JediDefender.com has posted a list of upcoming Star Wars products that supposed originated from the Hasbro Customer Service website. Man, it’s been ages since I posted a rumored list!
There are products from a number of lines, but the most relevant for our (well, my) purposes are the Star Wars Black 6″ items:
- SW 6″ EP 4 CHEWBACCA
- SW 6″ TIE PILOT
- SW 6″ EP 5 C-3P0
- SW 6″ EP II CLONE TROOPER
- SW 6″ EP 5 DARTH VADER
- SW 6″ EP 6 LUKE JEDI
- SW 6″ JAWAS
- SW 6″ SANDTROOPERS (Multiple Listings)
- SW BLACK SERIES 6INCH DELUXE AST (?)
- SW BLACK SERIES 6INCH JABBA THE HUTT
- SW BLACK SERIES 6INCH SPEEDER BIKE
This list seems way too wishlist-y to me – Chewbacca, C-3P0, Darth Vader and Jedi Luke would nearly knock off all my remaining must-haves for this line. On the other hand, the line has already given us Boba Fett, Darth Maul and Ep. 4 Han. I’m beginning to wonder about Hasbro’s plans for SWB6″…they’re really not holding anything back. No Martian Manhunters or Ram Mans here. Maybe they’re just going to knock out the obvious must-have characters by 2015 and then put the line away for a few years while they focus on the new films in 3.75″?
But getting back to the list…what does “deluxe assortment” mean…? Also: freaking Jabba?! If this list proves accurate, we’d all better start saving up now.
PGPoA’s Star Wars Black Week starts this Monday, folks. Five straight days of Poe-penned SWB reviews. And three of them are already written, so there won’t be any last-minute cancellations.
(A tip of the hat to Poester RC for the heads-up on the list.)
Copperzeus
Yeah, this does seem pretty wishlist-y, which I guess would be great, if it were true. It seems funny that they would make 3 Lukes before doing variants of other characters like Han and Leia. I guess Han does technically have two figures already though.
Mysterious Stranger
Take this list with a grain of salt. On the G.I. Joe side of it they have listed items from the Rise of Cobra movie that were cancelled years ago. I'd like to think these Star Wars Black items are legit but don't hold your breath.
Poe Ghostal
Well as I said, it looks way too much like my personal wishlist for me to believe it'll happen. And even if it does, what would the time frame be? Over the entire year and into 2015?