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Re: 6" Black Series Rumors
« Reply #150 on: June 2, 2018, 04:13 PM »
Does anyone know if Walgreens going to do any more SW 6" exclusives? 

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Re: 6" Black Series Rumors
« Reply #151 on: June 2, 2018, 11:27 PM »
Does anyone know if Walgreens going to do any more SW 6" exclusives?

Maybe they will pick up Zuckuss?  :D
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Re: 6" Black Series Rumors
« Reply #152 on: June 3, 2018, 02:36 PM »
Does anyone know if Walgreens going to do any more SW 6" exclusives?

Maybe they will pick up Zuckuss?  :D

That would be fantastic! Hopefully the big pharma robots monitoring the internet will catch note of this and make it happen.
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Re: 6" Black Series Rumors
« Reply #153 on: June 3, 2018, 07:41 PM »
I've been wondering where Walgreens stands lately.  Granted, they did have the Force spirit Obi-Wan Kenobi last year, but it's been kind of quiet at Walgreens since then.

As for Zuckuss?  There were hints about a specialty store picking that up in light of TRU's demise.  Could it be that KB Toys will pick it up instead?  They seem poised to launch hundreds of stores in time for the holidays.  But I haven't seen so much as a legit press release from them, aside from that announcement on Linkedin that KB is coming back and an informal presentation at a toy industry forum.
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Re: 6" Black Series Rumors
« Reply #154 on: June 19, 2018, 10:00 AM »
Nice to see this Yakface rumor report about an Imperial Mudtrooper.  The design of these guys is pretty cool.
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Re: 6" Black Series Rumors
« Reply #155 on: June 19, 2018, 04:02 PM »
So based on the sneaky italicization this could be Han in Mudtrooper Uniform?  ;)

Means I'll need at least three, one unmasked and two Imperial dudes.

Glad to see this is coming!

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Re: 6" Black Series Rumors
« Reply #156 on: June 28, 2018, 07:54 PM »
What's the deal with unannounced stuff showing up at Tru in Canada? 6" Phasma with TLJ battle damage and Rey Centerpiece set. Kinda odd
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Re: 6" Black Series Rumors
« Reply #157 on: June 29, 2018, 09:08 AM »
I’d add: what’s up with all of these exclusives?  There’s enough for their own wave!

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Re: 6" Black Series Rumors
« Reply #158 on: July 7, 2018, 09:12 PM »
How many are we expecting for these frequently announced/surprise-reveal figures?  Here's a list I came up with, but not sure if I have them all... feel free to add.

2018 3.75 and 6" Exclusive figures

Amazon
Astromech 3-pack

Entertainment Earth (I think this is being offered at other etailers as well)
Admiral Piett

GameStop, Disney Store, B&N
Commander Wolffe

Target
Gamorrean Guard
Moloch
Bespin Leia
Chewbacca (Vandor) (out now)


Homeless (formerly TRU)
Blast Effect Stormtrooper
Zuckuss
Captain Phasma (Battle Damage)

Walgreens
General Veers

Walmart
Mimban Stormtrooper
TVC Rey Island Journey
TVC Mimban Stormtrooper

SDCC
Han with Exogorth
TVC Aphra set

Hopefully we hear soon about where we can pick up the TRU exclusives.

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Re: 6" Black Series Rumors
« Reply #159 on: July 8, 2018, 09:06 AM »
There's also the SDCC exclusive 6" Black Series Centerpiece Starkiller Base set.  The Rey in that release is essentially the same as the new 6" TBS Centerpiece Rey, but the base and Kylo Ren are new.  From what I can see, the battle damaged Kylo Ren looks like it has articulation.
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Re: 6" Black Series Rumors
« Reply #160 on: July 19, 2018, 06:35 AM »
Very interesting rumor report over at Yakface!  Some of these have been rumored for a while (Grievous, for one).  But others are a little bit of a surprise, like the possibility of a Dr. Aphra 3-pack with her two droids - this one just screams "EXCLUSIVE" to me.
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Re: 6" Black Series Rumors
« Reply #161 on: July 19, 2018, 07:57 AM »
The Aphra figures are “rumored” to be individual releases, not a 3 pk.
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Re: 6" Black Series Rumors
« Reply #162 on: July 19, 2018, 08:25 AM »
The Aphra figures are “rumored” to be individual releases, not a 3 pk.

Seriously?  I personally think those droids are awesome, but I think they would work much better as an exclusive 3-pack, just like the SDCC exclusive TVC set.
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Re: 6" Black Series Rumors
« Reply #163 on: July 19, 2018, 09:13 AM »
There is some great stuff in that rumor report. Ezra AND Chopper? HELLS YES! (But what about Zeb?)

Happy to see Dryden Vos and the Battle Droid on the way too.

The Aphra stuff to me is just redundant and asinine IMHO and I really wish they would stop making non-movie or TV characters in this line when there are so many more important characters still left to do. (DOOKU!)
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Re: 6" Black Series Rumors
« Reply #164 on: July 19, 2018, 09:55 AM »
I'm kind of shocked to see that they've held back on PT characters like Mace, Padme and Grievous until now.  But I also get the sense that the way the 6" TBS line has been released, Hasbro is close to exhausting their options on OT core characters.  Be that as it may, Padawan Obi-Wan is a good addition to the line since they had already done Darth Maul and Qui-Gon Jinn.  Hasbro needed to complete that set.

I'm thinking that Ezra and Chopper might be some sort of a deluxe set.  Although you're left with the question of how do you approach Ezra?  Because he grew up over the course of the series, and his appearance changed substantially from season 1 to season 4.  As for Zeb?  I like the idea of completing the Ghost crew, but I'm curious about how Zeb would translate from the animated design to a more photo realistic look.

The rumor about reissues is good to hear.  The line is what, 5 years old now?  Some of those early pieces are scarce, and there's been a burgeoning bootleg industry.  It seems like Hasbro is almost leaving money on the table by not doing some kind of a "greatest hits" release for some 6" TBS figures.
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