Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Crosshair (Imperial, The Black Series). It's a good figure but not an authentic figure - the colors and new helmet are great, but the armor is just a recolor of the Republic version. It's not really accurate to the show, so a version 2.0 is pretty much essential right out of the gate. Regardless, it does look cool in and of itself and is arguably worth a buy at regular price. Read on!

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Jyn Erso (The Black Series). This is the 2021 release today.   The old 2016 figure is new and improved with an impressive photoreal face, and this does indeed mean your old ones are old and inferior. This is probably one of the most dramatic improvements I've seen since Hasbro started repainting figures with the new printing, and in person it's stunning how much better she looks. Read on!

Well, we're still doing this!  Adam's Star Wars Newsletter returns as an all-text, mostly-checklist thing every month or two so you can keep on top of things that got announced.  It's the best way to see what you missed, but things come and go and maybe you can get the next run.  Check out the latest issues here.

With new pre-orders today and The Book of Boba Fett next week, it's a great time to catch up while your boss thinks you're still working.  Read on!

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Obi-Wan Kenobi (The Black Series). It's a PulseCon reissue with the photoreal paint job, and it's a pretty solid improvement. Read on!

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Ponda Baba (The Black Series). It's a 2019 Luke body with a new head, new hands, and new colors. Is it enough? It's not bad. Read on!

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Dr. Evazan (The Black Series). This PulseCon debut is also showing up in retail stores as an individual figure - and it's a new head and torso with Jedi Luke arms and D.J. legs. Read on!

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Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Clone Pilot Hawk (The Black Series). It's a Target exclusive that came and went quickly, retooling the original Clone mold with new heads and new paint. Read on!

The funding for the HasLab Star Wars™ The Black Series Rancor ended just under an hour ago, capping out at about 8,500 of a required 9,000 orders before numbers started reducing down to 832 (as of 9:49 PM Pacific) and the project was removed from the HasLab archive page. For now you can still see the pictures and copy for Malakili, and it is unknown what this means for future projects.

As it did not fund, we do not anticipate this project to see production, but it will be interesting if Hasbro tries to make a similarly sized - but simpler and cheaper - creature with less articulation at a lower cost. (I am not betting on it.)

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Via Hasbro Pulse: Star Wars™ The Black Series Rancor Update! There is no picture, but there's some text - and we all know, that's where the magic happens.

From the campaign: "We really appreciate all the feedback we’ve received in an effort to make the HasLab Rancor the best possible dream product. With that, we realize we can't leave the most dangerous creature, the rancor, roaming the galaxy without its keeper. We will be adding a fully newly-tooled Star Wars: The Black Series Malakili figure [editor's note: emphasis added] to the base offering, funding at 9K units. Uncarded and ready for action, Malakili comes with his unique gaffi stick inspired by Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. This figure is in active development, and we will share renders as part of our backer updates if the project successfully moves into production.

"This final additional figure can ONLY be added if we hit our target threshold of 9K backers before the campaign deadline (December 6, 2021). Thank you for your help in shaping this product in real time!" More commentary after the jump? Sure, why not.

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Wrecker (The Black Series). It's a recent release, and this member of The Bad Batch has one of the most expressive faces in Hasbro's entire action figure line. Read on!

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Q9-0 (Zero, The Black Series) (The Black Series). It's a neat robot, with great detail and you've got a ghost of a chance of finding the wave in stores. The grey is a little more "plastic" than "metal" in appearance, but do remember, it is a plastic figure. The painted dirt and wires are a nice touch. Read on!

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: General Lando Calrissian (The Black Series). It's a recent release, but some elements of the design seem like Hasbro may have been sitting on this fairly good replica of the Return of the Jedi costume. Read on!

Via the Star Wars Galactic Hunter Figure of the Day Blog: Vice Admiral Rampart (The Black Series). It's Tarkin with a new head. Read on!