Picked up Maz, Leia and the Guard today at Target.  Nice to be done with those...

Didn't realize there were some spoilerish things on the back of Maz's box.

I don't know if it's really a spoiler.  But it's cool to know that Maz is still in the mix in Episode 8...

The destruction of her castle has forced Maz to become more mobile and take a more hands-on (and blasters-firing) role in the turbulent criminal underworld. She offers help in the struggle against the First Order by pointing the Resistance towards a mysterious new ally.

Principle photography has wrapped, and director Ron Howard has this message for fans.  We also have a title:

SOLO - A Star Wars Story

Seeing that AT-AT next to the AT-M6 was a bit of a surprise.  The AT-M6 is least twice as tall, if not taller!  And for a Hasbro AT-M6 to not look completely ridiculous, it would have to be around 4 feet tall.  Something tells me that won't be happening.  But on the walker front, it was also pretty cool seeing the First Order equivalent of the AT-ST in some of those hangar scenes.

On a totally unrelated note, it was cool seeing Rian Johnson paying a tiny bit of homage to the PT with one particular shot.  Notably, the overhead angle of Kylo Ren leading some First Order Snowtroopers into some cave on Crait.  That shot was incredibly reminiscent of Anakin Skywalker leading the 501st into the Jedi Temple in ROTS.

Now in stock at EE for $20.99.  It's cool that people are getting another shot at this one if they're interested in this version of the packaging.

Hmmm.  Kind of tempting at that price.  But I'm wondering if there might be a lightning sale down the line?  I waited out the AT-ACT, and Amazon wound up offering that for $49.99 in a lightning deal a few months after ROGUE ONE was released in theaters.

I bit on the Rey speeder at Walmart for $45.  But for now I’m playing the waiting game with the Centerpiece collection. $35 is significantly less than the $49.99 MSRP, but I’d like a better deal.

Another sale to take note of?  Target has their $10 off of $50 and $25 off of $100 toy purchases in effect this week. I picked up 3 figures from the 2nd TLJ wave of 6” figures with that deal today.

The calendar is looking kind of jammed up for Hasbro in the year or so with two movie releases, and associated product lines.  And I think 2019 is going to be a bit more fertile for the Vintage Collection. 

There's a brief window for TVC to roll out following the theatrical release of THE LAST JEDI in early 2018... before the HAN SOLO line gets launched in the spring.  I think that's when we're going to see the figures that have been revealed, along with the tank from ROGUE ONE.  The HS line will probably be the primary line for Q2 and Q3 2018.  And have you wondered why there's no Falcon in the TLJ line?  I bet there will be one in the HS line.  But the TVC line?  I bet it gets some more releases in the fall, complete with upgraded sculpts to figures that were part of the TLJ and HS lines.

With the release of Episode IX now pushed back to December of 2019 from the previously scheduled May release?  I think that opens up some merchandising options for Hasbro with the product line for the first half of 2019.  And that might be the prime time for The Vintage Collection.

People were asking about Zuckuss, but Hasbro didn’t say anything about him.