortuna
__ Boba Fett (Tython)
__ The Client
__ Echo (The Bad Batch)
__ Mayfeld (Morak)
__ Omega with Ruby
__ Stormtrooper (Jedha Patrol)

The Black Series Deluxe Figures
__ Cobb Vanth
__ The Mandalorian and Grogu (Arvala-7/Mudhorn Hunt, Target Exclusive)
__ The Mandalorian and Grogu (Maldo Kress/Spider Hunt, Target Exclusive)

The Black Series Lucasfilm 50th Anniversary Collection - Droids, Target Exclusive
__ Boba Fett

The Black Series Lucasfilm 50th Anniversary Collection - Shared Exclusives
__ George Lucas (in Stormtrooper Disguise)

The Black Series Gaming Greats - GameStop Exclusives
__ RC-1138 (Boss, Republic Commando)

The Black Series Galaxy's Edge Gift Sets
__ First Order AT-AT Driver, General Hux, R5 Astromech Droid, Mouse Droid
__ Battle Droid, Pit Droid, Babu Frik, CB-23, KX Droid
__ Kowakian Monkey Lizards, Porg, Mynock, and Bogling

The Black Series HasLab
__ Rancor Monster

The Black Series Prop Replicas
__ Leia Organa's FX Lightsaber

The Vintage Collection Figures
__ Ahsoka Tano (Corvus)
__ Ahsoka Tano (Season 3, reissue)
__ Anakin Skywalker (Padawan, reissue)
__ ARC Trooper Jesse
__ Clone Trooper (Ahsoka Squad)
__ Death Watch Mandalorian
__ Figrin D'an
__ Mace Windu (Reissue)
__ Mandalorian Super Commando Captain
__ The Mandalorian (Morak Disguise)
__ New Republic Security Droid
__ Obi-Wan Kenobi (AOTC, reissue)
__ Princess Leia (Ewok Village dress)

The Vintage Collection Lucasfilm 50th Anniversary Collection - Droids, Target Exclusive
__ Boba Fett
__ C-3PO
__ R2-D2

The Vintage Collection Deluxe Figures
__ The Mandalorian and Grogu (Maldo Kress/Spider Hunt, TBD Exclusive)

The Vintage Collection Troop Builder Packs
__ Rebel Fleet Trooper Pack

The Vintage Collection Playset
__ Nevarro Cantina with Imperial Death Trooper (Nevarro)

The Retro Collection Wave 2
__ Ahsoka Tano
__ The Armorer
__ Bo-Katan Kryze
__ Boba Fett
__ Imperial Death Trooper
__ The Mandalorian (Beskar)

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III. The New Hasbro Releases

The Black Series
__ Artillery Stormtrooper (Amazon Exclusive)
__ Aurra Sing
__ General Lando Calrissian
__ Koska Reeves
__ Q9-0 (Zero)
__ Tech
__ Zaalbar (GameStop Exclusive)

The Vintage Collection Figures
__ Ahsoka Tano (Mandalore)
__ ARC Trooper Echo
__ Darth Maul (Mandalore)
__ The Emperor
__ IG-11
__ Lando Calrissian
__ Offworld Jawa (Arvala-7)
__ Teebo

The Vintage Collection Vehicles
__ Antoc Merrick's X-Wing Fighter (with carded figure)

The Retro Collection
__ Stormtrooper (Prototype Edition, Target Exclusive)

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IV. New Shows

Star Wars Visions
Streaming now - Disney+!  It's anime.   If you were friends with the head of TASS it's the kind of thing you'd expect it to be.

Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
Disney+ special, streams November 12.  Will it tell you anything new?  I have no idea.

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V. Fin

--Adam

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