San Diego Comic Con 2025 Reveals

[Jeff]

Time to start up a thread...  the latest panel details from Hasbro PR:

Hasbro Star Wars Panel

Friday, July 25
2:00PM - 3:00PM PT
Room: 7AB

Join members of the Hasbro Marketing & Design teams as they discuss the popular Hasbro Star Wars figure lines, including the Black Series and The Vintage Collection. Attendees will get an in-depth look at Hasbro’s latest action figure offerings from throughout the saga. Word on the Holo Net is there may also be a few surprises. May the Force be with you!


Remaining Pipeline Reveals:

2024-06-07 Hasbro Pulse SW Fanstream
2025 VC344 ANH Farmboy Luke
2025 VC373 ANH Ben Kenobi
2025 VCxxx ANH Han Solo
2025 VCxxx ANH Chewbacca


Han/Chewie were pipelined over a year ago! 

[Jeff]

The panel itself will not be live-streamed by Hasbro, but the Star Wars team will have a fanstream recap of the panel reveals on the Hasbro Pulse youtube channel after the panel.

Hasbro SW Panel = 2:00pm - 3:00pm PT
Hasbro Pulse SW Fanstream = 3:00pm PT

If anyone hears about someone planning to livestream the panel, please post here.

[Nicklab]

I think the Han Solo & Chewbacca figures HAVE to be revealed.  That Pipeline Reveal announcement was now over a year ago.

The Jedi Spirits were a welcome surprise.  As was the alternate head option for Anakin.

As for anything else?  There are some named characters on the Yakface TVC rumor list that I'm hoping to see.  But who knows just how much will get revealed today, and how much will be held back for Hasbro Pulse Con.

[Rob]

I sure hope they unveil more… it’s freaking Comic Con after all.

I kind of miss the days where we’d get tons of reveals at Toy Fair and at SDCC.  Seeing a figure here and two figures there all year long feels less exciting to me.

[P-Siddy]

I think the Han Solo & Chewbacca figures HAVE to be revealed. 

I believe they are in photos that have been posted online already by fans... though not officially through Hasbro.

[Nicklab]

Someone pointed out that the Han Solo in the case has brown pants, and it looks a lot like the ROTJ version from last year.

I sure hope they unveil more… it’s freaking Comic Con after all.

I kind of miss the days where we’d get tons of reveals at Toy Fair and at SDCC.  Seeing a figure here and two figures there all year long feels less exciting to me.

I hope so!  There were A LOT of Pipeline Reveals at SDCC last year, but only 3 or 4 new figure reveals that had pre-orders that followed soon thereafter.  But with the Pipeline Reveals largely gone from the way Hasbro announces new releases, I wonder how they're going to proceed?

[McMetal]

I was able to watch the entire Marvel Legends presentation live via some kind of fan simulcast on Youtube that was actually pretty decent. I’m hoping to find something similar for the Star Wars segment.

[Jeff]

Here is the live-stream I found - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZiOeTf7ps8

Reveals:

General Talking Points:
- a bunch of talking about how Star Wars is almost 50 years old and there are a lot of people who love a lot of things/eras and that means they have to balance the line to have "something for everyone" so patience if your favorite isn't always the focus
- TVC Theme for 2026 = "The Battle of Geonosis"

TVC 3.75":
- Jedi Spirits 3-Pack recap [NYCC/London MCM exclusive; limited quantities on Hasbro Pulse after the shows; $50]
- VC372 ANH Han Solo [they said all-new sculpt but it looks like it might share some parts with the recent TVC Endor Bunker Han]
- VC381 ANH Chewbacca [all new legs from hip to rocker ankles; all-new head sculpt; new cardback photo]
- VC374 TCW Imperial Shock Trooper [repaint on the recent Phase II sculpt; new TCW cardback)

TVC 3.75" HasLab Republic LAAT/i Gunship:
- Price = $449.99
- Needs 8000 backers by 9/8 to fund
- 28.74"L x 10.61"H x 30.91"W
- Includes 2x Clone Trooper Pilots; one comes on the exclusive cardback, the other is loose/bagged I think Emily said?
- Includes many of the same features as the 2002 sculpt but a few new ones (removable missiles and removable panels)
- Includes extra swappable panels for alternate nose deco/artwork
- Includes 2 different stands - "flight mode" or "hove mode"
- Tier 1 - unlocks at 10k - TVC Coleman Trebor with exclusive cardback
- Tier 2 - unlocks at 12k - TVC Saesee Tiin with exclusive cardback
- Tier 3 - unlocks at 14k - TVC Agen Kolar with exclusive cardback
- ~20% larger than the 2002 sculpt (last released in 2013)
- built off the updated model/design seen in the ROTS Flashback scenes in The Mandalorian

Everything revealed today* goes up for pre-order tomorrow, July 26 at 5pm ET.

* Does not include the Jedi Spirits Convention Exclusive - that goes up for pre-order sometime after the NYCC/London MCM cons.

[Jeff]

So, the HasLab Gunship appears to be the big star of the show for TVC.

I'm a bit disappointed that the only other TVC reveals today were two figures we've been waiting for them to announce/show for over a year (Han/Chewie) and then a Clone Trooper repaint.

[Ryan]

Hasbro Panel Recap

All in all, it was a very underwhelming panel based on the quantity of the new reveals...

Han & Chewie both look great, but echoing what Jeff and others have said, we've known about those two figures for more than a year at this point. I'm happy to get a new shocktrooper on the new clone body, but it isn't a particularly exciting reveal. The Jedi spirit pack is fantastic, and was the only surprise from the con (even if it was already revealed yesterday).The HasbLab Gunship is easily the least exciting TVC HasLab to date.

I really would have liked to have seen at least 2-3 more basic/deluxe figures revealed, or even just VC375.

[Muftak]

For my money, Han does not look great. He does not look enough like Harrison Ford circa 1976, young and lean, but more like 1982 ROTJ Han. His wrists are abominable. I will be sticking with my 2004 VOTC version, thanks. He's been the perfect Han for 21 years, he'll last me 21 more if needs be.

Chewie is fine, but I'm not a fan of the way the modern hip articulation can look like an o-ring GIJoe figure. He could have used a bit more fur overhang to cover that up. For the first time I am as scandalized as the Fox Execs who were worried that "the Wookiee has no pants."

The Shocktrooper is fine. I don't collect Clones, but maybe I would get one or two to go along with the new ROTS Anakin if they release him on a card soon.

And since I don't collect Clones and I am not much of a vehicle collector, I am passing on the Gunship for the 8th time as well.

Grumpy old mostly-retired collector, signing off. 

[Rob]

Yeah I’m not impressed with Han either.  The hair is too big and he had a massive thy gap.

Also after 30 years of collecting there is absolutely nothing exciting about more Han and Chewie figures.

[Nicklab]

3 new TVC figure reveals that don't seem terribly new, along with the Jedi Spirits 3-pack.  Add on a Haslab of a vehicle that's been made in 7 different renditions previously?  And I seriously wonder how poorly Hasbro regards the critical thinking of collectors.

The ONLY thing that seemed genuinely interesting in the TVC reveals was the silhouettes of hands around the Cantina table.

As for the Battle of Geonosis?  I foresee a lot of re-releases in our future.