2022 TVC Wave 3 (New TVC Wave 24)

[Jeff]

Not 100% certain on the order of release, but starting a thread for these now.  Looks like this will be the next wave after the Jedi repack wave.

Confirmed via Hasbro Pipeline reveals:
  2022 VC2xx Yoda {repack w/photo-real update}
  2022 VC2xx Clone Trooper (501st Legion)  {repack w/photoreal update}
  2022 VC2xx Mandalorian Death Watch Airborne Trooper
  2022 VC2xx Ahsoka Tano (Corvus)

Rumored from Jayson's list
  2022 VC2xx “Bethesda” –*new* figure from The Mandalorian

[Jeff]

These two were revealed on SW.com's Bring Home the Bounty Week 3 this morning.  Should be going up for pre-order tomorrow, 10/27 at 10am PT.

  2022 VC2xx Mandalorian Death Watch Airborne Trooper
  2022 VC2xx “Mesa” – *new* figure from The Mandalorian = Ahsoka Tano (Corvus)

[Rob]

Those both look amazing.

As someone who is just now watching The Clone Wars and only finished season one… were there a fixed number of these Mandos or were there tons of them?

[Nicklab]

Death Watch seemed like a fairly sizable organization.  I don't know if I would call it a full blown army, but it was definitely a powerful faction.

The Mandalorian seems to be based on the live action design from the flashback scenes in The Mandalorian series on Disney+.  While the coloring is similar to the Death Watch armor in the Clone Wars animated series, the Death Watch members in CW have armor that's much more like that of Jango Fett in appearance.

As for these reveals?  I'm very happy to see them - especially Ahsoka!  I was concerned that it might be a while before a Corvus Ahsoka would come out, and Hasbro would try to get people to buy the retro collection version because of FOMO.  But this a fantastic representation of Ahsoka from The Mandalorian.

[Rob]

So you’d army build them the same way you would any troop, it’s not like getting five of them gets you the whole gang like Bala Tik’s guys?

[Nicklab]

So you’d army build them the same way you would any troop, it’s not like getting five of them gets you the whole gang like Bala Tik’s guys?

It's definitely open ended like that.  If you watch some of the battle scenes from the Siege of Mandalore in CW season 7 you'll get a sense of things.

[Matt_Fury]

So we're getting three different Ahsoka Tanos in a year.

I like this new figure, but I'm not sure this is the best idea.

[Rob]

It's definitely open ended like that.  If you watch some of the battle scenes from the Siege of Mandalore in CW season 7 you'll get a sense of things.

Got it, thanks!

So we're getting three different Ahsoka Tanos in a year.

I like this new figure, but I'm not sure this is the best idea.

Of all those Ahsokas, this is the only one that's worth doing IMO.  At least it's a new take, specific to a new thing.

[Matt_Fury]

Agree Rob.  I love the look of the Mando Season 2 Ahsoka.  I just did a review of the Clone Wars season 7 one (I may have been the last person to get that figure).

I'm thinking more about the casual fans, or parents looking for a toy for their kids.  Of course, seeing action figures on the pegs is more and more rare, so it may be a moot point. 

[Rob]

Right on.


Also, is it weird that they didn’t just reveal these two during the Star Wars section of Pulse Con?

Like, we probably would have been much more impressed if they’d shown them in that group.

[Jeff]

Also, is it weird that they didn’t just reveal these two during the Star Wars section of Pulse Con?

Nope.  The "Bring Home the Bounty" thing is running weekly through 12/28 so Hasbro had to save a few things to get peppered in and revealed piecemeal during the promo event.

There are a couple more rumored Mando TVC figures ("Bethesda" and "olympia"), pipeline TVC figures (like Tank Driver Din Djarin), and more Black Series 6" figures that were saved for future SW.com "bring home the bounty" reveals.

[Matt_Fury]

So bring home the bounty is the new Mando Monday?

[Jeff]

So bring home the bounty is the new Mando Monday?

Yeah, "new" product reveals on Tuesdays and then pre-orders on Wednesdays.  Not all "new" reveals are new though (last week's "reveal" was for the sold out Target TVC Droids figures  ) and not everything will go up for pre-order right away (like how The Client was revealed yesterday but not up for pre-order until later).

[Rob]

Do we know if these guys are up for preorder at all the usual places... anywhere specific?  Any product links yet?

[Nicklab]

I'm curious to see what the case pack is going to be like for this.  I'm definitely going to order multiples of the troopers in addition to the case itself.

EDIT:

This Star Wars The Vintage Collection Action Figures case contains 8 individually packaged figures:
2x Ahsoka Tano (Corvus)
1x TBD
2x Death Watch Mandalorian
2x TBD
1x TBD
(subject to change)