Ken Colley - Admiral Piett in TESB and ROTJ - passed on Monday, June 30th at the age of 87.

Looking ahead to SDCC 2025 as it'snow 5 weeks away, and I'm wondering if Hasbro is going to shift the way they conduct the SDCC panel this year? Last year they were still offering the Pipeline Reveals - and 2 of those that were announced in June of '24 are still yet to be officially revealed. But per Hasbro they decided to taper off the Pipeline Reveals since they seemed to diminish the excitement level for announcements in general.

This is what got revealed for TVC last year at SDCC:
-3 TVC mainline figures [Imperial Jet Trooper, Thrawn (Ahsoka), Ahsoka Tano (Peridea)]
-1 TVC deluxe figure - Cobb Vanth
-1 creature pack - Mando and Blurrg
-1 playset - Armorer's Forge
-8 TVC mainline figures announced as Pipeline Reveals.
-Shortly before SDCC Hasbro announced the Mandalorian Shriek Hawk Training Team multipack

Given the shift in how Hasbro is announcing things? I suspect that there will be more announcements than last year.  It's fair to expect Hasbro to finally reveal the new Han Solo and Chewbacca that were pipelined a year ago.

Yakface also has 4 named characters on their current rumor list, with another 17 entries for mainline figures, 3 slotted for deluxe figures, as well as a couple of multipacks. I think we could see anywhere from 6 - 8 mainline figures announced, a deluxe figure and a multipack announced for TVC. I'm also not ruling out the possibility that Hasbro could make at least a couple of pipeline reveals, but those would be an exception to the shift in the way Hasbro is announcing things.

There was a limit of 3 per customer on these sets.  I ordered 2 for myself after getting shut out the first time around.

Same thing for me, Rob.  The bot detector didn't like my laptop, but the app worked fine.

It's odd how vehicle prices have fluctuated over the past couple of years, and the sticker shock that seems to be hitting a number of collectors.

The Mandalorian's N1 Starfighter had a retail price of $131.99.  It was a 2023 release, but I think a good number of collectors benefitted from some sale pricing on this.  And it's Mando's ship!

But then there's the E-Wing.  That was a late 2024 release and priced at $99.99.  Granted, it looks to be smaller than the TIE Advanced, but $40 smaller?

Go further back and we've got some Red 5 X-Wing re-releases as well as the Blue Leader X-Wing.  Merrick's X-Wing was $105.99 for a repaint of an existing vehicle.

It seems like pricing is a little bit all over the place here.

I ordered from the Amazon link. so thanks Jeff!  I'm still waiting on the two that I ordered from Hasbro Pulse when they were initially offered.

It's a great figure!  And the number of accessories is substantial.  But you can only equip the Armored Commando with 4 of them at the most.  After taking the figure out of the blister I put the blaster pistol in the holster, the rifle in the right hand and the shield on the left arm.  The jetpack might be removable, but at least it can stay on the figure.  As for the knife and the electro-baton?  We'll see.

Jayson dropped a fairly sizable hint about what's likely to be revealed in this YF Facebook post:
"Hasbro’s troops have entered the base! Hasbro Pulse has announced they will be broadcasting their next Star Wars Fanstream this Friday the 13th at 11am ET on YouTube to commemorate Father’s Day. Look for various announcements to go up for preorder soon (next week)."

To me?  That says the Snowtrooper Troop Builder 4-pack is on tap.  As for the whole Father's Day angle?  If there is anything with that theme, I suspect it would be with figures that have already been released, but in some special 2-pack packaging.  And my suspicions that this livestream might reveal the rest of TVC wave 24 have been dashed.  Those are probably being held until SDCC.