2025 Hasbro May the 4th Fan Stream Reveals

[Jeff]

Coming this Friday... 

"Celebrate Star Wars May the 4th Be With You early with a special Fan Stream! Tune in Friday, May 2 at 11am ET on the Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel for reveals and updates from The Black Series, The Vintage Collection, and more!"

[Ryan]

I wonder if we will get any TVC reveals beyond Han, Chewie, & Obi-Wan (which they have to have been saving for May 4th at this point)? Hopefully, there are at least one or two surprises in there too.

[Nicklab]

Hmmm, what to expect?  The remaining pipeline reveals of Han Solo, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Chewbacca are still hanging out there.  And beyond that?  We're in the middle of ANDOR season 2, and the only thing that's been revealed is a K-2SO re-release.  I'm really hoping for something there.

[Jeff]

Reveals -

TVC Stormtroopers of the Empire Special Action Figure Set/3-pack [Pulse Exclusive, Pre-Order Sun 5/4 1pm ET Premium; 2pm ET everyone else]
- Snowtrooper Commander (new torso armor, flipped shoulder pads, new forearms, new head)
- Sandtrooper (orange pauldron, new sculpt, new backpack), Scout Trooper
- Scout Trooper (new barbell hips, upper legs, lower torso)




Mainline TVC releases, Pre-Order Sun 5/4 1pm ET
- VC231 Stormtrooper (new cardback refresh)
- VC373 Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi




KENNER CANTINA ADVENTURE SET!   [Pulse Exclusive, Pre-Order Sun 5/4 1pm ET Premium; 2pm ET everyone else]
[insert Krennic: "Oh it's beautiful" meme]

VC376 Hammerhead (repaint of VC362
VC377 Walrus Man (repaint of VC070)
VC378 Greedo (repaint of HAS010)
VC379 Snaggletooth (repaint of VC189)

[Dave]

Does the Cantina Adventure Set come as a carboard playset, or is it just the four repainted figures?  Not sure I need repaints of these...

Disappointed that there still aren't any more Andor releases announced.

[P-Siddy]

Does the Cantina Adventure Set come as a carboard playset, or is it just the four repainted figures?  Not sure I need repaints of these...

It comes with the carboard playset, Dave.  For me, it's a fun set.  Just wish Walrusman was more like the vintage (without the jacket), but it is what it is.  Wonder what the price point will be?

I agree, I wish there was more love for Andor (among the many other sources that are lacking in representation).

[Jeff]

Does the Cantina Adventure Set come as a carboard playset, or is it just the four repainted figures?  Not sure I need repaints of these...

Yes, it comes with the cardboard backdrop, which they recreated by scanning the original Kenner piece.  I might buy one to display on it's own and a second to just mix these repaints into my HasLab Cantina set-up...

Disappointed that there still aren't any more Andor releases announced.

Jayson has two "Andor" slots in his rumor list for the rest of the year, so don't hold your breath for too much from Andor S2 anytime soon.

Wonder what the price point will be?

Empire Trooper 3-Pack = $49.99
Cantina Adventure Playset = $64.99

According to the Hasbro PR details...

[Rob]

I love this cantina set.

[Matt_Fury]

Nice offerings.  Love the Kenobi, the cantina set is nice and an army builder 3-pack is very nice.

[P-Siddy]

Wonder what the price point will be?

Empire Trooper 3-Pack = $49.99
Cantina Adventure Playset = $64.99

Wow!  Cheaper than I expected.

[Rob]

Gonna need a 4-pack of that Sandtrooper. 

What's the deal with the Stormtrooper?  Just because?  I want to keep buying them but a bunch of the ones I bought last year are already slightly yellowing on the helmets.

[Jeff]

Gonna need a 4-pack of that Sandtrooper. 

I have to believe that a single card release and a trooper 4-pack must be in the works to get us the white and black pauldron variants...

What's the deal with the Stormtrooper?  Just because?

They must be selling well enough to justify it.  Most of mine seem OK so far.  I wonder if it was an issue with one version, where that one got too hot on a shipping container to the US or something.

Do you know which variation is turning yellow?  From the original Walmart run (2022), the second run of the Walmart exclusive at EE (2023), the mainline release on the new cardback (2024)?

[Rob]

Well, I think I only got one or two from the first Walmart run and Walmart screwed my preorder up so I had to overpay for those on eBay... so it's probably the EE or new mainline ones (or all of the above). 

Looking at my various order histories... it seems I ordered 14 from Amazon between March and November of 2024.  And I ordered 6 from EE back in 2022. 

...if that tells you anything...

They're not terrible but they're not pristine white like they were when I opened them.  They're also scattered on my shelves so I haven't exactly gone looking for all of them to line them up to see if it's universal or not. 

[Matt_Fury]

I have to confess Rob, the Catholic guilt is overwhelming me now....Ryan and I have been sneaking into your place at night and slightly yellowing your stormtroopers.

[Ryan]

Well, I'm very surprised that we didn't see Han & Chewie but am very pleasantly surprised with the "Stormtroopers of the Empire" & "Cantina Adventure Set"! I really wish Hasbro had updated the Biker Scout's shoulders with new shoulder armor style, too, but the set still looks really nice overall. The Cantina set is a great throwback, but will also help add some alien variety to my displays.

It is interesting to see they managed to get the new Hammerhead onto a standard card, w/ a standard bubble. It is almost like the regular version didn't need to be a Deluxe figure at all...

Obi-Wan looks fantastic. Just like the recent Luke/Leia/Lando Hasbro nailed Sir Alec Guinness's likeness. I'm never going to complain when a stormtrooper gets repacked. I like the new cardback and will probably grab a few more to add to the army.

I have to confess Rob, the Catholic guilt is overwhelming me now....Ryan and I have been sneaking into your place at night and slightly yellowing your stormtroopers.

You promised you wouldn't narc on us!!!