Vote For The Next Hasbro 6" Scale Black Series Archive Action Figure

In celebration of this year's Star Wars Day (May the 4th Be With You), Hasbro is asking Star Wars fans which previously released Black Series 6" scale action figure they would like to see refurbished for the Black Series Archive line.  The Star Wars Underworld, along with many of our fansite colleagues, has been invited by Hasbro to help pick the character.  This means SWU readers have the opportunity to let us know what characters you would like to see receive an update and we will send the top ten choices onto Hasbro.  Then, Hasbro will then hold a poll on Hasbro Pulse of the most popular votes from the all the different fansite polls.

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Hasbro Unveils New Black Series and Vintage Collection Figures At Paris Comic Con

By: Dominic Jones

This past weekend was Paris Comic Con in Paris, France, and members of the Hasbro Star Wars team took the stage to reveal some new products hitting shelves next year.  The big highlights from the panel were the two new additions to the 6" Black Series, and one new 3.75" scale Vintage Collection.  The figures celebrate both the past and future of the Star Wars saga, representing the prequel trilogy and the upcoming live action Disney+ series The Mandalorian.

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Hasbro Reveals New Black Series and Vintage Collection Figures At NYCC

By: Dominic Jones

With Triple Force Friday having come and gone, Hasbro representatives took the stage this afternoon at New York Comic Con to give a fans a peak at what's coming up next for the toy maker.  Several reveals were made at the panel, with the focus being on the 3.75" scale Vintage Collection and 6" Black Series.  All figures revealed will be available later this year, and will be available for pre-order from the various retailers on Monday.

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Here's Every 'Jedi: Fallen Order' Product Debuting On Triple Force Friday

By: Benjamin Hart

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is coming soon, and "Triple Force Friday" will be here even sooner. Even before you get to play the newest video game from EA you'll have a chance to buy an assortment of merchandise related to the game starting on October 4th. Earlier this week Lucasfilm hosted a special live stream (which you can watch in full below) where they unveiled all of the toys and products from The Rise Of Skywalker, The Mandalorian, and Jedi: Fallen Order.

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All Of 'The Mandalorian' Products Debuting On Triple Force Friday!

By: Benjamin Hart

Yesterday Lucasfilm hosted an official live stream reveal of all the awesome products that will be available next week on "Triple Force Friday". Included were various toys and collectibles featuring iconography from Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, The Mandalorian, and Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order.

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Here Is All 'The Rise Of Skywalker' Merchandise That Will Be Available On Triple Force Friday!

By: Benjamin Hart

Triple Force Friday is fast approaching, and today Lucasfilm hosted a special live stream event which revealed all of the brand new merchandise that will be coming to store shelves next week.

Included were products from the upcoming film Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, the highly anticipated Disney+ series The Mandalorian, as well as the new video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. You can watch the full live streamed video below, hosted by Warwick Davis and featuring cast members from all the aforementioned productions reacting to themselves as toys:

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Everything Revealed At The Star Wars Hasbro Panel At #SDCC

By: Benjamin Hart & Dominic Jones

San Diego Comic-Con is underway right now and our very own Dominic Jones is there to report back on all the exciting Star Wars reveals! The Hasbro panel just concluded, and with it we got an assortment of announcements that are sure to have collectors clutching their wallets tightly.

During the panel we got our first looks at some new Galaxy Of Adventures figures, a Luke Skywalker (Dagobah) figure, a Boba Fett helmet and a Luke Skywalker X-wing pilot helmet from The Black Series, as well as Hyper Real figures of Luke Skywalker (Bespin) and Darth Vader, plus much more. Dominic live-tweeted the panel, and all his handiwork recapping the panel is below:

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Check Out The 'Star Wars' Displays At SDCC 2019

By: Dominic Jones

San Diego Comic Con is here again, and with it comes lots of Star Wars fun for fans in attendance to check out.  These include displays of movie props, as well as new Star Wars products that are either already available or soon will be.  The annual Wednesday preview night gave us our first opportunity to check out what was on the show floor, and this year's displays do not disappoint.  Much of the focus is on the upcoming release of Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker later this year, but there is also plenty celebrating the rest of the beloved saga.

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'The Rise Of Skywalker' Toy Packaging, And Other Merchandise Reveals From Celebration Chicago

By: Dominic Jones

Star Wars Celebration Chicago is off to the races. Now that the trailer for Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker is out, the announcements have been coming fast and furious.  On the collectables front, Lucasfilm unveiled the official packaging for the toys and other merchandise associated with The Rise of Skywalker.  The packaging definitely evokes that which was used for The Force Awakens, featuring Kylo Ren (now with his repaired helmet).  Check it out below,

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Exclusive Collectibles Revealed For 'Star Wars Celebration Chicago'

By: Benjamin Hart

Lots of news for Star Wars Celebration Chicago has dropped today, first announcing a panel for The Mandalorian, and then revealing details on the new queue system. But apparently we're not done as StarWars.com has now offered up our first glimpse at some of the exclusive toys and merchandise that will be available at the upcoming convention.

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Vote In The Hasbro Fan Poll Finals To Pick The Next 6" 'Empire Strikes Back' Action Figure

By: Dominic Jones

Last week, several Star Wars fansites (ourselves included) solicited answers from fans to see what characters from The Empire Strikes Back they would like to see made as a 6" action figure to celebrate the film's 40th anniversary next year.  Toy manufacturer Hasbro collected the results from the fansites are now hosting a poll with the top ten most requested characters on the Hasbro Pulse Instagram where fans can vote for their favourite.

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Vote In The Hasbro Fan Poll To Pick The Next 6" Action Figure From 'The Empire Strikes Back'

By: Dominic Jones

To celebrate next year being the 40th anniversary of the release of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Hasbro is asking Star Wars fans which character from that film they would like to see made into a 6" action figure.  The Star Wars Underworld, along with many of our fansite colleagues, has been invited by Hasbro to help pick the character.  This means SWU readers have the opportunity to let us know what characters you would like to see made to celebrate the anniversary and we will send the top ten choices onto Hasbro.  Then, on Monday, Hasbro will then hold a poll on Hasbro Pulse of the most popular votes from the all the different fansite polls.

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Hasbro Unveils New Retro 'Star Wars' Line, Black Series Celebration Exclusive, and More

By: Dominic Jones
 

It's that time of the year again, New York Toy Fair, where collectors all around the world get their first glimpse at some of the upcoming merchandise.  Toy manufacturer Hasbro was on hand, and they revealed several new Star Wars products.  The big announcement out of Toy Fair was the Retro Kenner 3.75" line of figures, where Hasbro will be releasing figures that based on the original Star Wars figures that were first released back in 1977.  In addition, they revealed their Star Wars Celebration exclusive black series figures, new playsets from The Vintage Collection, and a new 8" Hyperreal Darth Vader.

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New Hasbro Black Series and Vintage Collection Action Figures Revealed

By: Dominic Jones
Hasbro has revealed several new Star Wars action figures this week, from both their 6" Black Series line and their 3.75" Vintage Collection line.  Today, they unveiled another one of their long awaited prequel era characters to the black series with Mace Windu, as well as a new sequel era character to the Vintage Collection with Poe Dameron.  Both figures were unveiled on the official Hasbro Pulse Instagram account.  You can check out the pictures below,

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Hasbro Reveals The Black Series 6'' Padmé Amidala At Paris Comic Con

By: Benjamin Hart

Collectors and Prequel fans, take note! Paris Comic Con is happening right now in the city of lights, and Hasbro was there with some big things to reveal. By far the most noteworthy announcement for Star Wars fans was the official unveiling of a new 6-inch Padmé Amidala figure for The Black Series line.

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New York Comic Con Hasbro 'Star Wars' Panel Recap

By: Dominic Jones

Today at New York Comic Con, members of the Hasbro Star Wars team took the stage to update fans on what's going on with their various lines and make a couple of reveals about what's still to come.  Hasbro had already made several announcements on Thursday, when they revealed the first Star Wars Resistance figures, as well as a couple of new Black Series and Black Series Archive figures.  During the panel, they recapped those previous announcements, gave an update on the HasLab Jabba's Sail Barge vehicle, made some announcements, and did some Q&A.  I was in the audience and live tweeted the panel, you can read those tweets and re-live the panel below,

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Hasbro Reveals New Black Series, Black Series Archive, and 'Star Wars Resistance' Figures

By: Dominic Jones

As New York Comic Con kicked off today, Hasbro took the opportunity to reveal several new additions to its current lines of action figures, as well as a brand new line based on the upcoming animated series Star Wars Resistance.  The Toy Company shared with the press first looks at new figures in the 6" Black Series and Black Series Archives lines, while also debuting the first wave of Resistance  figures over on Cnet.  You can check out the reveals below.

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New Hasbro 'Star Wars' Figures Revealed at Fan Expo Canada

By: Dominic Jones

Today at Fan Expo Canada in Toronto, members of the Hasbro Star Wars took the stage give fans a peak behind the scenes at the making of Star Wars action figures, as well as make some reveals of upcoming products.  The big reveals were that Captain Phasma will be coming to The Vintage Collection 3.75" scale line, and that Solo baddie Dryden Vos will be featured in 6" scale Black Series line.  You can see those two figures below,

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New Hasbro 'Star Wars' Figures Revealed

By: Dominic Jones

Over the weekend at Mexico's Unboxing Toy Convention, Hasbro made a couple of reveals of new Star Wars figures that will be available early next year.  The toy manufacturer revealed one figure from each of their major Star Wars lines, the black series and the vintage collection.  The 6" scale black series figure will be Han Solo in his Mimban trooper costume from Solo: A Star Wars Story.  In the 3.75" scale Vintage Collection, Hasbro revealed a Leia in Boussh disguise figure from Return of the Jedi.  You can check out pictures of the figures below,

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The SWU Podcast LIVE | 27/07/18

On this episode, Dominic is back from San Diego Comic Con to tell Chris and Ben all about his experiences there and break down all the exciting panels.  They revisit the The Clone Wars tenth anniversary panel and announcement that the series is coming back, and break down what this means for fans and for Star Wars animation in general.  They also delve into the latest publishing news, including the announcements that novels about Padme Amidala, as well as Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi are in the works.  Then Dominic chats with Steve Evans and Joe Ninivaggi of the Hasbro Star Wars team about the latest announcements from Comic Con and what they are doing to combat distribution issues.  Plus the latest about Star Wars Resistance, what Clone Wars arcs could be featured when the series returns, and Dominic's review of the Star Wars Rebels season four blu-ray.  All this and much more!

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