Thanks very much to Hasbro for their unprecedented access and for allowing us to get their complete presentation from Celebration Europe. We have some exciting Hasbro news coming in the next couple of days but in the meantime here’s a list of just some of what we can expect from Hasbro in the next 6 – 9 months. This was revealed in the “What’s new with Hasbro?” panel on Friday night at Celebration Europe hosted by Derryl DePriest and Brian Wilk.
Also, take the link here to see all the slides from Hasbro’s presentation.
Galactic Hero Cinema Scenes are coming, including the first 4 that were released last November in the US. These will be available at TRU and collector accounts. This year we will therefore see a total of 10 Galactic Heroes Cinema Scenes available. The original four will be available this month with the rest in the autumn.
The full list of the 10 sets are (all sets feature exclusive figures.): –
- Death Star Escape – Black Astromech Droid and Luk
- Vaders Bounty Hunters- Shadow Stormtrooper
- Jedi vs Sith – Red Shock Trooper and Purple Troope
- Battle of Geonosis – Jango Fett, Gold Geonoisan Warrior and Red Battle Droid
- Cantina Band with Lights and Sounds
- Cantina Encounter
- Battle for Naboo
- Battle for Hoth
- Assualt on the Death Star
- Jabba’s Palace
New Star Wars Transformers are coming including the AT-AT, Snowspeeder, Turbo Tank and the deluxe Death Star.
Saga Legends will arrive in the UK in July. 2007 vintage figures are available now.
Comic 2 Packs will be available as a TRU exclusive in September starting with Mara Jade & Luke from Heir to the Empire, Leia & Vader from ESB: Infinities #2 and Dark Woman & A’Sharad Hett from Star Wars #31.
In early 2008 new ‘Greatest Hits’ Battlepacks will be made available including Clone Attack on Coruscant and The Hunt for Grievous.
We’re going to have to wait until early next year to get the new General Grievous Starfighter and the AT-TP.
There will be a number of exclusives this year: –
At ASDA we’ll see a Transformers Showdown featuring new deco Darth Vader Tie Fighter pitched against a new deco Obi Wan Starfighter
At Woolworths we’ll see the Clone and Commanders gift pack which is available now.
At Tesco there will be an invasion of Clones as the Order 66 packs arrive in September.
At Toys R Us we’ll see loads of exclusives starting with the Bantha Pack which is available now, the Luke McQuarrie figure (available at Celebration Europe).
The McQuarrie Obi Wan and Yoda, Y-Wing with Lt. Lepira & Droid also and 181st TIE Interceptor with Pilot will all be available in August.
Two Battlefront II Multi packs will be available in store in October whilst the Episode II Obi Wan Starfighter with Hyperspace Ring will be on shelf in November.
The ARC-170 Clone Wars deco ship and associated Battlepack will be available in November.
Finally, we can expect to see some UK Exclusives in Q4 this year! These will also be available at Toys R Us and include: –
Three collector tins from Episode’s II, III and VI in new 30th Anniversary packaging. The Episode II tin will include Mace Windu, Sora Bulq, Oppo Rancisis and Zam Wessell. The Episode III tin will include Commander Cody, Anakin, Grievous and Clone Pilot. The Episode VI tin will include Darth Vader, R5-J2, Biker Scout and Death Star Gunner.
A new packaged 3.75″ Imperial Shuttle will land in September and finally (phew!) a new packaged Ultimate Lightsabre will be available in October.