Hasbro laying off 1,100 world building employees

New 6" Pyke Soldier up for pre-order on Wednesday.  Looks pretty sharp.

Info from Yakface.

I saw this online at 5 Below today.  Anybody know if this is 3.75" scale?  Looks pretty close in the photos.

I rewatched Andor over the past week and that show is so fantastic we've got to get more than just a few figures from it.  I think right now we're getting three figures - two versions of Cassian and Vel (pathetic).

I bitched about the lack of passion from the current Star Wars product management team.  If I were in charge this is what I would do. 

I put them in three categories:
No brainers - even today's Hasbro team should get this much done without much effort
Kitbashes - obvious choices if they really wanted to do world building and get some kitbashing help
Derryl DePriest tier - this is what we would have got 15 years ago under Derryl's watch and what I think someone with some passion and skill could still muster this today

No brainers:
Bix
Luthen Rael - Coruscant
Cinta (Ferrix)
Brasso
Imperial army trooper - black riot control outfit with shield (make it a four pack if you want)
Dedra Meero - ISB white uniform
Syril - Pre-Mor Security Officer
Marva
Mon Mothma

Kitbashes
ISB multi pack (white uniforms) - Dedra Meero, Lonni Jung, Officer Blevin, Major Partagaz
Narkin 5 prison multipack - Cassian Andor, Kino Loy, Ruescott Melshi
Rix Road Imperial patrol vehicle (pack in a Stormtrooper and/or offer it with the line)
Narkina 5 Imperial Security (with electro boots) (probably can kitbash this pretty easily)
Saw Gerrera  multipack - rerelease Saw (kitbash with healthy leg and no oxygen), re-release Two Tubes, kitbash Luthen in new cloak with walking stick
Prefect Tigo (Overzealous Ferrix Imperial officer

Derryl DePriest Tier
Mon Monthma Betrothal 3-pack - Mon Mothma, Perrin Fertha, daughter
Tay Kolma (Chandrila banker)
Kleya
Dr. Quadpaw
Luthen Rael (Ferrix) - add in a speeder bike if you want a small vehicle line
Deluxe figure - Time Grappler and chime ($30?)
Deluxe B2EMO with giant holographic Marva (put a sound chip in it too with some of Marva's speech) ($40?)
Rix Road Funeral Band multi-pack (kitbash and make a couple different multi-packs with yellow and orange coats)
Rix Road funeral procession multi-pack (Daughter's of Ferrix maroon coats) - Brasso, black lady, etc.
Pre-Mor Security Sergeant Linus Mosk (kit bash and make a four pack)
Dewi and Freedi Pamular (Quadjumper guys on Narkina 5)

Rix Road playset - smallish (about the size of the Tantive IV hallway set) - maybe the front of the hotel with its archways.  This could be a set where you piece multiple parts together to have a urban background - $55

Luthen's Haulcraft - $100-$150 scaled down to X-Wing size

I left out most of the Aldhani story arc stuff as I don't know that anything was all that "iconic" from this bit.

What else would you guys add if you were in charge of this product line?

A new slew of announcements were posted on Yakface, Jedi News, and Bossk's Bounty.

Some of these are labeled as pipeline reveals and others are not, so I'm not sure if we've got some preorders happening soon or what.

Darth Malak
Bastila Shan
Mic (Scar Squadron)
Doctor Aphra
Mara Jade
Ahsoka Tano (TCW Season 3)
MagnaGuard
Clone Trooper (Phase II)
Omega (The Bad Batch Season 2)

Last night some new Black Series figures were revealed as part of the 1027 Hasbro livestream and made available for pre-order.  I didn't even realize there was a "1027 Hasbro livestream".  Is that number significant in Hasbro lore or is it just the date?

Anyhow, here they are.  Maybe Jeff can put in affiliate links to Amazon for these:
- Cal Kestis
- Din Djarin (Morak)
- Boba Fett (ROTJ 40th Anniversary Card)

Is the Boba Fett new in any way, or just repacked on a fancy new card?  I know the last one we got was technically ESB and this is ROTJ

New ARC Commander Havoc exclusive from Wal-Mart goes live (in theory) this morning at 10AM EST.