Toy Fair 2015: Star Wars Black Series Snubbed?

I may have been pre-conditioned by the Marvel presentation that preceded it, but when a Hasbro rep says “We know what you’re all waiting for,” I expect it to be followed with slides of 6-inch super-poseable action figures. But as entertaining as the discussion was, I was less enthused by the prospect of customizing my own lightsaber, since most of the configurations guarantee disemboweling oneself if one attempts to use them. After all, it probably looks pretty cool to have a 4-bladed lightsaber, but when 3 of them point at your own gut you might reconsider its practicality.

Suffice to say that with no mention at all of the Star Wars Black Series in either 4 or 6-inches, I’m wondering if we won’t see a little rest at retail before the inevitable onslaught of Episode 7 figures at the end of the year. Hasbro did have some Black Series on display in the showroom. I took pictures of the 6-inch figures. But they really didn’t talk about them much at all.

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Who’s Ready to Buy New Marvel Legends, Star Wars Black Series, and Transformers?

You may still be recovering from the holidays, but to Hasbro and the online retailers, it’s a new year. And that means new toys designed to part you from your hard earned cash!

Hasbro has given the green light for online retailers to list new product assortments for the first quarter of 2015, and so we’re seeing pre-order pages for new Marvel Legends, Star Wars Black Series, and Transformer Combiner Wars… My wallet’s about to take a beating. Who’s with me?

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Weekend Toy Run: Hasbro Retailer Exclusives Still Available; Some on Clearance

Retailer exclusives can be frustrating for today’s collector. I know I’m spending less time hitting brick and mortar stores for traditional toy runs, so when a toy company announces them, I start worrying about whether I’ll actually be able to acquire them for my collection.

With these Hasbro exclusives for Marvel Legends and Star Wars, I guess I needn’t have worried.

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Spoiler Alert – Hasbro Making Action Figures for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Alright, the headline was totally tongue in cheek – because just as soon as the latest sequel plans for Star Wars were announced, we all knew that Hasbro was firing up their money-making machines with plans for a slew of supporting toys. But even though we’ve got a year before the movie hits theaters, Star Wars toy sites are buzzing with an image showing prototypes of Star Wars: The Force Awakens action figures leaked at a Chinese forum.

Now, I was completely unable to avoid the trailer (and have some trailer treats for you below), but I have been avoiding movie news in the hopes of remaining as spoiler free as possible. Still, there’s some information that we can glean from the prototypes that tells us about the action figure line, while not spoiling anything we didn’t already know from official Star Wars sources. Let’s take a look.

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Hasbro Strikes Back with Marvel Star Wars #1 Variant Cover

Our friends at Hasbro sent over this update which is guaranteed to make any army builder seethe with the Dark Side. Envy leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. You know the rest.

I felt lucky to get four Stormtroopers – this shot has fifty! I sense much envy in you.

Hello, Star Wars fans!

This morning, Diamond Comics feed debuted the latest (and we think greatest) variant cover to Marvel’s eagerly anticipated new comic, STAR WARS #1: the HASBRO PREVIEWS EXCLUSIVE VARIANT

The variant cover was photographed using Hasbro’s STAR WARS: THE BLACK SERIES 6-inch figures, including Darth Vader and Boba Fett, the upcoming Emperor Palpatine, Bossk and IG-88 figures, and 50 Stormtroopers!

STAR WARS #1 will be available from Marvel in January 2015, featuring the all-star creative team of Jason Aaron and John Cassaday with a story that picks up shortly after the events of STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE! For more information on how to order copies, including the HASBRO PREVIEWS EXCLUSIVE VARIANT cover, contact your local comic shop.

For more information on the HASBRO PREVIEWS EXCLUSIVE VARIANT, you can visit http://www.previewsworld.com/Home/1/1/71/977?articleID=157374.

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