You’ve probably seen these pictures. I know I have. But it’s the weekend, and I thought it would be nice to have all of Hasbro’s promo pics collected in one spot. It gives a good idea of just how nice that 6-inch scale Star Wars shelf is going to look in about a year. I know, I know, that sounds like forever, but by the time these are on our shelves we’ll know about just as many more. Right? Hopefully?
Surely. The first series seems to be selling very well even though we are just in the preliminary stages. At SDCC the figures were moving at double the retail price. It’s hard to find a Sandtrooper for retail online. Online reports are coming from around the nation, from all the major retailers, and stock seems to be moving. This is good news.
Hasbro has enough faith in the line to show at least ten unique sculpts just as the line is taking off. When was the last time we saw that for a 6-inch line headed to mass market retail? Where is the reuse? Where is the “We can’t make him; tooling costs are too high”? Sure, there could and probably will be reuse down the road. I’d expect a Biggs to use the flight-suit Luke body. I absolutely expect more R2 units, and maybe R5. But Hasbro has definitely hit the ground running. They’ve taken the formula for the 3 3/4-inch line that has been around for years and years, added a few inches, and opened up the license to a different niche of our hobby. If the smaller-scale line can go this long, surely a slightly larger scale line has a few years in it. Additionally, from conversations at San Diego Comic Con, I’m lead to believe there are new sculpts already on the way. This definitely makes me happy and hopeful.
Plus, there seems to be some kind of plan. No Darth Vader revealed yet? No Chewbacca? Padme? Yoda? Old Ben? Lando? Qui-Gon? Hell, C-3P0? These are characters that are shoe-ins. I’m not even mentioning the other major players and the metric ton of minor characters. There has to be a plan. There is no way Hasbro could play with our emotions by never even planning a Vader. Right? Notice I say “planning” in an attempt to leave a little room for backpeddling. Because we all know about a little group called the Wrecking Crew in Marvel Legends. As of this writing, poor Bulldozer is floating in purgatory, to be slotted into a series later. I’m confident it will happen, but who can say for sure? Planned is fine and dandy but things can change. Let’s hope for the best.
So yeah, I’ve said “hope” a lot. Hopeful that we will see a lot more characters after these because while the situation looks good, you can never tell when it comes to toy companies. I say enjoy it while we can. Expect more and mix a little caution in with excitement. Like, 80 percent excitement, 20 percent caution. Somewhere in there. I want this line to succeed. I want to be buying this line years from now. I want a Cantina full of aliens and a tribe of Ewoks and a complete Jedi Council. I will even buy Gungans. You read that right. Gungans. Maybe not as many as I would buy of Stormtroopers or Royal Guards or Rebel troopers, but I would pick up a Gungan.
Or two.
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