I would have to go back and rewatch, which I probably won’t, but I feel like between Rebels and Clone Wars they pretty much filled up all of the time gaps with Maul so I’m not sure where this could be set or how interesting it could be plot wise, but I’ll def check it out.

IIRC, it's close to 10-year timeline gap between the end of Clone Wars when Maul escapes from Ahsoka & the post-credit scene in Solo when we first see Maul again, having once again reestablished himself as a leader in the criminal underworld. After Solo, it is another 6-8 years or so until Maul reappears to Ezra outside the Sith Temple on Morriban in Rebels, having lost everything. So aside from the one brief check-in over a 16-year period, we don't really know any specifics about what he was up to during the "Rise of the Empire" period. I think there is a good amount of story potential there. 

Quote from: Matt_Fury on April 18, 2025, 03:04 PM

Available for Premium Members now.

Guess I'll check back in an hour or so.

That one hour delay for the common folk is maybe the dumbest "value" I've ever seen someone try and monetize with a premium membership.  Hasbro marketing should be ashamed of their stupidity.

... But ... it makes me feel so special when no one else does ...   :'(

 

Jk, It is pretty silly. The "free" shipping is ok, even though Premium is essiantiall just paying a flat yearly upfront fee that essentially equates to discounted shipping on each order. With the Haslabs and a few of the Pusle exclusives I order enough that the premiums saves me a few bucks a year on shipping, but there is really zero value to it beyond that.

I ended up ordering two Banthas to start with.

$17.99 each @ EE currently, waiting on the JD links to order.

I ended up grabbing the case of 8, plus an extra Crosshair, Merrin, Gideon, & 5 extra Rocket Troopers.

I am still a bit hesitant with Disney's production track record to get too excited here, but that sounds potentially promising. Fall isn't so far off, but a lot can happen before then. We will see if the cast/crew remain intact or if the writer/director are replaced 5 times and production is delayed indefinitely...

I don't collect much Black Series but man, that Kurt Russell Dash Rendar is sweet. And TBS gets Turgle & Skoova Stev?! I really wish these were coming in TVC too, I may end up picking a few of these up.

Stealing from Banthaskull for this one, but... he has teeth! 

I know we've all been noticing the decline of TVC (and toys/action figures in general) at brick-and-mortar stores over the last few years, and it has been about a year since the last scare of Target dropping TVC altogether... Tonight, I got curious about the lack of exclusives in general lately, and after a little investigation, I found something pretty telling. Hasbro has likely announced most of their releases for the 1st half of 2025 by now, and we haven't had any retailer exclusive figures. In fact, there has not been a single TVC brick-and-mortar exclusive since 2023...

Between 2018-2023 we had 53 total brick-and-mortar TVC exclusives (~9 per year). Many/Most of those exclusives were just repaints/retools and cheaper for Hasbro to produce. The fact that we haven't had ANY since then feels like a pretty ominous sign for the future of the line at brick-and-mortar. It is really starting to feel like the end of an era, and that this line (if not the entire hobby) has officially moved on to online retailers only. It doesn't seem like the line itself is going away anytime soon, but I do wonder if Hasbro has acknowledged internally that the traditional brick-and-mortar days are done?